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    Background Images for Filters View

    in Big Box Custom Themes

    Posted

    43 minutes ago, C-Beats said:

    You CAN via XAML but it isn't very intuitive, easy or strait-forward. What you would basically do is create a invisible text box and use it to build the string to the path the image is in (using static strings and SelectedFilter.Name binding). Then in the image control point to the text box Text binding to get the image (if it's there).

    Yeah, that sounds a bit above my head. I've done a fair amount of stuff with xaml and creating themes, but I'm not a programmer by any stretch. Are there any example code snippets of this. Maybe @faeran would know?

    Background Images for Filters View

    in Big Box Custom Themes

    Posted

    30 minutes ago, C-Beats said:

    OH so you want an image per filter value, not what filter you were on. So for example if you select "View Genres" you don't want a generic "Genres" image, you want an image matching the name of the Genre value you are moused over?

    Yes. That is correct. Is that something we can currently do?

    Background Images for Filters View

    in Big Box Custom Themes

    Posted

    Hi,

    Does anyone know if there's a way to select a specific background image for the different categories in the Filters view (genre, series, developer, etc...). There is a setting in Bigbox to select a random games fanart that is within a specific filter, but I'm looking to make the image static.

    Thanks!

    11.18 Beta Testing

    in Beta Testing

    Posted

    19 hours ago, C-Beats said:

    Only thing that affects the image save logic (other than the controls in the image page) is the games Title or Platform, so not sure why you would be seeing that. You always seen this happen or this new to the beta?

    I've noticed it since either the last beta or the one before.

    11.18 Beta Testing

    in Beta Testing

    Posted

    Hey guys,

    I'm still seeing the issue where if you import a game, after it finishes importing, you manually change the metadata (as of present I've tried genre and rating) sometimes some of your images will be deleted for that game. This does not affect any images you have manually added.

    Thanks!

    11.18 Beta Testing

    in Beta Testing

    Posted

    Hey guys,

    I'm not sure if this has been mentioned or not, but when I import a game and then manually change the genre, the images that were downloaded when importing the game are deleted.

    I have not tried changing any other data, only genres.

    Thanks!

    Auto move games to SSD

    in Monkeys

    Posted

    That's true with the shaders. But, it definitely was the drive. I tried playing the same part of the same game on both drives multiple times. After about three playthroughs on each, the mechanical one stuttered every time and the SSD didn't at all.

    Also, the mechanical one was 5400rpm and USB. I'm not sure if the combination of both just made it too slow.

    Auto move games to SSD

    in Monkeys

    Posted

    21 hours ago, neil9000 said:

    Also loading games from a SSD actually makes very little difference. Having launchbox itself on a SSD is a good idea, but its not needed for roms, i have all of mine on a 5400rpm mechanical drive and i never even notice loading times.

    If you feel passionate about it though hit the "help and support" tab at the top of the website and hit the request a feature link.

    I've noticed Wii roms on Dolphin will actually stutter a bit here and there when you're playing them on slower drives. I had mine on a mechanical 5400rpm drive and that was the case. When I moved them to an SSD drive the stuttering went away.

    I'm not positive, but I think the same thing happened with PS3 roms using RPCS3.

    11.13 Beta Testing

    in Beta Testing

    Posted · Edited by bbweiners

    @C-Beats

    I'm not sure if this is the case or not. But can you now on PlatformViews be able to go from a HorizontalWheelView and navigate to the recently played games and/or favorites that populate if they are enabled?

    Right now you can only navigate to recent games or favorites if you're using a VerticalWheel or Textview.

    Thanks!

    11.13 Beta Testing

    in Beta Testing

    Posted

    1 hour ago, faeran said:

    Beta 2 is now live with the following changes:

    • Improvement - ScummVM has been upgraded to version 2.2.0 and updated the ScummVM game drop down list to include the new titles it now supports
    • Improvement - NavigationDirection binding was moved from FlowControl to the actual Game/Platform view to allow more views to use it
    • Improvement - Adjusted Big Box FlowControl rendering to help with visual artifacts and performance on lower end machines
    • Improvement - Added a "IsNotEmpty" playlist field to Auto-Populate playlist
    • Fixed - Auto-Populate fields "Doesn't Contain" and "Has At Least One of" should now function as intended (introduced in 11.13 beta 1)
    • Fixed - Can now Download Platform Videos from EmuMovies again (introduced in 11.11)
    • Fixed - In Big Box when platforms would play fallback game videos, it would only use VideoSnaps, it now respects your Video Type Priority settings
    • Fixed - Playlists wouldn't always fallback to images of games inside of the playlist
    • Fixed - Adding logic to help with the EmuMovies 404 error while downloading media

    Could you elaborate a bit on - 

    • Improvement - NavigationDirection binding was moved from FlowControl to the actual Game/Platform view to allow more views to use it

    Thanks!

    $50 Bounty - Starting amount - Image and video web search

    in Third-Party Applications and Plugins (Development and Beta Testing)

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Lordmonkus said:

    We do not recommend skraper at all, in fact we discourage people from using it, it has a nasty habit of borking peoples xml files.

    Agreed. It has done that to mine.

    So What I do is backup my data folder, run it, have it put all images to directories independent of Launchbox and then copy the data folder back.

    After that I'll just go sift through everything it's scraped and add in what I like.

    So no, it's not real fast. But if you're cool amassing a bunch of images and going through them, it works.

    $50 Bounty - Starting amount - Image and video web search

    in Third-Party Applications and Plugins (Development and Beta Testing)

    Posted

    On 2/26/2021 at 10:13 AM, Mr.Laor said:

    I know many of us have chatted about using bounties to see the features we want implemented. Well, I'm hoping someone bites.

    I would love a media search (google images / Youtube videos) plugin that would help fill the holes in my database.

    I've created a rough mock-up below of what it could like and the functionality it would have. 

    Even if we could only get the "Image" part working - it would improve my workflow tremendously.

    I'm sure I overlooked and missed important details - no doubt the community will be quick to point them out.

    I am 100% willing to pay in advance and not concerned about the aesthetics of the plug-in / just functionality. I am happy with the honor system (I've been a long-time user and have contributed in different ways whenever I could)

    If anyone is interested in chipping in just comment below / If anyone has feedback  just comment below / 

    MOST IMPORTANTLY - if anyone is interested in creating this - PLEASE LET ME KNOW!.

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    Have you tried https://www.skraper.net/

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