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  1. 10 minutes ago, skizzosjt said:

    You would need to add Retroarch as a "Non Steam game" into your Steam library. Then in LaunchBox, use this newly created Non Steam Game Steam URL shortcut link as the launching path. To get that easily I normally go in Steam, right click on the "game" and create a shortcut. View that shortcut's properties to see the launching URL. That's what you would put into LaunchBox's Launching, Application Path field. Make sure you have emulation turned OFF under Emulation or it will not work since it would be trying to launch it through a separate emulator rather than treating it like a standard application executable. If you use startup/shutdown screens, I suggest turning that off with the custom settings for the Retroarch "game" unless you want that. I just tried it out, and it seems to work the way I think you want it to! It allows the Steam overlay to appear in Retroarch.

     

    Funny thing is I have done weird setups like this before lol. Gotta do what ya gotta do to get it working!

    Interesting solution! 

    This is a Steam/RA issue, not a LB one. Albeit, I thought Launchbox being handy as it is would be able to circumvent it. 

    I'll try it asap!!! Thank you for the suggestion, @skizzosjt!

  2. Hello! 

    Is there a command suffix or some way for Launchbox to somehow boot Retroarch as if it were being launched via Steam? 

    Currently I'm facing 2 issues because of this. Firstly, steam input is overlapping my Dualsense config and making it work only when RA is launched throught it (I'm trying to fix this regardless of LB, but anyway..). Also, when RA is launched autonomously the Steam Overlay doesn't work, nor its features such as taking screenshots. 

    Thank you all! And please excuse me if this was posted on the wrong subforum. 

  3. Every now and then when I update my metadata and media these disc-box-case-y images keep poppin and replacing the proper nicer box-front ones

    Can somene help me identify where is this kind of boxy cover art is coming from so I can turn it off when updating? Thank you!

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    Oh, also I'm sorry if this isn't the proper subforum. In such case, let me know which is the proper and I'll repost there.

  4. 2 minutes ago, Lordmonkus said:

    Thank you for the suggestion, @Lordmonkus. I'm already using the Lambda Beta 1.1. But there's just so much a community theme can do. 

    Concerning the rough edges, I'm pretty sure the devs can pinpoint nice doable upgrades for the interface. 

    But boot up modern launchers and you'll understand what I'm talking about, one of aforementioned, or even Steam or RetroArch itself... It may sound petty to care about glow/parallax effects on selected boxes/cartridges, or smooth scrolling, or icons in list mode or whatever, but I believe for many people the "game browsing experience" is pretty much most of the, if not the only, point of using a launcher as LB... Thus the overwhelming success of BigBox - which I particularly believe to be borderline perfect, and a masterpiece by the dev team. 

     

  5. 3 hours ago, Kevin_Flynn said:

    You compared GOG Galaxy and Launchbox, and I use them both (for modern vs retro games). The only difference is that rather than load the game details on the right-hand panel, GOG opens it on the main screen and has a back button to return to the previous screen. "a complete GUI overhaul" is uncalled for. The performance of GOG Galaxy is significantly faster - this could because of the way the assets are optimized and not a fault of the Launchbox as we provide the assets ourselves and these can vary in size... or because I have Launchbox/Bigbox hosted on the network, haha.

    I absolutely agree, man. I'm not a native English speaker so maybe I sounded a bit harsher than I intended. The thing is, launchbox already does everything those other two do way better, it just lacks the eye candy and is a bit more rough around the edges. After all, as you said, it has way more assets and whatnot... But... so does Playnite. And the whole point of a launcher is not needing another launcher, that's why I refuse to use anything other than LB. 

    I'm not looking to compare them, since as I said you can't even dare to do so. And maybe talking about a COMPLETE OVERHAUL was indeed uncalled for. What I meant is just that the GUI update is a nice idea, and I'm glad it made it into the community poll. We could use smooth scrolling, highlighting boxes, little icons in list mode and whatnot in the default theme.  

  6. Launchbox is REEEEEEEEEEEEALLY starting to show its age... Especially when compared to GOG Galaxy and Playnite. We need a complete GUI overhaul A.S.A.P., It's good to see it's appearing on the poll. 

    A while ago I installed the aforementioned two, just to see what they were like.. And man, going back to Launchbox felt like going back from Windows Vista to Windows XP: You know XP is absolutely better than Vista in every way, but boy does it feels crude.

    Just bought another license as my way of showing support and loyalty. We trust ya, Jason & team ❤️

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    1 hour ago, L4R63N7 said:

    I have been wanting this feature ever since I bought it a few years ago. Every other game launcher has the ability to minimize to the system tray so they are already open, ready to go at a moments notice, and not taking up space on the task bar.  I love using Launchbox, and and even though it doesn't take long to load, it would be nice if it was ready to use when I click on the tray icon.

    tbh it can take a little long to load... i'm using SSD, but with over 2000+ games on my library it takes its sweet time to load... minimize to system tray is still a must

  8. Hi! 

    Being pretty straightforward, I would like to play a fullscreen short video of the original console boot animation before a ROM loads up.

    I'm not talking about the selection screen of BigBox, although I would like for it to work on both Launchbox and Bigbox. I'm talking about the original boot screen from the consoles, such as the "weeeeon pshhhhhhh" of PSX.

    thanks a million guys

     

    ps: I know a couple of emu's already does this, but not all of em. and I could never achieve this on retroarch, so

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