Maddoc1007 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 I have this strange behaviour when exiting Launch box if after using Launchbox for awhile when i exit screen goes like this when i click on exit before it closes If i clean up images or clear ram cache and then i when i exit screen goes like this before it exits is there anyone else seeing this behaviour or is it i wonder graphics card problem on my end use a geforce gt 240 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriven Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I am getting this behavior in 4.7, as well as very slow performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Are you guys on the Betas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoc1007 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 Yes am on the latest beta but not a major slowdown in Launchbox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Maddoc1007 said Yes am on the latest beta Does it only happen during the Beta or on the official release 2 versions ago now? I am just asking to help Jason narrow down what could have been done. Other than that, do you happen to get any Error codes or just the odd visual effects? Now that I think about it, they're new visual effects xD. I get an odd one too. You know when you play an old game in fullscreen mode on your nice big monitor? It essentially lowers your resolution down to the games resolution and the game is nice and big on your screen? Imagine that but in a box in the top left corner of the screen. Everything gets big like the resolution changed for it, but its in a box... then LaunchBox closes. xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoc1007 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 was on the official release picture 1 i posted, picture 2 only happened in the last 2 betas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Maddoc1007 said was on the official release picture 1 i posted, picture 2 only happened in the last 2 betas Ok, i'll specifically send him this thread, see if there is anything he can do. He did say that something on the backend changed... I am wondering if its related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoc1007 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 SentaiBrad just did a little experiment changed windows 7 aero to windows classic shell when closing down the pictures i posted dont happen instead when closing you get a Blank White Screen. So the problem is with Aero and the Aero themes that are clashing with Launchbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoc1007 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 If there is a way that Jason could programme into Launchbox to make windows go to classic view when you open Launchbox like some of the emulators do i think that will solve the problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Maddoc1007 said If there is a way that Jason could programme into Launchbox to make windows go to classic view when you open Launchbox like some of the emulators do i think that will solve the problems Ah, that explains why we don't get this, were on Windows 8. If I recall, can't you disable just Aero without going to classic shell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoc1007 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 to disable aero on win 7 you have to pick basic or classic themes but either solves the weird shutdown problem except for a white screen when exiting thats why was so long in replying as was trying it out lol, also on windows 8 microsoft did away with aero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoc1007 Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Well i spoke a bit too soon after playing around with Launchbox with the Basic theme for around 30 mins the results are similar to my first post well call this pic 1 when exiting Launchbox and if we clean images or cache in Launchbox and exit we call this pic 2 but if we use classic themein win 7 we dont get it to that extent except white screen but would have to leave Launchbox on for a few hours to make sure. Saying that wouldnt want my desktop in classic view its like looking at windows 95 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Thanks for that info guys. Maddoc, how long does that show up when exiting? How long does it take to exit? Kriven, I'm curious what you mean by "really slow performance." What in particular is slow, and how long does it take? How big is your collection? What are your machine specs? What language is your operating system? I've had one other report of the app being really slow, so I'm wondering if it's related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Maddoc1007 said also on windows 8 microsoft did away with aero Right, thats why I said we don't run in to these problems. It's nice having people who use a wide range of OSes. xD Maybe one of these days I'll try loading LB on Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriven Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Jason Carr said Thanks for that info guys. Maddoc, how long does that show up when exiting? How long does it take to exit? Kriven, I'm curious what you mean by "really slow performance." What in particular is slow, and how long does it take? How big is your collection? What are your machine specs? What language is your operating system? I've had one other report of the app being really slow, so I'm wondering if it's related. When browsing through the library and using the arrow keys to navigate from one title to the next or when clicking on a title (both right and left click), it takes/took several seconds for the title to become highlighted. Essentially the whole program would hang while it selected a new title. At this time, my collection was under fifty games. I'm running a quad-core capable of 3.7GHz. I have 8GB RAM. Running Windows 8.1. American English. As I mentioned in the other thread, the problem seems to have fixed itself after I imported my NES collection... if it crops up again, I'll try to capture some video to show you exactly what's going on. Edit: I forgot to mention that I'm not using a Beta install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Good to know, Kriven, thanks. Of course, let us know if it ever happens again. I saw mostly the same thing with somebody else who had no games installed at all; it's pretty strange. What's really odd is that it's only affecting an extremely small number of users, so it's really hard to figure out and get fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoc1007 Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Hi Jason sorry wasnt on it lasts for between 2 to 5 seconds depending on how long your using Launchbox so 2 to 5 seconds exiting. Yes SentaiBrad the one bad thing Microsoft did for windows 7 was aero as its very resource hungry but still nice to have desktop with nice visuals and thats why some emulators automatically switch windows 7 from aero or basic to classic view as they clash with with them. also having an older computer there are some drivers that wont work with windows 8 so am stuck with windows 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Okay, thanks Martin. I'll see if there's anything I can do to fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoc1007 Posted May 8, 2015 Author Share Posted May 8, 2015 Hi Jason WOW 4.8 Beta 10 what a difference this beta makes, the above mentioned topic strange bahaviours in closing Launchbox has almost totally dissappeared i can confirm. Close down is now almost instant in the miliseconds in fact the strange up to the left has dissappeared when in full screen mode, or not fullscreen mode. Was heading in the right direction and was centralised in beta's 4.8 Beta 8 and Beta 9 instead of up and left but dissappears in Beta 10, when exiting only see the up and too the left when opening Launchbox but i can live with that as it only last from a half off to a second which is nothing. Well done, and especially well done on the speed in which Launchbox now exits really really super fast. Only thing i now need is a new entry for media in the dropdown where date added platform genre is etc and a shutdown button for shutting down windows on the Launchbox toolbar. I know we always seem to ask a lot from you but you always seem to deliver. So a big big thank you for all the major improvements lately added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 You're very welcome, Maddoc. Great to hear. The other items are on my list, but unfortunately won't make it into the next version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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