Custom Badges

[5thWolf]

Yeah I scoured the best I could. I didn't see anything.

[C-Beats]

Badge location and size are driven by the theme. You'd have to alter the theme to change either.

[Colorman3605]

With version 13.19 the dll of the various badges created create problems in the display of the cast of the games in the central part of the Launcbox. On some occasions Launchbox goes also in crash.

[Colorman3605]

Withdll

witout dll

 

Edited February 17, 2025 by Colorman3605

[JoeViking245]

23 minutes ago, Colorman3605 said:

With version 13.19 the dll of the various badges created create problems in the display of the cast of the games in the central part of the Launcbox. On some occasions Launchbox goes also in crash.

Not really sure what you're showing. But I just tested here with an older dll made from this app and a new one made just now, and they both worked.  Checked the LaunchBox logs and there were no errors relating to the Custom Badges.  I [generically] used the Amazon image file so it would show distinctly as I don't have anything Amazon on my system.

[Colorman3605]

The problem is not in the lack of display of the badges but in the fact that the bar that in my case displays the status is not displayed.

 

Edited February 17, 2025 by Colorman3605

[Colorman3605]

Another example:

with dll

without dll

[Colorman3605]

If i create new badges, this is the result:

 

[JoeViking245]

13 minutes ago, Colorman3605 said:

If i create new badges, this is the result:

To help rule things out, can you try using a different Theme?  "Default" would be best for testing purposes.

[Colorman3605]

Other themes same problem.

No dll used, no problems.

Edited February 17, 2025 by Colorman3605

[JoeViking245]

26 minutes ago, Colorman3605 said:

Other themes same problem.

No dll used, no problems.

This appears to not be a 'this plugin' issue.  Responded in your other thread.

[Cineaste]

I accidentally deleted my badges when I purged the plugin folder.

Decided to recompile but they no longer show in LB? I've tried renaming and using different IDs to no avail. The plugin badge option appears in LB but the image file isn't visible (using custom field entries as an example). 

Can I clean the cache somehow? 

[JoeViking245]

6 hours ago, Cineaste said:

I accidentally deleted my badges when I purged the plugin folder.

Decided to recompile but they no longer show in LB? I've tried renaming and using different IDs to no avail. The plugin badge option appears in LB but the image file isn't visible (using custom field entries as an example). 

Can I clean the cache somehow? 

With the advent of the new Media Packs introduced in v13.21, the embedded image in [new] Custom Badges are not getting extracted.

Manually adding the image file you used into the Nostalgic Platform Badges folder and naming it after the plugins’ Unique Id will allow the badge to show.

There is a Bug Report submitted (is not publicly visible yet), so the developers are aware.

[Cineaste]

On 7/30/2025 at 4:34 PM, JoeViking245 said:

With the advent of the new Media Packs introduced in v13.21, the embedded image in [new] Custom Badges are not getting extracted.

Manually adding the image file you used into the Nostalgic Platform Badges folder and naming it after the plugins’ Unique Id will allow the badge to show.

There is a Bug Report submitted (is not publicly visible yet), so the developers are aware.

Love your work, thanks!

[BDeRbDaMaStA]

Hello All, 

It seems as in Launchbox Version 13.26, new LB Custom Badges created are no longer being read/visible. For example, I created a custom badge named "test" for a new set of games. I utilized the custom fields for the badge, and although I can select the badge under ->Badges  -> Plugin Badges, the icon doesn't show, similar to what user Cineaste stated above. 

 

I followed the steps to what Mod JoeViking245 recommended above, by moving the png to the Images -> Badges folder as well, no success.

What's bizarre is that I created a few badges back in 2025 and they still work to this day in 13.26. What I decided to do was install an older version of Launchbox (13.20) and as soon as Launchbox loaded, it immediately loaded the "test" badge as well as all the other badges, with no issues 

 

I reinstalled 13.26 and, once again, the badge did not load 

I have created multiple instances, with different names, no success. Is anyone available to assist or is this a known bug  with 13.26? I am going to attempt installing 13.20 -13.26 to see if that makes it "stick"

[BDeRbDaMaStA]

8 minutes ago, BDeRbDaMaStA said:

Hello All, 

It seems as in Launchbox Version 13.26, new LB Custom Badges created are no longer being read/visible. For example, I created a custom badge named "test" for a new set of games. I utilized the custom fields for the badge, and although I can select the badge under ->Badges  -> Plugin Badges, the icon doesn't show, similar to what user Cineaste stated above. 

 

I followed the steps to what Mod JoeViking245 recommended above, by moving the png to the Images -> Badges folder as well, no success.

What's bizarre is that I created a few badges back in 2025 and they still work to this day in 13.26. What I decided to do was install an older version of Launchbox (13.20) and as soon as Launchbox loaded, it immediately loaded the "test" badge as well as all the other badges, with no issues 

 

I reinstalled 13.26 and, once again, the badge did not load 

I have created multiple instances, with different names, no success. Is anyone available to assist or is this a known bug  with 13.26? I am going to attempt installing 13.20 -13.26 to see if that makes it "stick"

Badge stop showing up as soon as I installed 13.21. I installed 13.22 but it did not return. 

It seems as if whatever was changed in 13.21 conflicts with the .dll or images somehow

[JoeViking245]

20 minutes ago, BDeRbDaMaStA said:

I created a custom badge named "test"

 

20 minutes ago, BDeRbDaMaStA said:

moving the png to the Images -> Badges folder

Make sure the badge is named after the plugins’ Unique Id name that you gave it.

The image then needs to go into \LaunchBox\Images\Media Packs\Badges\Nostalgic Platform Badges\ folder. Similar to what I mentioned above. And also where you should also see your year-2025 badge images.

 

26 minutes ago, BDeRbDaMaStA said:

What's bizarre is that I created a few badges back in 2025 and they still work to this day in 13.26.

This is because when the new Media Packs were implemented, LB copied those images from the old location to the new.  Subsequent custom badges that get added don't/won't show [until you manually copy/move them].

You might be able to install v13.20, add you Custom Badges [verify they're working as expected], then update that to 13.26.  Or, just copy them as described above.

 

30 minutes ago, BDeRbDaMaStA said:

Is anyone available to assist or is this a known bug  with 13.26?

This is [still] a known bug since v13.21.  Though a bug report had been created quite a while back, it was never made public as it was "awaiting approval from the admins".  Just now went to see if there were any updates, but can't seem to locate my initial report.

[see above for 'the assist']

 

[BDeRbDaMaStA]

42 minutes ago, JoeViking245 said:

 

Make sure the badge is named after the plugins’ Unique Id name that you gave it.

The image then needs to go into \LaunchBox\Images\Media Packs\Badges\Nostalgic Platform Badges\ folder. Similar to what I mentioned above. And also where you should also see your year-2025 badge images.

 

This is because when the new Media Packs were implemented, LB copied those images from the old location to the new.  Subsequent custom badges that get added don't/won't show [until you manually copy/move them].

You might be able to install v13.20, add you Custom Badges [verify they're working as expected], then update that to 13.26.  Or, just copy them as described above.

 

This is [still] a known bug since v13.21.  Though a bug report had been created quite a while back, it was never made public as it was "awaiting approval from the admins".  Just now went to see if there were any updates, but can't seem to locate my initial report.

[see above for 'the assist']

 

Thanks for the prompt response JoeViking245! I did see you mention the Nostalgic Platform Badges, but was completed ignored that lol. 

Thanks again! That solved the issue!