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[neil9000]

Just now, nietzsche666 said:

Yes (I think). I mean the box in which the box art is embedded in the next design. The graphic you show doesn't have it.

 

Could you please tell me where I can change this?

Sure, Tools/options/Boxes and slide Background Opacity down to zero.

[Zeaede]

On previous version i had problems with "wobbling"

The frame could change it's structure - haven't noticed anything of that now

Also i had issues LB crashed if i switched to another system on the menu bar - nothing of that now

But when if if did - say i want to switch to another system - the mouse pointer changes to a blue circle like it's on idle

If i press mouse button LB would end up freezing with a white screen with eventually ends with a message this program has stop responding

[Jason Carr]

12 hours ago, Ranthalion75 said:

Weird, With the new version of .Next, any DOS game I edit no longer loads.  Nothing at all, doesn't even start DOSBox.  ?

Ahh, no, it's a mounting problem. If I add a mounted image, it no longer launches DOSBox.

Looks like only CD-ROM mounts do it. Not floppy.

Okay, it was because of mounting an image with an ' in the file name.  No error saying why it wasn't loading DOSBox. I renamed the image without the '.  From Dragon's Lair to Dragons Lair and it now works.

But LaunchBox gives no error about it, and I believe it used to.

Thanks for figuring that out. Yes, the ' character has always been an issue, but it should be telling you that. I'll take a look.

Just now, Zeaede said:

On previous version i had problems with "wobbling"

The frame could change it's structure - haven't noticed anything of that now

Also i had issues LB crashed if i switched to another system on the menu bar - nothing of that now

But when if if did - say i want to switch to another system - the mouse pointer changes to a blue circle like it's on idle

If i press mouse button LB would end up freezing with a white screen with eventually ends with a message this program has stop responding

I'm confused; are you still seeing any of these issues with 8.4?

[nietzsche666]

@neil9000: It says I have to go premium for changing anything there.

I might actually do this at some point, still it would be nice if the team might think about letting that option remain free for the next update.

Especially if old Launchbox style isn't available anymore at that point.

[Zeaede]

4 minutes ago, Jason Carr said:

Thanks for figuring that out. Yes, the ' character has always been an issue, but it should be telling you that. I'll take a look.

I'm confused; are you still seeing any of these issues with 8.4?

I said no mate

It seems very stable as of what i have tried so far

Another exampel - if i would import roms

From when i click on the menu bar and is asked to import folder - there the mouse again could chainge from ponter to blue circle rotating and if i didn't press button it could take a couple of minutes before i could go on import the folder

If i pressed button during that point LB would end crashing, nothing now either

[Jason Carr]

Just now, Zeaede said:

I said no mate

It seems very stable as of what i have tried so far

Another exampel - if i would import roms

From when i click on the menu bar and is asked to import folder - there the mouse again could chainge from ponter to blue circle rotating and if i didn't press button it could take a couple of minutes before i could go on import the folder

If i pressed button during that point LB would end crashing, nothing now either

Great to hear.

[Jason Carr]

7 minutes ago, nietzsche666 said:

@neil9000: It says I have to go premium for changing anything there.

I might actually do this at some point, still it would be nice if the team might think about letting that option remain free for the next update.

Especially if old Launchbox style isn't available anymore at that point.

Sorry for the road block @nietzsche666. The visual customization options in LaunchBox have always been premium-only, so we plan to keep them that way. The point is to make it work out of the box for everyone, but require the premium version if you want to do special customizations.

[nietzsche666]

@ Jason Carr.

 

It's ok. I will probably just pay, as I have been planning for months.

[Jason Carr]

1 minute ago, nietzsche666 said:

@ Jason Carr.

 

It's ok. I will probably just pay, as I have been planning for months.

Much appreciated.

[neil9000]

2 minutes ago, nietzsche666 said:

@ Jason Carr.

 

It's ok. I will probably just pay, as I have been planning for months.

Yeah apologies there, i often forget what is free and what is premium. Sorry.

[throwingmuse]

Is there an option to show MAME parent videos for clones? If not, could it be added in the MAME import wizard?

[Jason Carr]

3 hours ago, throwingmuse said:

Is there an option to show MAME parent videos for clones? If not, could it be added in the MAME import wizard?

Do you mean to show the same videos for the MAME parent games on the child games? This should already work through EmuMovies just fine if you group all the clones together into additional apps with the full set import wizard.

[throwingmuse]

Yes.

I should point out that I already have all MAME media (snap, title, video, etc.) downloaded before I begin the game import into LaunchBox. I only have parent videos for a game set (i.e. no clone videos).

I used the Import MAME Arcade Full Set wizard and verified that "Import Clones as Additional Apps" was selected. However, after the import, no clone game has the parent video set as its video.

I am not downloading media as I import; I already have the media before the import.

Is this possible to do with the wizard without having to manually edit every clone afterwards to use the parent video?

[Jason Carr]

2 hours ago, throwingmuse said:

Yes.

I should point out that I already have all MAME media (snap, title, video, etc.) downloaded before I begin the game import into LaunchBox. I only have parent videos for a game set (i.e. no clone videos).

I used the Import MAME Arcade Full Set wizard and verified that "Import Clones as Additional Apps" was selected. However, after the import, no clone game has the parent video set as its video.

I am not downloading media as I import; I already have the media before the import.

Is this possible to do with the wizard without having to manually edit every clone afterwards to use the parent video?

If you download the videos as you import, it will work. However, they won't all be found unless you re-download, because the root games are not all the same as they were before, because of region prioritization. So you'll have to just re-download them via the Download Metadata and Media wizard. If you don't want any duplicates, you should probably clear out the video folder first. It's currently not possible to automatically find all the clone videos and match them up.

[throwingmuse]

Would it be possible to add an option to prioritize "parent rom" rather than a region so that only parent roms are imported and all child clones are additional apps?

[Jason Carr]

55 minutes ago, throwingmuse said:

Would it be possible to add an option to prioritize "parent rom" rather than a region so that only parent roms are imported and all child clones are additional apps?

I can probably add that at some point, yes, though unfortunately it won't be an immediate priority. I think you're the second person to request it.