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  1. Dan Patrick
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    Yeah the red version must have been short lived or something. I explained it all to Snowway and he said, "Thanks. No worries. I will look into it". So we will probably soon have the black option when the next update drops in a month or two.
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    You're welcome faeran. Good observation. Reading this https://www.reddit.com/r/SEGA/comments/ddsj2s/the_megadrive_mini_controller_v_original/ and seeing how the switch genesis controller also uses the red accents like this, I think maybe the controller you are thinking of is a different variant of the 3 button pad. I was a Nintendo/Sony kid and never had Sega back in the day so I'm not as versed in the small differences. It seems that the red accents version was the OG original. The greyscale one seems to be more common. I can ask him to make a variant of it thats this more common style. The one that he made is a real genesis pad variant though because look at this image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sega-Genesis-Model-2-Monster.jpg . I've already recently sent him a list of a few alterations I'd like him to make on a handful of them so I can add that to his list. He's really cool about it thankfully.
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    I did mention to Snowway about the most loved computers. C64 and Amiga were near the top of the list. I didn't specifically mention cd32 though. I feel like he's mainly gunning for the console controllers but when most of those are done who knows.
  4. Dan Patrick
    Wow it's finally here. I just downloaded and tested a simple wheel item template. The performance for those in wall views are way better now! Thanks so much
  5. Dan Patrick
    Thanks for addressing the wall views Dave. 2.5 is a huge accomplishment! 🥳
  6. Dan Patrick
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    This program is one of the most important developments that LaunchBox has ever had. This one program sets LaunchBox (even further) apart than any other front end. The ability to create themes simply with a GUI is just amazing. y2guru has worked tirelessly on this project for at least 4 years. I have followed his youtube videos and it's clear that he's cared about the little things. With 2.5 (releasing very soon) the wheels are visible when creating a theme and this makes a giant difference in the ease of creation. This project is a one of kind labor of love.
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    Hey y2guru, I'm making a theme. It's going well but I have a question. How do I add a simple border around selected images in a wall view as seen in this image? This is my theme currently and the cyan rectangle is just a dummy rectangle behind the wheel. I'm trying to achieve this border while still maintaining a near constant 60fps. I've tried making the border with a wheel item template but my fps in BigBox drops to what seems like 40ps when scrolling. Would it be possible to add a border option in the wheel settings for the selected game? If not, how/where can I add some code to add a simple border without using a wheel template? If it matters, my rig is a gtx1070, i7-6700k(2016) and 32gb ram and Launchbox is on an SSD Thanks!
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    Ok, that's reassuring. I wanted to make sure that those numbers would easily be recognized between different users or machines but clearly that's a non-issue.
  9. Dan Patrick
    Been using it for a few days now y2guru. It is hugely improved. I actually dropped off of the CTC even before 2.3 because the platform logos became a giant project. Using it now it now is a breeze compared to the old 1.09 I messed with a couple years ago lol. The wheel item template images that load on the fly really hurt performance even if it's just a single box art image in there. I did some back and forth testing in a wall view and I could easily feel the dropped frames. Rendering out the wheel template images was a good idea to include. One question I had with that was, how come when I render the images it assigns the images random number names? Shouldn't they keep the game name? Also just curious, is there a way to show the fps of the bigbox interface? I know things like msi afterburner can't show the fps of xaml. I'd like to measure the impact if any as I change things in the theme creator. The ability to edit the wheels live is just a night and day improvement. There're so many little things I can tell that you thought of. Its great! Performance is really good overall. I'm having fun with it and have been looking forward to making a theme with 2.5 for a long time. Thanks again!
  10. Dan Patrick
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    I am working on a tiny extra update that adds those 2. I didn't know about PGM but I do enjoy the game Demon Front.
  11. Dan Patrick
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    Really satisfying sounds. A pretty clean recording it seems as well. The navigation sound is a little loud but they can all be adjusted easily in BigBox. Thanks!
  12. Dan Patrick
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    That was at the top of my list I gave him. He just did 3DO and atari 2600. We agreed that he'll send me a set of 4 or so and make it a once a month ish update.
  13. Dan Patrick
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    Surprisingly good! Every file is named correctly and is high res. Front, Back and Spine images. They even made a generic file for missing images. The spines are also very well done. I recommend this set. It's an interesting decision that most of the front covers don't have the name of the game on them but these are custom covers and the art for these games is beautiful on its own.
  14. Dan Patrick
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    @C-Beats The original vector artwork was not given to me. Snowway did give me the Saturn 3d controller file to so I could see how they were made. These are not SVGs though. These are Adobe Illustrator files. Saving a file with complex effects like this as an SVG ruins the effects which is why some of my logos also don't have an SVG option. I uploaded this 42mb version of my US saturn logo as an SVG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sega_Saturn_USA_logo.svg but if you open it, a lot of the effects data was compressed and broken. It would be neat if we had all the Ai files for these but he may not want to do that. I'll keep adding whatever Snowway gives me!
  15. Dan Patrick
    More information about "Photoreal Controller Vectors by Pineapple Graphics"

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    This is a collection of incredible vector drawings graciously donated by Pineapple Graphics (Aka Snowway22) https://www.instagram.com/pineapple.graphics/ https://www.etsy.com/shop/PineappleGraphicsShp https://www.reddit.com/user/Snowway22/ These drawings take Snowway 10 to 15 hours each! I found this artist on Reddit accidentally and was instantly blown away by the quality of his work. Having a lot of experience in Adobe Illustrator myself, I was shocked to find that these were vector and not 3D models. His artwork showcases very clever techniques to sell the 3D effects including stunning imitations of various materials. Snowway said, “I ended up really enjoying the process and just kept going. I work as a graphic designer so I can make stuff like this in between ‘real’ work stuff. Everything for my job is rush rush. So, it’s really nice to relax, listen to some music, take my time and get lost in the detail. “ I told Snowway about LaunchBox and how this kind of artwork would be a huge boon for the frontend community. He was willing to contribute and even asked for suggestions on more controllers to draw. I gave him a list and some references to help. He said that he’d get to most of them, but he doesn't want to be rushed. I said take your time! Snowway later said, “If you could in any way shout out or plug my Instagram however or to whoever… that would be amazing. I, of course, don’t make any money from that but it’s been a fun hobby and the validation is a good motivator.” Guys, show your appreciation to this artist and enjoy his awesome work! Most of the “favorite” platforms are represented here. Feel free to suggest things here but just know that these drawings take a lot of time. While I’ve made carefully chosen suggestions based on what systems I think are most important and that people actually play, Snowway is the one crafting the art. I will continue to post more as this project grows! The current list of included platforms is as follows: Arcade (multiple versions) Analogue Pocket (Black and White) Atari 2600 (also paddle controllers) Atari 7800 (Controller and Joystick) Atari Jaguar Atari Lynx Atari VCS 2021 Bandai Wonderswan Color (2 Colors) Colecovision Commodore 64 (Mouse and Keyboard Variants) GCE Vectrex Logitech Steering Wheel Mattel Intellivision Microsoft Xbox Microsoft Xbox 360 Microsoft Xbox One Microsoft Xbox Series (Also Elite Controller) NEC TurboGrafx-16 / CD / DUO (also Turbo Express) Nintendo 3DS Nintendo 64 / DD Nintendo DS Nintendo Entertainment System (Also Dog Bone & Zapper) Nintendo Famicom Nintendo Game & Watch (Mario & Zelda) Nintendo Game Boy Nintendo Game Boy Advance (Original and SP) Nintendo Game Boy Color (5 colors!) Nintendo Switch (Original, OLED, Light, Pro Controller + more) Nintendo Virtual Boy Nintendo Wii Nintendo Wii U Nintendo GameCube Nintendo Super Famicom Panasonic 3DO Playdate SNK Neo Geo AES SNK Neo Geo CD SNK Neo Geo MVS SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color Sega Dreamcast (US and PAL) Sega Game Gear Sega Genesis / 32X / CD (3 & 6 button) (also Sega Nomad) Sega Master System Sega Saturn (Original & 3D Controller) (Japan versions also) Sony PS Vita Sony PSP Sony PlayStation (Original, Dual Analog and DualShock) Sony PlayStation 2 Sony PlayStation 3 (also boomerang prototype & move controller) Sony PlayStation 4 Sony PlayStation 5 Super Nintendo Entertainment System (US and PAL)
  16. Dan Patrick
    Photoreal Controller Vectors by Pineapple Graphics View File This is a collection of incredible vector drawings graciously donated by Pineapple Graphics (Aka Snowway22) https://www.instagram.com/pineapple.graphics/ https://www.etsy.com/shop/PineappleGraphicsShp https://www.reddit.com/user/Snowway22/ These drawings take Snowway 10 to 15 hours each! I found this artist on Reddit accidentally and was instantly blown away by the quality of his work. Having a lot of experience in Adobe Illustrator myself, I was shocked to find that these were vector and not 3D models. His artwork showcases very clever techniques to sell the 3D effects including stunning imitations of various materials. Snowway said, “I ended up really enjoying the process and just kept going. I work as a graphic designer so I can make stuff like this in between ‘real’ work stuff. Everything for my job is rush rush. So, it’s really nice to relax, listen to some music, take my time and get lost in the detail. “ I told Snowway about LaunchBox and how this kind of artwork would be a huge boon for the frontend community. He was willing to contribute and even asked for suggestions on more controllers to draw. I gave him a list and some references to help. He said that he’d get to most of them, but he doesn't want to be rushed. I said take your time! Snowway later said, “If you could in any way shout out or plug my Instagram however or to whoever… that would be amazing. I, of course, don’t make any money from that but it’s been a fun hobby and the validation is a good motivator.” Guys, show your appreciation to this artist and enjoy his awesome work! Most of the “favorite” platforms are represented here. Feel free to suggest things here but just know that these drawings take a lot of time. While I’ve made carefully chosen suggestions based on what systems I think are most important and that people actually play, Snowway is the one crafting the art. I will continue to post more as this project grows! The current list of included platforms is as follows: Arcade (multiple versions) Atari 2600 (also paddle controllers) Atari Lynx Atari Jaguar Mattel Intellivision Microsoft Xbox Microsoft Xbox 360 Microsoft Xbox One Microsoft Xbox Series (Also Elite Controller) NEC TurboGrafx-16 / CD (also Turbo Express) Nintendo 3DS Nintendo 64 / DD Nintendo DS Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Famicom Nintendo Game Boy Nintendo Game Boy Advance (Original and SP) Nintendo Game Boy Color (5 colors!) Nintendo Switch (Many variants) Nintendo Virtual Boy Nintendo Wii Nintendo Wii U Nintendo GameCube Nintendo Super Famicom Panasonic 3DO SNK Neo Geo AES SNK Neo Geo CD SNK Neo Geo MVS SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color Sega Dreamcast (US and PAL) Sega Game Gear Sega Genesis / 32X / CD (3 & 6 button) (also Sega Nomad) Sega Master System Sega Saturn (Original & 3D Controller) (Japan versions also) Sony PS Vita Sony PSP Sony PlayStation (Original, Dual Analog and DualShock) Sony PlayStation 2 Sony PlayStation 3 (also boomerang prototype) Sony PlayStation 4 Sony PlayStation 5 Super Nintendo Entertainment System (US and PAL) Submitter Dan Patrick Submitted 11/12/2022 Category Platform Console Images  
  17. Dan Patrick
    As a Christian myself and recently a father I definitely know where Jason is coming from. These kinds of issues are always a bit of a grey area. I'd say most of it will be common sense as to what to delete. All the erotic visual novels have sexualized characters and stuff even besides the parts with full nudity. I'd say use your best judgement to find the less egregious characters or costumes or whatever. Again, I'd say it'll be a common sense decision. A tv commercial for a waterpark shows people in bikinis but they'd never zoom in on a boob. Obvious statements aside, thanks guys for your hard work on the DB! LonestarK I agree with your conclusion that the Game Over cover would be considered partial nudity.
  18. Dan Patrick
    As the title says, VLC loops video with a black screen in between each loop. A short black flicker basically. I want short videos to be able to loop seamlessly. VLC is the newest version in LB as is LB itself. I haven't touched the config. If I open VLC in the LB folder it's stored in (by itself not in BigBox), the same video doesn't show the black screen in between each loop. This is very minor but makes looping short 10 second videos unusable. I was testing this in CriticalZoneV2 - BlueBox with my own video renamed to "default". I tried windows media player in BigBox and it plays it smoothly, but VLC has the short black screen flicker before each loop (the video itself is smooth once it starts though). Is this the case for anyone else?
  19. Dan Patrick
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    Hey Legolas, in my 1.1 update I'm finishing up I'll add more clear steps of how/where to install these. You had good questions. In LB the platform logos aren't as prominent but are now visable. In the newest 12.15 update they can now be seen when a platform is selected, and no game is selected (if you're in the default theme at least). To replace the platform logo place them in Launchbox>Images>Platforms>(name of platform)>Clear Logo To refresh the images in Big Box, go to options, image cache and refresh the platform wheel images.
  20. Dan Patrick
    I gotcha, I know Steam OS is linux. Agreed that would be awesome and there'd be some repeat customers. Anything's possible, I thought the android port would never happen. Safe to say there is no plan for a Linux build though.
  21. Dan Patrick
    I don't want to dig up a finished thread here, but I just want to say my unnecessary 2 cents. The steam deck is obviously a hit but it can run windows really well from what I hear, especially now compared to launch. Here ETA uses LB on windows 10 (before windows 11 even worked) back in march and it runs great. The Steam Deck Is The New King Of Hand-Held Emulation! Amazingly Fast EMU Performance - YouTube I've seen on several LB Youtube videos where a comment says "Is LB coming to steam deck?". The team knows it's wanted but once they get those few sales from steam deck users then is it worth the time to the small team. It currently would take way longer than it's worth apparently. If there were 100 million steam decks out there then that'd probably be different. Think about how many windows and android users there are. Those 2 platforms have more potential for money. Plus, they don't have to do anything that they don't want to do so enough said, I guess. I do truly think LB is far and away the best front end. Yes, there's free front ends that still are good programs. For example, I think Pegasus is snappy and looks nice although seemingly hard to set up. Most other desktop front ends look pretty dated to me. But LB has the theme creator which is a game changer and other front ends even use LBs data base to scrape because it's huge. I've been using LB since like 2012 I think, and the speed and customization is so much better since then. What other front end could have that kind of track record? (not sponsored lol)
  22. Dan Patrick
    Thanks for the themes you've made Juketsu. Pegasus is pretty and snappy I will say. BigBox used to be super slow. These days it's pretty snappy though imo. We're all just having fun playing games and that's what matters here.
  23. Dan Patrick
    I have noticed that initial hiccup you mentioned in the first loaded view in the past. I'm glad you care about fixing the little things like that. Thanks y2
  24. Dan Patrick
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    One of the most ambitious creations on this website. No question. Amazing stuff!
  25. Dan Patrick
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    This is a perfect idea for a sound pack. This sounds very clean and subtle. Highly recommended!
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