GarrettM37 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 As the title says. Launch Box and Big Box have been working for months with no issues, but I'm now unable to change my Big Box theme. When I go to the general setting while in Big Box, and click "Manage Theme," it just says "Please Wait" and never does anything more. I have to close the software. I have other themes downloaded and have changed them in the past. Any help would be much appreciated, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyManDude Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 (edited) The error I see with 13.1 is "Big Box was unable to contact the Launchbox servers. Please make sure you have an active Internet connection..." Of course I have an active internet connection. Interestingly Launchbox is also not downloading art because it cannot reach the download location images.launchbox-app.com. I suspect these problems are related. Editing this comment: I just realized my pihole was blocking that URL. It's working fine after all. Edited January 30, 2023 by GuyManDude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotUP Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 I hsd this issue when my windows 7 install wasn’t up to date. Are you up to date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarrettM37 Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 @ Spot Up, I believe so. It’s running on my newly purchased laptop with Windows 11. Maybe I should try to update Windows? And see if that helps. I’ll check when I get off work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarrettM37 Posted January 31, 2023 Author Share Posted January 31, 2023 @ Guy Man Dude, what do you mean? Is that relevant to my post? Genuinely asking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skizzosjt Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 this sounds like it's the users internet connection. I'm on slow internet and downloading stuff directly from Big Box is a hit or miss for me as a result. gets stuck at XX% or like what you're describing will time out on the Please Wait text to generate the list. the problem has nothing to do with a Windows version or whether it is up to date. I prefer to download directly from the forum when possible I realized this when I tried reaching this page when not connected to the internet...then I thought why would it be implemented like this.....many users purposely disconnect their cabs from the internet. so to prevent a user from using one of the most basic and sought after features, using and changing themes, due to not being connected to the internet would be a bad idea all around. you don't need to go to the manage page to just select which one you want to use. though you can do it that way, it doesn't seem to be that pages main purpose the Manage Theme/Pause Theme/Startup Theme pages are for managing theme within the frontend. ie install, update, or uninstall if you want to switch themes whether the main theme, pause theme, or startup theme you can do that easier from another page that doesn't require an internet connection Main theme = Options > Views > Theme Startup theme = Options > Game Startup > Startup Theme Pause theme = Options > Game Pause > Pause Theme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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