Jason Carr Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Alright, sigh. Back to the drawing board then I guess. Can you all try turning off Use All Controllers in the options to see if that makes any difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Jason Carr said: Alright, sigh. Back to the drawing board then I guess. Can you all try turning off Use All Controllers in the options to see if that makes any difference? Thanks for your work @Jason Carr, I will give this a spin for you tonight and update again tomorrow. Just to confirm as well mine is identical with the video still playing behaviour mentioned by @noiseordinance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Ok tried turning off all controllers and bingo!! smooth as with either repeated up or down presses on controller or holding down and rapid scroll through. I did try this setting on previous versions and it made no difference (not sure if that anecdote is useful to diagnosis). What does this setting do exactly, just means only one controller can operate Big Box? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 20 minutes ago, Rjay said: What does this setting do exactly, just means only one controller can operate Big Box? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Rjay said: Ok tried turning off all controllers and bingo!! smooth as with either repeated up or down presses on controller or holding down and rapid scroll through. I did try this setting on previous versions and it made no difference (not sure if that anecdote is useful to diagnosis). What does this setting do exactly, just means only one controller can operate Big Box? thanks Good to hear. The Use All Controllers option is certainly more resource-intensive. What it does is searches the computer for new controllers every so often, which may be causing the hiccups, as well as the previous threading issue that I fixed. So that is good to know. Let me know if you start to see any issues again with that option turned off. @thetwistedblue @noiseordinance Please try turning off Use All Controllers in the options to see if it fixes it for you as well. If Use All Controllers is the issue, I might be able to fix it, but I might not, since it's just the nature of parsing the system for new controllers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kovu1102 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 i'm using Nostalgia theme, and I get quite bad lag going through my theme, and I don't use a controller.. only keyboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, Kovu1102 said: i'm using Nostalgia theme, and I get quite bad lag going through my theme, and I don't use a controller.. only keyboard This would be caused by system performance issues then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, Kovu1102 said: i'm using Nostalgia theme, and I get quite bad lag going through my theme, and I don't use a controller.. only keyboard The Nostalgia theme is one of the heaviest ones we have in the download section, so yes that could certainly be a performance issue rather than a controller issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kovu1102 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, neil9000 said: The Nostalgia theme is one of the heaviest ones we have in the download section, so yes that could certainly be a performance issue rather than a controller issue. I have a i7 4790 3.6Ghz, 8gb Ram, GTX 780ti and Windows 10 Pro.. I didn't think I would get that much of a performance drop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 1 minute ago, Kovu1102 said: I have a i7 4790 3.6Ghz, 8gb Ram, GTX 780ti and Windows 10 Pro.. I didn't think I would get that much of a performance drop Certain themes can tax even relatively well-equipped systems. Unfortunately that hardware is no longer considered high-end. 8 gigs of RAM can be limiting in Big Box, as well as the 780ti. It also could be a hard drive performance issue if you're not using an SSD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kovu1102 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Just now, Jason Carr said: Certain themes can tax even relatively well-equipped systems. Unfortunately that hardware is no longer considered high-end. 8 gigs of RAM can be limiting in Big Box, as well as the 780ti. It also could be a hard drive performance issue if you're not using an SSD. okay thanks my Win 10 is on a SSD yeah.. maybe I just need more ram and new gpu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, Kovu1102 said: okay thanks my Win 10 is on a SSD yeah.. maybe I just need more ram and new gpu I would start with the RAM upgrade if you can, and see how it performs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kovu1102 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, Jason Carr said: I would start with the RAM upgrade if you can, and see how it performs. thanks for the help Jason greatly appreciated ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Thanks @Jason Carr, if @noiseordinance can confirm the fix with the Use all controllers tick box then yeh I would say we have narrowed it down and you can try a software fix obviously one of the other changes in the new version of Big box has assisted with the fix as I had definitely tried this setting before. I will double check again tonight that the issue is gone as well for my own sanity 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 8 minutes ago, Rjay said: Thanks @Jason Carr, if @noiseordinance can confirm the fix with the Use all controllers tick box then yeh I would say we have narrowed it down and you can try a software fix obviously one of the other changes in the new version of Big box has assisted with the fix as I had definitely tried this setting before. I will double check again tonight that the issue is gone as well for my own sanity I just acquired a GPD Win 2 (which is amazing BTW) and I'm seeing the same thing; hiccups are there, but only with Use All Controllers enabled. I'll look to see if there's anything I can do to fix that, if possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Jason Carr said: I just acquired a GPD Win 2 (which is amazing BTW) and I'm seeing the same thing; hiccups are there, but only with Use All Controllers enabled. I'll look to see if there's anything I can do to fix that, if possible. Awesome, definitely will make it easier now you have a test platform presenting the issue. I actually had to google what that device was, pretty crazy it looks like the DiNovo Mini Keyboards that used to be used for media centres but with a computer stuffed inside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 51 minutes ago, Rjay said: Awesome, definitely will make it easier now you have a test platform presenting the issue. I actually had to google what that device was, pretty crazy it looks like the DiNovo Mini Keyboards that used to be used for media centres but with a computer stuffed inside It's a pretty sweet little device. Runs Big Box butter smooth without that controller issue. Having MAME on the go is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Nice, that would be ace for travel!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noiseordinance Posted August 24, 2018 Author Share Posted August 24, 2018 I messed around with the default theme, unchecked "use all controllers", and everything is buttery smooth. This is awesome, you are the man @Jason Carr! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I just put out beta 6 which does have some minor controller performance improvements, but I still doubt it will fix the lag with Use All Controllers. I'm going to be doing some more testing with my GPD Win 2, but feel free to let me know if there's any difference. The way the "Use All Controllers" feature works is that it parses the system for new controllers every five seconds, and if you want LaunchBox to automatically find new controllers, there's not really any way around it that I can see. So beyond what I've done, we might be out of luck. At least most people will be able to just turn that feature off if they're experiencing lag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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