Retro808

Close Active Windows is not missing from 11.8. I just reinstalled 11.8 and it is there. If it was missing it definitely would have been caught when it released.

That Arcade - Copy.xml and the MAME - Copy.xml is your issue. LB will try to read that as well. You cannot create any other files in this folder with a platform's name in it. This is why LB does its backup in a separate folder. Remove those files with copy in the name. There can only be one file in there with a platform's name in it. Even if you rename it slightly.

In your \Launchbox\Data\Platforms folder do you have any files named backup in there?

Make sire you set your exit button or button combo to “Close Active Window” option and not “Exit”.

You would have to code it into the marquee xaml. Its been a while since I messed with it so I doubt I have anything saved. Problem is the video is choppy and muting the video did not always work. I spoke with Jason about it a while back and he recommended a plugin would be needed for better control.

It is possible for the marquee to play videos. Without using a plugin though BB starts to run very poorly. So it does start using up a lot of resources.

Unfortunately there is no user settings for marquee image priorities like other image types have. It is coded into BB that in the absence of a marquee image BB will use your box front image priorities. Marquee priorities is one of the things I have been looking forward to in BB. So hopefully next poll marquee support upgrade can make the cut.

Just tested and the theme works fine on several cabinets on current BB stable version and current beta. Are you getting any type of error or anything? Also can you confirm where you put the theme's folder and did you unzip it properly (correctly named folder and dll is unblocked)?

What theme are you trying to use? Did you download it from the BigBox UI or from the forum? If from the forum where did you place it (folder location) and did you unzip the file properly (is it in the correctly named folder and did the dll get unblocked)?

Anytime!

What do you mean by buy another Launchbox? Launchbox is free unless you buy a premium license. Even then if you delete your LB build you can download another version and drop your license in. What drive did you install LB on? Is it on the one you forgot to change or a different drive?

What Startup theme are your trying to use and where did you put the theme when you downloaded it (the folder location)?

Is this only affecting certain roms or all of them? If all, how old is the Mame version you are using? It could be if it is old the command line -keyboardprovider dinput is causing the issue. Edit your Mame setup in Launchbox and in the details tab delete the line below form the default command line parameters box and test. -keyboardprovider dinput

Try importing just the roms without downloading media. This way you can at least get the roms in. Afterwards you can go to >Tools >Download Media and Metadata and run the wizard to get the media. If it crashes again you can rerun the media wizard and tell it not to overwrite existing media it already downloaded. As to the cause of your issue not sure. Maybe something is timing out and causing the error.

@triggerthehorizon A couple simple versions I use.

Thanks. Was not sure what steps you took in 11.8 and since roms can be imported in a multitude of ways (drag and drop, file select, folder scan) it is good to know the specific method you are using. So the issue is when you use the Scan Folder option.

What steps are you taking to import?

Those check boxes will not affect something hard coded in a custom theme like Unified. You will need to edit the the theme’s specific xml for the view you are using and remove those lines of code for that metadata.

It should come back. Does when I test it. Just edit the KeyTime. An example below makes the fade occur slowly over a 3 second period. You can extend or shorten it by changing the KeyTime. <!-- FADING WHEEL --> <DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames Storyboard.TargetProperty="(UIElement.Opacity)" Storyboard.TargetName="FlowControl"> <EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.0" Value="1"/> <EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:0.8" Value="1"/> <EasingDoubleKeyFrame KeyTime="0:0:3.0" Value="0.15"/> </DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames>

Could be a beta issue. Users in the new beta thread mentioned this.

When you go to >Tools >Manage Emulators in LB and edit your emulator of choice in the first tab you are shown )details tab) there is an actual field labeled “Default Command Line Parameters”. This is applicable for an emulator only. Not a game exe just an FYI.

BB does not have controller profiles. So is currently not possible to do what you need. Not sure of a way to workaround this as I never looked into it.

In the search box type the platform name. It should them filter to only game for that platform.

Using a controller like that is not the most efficient thing with LB. LB is more the pc front end needing a keyboard and mouse to move within all its layers. You can move around a bit but jumping in and out of platforms and games with a controller is best inside BigBox.