Retro808

There are a couple startup themes that use simple images you can check the downloads section and see if any of those fit what you are looking for. If not, you can copy the default theme and rename it then edit the xaml to remove references to the images you do not want to see. If you are comfortable editing code that is. Are you just wanting the loading text and the background image? The reason you have to copy the default theme is you cannot edit any of Launchbox/BigBox default themes. They will always revert back to normal state. This is to ensure LB/BB always have at least 1 working theme.

Thanks @Jason Carr I agree. So I went and coded audio is mute in the theme and set it to true. Will leave steps on how a user can change if they want the audio to play and leave a notice that there may be some audio overlap if they choose to do it.

@Jason Carr Update 10 is a huge improvement. So far in some emulators I only get about 1 sec of audio overlap. Retroarch seems to be hit and miss depending on core and how fast the emulator takes control. But it is only 1 second of additional audio heard and then no issues. Thank you for working on this.

You can set playlist location when you edit the playlist and go to the parents tab. To remove from platform category make sure Root is unchecked.

VLC. Tested both on VLC and Window Media. Same effect. Both in LB and BB.

@Jason Carr I can confirm the new beta fixed the video play issues I was having. There is one issue still present. The audio keeps looping in the background even after the emulator takes over. I have to close LB completely to clear the audio.

You need this xlmns code up in the top of the xaml. You can see an example of gifs working in GridBlocked startup theme. xmlns:gif="clr-namespace:WpfAnimatedGif;assembly=Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf"

@Jason Carr Thank you for this. I was stuck and it was getting irritating trying to figure this out. At least it is good to know as I read more I started down basically the path you showed here. So at least I was finally heading the right way with the code versus when I first started it.

For now you have to do a bit of a work around. Updates to marquee support just missed out on the last poll. So hopefully the next poll it will make the cut and maybe Jason can add an image priority for marquees. So for now you can try the below: Any of these will have their drawbacks, but should get what you want done. 1. If you are comfortable editing code you can edit the theme's specific GameMarqueeView.xaml and change the line of code to point to the banner instead of the game marquee. This would need to be done with each specific theme you want to use. 2. You could just copy and paste all banner images into the marquee folders. 3. You could make a symlink in the marquee folder to the banner folder.

I mentioned it only because people have done this many times without closing Launchbox. Yes, a platform hide feature would be useful. Just tested a couple Steam games and no issue deleting as @fromlostdays mentioned as well. So I am not sure what is going on with your specific set up.

Share a few pics. In Launchbox go to Tools>Manage emulators and edit the retroach. Share a pic of the Emulator Details tab and the Associated Platform tab (make sure it shows the line with your Neo Geo CD platform listed). Then choose a game from the Neo Geo CD platform you are having issues with and right click and edit the game. Share a pic of the Launcher tab and the Emulation tab.

If you do the step JoeViking mentioned Launchbox must be closed before you delete the xml from the folder. Otherwise if you have it open and delete the file then close and reopen Launchbox it will regenerate it.

You can roll back. Just look for the last version of the install you want to use in the /Launchbox/Updates folder.

Maybe because of Omen's screen name...making a link to "Damien" Omen??

LOL. Yeah I am not sure what it is. I do not think anything Jason released in the last update altered scraping and importing games. I just know I have randomly seen what you mentioned. When I am talking save I mean the point at which after the media is done downloading the progress bar changes to Now Saving. It is from that point randomly I would get where it took like 1-2 minutes before the prompt showing how many games were imported. Normally it is only a couple seconds.

I do not think it has anything to do with the updates. I have seen this sporadically during my use over the years with Launchbox. Oddly enough many times closing out Launchbox or rebooting the pc stopped it from happening. Sometimes though it would just randomly go back to normal a few minutes later without doing anything. I just imported 10 pc games and all only took a few seconds to download media and each took about 1-2 seconds to save after the media downloaded. This is on my test pc running the latest beta and on my main arcade.

It is there as long as you do not have BigBox locked to a passcode.

For Snes9x you do not need an AHK just enter the below in the default command line parameters box when you go to Tools>Manage Emulators and edit your Snes9x. -fullscreen

They are called legacy likely because they came from the legacy framework. Maybe something Jason wanted to do just to reference the old system. I doubt they are going away as they are the foundation settings for your Launchbox setup.

They have been under the "Legacy" name since 8.6. That was the version Jason released the updated Launchbox interface. The settings from the old interface where put as "Legacy".

In BigBox settings go to "Options" then "Views" You can set the default startup up view there.

@fromlostdays Not sure if my knowledge can achieve that right now. My coding skills are pretty much on the fly research, trial and error, and dissecting other themes. If I progress more I will keep it in mind. For now though the theme is on hold. I am struggling with a fallback piece. I posted a request for assistance so just holding for now.

You would have to edit the code in the xaml file for that theme and the specific view. Best thing to do is ask specifically in the theme's support thread. The theme creators usually help with specifics like that.

Go to Tools>Manage Emulators and edit your Retroarch. In the bottom of the Edit Emulator screen try ticking the box for "Attempt to hide console window" and see if that helps.

Under "Image Group" at the top of you menu on the right you can set the image type you want for each platform. You don't need to change the image folder. Also if you go into Tools>Options then look in the "Images" section under Legacy you will see image priorities. You can set additional image options for certain categories that will allow an alternate image if the primary image is missing. Example: 3D Box - If a game is missing a 3D box you can have it fallback to Back Front or Steam Banner. You can reorganize the priority order and list as many as you like.