Retro808

Go to settings in BB and change the default startup view. In BB >Settings >Options >Views >Default Startup View (change this field to the view option you want BB to startup with.

The Media Refresh option only updates the image cache LB uses to load images faster. Did you tell LB to download image when you imported the roms? What you can do is while in LB click on one game in your Mame/Arcade platform and then CTRL+A to select all. Then up on the top menu go to >Tools >Download >Update Media and Metadata for Selected Games. Then follow the prompts to select the image types you want downloaded.

Open in Windows your \Launchbox\Data\Platforms folder. If you have any extra xaml files in there that are backups or copies of the original platform xaml files this can cause the disappearing games issue. Those need to be moved outside the \Data folders.

Yeah, I should have been more exact. Can see how it might confuse if the whole context was not read. The original post was about doing media downloads.

LB does not do video marquees which is what was being asked. LB only has marquee images. Check the downloads section. I did not look much but here is a link for some Arcade marquee videos.

I would post about it on the plugins main download page. It could need an update due to some of the changes in LB. There was a .Net change that might be affecting the plugin. Was the plugin working in 13.9 beta 1?

Next stable releases are always undetermined. Depends on issues any betas see and fixes. Releases sometimes take a couple weeks or up to a month. So no concrete time when each stable gets released.

This should be an exe file so just drag and drop the exe into LB and do not set an emulator.

In LB find the game then >Right Click >Edit >Edit Metadata and Media. Go to the "Emulation" tab and uncheck the box there.

In the Edit Emulator screen for Retroarch what does the "Details" tab look like?

In LB: Go to >Tools >Manage >Emulators and edit Retroach. On the first screen on the bottom right is the check box referenced (Extraact ROM archives...). Make sure it is unchecked.

Your bug report is not deleted. Its just in open status as the dev team is not working over the weekend. I changed it to submitted. I would give them until some time during the day Monday to catch up on weekend issues. I do not use Android version so unfortunately I cannot offer any assistance.

I feel ya on this. It was not about be right or wrong, but about sharing options. I used to concern myself with accuracy but found the older I got the less I cared and just made sure what I want is there to enjoy so I tend not use a lot of features. I am sure there are things that using the LB standard option will miss, but the team will never know if it is not reported so it does help when users with a more in depth eye can use the features for things like this and report back any issues. Just keep sharing what you find and of course keep shareomg ways to get things to work.

Never stated it was a fixed problem. I even clearly stated I was not 100% on its import accuracy and only advised games I expected to be there from my split set were there. I am not a user who is concerned with 100% of the roms from a set being there. What you have done is awesome and sure it will be helpful to other users. So kudos and a big thanks on sharing and posting a video guide. Below is my last import showing MK. Matches everything form your screen shot. Also matches the split set I imported. Like I said overall I cannot vouch for complete import accuracy. All the hacks that I want and I would look for got imported without any workaround. Just using what LB offers.

No work arounds really needed. LB had an update in 13.12 to accommodate HBMame imports using the Full Set import option. I will admit I am not 100% sure on how accurate the import is, but using it to import the last set I used it worked without issue an any game I expected to be there is. Version 13.12 - Released March 11, 2024 Improvement: The MAME Arcade Full Set Wizard file requirement has been reduced to accommodate HBMAME full sets

If you are using Viking's original version of the theme and want to keep using it you can edit a style file and add the missing platform name in there and the color code to match the green or you can add a color code you want to use for the platform. Go to the theme's folder in Windows and look for the \Views\Styles folder. In that folder edit the COLORFUL_Styles.xaml file in Notepad or NotePad++. Under the "Platforms" section go to the end of that list and add a new line. Just copy and paste one of the other lines then change the platform name to exactly match how you named the platform in LB. Then change the color code to one that matches the green or one you want to use. I believe the default green is code 5abc3c. So it should look something like this. Save the file and you should be good to go. I recommend just updating to the more current Colorful CTC version.

Thanks for letting us know. Newer versions should prevent this, but looks like still might be an issue. It's always good though to not keep any backup xaml files in the \Data folders. If you do need/want to make copies/backups I would add a folder called \Backups in the \Data\Platforms folder and store them there to be safe.

What version of LB are you on? Newer versions (starting with the 13.16 update) included some updates to mitigate the risk backup files in the \data folder would cause these issues.

You cannot specify which one to use when you have multiple of the same image type for a game in that image folder. LB is made to randomly show one. You would need to remove the ones you do not want to show. So, if you want to keep them all so they can be seen as part of the total image package for a game, but only want a certain one to show up as the primary game box art there is no current way to do that.

I would remove those images. The "Box-3D" folder is for the images like the one attached. The flat image that has the perspective of 3D. So having images with the back of the box are not needed in this folder. Unless you want a faux 3D box back.

Is there a specific way you are wanting to do this? Reason I ask is all this is already possible. Images: Game Details screen has the option to view images full screen Manuals: Game Details screen has the option to view manual. They are also viewable from within Pause Screen when playing a game The exe/plugin is available is an additional app option. Never looked at the Soundtrack player you mentioned, but looking at MadPanda's video on the forum thread for it you can clearly see it can be launched from the Game Details screen like the images and manuals. So yes, it is possible.

Odd there is not Settings.xaml in your \Data folder. Can you open that folder and post a pic of the contents? Also, did you try to turn of the option directly in LB settings as mentioned by Cbeats post? Just asking as you made no mention of trying that. There is a new stable release of LB 1 (version 13.18) try updating. There were some GOG fixes, but not sure if they would address your issue. It is worth testing though.

Just set this up for the first time and with minimal requirements LB and BB have no issue for me running Dreamcast or Naomi games. Even Startup screens work without issue and closing the game from a Pause Screen works. Here is an image of the basic set-up. I did not even bother making any settings changes in Flycast directly. Just pointed Flycast to my different roms folders for DC and Naomi/Naomi 2.

You would need to custom code a theme. You can just copy the Default theme folder and then paste and rename it to whatever you want. You can then edit that new theme. Go into the \Views folder and edit the respective xaml file. Its been a while since I have messed with LB themes but the spot you want might be in the BoxesContentView.xaml file. I am not 100%.

We definitely welcome any constructive feedback so chime in when you can. The devs do tend to listen. It is a small team so they do what they can when they can. Any additional daily use feedback/data helps as well so share any hiccups you have if you get a chance.