LaunchBox 2019 New Feature Poll

[Jason Carr]

Welcome to the LaunchBox 2019 New Feature Poll! This list was community sourced from BitBucket, the forums, and vetted over via a live stream with the community. Please vote above on all features that you would like to prioritize for LaunchBox development.

Feel free to ask any questions about poll items below. The poll will be live until Monday, July 22nd. Happy voting.

Edit: The poll is complete! Here are the detailed results in a format that makes slightly more sense:

 

#	Item	User Votes	Percentage of Users Who Voted
1	Xbox Controller and PS4 Controller Home Button Support	1,062	62.54%
2	Icons for Types of Controls (Keyboard/Mouse, PS4/Xbox Controller, Wiimote, Nunchuk, etc.)	746	43.93%
3	Backup and Restore Options for Data and Settings	687	40.46%
4	Video Clip Grabber for Missing Videos	608	35.81%
5	Indicator/Icon for Games with Multiple Versions Available	594	34.98%
6	Filter to Games with Missing Media	590	34.75%
7	Retro Achievements Gamer Score, Profile, and Leaderboards	567	33.39%
8	Add Alternate Names, Game Type, Max Players, Wikipedia Link, and Video Link fields from the LaunchBox Games Database to LaunchBox	544	32.04%
9	New Paid Android Version (Select Games on the Desktop, Export to Android)	539	31.74%
10	Visual icon/indicator for Broken Games	535	31.51%
11	Media Cleanup Overhaul - Review/Change Items, Move to Folder or Delete	525	30.92%
12	Option to Manually Check for Updates	524	30.86%
13	Integrate MAME High Scores and Show Community Scores	499	29.39%
14	Bulk Edit Platform and Move Media to Proper Folders	497	29.27%
15	Big Box Theme-Specific Settings (Save and Restore Settings for Each Theme)	474	27.92%
16	Automatic Multi-Disc Playlist Creation for Retroarch	470	27.68%
17	Integrated Retroarch Netplay Lobby Browser	458	26.97%
18	Big Box Wall View Overhaul	451	26.56%
19	Option to Force Update Games Database Metadata	446	26.27%
20	Auditing Overhaul - Add Missing Fields and Allow Full-Library Audits	434	25.56%
21	Add Sort By Options to Big Box (another item in the alphanumeric list)	433	25.50%
22	Marquee Video Support, Customization Options for Placement and Image Types	422	24.85%
23	Steam Achievements in Details like Retro Achievements	422	24.85%
24	New Document Fields for Hintbooks, Cheats, and Maps	417	24.56%
25	Game Screenshot Grabber	410	24.15%
26	Proper Support for MAME Software Lists	392	23.09%
27	API importer for GOG	387	22.79%
28	Previous and Next Buttons in LaunchBox Edit Window	365	21.50%
29	Platform-specific Zoom and Aspect Ratios for LaunchBox	332	19.55%
30	Per-Game AutoHotkey Script Support	329	19.38%
31	Display Platform/Playlist/Category Information in the LaunchBox Game Details Sidebar when No Game is Selected	327	19.26%
32	Amiga WHD Name Conversion (Like MAME)	325	19.14%
33	Bulk Edit Additional Apps	294	17.31%
34	Allow Launch With for Additional Apps/Versions	282	16.61%
35	Big Box Parental Restrictions (Use Pin Code to Hide Games with Certain Ratings)	251	14.78%
36	Proper Support for Year-Only Release Dates	250	14.72%
37	Option to Name Media via ROM File Name instead of Game Title (where possible, won't work for non-ROM-based platforms)	235	13.84%
38	Disable Certain Controllers (such as Flight Sticks), Multiple Controllers with Different Bindings	222	13.07%
39	Option to Reverse Sort Order in LaunchBox	217	12.78%
40	Parsec Integration	173	10.19%

 

[Jason Carr]

In case you missed the stream, here it is:

 

[PanteraZombie]

I think all 3 indicator icons features should probably be rolled into one creating a new helpful aspect to LB/BB. You could select which ones show per system/game and have a nested option to select controller type.

[Retrofrogg]

Great list

[DOS76]

Probably a little late to change anything at this point

[Jason Carr]

6 minutes ago, PanteraZombie said:

I think all 3 indicator icons features should probably be rolled into one creating a new helpful aspect to LB/BB. You could select which ones show per system/game and have a nested option to select controller type.

Yeah, too late to combine poll items, but I can certainly implement them together if they're voted high enough.

[PanteraZombie]

I figured as much as far as the poll items go... But on the development side, I think creating these as part of a new single icon labeling system would be pretty awesome.

[Jason Carr]

Just now, PanteraZombie said:

I figured as much as far as the poll items go... But on the development side, I think creating these as part of a new single icon labeling system would be pretty awesome.

Agreed.

[g0d53nd]

Voted

 

Looks like the xbox/ps4 special button getting a lot of love! can’t wait

 

Great stream today Jason keep up the great work.

[dmjohn0x]

I feel like nobody knows what Parsec implementation does, or it'd be voted much higher.

[neil9000]

1 minute ago, dmjohn0x said:

I feel like nobody knows what Parsec implementation does, or it'd be voted much higher.

I know what it is but dont understand why its on the list. All it does is stream your desktop, much like Steam does, i dont see what integration is needed there, you can already use it to stream Launchbox/Bigbox to another PC.

[dmjohn0x]

Figured it meant putting more of the options/buttons in LB, making it less necessary to have open multiple tabs etc to use.

[neil9000]

3 minutes ago, dmjohn0x said:

Figured it meant putting more of the options/buttons in LB, making it less necessary to have open multiple tabs etc to use.

Yeah i guess so, as long as it supports being launched from other apps via commandline i guess.

[teeedubb]

No option to vote on the ability to use a custom pdf reader so LB doesn't automatically default to the system pdf viewer, which is feature rich but bloated and not suited to viewing manuals with a controller at all ?

[LogicalEgo]

Lets start the Linux chants now that Android may be an option now. LINUX! LINUX! LINUX! LINUX!

[Mr. RetroLust]

Bless you @Jason Carr and team for all the work, great poll and stream. Looking forward to the future \m/

[alfredolvera]

Hey @Everyone 

I would like to take a moment to try to persuade you to vote for the (in my opinion) one of the most important features in this poll: Big Box Wall View Overhaul

My case:

As you can see HERE and HERE both @Grila and @CriticalCid (two of the most recognized theme developers) have had problems with the wall view since September 2018, citing limits on what it can do and limiting their creative visions.

The goal? A real, well fleshed out, balls out, true 10 foot experience, console-like quality UI, like these dreams:

 

Without these upgrades, this kind of User Interfaces are going to be VERY hard to exist on our premium product, Big Box. Believe me, once we have this kind of upgrades, I think the theme development scene will improve tremendously. Please, to all of you: Vote for Big Box Wall View Overhaul This is our opportunity to tell @Jason Carr that this is the most important thing for the future of Big Box, the main feature that keeps the development going as a succesful business!

 

Thanks for reading, and thanks for all your hard work, Jason!!!

Edited July 12, 2019 by alfredolvera
Removed duplicated image

[neil9000]

10 minutes ago, teeedubb said:

No option to vote on the ability to use a custom pdf reader so LB doesn't automatically default to the system pdf viewer, which is feature rich but bloated and not suited to viewing manuals with a controller at all ?

Nobody brought it up on the live stream, so i guess its a niche request.

[Rincewind]

I agree with the wall view being worked on and would even go as far as saying that even adding a more 3D effect to the wall view would make it more immersive.... Like the selected game could if clicked on would enlarge in the centre of the screen and then flip over to the rear, then minimise back.... Just a thought ?

[voicesinthedark]

Unfortunately missed the live stream but two things I would really like to see implemented are:

1) Ability to set image group to marquees in launchbox.

2) For platforms and games to not be duplicated over and over when you only have a couple of platforms and/or games in bigbox.