[Possible to hide panel on demand (button) ?]

You cannot hide the side panel on demand. It can be auto hidden if the theme creator chooses to code it that way. I am not sure if it would be possible for Jason to make that a feature since it is how the designer coded the view in his theme. 

[Background Images on startup themes way too big?]

Most Startup themes use Background images to fill the screen. So make sure in your image priorities for Background you have Fanart at the top. I would then put other full screen type images in line like Screenshots. Other smaller type images like clear logos if they get displayed tend to get blown up like you are seeing. 

[LaunchBox and MAME BIOS files help needed...]

If all is working fine then you probably have the bios where they need to be  unless I misunderstand what you mean by that. If you downloaded a full romset normally all the bios are in that set.

Mame bios files can get dumped into the same folder as Mame roms. If you choose to put them elsewhere you just need to point Mame to that folder location. Launchbox only needs to know where the roms are. Unless you used the full Mame romset import option then it does not care as long as you have a full romset and Mame is already pointing to it. 

[Updating pics and movies to all the roms from time to time.]

Threads merged. No need for two of the same issues. 

In a platform you can CTRL+Click as many games as you need and then got to >Tools>Download Metadata and Media to update. 

You can also select a platform and go to >Tools>Audit [Platform Name] and then sort by missing media if you want (say by those games missing video) , then highlight all those games and right click then choose to run the media update option.  

[Enable spinning disc]

1 hour ago, misteridjit said:

I noticed that if I load a Playstation game, the image will spin (hilarious when it's box art). How do I enable that feature on other platforms?

If you are talking about during the Startup screen that would be theme dependent (Same is usually the case with BigBox themes). What theme are you using?

[Xenia wont launch through launchbox]

Should not take much to get it working. 

These are the settings I have for Xenia and it runs with no issues in Launchbox. 

Please share the same images on yours to see if we can spot anything. Also right click a game and edit. Share images of the emulation and launcher tabs.

 

[Launchbox not launching after 10.1 update]

4 minutes ago, lumia said:

Hi.  problem  here. I´m on Windows 10.

Any advice?
thanks

Yes, there are quite a few topics already on this. Here is one in particular. 

[Launchbox not launching after 10.1 update]

There have been a few posts on this. Are you on Win7 or Win10?

[Problems adding additional roms via fba since last update]

Just edit a game and see. Right click a game and edit. Check the path there and check to make sure it is using the correct emulator. Also go to >Tools>Manage Emulators and confirm the emulator of choice is pointed to the correct path just to be sure. 

[Neo Geo Games Not Launching]

1st and always most important question: Do your games work directly in Retroarch (without Launchbox)?

If they do then we know the disconnect is in Launchbox somewhere. 

[Import a single Windows game?]

Drag and Drop still works. Just do not select the option to import as Rom. Use the "None of the Above" option. 

[Final burn alpha 64]

Make sure you have the box checked for "Use file name only..." in the details tab of the edit emulator screen for Final Burn Alpha setup in Launchbox. Just tested removing that check and it gives that error you mentioned.

[Launch box does not iniciate after last update]

There have been a few threads about this. Are you on Windows 7 or 10? A couple things could be the issue. 

Users have either needed a .Net Framework update (Win 7 mostly) and others have seen 3rd party software such as antivirus or things like Riva Tuner/MSI Afterburner causing issue with Launchbox not opening. 

[ROMs not loading]

@Geminii23 Yeah, I would recommend not piecemeal roms. Will it work? Yes. Can it cause more issues than needed? Yes. You can easily find yourself hunting down random file after random file and nowadays getting roms from random sites means easily getting something in a file you may not want. Just look at the fact that trying to update you already are having issue. 

PD and the Archive work well. PD requires you to sign up and maintain a good upload-to-download ratio, but the good thing is the Mame sets usually do not count against it. Archive is just download and go. Recommendation get a full set and be done with hunting and searching. 

[ROMs not loading]

2 minutes ago, Geminii23 said:

It has been a long time since I downloaded these roms, so they are definitely not most update set.  Any recommendations on where I can get most updated versions of these roms.  It seems like some of the sites I remember using way back no longer have downloads. 

We cannot link to sites but can recommend places like Pleasure Dome (there are some rules you need to follow to download from their site) and the Archive contains relatively new romsets. It is best to use a romset that matches the mame version, but as long as they are close you will typically be ok. I am using .209 romset with the current Mame version. 

[ROMs not loading]

Newer Mame version will need the updated qsound file which contains that file. It is qsound_hle.zip. If you have a new full romset that file should be in there. If you are using roms pieced together than that would be your biggest issue. 

[launchbox theme not showing up clear logos]

Make sure the logos are named exactly as the PS1 and PS2 platforms are named in your Launchbox platform list and that they are located in the correct folder. Example: (If you named it Sony Playstation2) Folder and file name would be:  \Launchbox\Images\Platforms\Sony Playstation 2\Clear Logo\Sony Playstation 2.png

If those are correct and images still do not show. Go into BigBox and in the settings menu go to Options>Image Cache and then choose Refresh All Images. Your image cache may just need updating. 

[Problems adding additional roms via fba since last update]

4 hours ago, johnnyskullhead said:

Works fine within Retroarch

triedagain importing via wizard same error message

saying path to emulator is wrong

appears to be bug since new build 10.1

 

Edited: Looks like Neil has you covered on RA.

Doubt it is a bug. It works fine on all my cabinets with RA FBA core. Nothing changed in 10.1 that should have broke the emulator. Even in the standalone FBA it works fine still. These are the same settings from last year I had that.  

[ROMs not loading]

Always test your games first directly in the emulator before you import anything into Launchbox. That way you eliminate it either being a rom issue or an emulator one. Even if you are using an older romset and older emulator version it can still work in Launchbox. Using updated versions is always best. 

The roms you have now do they run directly in the emulator you are using? For Launchbox you have to make sure the emulator is setup correctly and the games run in them. Launchbox does not do any of that. 

[Mame Tutorial for n00bs]

4 hours ago, Moto said:

How do you fix it?

I try to download the MAME ROM's but didn't work, so I'm searching for other options.

You downloaded Mame Rom's but didnt work.....Did not work how? In Launchbox? In Mame? You have to be a bit more specific than this. 

[Playlist with "Favorite" filter does not auto-populate in BigBox]

14 minutes ago, a_netanel said:

In Bigbox 10.1, a playlist that filters for favorites does not get updated when a game is marked as favorite in Bigbox, until restart.

The same when un-favoriting a game, it does not get removed from the playlist.

I tested the same in version 7.11 and it works as expected.

The weird thing is, that the Favorite icon is changed accordingly, but the playlist does not.

https://bitbucket.org/jasondavidcarr/launchbox/issues/5012/playlist-with-auto-populate-rule-favorite

This has happened before and I believe Jason fixed. So looks like it is not working again. We will let him know. 

[Problems adding additional roms via fba since last update]

I have not added to FBA but have added to many other platforms without issue. Did you check the path to confirm it is correct?

Do the roms run ok directly in the emulator? 

[COLORFUL bigbox theme]

2 hours ago, exodus_cl said:

Hey! Congrats for this amazing work!

Is there any chance to consider a dark mode? On oled (even at minimum brightness) the full white burns the eyes at night.

Thanks again!!!

This was  asked about. 

On 9/10/2019 at 6:46 AM, thimolor said:

... I don't know anything about custom theme development, but would it be ease to make a dark version of this theme? Thank you for all the hard work! ....

 

On 9/10/2019 at 8:31 AM, viking said:

@thimolor : Thx man!!! ?  a blark version is not planned for the moment, but why not!

[Invalid mode supplied: "mame"]

47 minutes ago, Gunnderson said:

@Jason Carr @Retro808 Yes thank you that did it!  But this message came up from LB upon saving.  I just hit NO and I'm back in action! Thanks for the help to get it working again!  I'm currently on Mame 0.208, so if I upgrade to the latest version I would have to put the command line back in?

.208  should not have had a problem with that code. It would have been an issue for a version way older than that (I think version below .175 or something like that). I still have .206 running on a machine with no issue. I do not use RocketLauncher so that might be something to consider. So there may be a different conflict with Rocket Launcher.

That command line allows the new Pause screen options to work. Without it the Pause screen still shows, the options just do not work (save state, load state, etc...).

[Invalid mode supplied: "mame"]

What version is your Mame? If it is an old version the "-keyboardprovider dinput" command line would be the issue. 

Edit: Looks like Jason has you covered.