Kriven Posted May 9, 2015 Author Share Posted May 9, 2015 I've had a few ideas that I think are simple-ish in concept and hopefully execution that could improve the user experience. Probably the biggest issue I've run across is using JoyToKey in conjunction with LaunchBox. I use JoyToKey for all my emulators because it allows a much greater degree of control than their built-in input configuration, but I've had issues getting the program to work from the "Additional Apps" menu in LaunchBox. For whatever reason, having JTK load during game start-up causes issues with screen resolution. Also, I'm not entirely sure how to get JTK to open a specific control set at LaunchBox's command... or how to make it close when I close the game. Here's what I propose: Preferrably, LaunchBox would be able to generate a drop-down list of existing JoyToKey profiles. Understandably, this might be impossible or overly difficult, so a simple "Browse" function would work just as well, since JTK stores control profiles as individual files. I imagine that either way, LaunchBox would have to know the proper commands to send to JTK. I'm also not sure if "Close after game" is a possible feature, but it sure would be nice to have. Ultimately, it would be nice if LaunchBox had its own JoyToKey type of functionality, but that seems like something far in the future, if ever. Possible premium feature: The ability to not only designate specific JTK profiles per game, but specific JTK profiles per game and controller. Second Idea: At the moment LaunchBox features a "Game Date on Hover" option, but this isn't useful when browsing the collection with the arrow keys. It would be nice to have a "Game Data on Selection" option as an alternative. Possibly with an adjustable timer, so I can indicate that the game data should appear only when an item has been selected for three seconds or five seconds. Maybe even the option to link the Game Data pop-up with a key press? I know the game data sidebar is toggleable, but it's much more intrusive than the game data pop-up window. Third Idea: Steam Ribbons I've been running into this problem when using the "All" library tab, where I have the same game for multiple systems or services, but it's impossible to tell when browsing through all my games which system a specific game iteration is for (particularly in instances where I have both the Steam version of a PC game and a ripped .iso of that same game). To remedy this, I've been adding little console ribbons to my collection, like so: My Tomb Raider grid icons. The ripped PS1 game is first, then the Steam. Perhaps it's possible to make the graphic ribbons a toggleable feature in LaunchBox itself? Doing it manually is fine for now, although it does make things somewhat ugly and confusing when just browsing my Steam games and I have all these games with a Steam ribbon on them (not to mention it brings up the question of which banners to ribbon and which system gets the honor of wearing the beautifully untarnished banner). Theoretically, the ribbons could be overlayed above any image type, not just the banners. If you were willing to integrate this, I will at least attempt to create ribbons for all of the default platforms (and a few that aren't listed as well). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Hi Kriven, I've had good luck using Xpadder. I haven't tried JoyToKey but I'll add an item to my list to check it out and see what the issues might be. Per the game details popup, I'll see if I can add some premium options there. The banners do look great, and that has been requested many times before. I'll try and move that further up on the list. When I get there, I'll look to you for some graphics. :) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spycat Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Hi Kriven. I use XPadder too and it works fine from the Additional Apps feature. Not sure how similar the JoyToKey command line is, but here's a couple of snaps showing the two Additional Apps to launch an XPadder game profile before a game and then close the Profiler when the game is quit. The /M switch just minimises XPadder to the tray, and the /C switch closes XPadder if it's detected as running. Start XPadder Additional App http://i.imgur.com/ODAVCTD.png Stop XPadder Additional App http://i.imgur.com/zLzd6XF.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Yea Kriven this has been something I've been bringing up to Jason as well. A Ribbon or Badge system to go on top of the images. It would show you simple things like platform, if its a favorite of yours, if you've played it and other similar toggleable options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bd00 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 SentaiBrad said Yea Kriven this has been something I've been bringing up to Jason as well. A Ribbon or Badge system to go on top of the images. It would show you simple things like platform, if its a favorite of yours, if you've played it and other similar toggleable options. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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