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The black screen, I'm guessing is happening because elements need to load and behind those elements is nothing, which shows up on screen as black. Can you give an example of one of your views? What elements are in play and when the blackness appears.

Hi @Jass_167. Hoping you can be a bit more descriptive here. Is this related to the platform specific background images while on your platform view you are building?

Was not able to replicate this on a few different setups I have. Does this happen each time for you? I'm not able to see this. Do you maybe have duplicate fanart background images downloaded? This sounds more like you need to refresh your image cache. Have you tried to select all your images and press F5, or click on View > Media > Refresh All Images

I think at this point let's try and bring this thread back on track. Performance issues are noted and have been added to the list to work on. And for anyone else, we are reading your posts of any suggestions and will always do our best to accommodate.

I'm not entirely sure how you have things set up. Remember that LaunchBox has Categories, Platforms, and Playlists. The recommended way to set up LaunchBox is to import one Platform, say, Sony PlayStation, with all your games, then create Playlists to split up the platform into multiple sections, in your case, into Regions. So, in this scenario, you would only have 1 Sony PlayStation platform, so you only need to change the ROM path once. If, instead, you create multiple Sony PlayStation "Platforms", then each one would have to have their ROM path changed.

Potential things you can try: Try to change your video engine - Tools > Options > Video Playback Check to see if you have nahimic installed - if you do, uninstall it and disable its service (program is linked to many visual bugs and is not needed) If it's happening with the exact same video, each time, it's possible the video has some errors and may be a good idea to change it for a better one

Depending on how you have everything imported and set up in LaunchBox, you should be able to move everything to the locations you want them to be. Then in LaunchBox you would have to change the locations of both your emulators application paths and change your ROMs folder path. Emulators application path - go into Tools > Manage Emulators - edit each emulator's application path to their new locations ROMs folder path - Within a platform, select all games and go into Tools > (File Management) > Change ROMs Folder Path for Selected Games - do this for all your platforms You also want to check that after you move your emulators to the new location that they all still work outside of LaunchBox. Most move gracefully, while some do not, and may need configuration adjustment.

If you delete the forum one and download it from inside Big Box, are you still missing the images?

Hi @scottyboy77. Did you install the theme through Big Box or via the forums?

This is actually the intended way BannerBox works. It will crop images that are too long, instead of bleeding them into the bottom portion of the banner, which contains the clear logo and other information. Nintendo Switch is definitely one of the systems that have long boxes where you will see this happening (other notable ones are 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Sega CD, and Sony PSP). You could make it so the images stretch to uniform, however, that would end up showing blank spaces on either side of the box. It does require some code changes to make happen though, and it's possible that it may affect other systems that get close to that cutoff point.

Once you add RetroArch back, you'll have to reassociate your games to the new RetroArch emulator. You can do this using the bulk edit wizard.

Dark and Gloomy - [Theme Workshop] - A Halloween Theme View File Dark and Gloomy was built during a Theme Workshop live stream. If you are interested in creating themes, subscribe to the Unbroken Software YouTube channel. Dark and Gloomy A Halloween inspired theme with background ambience, theme-specific menu sounds, animated fog, and jump scares. Perfect for Halloween night. Watch this theme being built: Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeo8-08AVFU Files Dark and Gloomy - Theme - Theme Files.zip - Drop into your \\LaunchBox\Themes folder to load into Big Box Dark and Gloomy - Project Files for COMMUNITY Theme Creator.zip - Drop into your \\COMMUNITY Theme Creator\My Themes Projects folder to load into the COMMUNITY Theme Creator Credits COMMUNITY Theme Creator by @y2guru. Find it here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2115-community-theme-creator-for-bigbox/ Subscribe to catch future live stream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSIht6UXIEXIgz4eXAEShxA Submitter faeran Submitted 10/29/2021 Category Big Box Custom Themes  

Hey @Bedwyr. If you use RetroArch, you could point RetroArch's save folders to a spot on your OneDrive, on both your machines. In RetroArch it's under: Settings > Directory Change Save Files and Save States to a spot on your OneDrive folder. Do this for both your computers and you should be good to go.

Beta 4 has been released with the following: Fixed: RetroArch was sometimes failing to download for some users (thanks to @Hifihedgehog for pointing the way) For anyone that was having download issues, please let us know if you are still experiencing them with this release.

Here's a link to the games database: https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/ You can also click on the GAMES DB link at the top of the page.

Hi @WillGr78. Which Neo Geo games are you trying to run?

Hi @ninochar. Are you seeing the MAME menu or the MAME disclaimer? A screenshot could clarify this. If it's the disclaimer then that is built into MAME. My understanding is that the only way to remove it is to use an unofficial version where it was removed, or remove it yourself and compile your own version. We do have @MadK9 who graciously posts the no-nag version of MAME in the downloads section. Most recent one can be found here:

Hi @d8thstar. With the way you have it described here, it's not currently possible in Big Box, so you can definitely go ahead and open up a request over on BitBucket. In the meantime, you could use the hide/unhide functionality in LaunchBox. There's a toggle in the Big Box options that will allow you to Show or hide hidden games. Myself, and other have also set up a separate copy of LaunchBox just for kids.

Sorry for the late response, but glad you figured it out.

Hi @GiSWiG. From what I've just tested, it does appear that if you use the fullset MAME importer, then the region priorities do take properly (I see 1944u as the main game), while if you are importing via ROM importer and using MAME metadata, I'm seeing what you are seeing. Will mark it down to investigate further to see if there's something that can be adjusted here.

Hi @Ritchardo. I've been unable to produce the same issues on my builds as you are seeing. Are you able to provide exact steps that makes you unable to save?

The duplicating your LaunchBox install, and then curating the copy to only include the games that you want your kids to play is what Jason was referring to. Unfortunately, there's no simpler way at the moment.