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53 minutes ago, Saieno said:

@Pupik Yeah that looks correct, and the platform appears to be named correctly within LaunchBox. I’m surprised you’re having trouble with it. The theme should be 1.43GB so maybe it only partially downloaded? 

1.42gb, I will try to reinstall it

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50 minutes ago, Pupik said:

Already reinstall and again same issue with Wii game selector 

Are you running launchbox on an external drive by chance? There was a post in this thread that had a similar issue and it seemed to be caused by a known issue regarding external drives and LaunchBox.

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2 hours ago, Saieno said:

@Pupik Yeah that looks correct, and the platform appears to be named correctly within LaunchBox. I’m surprised you’re having trouble with it. The theme should be 1.43GB so maybe it only partially downloaded? 

Hey I have changed input to controller and rebind button “change view”. All is working, thank you for your time and help. Usual method of changing game view didn’t help me 

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1 minute ago, Pupik said:

Hey I have changed input to controller and rebind button “change view”. All is working, thank you for your time and help. Usual method of changing game view didn’t help me 

Oh interesting! I guess the button for changing the view which is usually V wasn’t mapped. Maybe due to an international keyboard? Not sure but glad you got it resolved!

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7 hours ago, GabriellXtreme said:

Is there a way to add your own music for each theme? Windows type how do I put it? In the BGM folder, what name do I have to put?

Good big box theme!

Sure you can replace any of the music in BGM with any other music you'd like, most of the music is named exactly for what its for; so if you're familiar with the music then that should be easy enough to replace. The music is unique to each platform, either straight from hardware generated or from games that are iconic for the system. But hopefully that helps!

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21 minutes ago, Boomerps2 said:

In menu music does not stop. Keeps playing while in-game. Can this be resolved?

Hey @Boomerps2! I get notified of replies so you don't have to comment in different places, and I'll certainly reply when I'm able.

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To assist with adjusting the volume of the Background Music for the theme, I've created a PowerShell script which will allow you to adjust the volume however you like! Feel free to check out the post here:
 

 

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Hi. This is the second theme thats i install, so exist a possibility i do this wrong. 

Ive downloaded this theme and unzip in Launchbox > Themes 

When i open big box, click to apply this theme and back to navigation page, I receive XML errors. 

Im use Launchbox version 13.x and Windows 10

Someone can help me?

Examples: 

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21 minutes ago, Magno said:

Im use Launchbox version 13.x and Windows 10

Hello @Magno! Thanks for checking out my theme! What’s the exact version of LaunchBox you’re using currently? I’m currently on 13.6 and have not updated past that as of this moment, or updated the theme since 13.6, so it may not be compatible with the newest LaunchBox release.

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8 hours ago, Magno said:

Hi @Saieno.

Thanks for answering my question. So, my version is 13.1. My license is "Mobile46". what I did was download, unzip in the Themes folder. Do I need to do any more steps? install anything else?

I'm not familiar with the mobile version of launchbox and I don't know if the bigbox themes work or are compatible with it unfortunately. Sorry.

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Released a new version:

v2.2.0

  • Updated code base for latest version of LaunchBox (13.12)
  • Updated Nintendo Wii View to feature Screenshots by default.
  • Added Nintendo Wii alternate view, Wall 2, which features videos for the games.
    • WARNING! The alternate Wii View (Wall 2) requires a high-spec PC.
    • Performance WILL be diminished.

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New version, this one has some pretty big improvements and features.

v2.2.1

  • Added new Xbox 360 Metro Style Theme
    • Note: "Microsoft Xbox 360" is Blades, "Xbox 360" is Metro. Name your Platform accordingly.

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  • The Platform Logo Intro no longer replays when exiting from the Game Details Screen back to the Dashboard.
    • It will reset if you exit the Dashboard back to the Platforms View, so it will play again when entering the same platform again.
       
  • Added a generic Wall view that can be used for all platforms.
    • Note: Nintendo Wii is using Wall View 2 for the alternate Video view.
    • Additionally, the Game Details Screen will be the same themed one you'd usually see for each platform that has one.
       

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Video Demonstration

 

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On 1/12/2024 at 10:18 PM, PABastien said:

I was wondering if there were any plans to create a grid view for various systems?

I've finally implemented this in the latest update.

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On 1/21/2024 at 5:36 AM, mat091084 said:

The caching helps somewhat. I have updated and honestly didn't see much difference but that may be because I'm being super picky. I have noticed that even though I have more PSX and PS2 games (for example) than SNES games, SNES seems to be very slow compared to others. My guess is that there is additional and dynamic assets loading when I compare the box frames.

To be clear it's still highly usable in the main, just a little frustrating scrolling through SNES games with my finger pulling the analogue stick to the right and the screen feeling like it can't keep up.

Heya Mat, I've noticed that performance is directly tied to the size of the assets being used for things like Box Front, Clear Logo, etc. There's a utility that can be used to quickly resize all your assets to a smaller size which dramatically improves performance. The utility is easy to use, just install it then go to your Box Front folder (You can do this for any assets really) for each platform, highlight all of the images, then right click and select "Resize Images". I've found the Small preset to work well for me, and I also checked "Make Pictures Smaller but not larger", "Resize the original pictures (don't create copies)", and "Ignore the orientation of pictures". Hopefully this helps!

 

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7 hours ago, Saieno said:

Heya Mat, I've noticed that performance is directly tied to the size of the assets being used for things like Box Front, Clear Logo, etc. There's a utility that can be used to quickly resize all your assets to a smaller size which dramatically improves performance. The utility is easy to use, just install it then go to your Box Front folder (You can do this for any assets really) for each platform, highlight all of the images, then right click and select "Resize Images". I've found the Small preset to work well for me, and I also checked "Make Pictures Smaller but not larger", "Resize the original pictures (don't create copies)", and "Ignore the orientation of pictures". Hopefully this helps!

 

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Oh that's good to know. I'll try to find some time over the weekend to run this.

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