8.8-beta-1 Released

[Undertherainbow]

2 minutes ago, Jason Carr said:

I can't say that's on the top of my priority list, but okay lol. I have to have at least the items that are checked visible/parents expanded so that it's not confusing, so I can't just always collapse everything.

checked items expanded is fine. Just not all. In case of tons of playlists it makes job superb tedious , edit>scrolls down ..ops missed it, scroll up..

Edited September 22, 2018 by Undertherainbow

[Lordmonkus]

2 hours ago, Jason Carr said:

Unfortunately, showing both games and platforms/categories/playlists in the same view would be a major change in Big Box, and would probably break all the themes, so it's not something that we're likely to do any time soon. The solution that I would recommend is to simply add an All Games playlist under the platform.

That is what I did with the Atari 2600 entry, it's a playlist of all the games in the Atari 2600 platform which is a work around for now but I do hope you can do it the way I was suggesting. It would look and function much better.

[rexryan]

12 minutes ago, Jason Carr said:

Please be clear on whether you're referring to platforms, platform categories, or playlists. Also, a screenshot of your structure would be helpful.

I apologize for that I know better..My situation is rectified it dint save the first couple it appers 

[rexryan]

OK so I created a Platform called Atari. I set the parent as Consoles i then added 2600.7800 etc. I then created another platform called prototypes.All worked perfect.i clicked on the Atari tab pic attached and an error popped up then the system disappeared,PIc Attached.

[Jason Carr]

1 minute ago, rexryan said:

OK so I created a Platform called Atari. I set the parent as Consoles i then added 2600.7800 etc. I then created another platform called prototypes.All worked perfect.i clicked on the Atari tab pic attached and an error popped up then the system disappeared,PIc Attached.

Hmm, can you zip up and PM me your LaunchBox\Data folder? Also, keep in mind that if you're creating something like Prototypes, it shouldn't be a Platform; it should be a playlist instead. Not sure if that has anything to do with the issues.

[PattersonCZ]

OK maybe i am missing something but still get error when creating new playlist or category  :  "You must specify at least one location for this playlist to display in Platform Categories."

But i cant see nothing only this :

[rexryan]

sent it also put the systems out side of the platform category

[deliyuerek85]

2 hours ago, Jason Carr said:

Beta 2 is out now with fixes for the above issues:

- Deleting things should no longer cause errors

- Playlists and platforms should now show correctly in the root in Big Box (if you locate them there)

The only known remaining issue regarding the new nested stuff is that if you delete a parent that has children, sometimes you can orphan the children. I'll probably fix this in a future beta just by throwing them in the root in that case. I also still need to modify the right-click menu in the sidebar.

Ok, now the Platforms are shown in the root. But now the contents of the root folder are not sorted correctly in BigBox. I don't know in which order they are listed. It seems to be random.

Edited September 22, 2018 by deliyuerek85

[kojicolnair]

Just now, deliyuerek85 said:

Ok, now the Platforms are shown in the root. But now the contents of the root folder are not sorted correctly. I don't know in which order they are listed. It seems to be random.

Yeah I was just about to post about this as well. I set my Recently Played playlist to show up in platform category view but it doesn't to go in order properly once I go into Big Box. It goes Arcade, Recently Played, Computers, Consoles and such. Sorting titles don't seem to work at all for playform categories in big box for me, not sure if they did before or not, can't remember now.

[Retrofrogg]

Brilliant update Jason! This feature will take the organisational capabilities of Launchbox onto another level. Nice work. Sounds like the teething issues are being addressed pretty pronto too.

Going to try it out as soon as the update has finished. Quick question - there's a lot of talk about nesting categories & platforms etc. Can it be used to group ROMs? For example, having USA and JAP under NES, for example?

[MadK9]

4 hours ago, Jason Carr said:

IDo you mean on the add/edit screens or in the sidebar?

On the Add/Edit Parents Tab if possible please.

[Retrofrogg]

Just loaded up the new beta (8.2) for the first time. 2 of my platform categories (computers and consoles) just show 0. There used to be 5 or 6 platform in each before! Any advice? See pic:

 

EDIT: switching around the view settings seems to have fixed it!

Edited September 22, 2018 by Dan

[MadK9]

@Jason Carr Had some serious performance issues with Beta 1/2, LaunchBox would load and just be be blank for about 5 seconds, then populate, also in BB in Platform Category mode, Video loading was terrible to where some would take 5 seconds to catch up to what video to actually play.

I rolled back to 8.7 and all the performance issue were gone everything really snappy and no issues in BB at all.

Love the new feature, but for me the performance hit is too much, watching system monitor was seeing LB/BB spiking to around 80% cpu usage and staying that way for extended periods even if i left LB sitting doing nothing, took some time to fall off (this wasn't all the time).

I would say maybe it was an issue my end, but rolling back to 8.7 fixed all the issues i was having.

[bundangdon]

One small bug I noticed just now. After adding a sub-category under Atari 7800 within the category "Classics". It doesn't show all systems within the folder-tree like before, as shown here. Even after I remove the same sub-category, it still reads "No results were found". Nothing major but certainly noticeable?

[deliyuerek85]

I have noticed, that the games in the Playlists are not sorted correctly in BigBox. For example, I have a playlist, where the games should be sorted by "Date added". But they are now sorted randomly. But that issue is only in BigBox.

Another bug that I have discovered is, that my playlists, where the games should listed, that are released between a specific time period, are not populated anymore:

But in the edit menu they can be seen:

[PattersonCZ]

OK i fixed manually platform categories but still have this :

Cant see top layer of text. (3840x2160) 300% scale windows 10

EDIT: in 1024x768 100% scale i can see all text

Edited September 23, 2018 by PattersonCZ
add new info

[mdreffet]

8 hours ago, PattersonCZ said:

OK i fixed manually platform categories but still have this :

Cant see top layer of text. (3840x2160) 300% scale windows 10

EDIT: in 1024x768 100% scale i can see all text

I had this problem as well, disabling dpi scaling for launchbox.exe fixed it

Edited September 23, 2018 by mdreffet

[PattersonCZ]

44 minutes ago, mdreffet said:

I had this problem as well, disabling dpi scaling for launchbox.exe fixed it

didnt work , i try  “Override high DPI scaling behavior”  by application - not work , nothing changed
                                                                                                            by system - work but blurry
                                                                                                            by system advanced - just broke launchbox

 

i dont have disable dpi scaling in win10 only options above

[neil9000]

7 minutes ago, PattersonCZ said:

didnt work , i try  “Override high DPI scaling behavior”  by application - not work , nothing changed
                                                                                                            by system - work but blurry
                                                                                                            by system advanced - just broke launchbox

 

i dont have disable dpi scaling in win10 only options above

Well 300% scaling is absolutely huge, any reason why you need it that large? even 200% scaling is equal to 1080p on a 4K monitor. I personally have my scaling at 150%.

[PattersonCZ]

27 minutes ago, neil9000 said:

Well 300% scaling is absolutely huge, any reason why you need it that large? even 200% scaling is equal to 1080p on a 4K monitor. I personally have my scaling at 150%.

I use as monitor to my pc 55 inch 4K tv. I am like two metres from tv and 300% scale is reccomended by windows to 3840x2160 resolution. Right now at 300% are icons and text big enough for me to read it. I will try 150% but i think it is too small for me to read.

Edited September 23, 2018 by PattersonCZ
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