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The stability of LaunchBox-13.24-beta-1 is better for me than LaunchBox-13.23 but I am experiencing more issues with these builds then I did with any of the 13.23 beta builds. I have a Windows 11 Machine with a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060. Currently set to FFMPEG. I am getting a lot of complete Launchbox crashes on my machine while doing the following: 1. Manually clicking games too quickly in a Platform list. (Auto play is off for Music and Videos) 2. Editing a game from a playlist. 3. Moving from Playlist to playlist too quickly. My build is not that large at the moment. It has a NES collection and a few other smaller platforms. ~1000 games at the moment. In the Web world I would record a JAM.dev file for you and send your way. Is there anything specific I could grab to help devs diagnose. Is it possible I am experiencing echo effects of videos loading in the display window even if auto play is off? I would love to help diagnose and help this to get resolved. Please let me know what I can do to help.

I can confirm the False Positive does not occur in the 13.24 beta 1 on my machine. I did not update Windows Defender definitions yet, so my PC was still at the same state as when I installed 13.23. Just an FYI. Thanks.

I can confirm this was thrown at me as well by Microsoft Defender on Windows 11. I ran a scan after on the Launchbox folder and no other concerns found. Possible false positive? EDIT: I see the answer was posted by an admin 2 minutes before I posted that it is indeed a false positive. Thank you for the fast reply faeran.

I know Vita games can get ridiculous in size. While I am not planning out the gate to add all of the games ever made....if I ever went down this path I would want to make sure my Launchbox/bigbox size never got out of hand because the emulator folder was XTB in size. I appreciate the reply.

I am interested in adding Vita3K to my Launchbox/bigbox build. However I currently store ALL my Roms on a Network drive. Is there anyway to change the location that roms are installed in for this emulator? If not could symlinks work? Thanks in advance.

Thanks. I was under the same assumption but wanted to hear it echoed. Again the issue with being a QA is I am always looking at software in abstract ways. I appreciate the dialogue.

Thanks for the reply. I was aware that the 2 in the middle were for the SABA Videoplay in Germany. I believe that you were able to answer some of my questions, which I thank you kindly. For the example I provided I believe at some point No-Into named the file differently and this helps grab legacy versions of the rom to scrape. As far as what I was asking for about my created collection on my PC. If I have a large collection, is there benefit to add Tic-Tac-Toe Shooting Gallery Doodle Quadra-Doodle as individual Alternate names in my collection to make search parsing quicker? ...or is the fact that there are redundant items now slowing down my game search. I am asking anticipating a large collection eventually. I want to know if I am shooting my foot or if I can get some sort of search efficiency in the future by making smart changes. Thanks again.

I am curious what the intended use of Alternate Names is? Was the purpose to call out title differences by region for relational linking or is it there to actually help with finding games better for the end user? Or are Alternate names meant to help those importing in the future when in the GamesDB? Given the example of Videocart-1: Tic-Tac-Toe & Shooting Gallery & Doodle & Quadra-Doodle It has alternate names of: Tic-Tac-Toe + Shooting Gallery + Doodle + Quadra-Doodle Videocart 1: Mühle - Tontauben-Schießen - Kreatives Malspiel - Videoscope Muehle, Tontauben-Schiessen, Kreatives Malspiel, Videoscope Tic-Tac-Toe, Shooting Gallery, Doodle, Quadra-Doodle For this game is there benefit for formatting differences of the same data (ie the +) ? Asking ChatGPT it is suggesting to use Alternate Names to make searching later easier like: Tic-Tac-Toe Shooting Gallery Doodle Quadra-Doodle Is this true and would it be useful to include in my Launchbox build or is it overkill? I do software QA for a living so when I run into something like this I tend to want to learn as much as I can to understand it's true purpose as if I don't I will edge case the heck out of it and find out later I have to do re-work when development adds proper guard rails to the area. Thanks in advance.

I think I solved my own problem, but I have discovered a bug in the process. The plugin is requesting me to have the beta of launchbox. At the time I am on 13.15. It's probably a good idea to do a version check to make sure that older versions are not broken due to an upgrade requirement. I will try and upgrade my version to the most current beta, but just a heads up on what I found.

It has been a week since I launched my launhbox software. Today I was greeted with a plugin update message for retroarch. After updating from 1.1 to 1.2, it no longer is tracking the version number in the mange emulator section. Was this intentional or is there a suggested way I can fix this? Thanks for Any help.

I have not gotten into Switch emulation, however it looks like Yuzu and Citra are both gone from their respective websites. Any thoughts on if Citra will make a return?

I am not interested in a huge collection but am interested adding some comics to a build like a highlight/snapshot of the era. Anyways I am curious if CDisplayex has a portable version? If not is there a new cbr/cbz reader that is portable?

Thanks for your help.

Hello, I am looking if there is a pack containing all of these and who the original designer was. I found this in McFly's download back when I was looking at things for a reference. I love the style and I want to see if the author has any others to pick from if they have a template or help inspire my build further. Any idea where the original pack is with these in it? Additionally I am trying to create or find categories for different buckets like "Game Engine" - Where I think ScrummVM, MUGEN, etc. feel separated then Arcade where they seem to default. I appreciate any help.

Hey all, I have been using Launch Box for awhile now. I recently backed up my old build and started a fresh install that I plan on importing or moving games back when I complete. What I am trying to do with this build is organize and configure platforms that seems to bucket them better. Currently I am looking at adding defunct and un-emulated systems to the list (hiding all the games for when in Big Box) in the hopes I am ready to move to this if they ever release. I am coming at this more as an archivist point of view then a gamer. What I am looking for from other users is what obscure Categories they have created that are outside the normal (Arcade, Computers, Consoles, Handhelds) What reason did you create the category for? I see some users have put in some categories like comics and magazines. (Which might be cool as reference material of a small collection for Nostalgia reasons - Like 80's G.I. Joe or Transformers as well as Nintendo Power). I am thinking of creating sub categories under the main ones to separate Dedicated consoles out from cartridge or disc based systems. Also I was thinking of a separate category for eshops outside of their platforms. Please share your ideas. Thanks all.

No problem. Thanks for the response.

It's nice to see you are growing. Do you ever see the need for an experienced SQA? I realize the beta gets a lot of the testing done at a community level, however if you continue to grow/expand maybe it is worth the thought. Freelance QA is even valuable in some cases.

I wanted to give my input on this as well. It appears that the link to EmuMovies from Lunchbox is extremely slow for me on any update or addition. Eventually I get an error box where all the lines have "The operation timed out." Navigating to their website I can download at normal speeds. The FTP seems to work for downloading but I get a bad certificate when I connect. I realize the issue is not on the Launchbox side in this case, but could it be possible to consider a timeout option with a retry later menu item that re-runs any failed jobs the user said "save for later" to? You could set it up to only look during off-peak hours from the user's time frame or something. Just a thought. Edit: I also posted on the Emumovies forum - not sure how often that gets looked at

To the best of my knowledge the data updates I submit are done in a few days per upload. However literal name changes like WonderSwan to Bandai WonderSwan sadly I have not seen any changes or impact. (Not sure if there is a hardcoded reason for it or not. But can confirm there is not way for me to change the name in submissions. - Thus the reason I started this thread as well.) I will try to get to a few more submissions this week. I have been rather busy with work to the point I have been wiped when I am done. Thanks again for the reply as it gets me excited to do things again.

Title: Atari 2600 Scrape As: Atari 2600 Release Date: 9/11/1977 Developer: Atari, Inc. Manufacturer: Atari, Inc. CPU: 8-bit MOS Technology 6507 @ 1.19 MHz Memory: 128 bytes Graphics: Television Interface Adaptor (TIA) Sound: Mono 2-Channel (handled by the TIA) Display: 160 x 192 Media: Cartridge Max Controllers: 2 Sort Title: Atari 2600 Platform Category: Consoles Notes: The Atari Video Computer System (VCS), later named the Atari 2600, is a second generation (1976–1992) home video game console developed and distributed by Atari, Inc. It was released on September 11, 1977 in North America at a retail price of $199. The console was later released in Europe (1978) and Japan (1983 - as the Atari 2800). The Atari 2600 popularized the use of microprocessor-based hardware and games contained on ROM cartridges. The console was discontinued on January 1, 1992. Picture:

Thanks for the survey info as well as the link to vote for the feature.

Has it ever been brought up to add a next and previous button when editing games? When editing several new records that don't have a bulk change value, I find that I am saving, clicking the next item, clicking edit, making the change, and repeating. Is there a shortcut key press that I am missing that may exist for this. I was going to enter a feature request for this, but I would assume that someone at some point had similar issues as me and that there is some limitation with saving records on moving that is the issue. Thoughts?