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You can update any core you want directly in Retroarch. It will not break anything in LB.

You can simply run the newest installer over top. It does not really affect your settings. Though, going from 10.x to the current 12.6 there could be a random setting here or there that may change due to how many feature updates and UI updates between a version that old and the most current.

I like the changes. Removal of the box art makes a nice difference. Gives a nice balance between the actual "game details" and media elements. I also live the location change and coloration of the little badges.

In BigBox....>Options >Image Cache. If you run the image cache for all your images and let it finish generating the full cache this helps speed things up. It is not the end all to issues users may have, but it helps BB run smoother once the cache is built. Our two devs do constantly develop for performance, in fact the latest beta has more improvements. LB/BB are WPF programs and therefore put a lot of data into memory, so the more RAM you have the better. 4GB is not recommended, so 8GB should be enough to run smoothly. With 8GB though I would say use less transition heavy themes. If you use the Default theme I would recommend reducing some of the theme transitions if you are having issues. These are located in the >Options >Transitions setting in BB. You can read some information on performance from one of our devs here.

You likely have the option to "Extract Rom" checked in your LB Retroarch settings. Go to >Tools >Manage >Emulators and edit Retroarch. On the details tab it is the check box on the bottom right.

I do not believe you can get a "Platform Category" to show up that way if you are having BB show "Platforms" as Startup View. Since it is not a Platform it will be excluded. You can get a Platform Category to show up under another Platform Category, but the view has to be set to "Platform Category". To do this In LB right click the Platform Category name and edit it. Go to the Parents Tab. It should be checked to show in "Root". Uncheck that and then check it to show up under one of the other platform categories.

There is not.

\LaunchBox\Videos\Playlists Name each exactly as the playlist is named.

Well, in LB it is not really that seamless. It can work, but LB is more the pc front end that is better used with keyboard and mouse. BigBox is more the arcade frontend of our software and works seamlessly with arcade controls. You just go to Settings in BigBox and map either under Controller Mapping of Keyboard Mapping depending on how you arcade controls are seen by your pc.

The team is always working on performance improvements. Definitely should not see upwards of 6gig of RAM use. 2 of my cabinets are Ryzen 3200 CPU with 8GB of RAM and have no issues running LB or BB. Largest my system will eat on memory is around 1700MB. It usually hovers in at around 900-1200. I know we have had random users here and there with lighter spec systems having similar issues, usually this is with BB though due to how much data BB puts in RAM. Safe to assume your Windows and all your drivers are up to date? I link the thread on our moderator discord with the 2 devs so hopefully when they are working in they next couple days one can chime in.

In BigBox >Options >Sound

LB does not do any control mapping for in game play. That is all left to the emulators. So this need to be done in each emulator. The premium feature for controls LB/BB does have is only for moving within the BB/LB UI.

The theme may not develop much more. It was a proof of concept for new features BB received. As it is it works fine. Just need to make sure the theme folder if unzipped and filed properly, set it as your theme in BB, and then change the view in either of the ways Neil mentioned. Mapping a key/button is best since you can be inside the game list and change views real time. You can also do the same binding a key/button to change Themes. If you chose the theme in BB and are switching views real time then it typically means the theme folder is not correct.

Double check and make sure you placed the theme correctly. Once you downloaded the theme you need to unzip it. Then place the unzipped folder in \LaunchBox\Themes\ folder. If you have the archiver unzip it for oyu make sure it is not buried in a second folder \LaunchBox\Themes\The POC\The POC. It should be \LaunchBox\Themes\The POC\ and then when you open "The POC" folder you see all the theme files.

Change views again. That is one of the Default theme views.

Sorry to say but you will get very little help when it comes to buying a set-up from rom sellers and if they sold it with a BB license just know there is a good chance we will or already have that license black listed and it will eventually stop working with updates. You can transfer the setup to an internal drive and leave the roms, you just need to make sure you update the rom path for all thae games.

You can try CBeats steps in this thread. Look at his last post. Just be sure to copy the \Themes folder and not the \LBThemes. So in his step replace \LBThemes with \Themes. Best would be if you can get things off that drive temporarily and reformat to NTFS.

Are you using LB on an external drive? If so, check what format the drive is. This is behavior seen in cases where the external drive is ExFat. LB should be on an NTFS formatted drive.

Just tested and it worked fine. What are the exact steps you took?

Controller support is a premium feature. Please keep in mind that the controller support it offers is for moving around in LB/BB. Not for actual game emulation. That is all handled by emulators directly.

This will really be system dependent. Some users will see larger drops in load times than others. What causes the longest load delays is not as much the actual number of games, but more so the auto-populated playlists as they have to read the game data upon each load. So the more playlists of this type to longer load time takes.

Videos both in a theme and in Attract Mode will be dependent on 2 things. 1. That you actually have videos downloaded for all the games and for platform level. 2. The theme you are using is designed to show videos. Additionally, some themes will have a view for videos and a view designed not to show videos so you would need to make sure you are using one that does. If you are seeing videos for some games and no videos for others than #1 is your issue. BigBox is going to scroll through the wheel during Attract Mode. That is the way it is designed and there is not an option to change that.

If this is a new build you cannot. If you have the old build still you can look in your /Updates folder. You can run the last version from that folder that worked with your license. If all else fails email support@unbrokensoftware.com and explain the situation. The team should be able to email you a version that work with you license.

Does the game run directly in Retroarch without using LB? RA is telling you there is an issue, not LB.

Not exactly sure as I never bothered with video marquees, but someone did post some to our downloads section. Doubt they are the same as what you see in the video, but it is a start.