Retro808

Not confident anything needed to be fixed considering only 3 users on just under 3 years reported an issue. So doubtful it was anything our 2 devs looked at or have been able to replicate. Would be helpful if someone provided some more details Such as: What theme are you using? Does it happen with different themes? Does it happen every time or intermittently? Does rebooting BB bring the images back? Are all your video drivers and Windows updates current? These are just a few off the top of my head so any other details you might feel relevant would help.

I think the text option to display the text on the box or not within LB.

Not in its current form. You would need to submit a feature request.

Not to over complicate things but why not just back into the main settings screen and hit “Shutdown”. Works, nice and simple. Never have to worry about someone accidentally hitting a shutdown button combo or hitting the shutdown icon if one existed. 7 years of BB in my cabs and this way has worked easily and flawlessly.

Does it only do that with the theme you created? If so could be an issue with how the theme was made. Maybe something incorrect with how you set an animation (looks like something is not being called correctly or being missed). Troubleshooting the CTC you would need to be on his patreon site. That is where he is primarily responding to help questions.

Did you map your controls in the emulator(s)? Most should work off the bat with Xbox controller, but if not you need to map directly in each emulator. LB/BB has nothing to do with in game controls.

Auto import for what? The only auto option is for store front ends and that is only on when you actually end up setting up the pc store front ends. LB will not auto import any emulated systems. That all has to be manually done. If you are manually adding the emulators you have to manually point to your Retroarch.exe path. The manual option does not auto fill the path. It will auto-fill the Associated Platforms tab for common platform names and cores. The only time the .exe path would be populated is if you choose the option to have LB download and set-up Retroarch.

Yeah I get that. That was not what I was specifically asking about. I needed you to clarify if it is when you launch the game through LB or when launching directly through TeknoParrot. If it is when launching through LB then try opening Teknoparrot and launching the game directly in the emulator. If it does the same that way then it is not a LB issue and is a rom/Teknoparrot issue (possibly a setting in TP you need to adjust).

Is this issue when running through LB or when trying to launch the game directly in TeknoParrot without LB?

Did you have LB move the roms? The only scenario where LB would rename a rom during import is if you chose the option to "Move roms" and then LB would append the game file name if it was moving it into a folder and the rom was already there.

The emulator has nothing to do with LB and the images. If you named named you images correctly and placed them in the correct folders try selecting all the N64 games and refreshing the image cache (Select all games and hit F5).

In LB you can create a custom field that can be displayed in the Game Details panel. Just right click a game and choose to edit metadata. You will see a tab called "Custom Fields". In a blank cell give the field a name. Then in the "Value" field give it a value to populate. Once you do one game you can then mass select games and use the Bulk Edit function to update all those games to have the custom field. To display that data you can either have it displayed as a text in Game Details: In LB go >Tools >Options >Game Details page then check the box for "Custom Fields". Additionally you can use the plugin below to create a custom badge that can de displayed next to the game box to show a badge for all games you own. in

Did you do what I mentioned in my prior post? The last part of my posts says you have to launch a game and select the view to use the lay file/image.

While you are correct, that if you delete all games from a platform LB removes that platform then it sets the view to "All" level, that in itself does not then delete the whole library. I have done this numerous times and even retested it before this post. Something else had to happen. Typically when we see missing games or data the user has other platform files in the \Data\Platform folder that are causing issues. Some users make duplicate or backups of those \Data\Platform files and leave them in that folder and causes issues similar to this. Another common issue for this is a user using a sync or cloud service and that was causing sync issues.

The game artwork for Game & Watch goes in your Mame's \artwork folder where you have Mame.exe located. So if you have the mame emulator files located in a \Mame folder the artwork goes \Mame\artwork. Each game should have its own folder of image data. Example: Game & Watch Ball files would be located in \Mame\artwork\gnw_ball\[All image and lay files] You just need to make sure Mame knows to use them when you launch the game. LB has nothing to do with those files. If they are not showing when you launch a game hit "Tab" on your keyboard and then in the "video options" make sure to select the proper view (see image below). Depending on how many images you have and how the lay file is set up you may have multiple options.

In LB edit Retroarch in your >Manage >Emulators options. Make sure you do not have the option on the first screen to "Extract Rom Archive before running" checked.

If the files you changed are not in the actual theme's folder you are ok. When you update a theme within BB theme manager it specifically tells you that the entire theme's folder will be deleted. It only deletes the theme's folder folder. So if you keep custom images located somewhere else. you are good. Plus, if you do like @JoeViking245 mentioned and have backups turned on in LB you will have a copy in your backups history.

Ah, Yeah if you have any custom view files or any custom settings made to a BB theme and update through BB theme manager best thing to do is backup the custom view xaml files and the BigBoxSettingsOverride.xaml and ThemeSettings.xaml files located in that theme's folder. I typically make a text file that I list any custom view xamls I create for a theme to keep track of this and place it in the theme folder so I know what to back-up. The warning states it will delete the entire theme folder.

I do not think I have ever received a warning when upgrading about being careful about data loss. In fact just updated the cabinet in my daughter's room and definitely did not get any warning like this. How are you upgrading? There are only 2 ways to update a theme. 1 is download from the forum. 2. Is through BB, but that can only occur if the theme creator submitted the theme to the Devs to be included in BB theme manager. LB/BB nor the theme being update would change any settings. BB/LB only update the program files and if the theme creator updated a theme it would not contain any of your settings xaml files. The theme manager in LB/BB might be the issue as it deletes the theme folder to download a new one.

Yeah an update is not going to fix what you are not doing correctly. It is not something that needs to be made since it actually already is there. What I described works and is how it has been working for years. It is only 6 steps and really 4 of those are just making the custom Category. I cannot help any more if you do not provide any information on what exactly you did and what the end result was. Such as providing the steps you took and pics.

That "0" means they are all ready imported. LB for some reason still sees the data. Try the import process again and check the box for "Force Import Duplicates".

No, you cannot put a playlist inside a playlist. What you can do is make a "Category" (and call it whatever you want) to house all your "Playlists". A playlist can only show up under a "Platform" or a "Category". I pretty much explained this in my 3rd post. Let's make a step-by-step. If this is not easy enoughnot sure what else I can do. Do this: Create a "Category" to hold all your playlists. 1. In LB below the "search" box you should see "Platform" click the down arrow and change it to read "Platform Category" 2. Now that is shows you list in "Category" style right click any thing in the left pane and choose >Add then >New Category. 3. Complete the form and name this new "Category" whatever you want (I called mine Playlists) and then in the "Parents" tab uncheck anything already checked and then ONLY check the "Root" box. 4. Now your new "Category" is created. 5. Right click a playlist (such as Batman Games) and edit. 6. Go to the "Parents" tab and make sure the only box checked is the one for the new "Category" you created (again I called mine "Playlists" so I check the box in front of that. Now your Batman playlist should show up under that new Category. I hope this is what you are trying to do. Put all your playlists into one spot and not have them under the platforms. Now just edit any other playlist you want to move to this same Category.

Ok. so what do you want to do exactly? Like I said if my steps are not specific enough then provide what I requested so I can try to assist. Please read my last post again.

Not upset in anyway. Here to help as best I can.