LaunchBox 13.18 Released!

[AstroBob]

Version 13.18 - Released December 20th 2024

Release Summary

Full Changelog: https://www.launchbox-app.com/about/changelog

 

New Features:

• Users can now manually import ROM files for multiple platforms at the same time by navigating to Tools > Import > ROM files > Multiple Platforms

 

Improvements:

• GOG Import Wizard will now only show games you have yet to import
• GOG Import Wizard is better optimized to show all installed games on your hard drive
• You can now set the auto-import platform per storefront in Tools > Manage > Storefronts
• New comparison types have been added to auto-populate playlist string-based rules which allows for multiple values: Contains Any Value, Doesn't Contain Any Value (ie. Version - Contains Any Value: Rev 1; fr; Brazil)
• Users now have the ability to disable the Save Management Feature under Tools > Options > General > Save Management
• The Game Discovery Center in the Trial Mode of Big Box will now see all curated server-side playlists
• Added support for the following new image types (Poster, Square, Icon)
• A new link binding has been added to the LaunchBox Game Details view for additional apps that point to a website (for theme developers)
• Optimized the startup process for slightly faster load times

 

Fixed:

• Some advanced search fields with boolean values now work as intended
• The Install Emulator page within the ROM Import Wizard will now better reflect existing emulator installations
• List View better respects column sort order after adding or editing a game
• BIOS detection in the ROM Import wizard now considers RetroArch core changes
• Prevented unintended auto-imports for certain platforms
• LaunchBox Carousel element rendering issues under certain conditions
• Secondary platforms under Associated Platforms will now correctly respect M3U checkbox settings
• A rare issue where specific custom themes could incorrectly sort games when using Arrange By options
• Rare crash when loading non-existent images into the image grid
• Issue causing slow loading times of the Game Details Pane on initial startup

[SiriusVI]

I just updated and downloaded some metadata / media after auto-updating the store-fronts (first time I tried it) and I got this error. Don't know if this is related to the update or not:



Full error here:

Spoiler

The calling thread cannot access this object because a different thread owns it.

App:     LaunchBox
Version: 13.18
Theme:   Default
Type:    System.InvalidOperationException
Site:    Void VerifyAccess()
Source:  WindowsBase

   at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.VerifyAccess()
   at System.Windows.Window.get_CriticalHandle()
   at System.Windows.Interop.WindowInteropHelper.get_CriticalHandle()
   at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.MessageBoxEx.Show(Window ownerWindow, String text, String caption, MessageBoxButton buttons, MessageBoxImage icon, MessageBoxResult defResult)
   at DescriptorUtils.ReflectAspectPolicy(Window ownerWindow, String text, String caption, MessageBoxButton buttons, MessageBoxImage icon, MessageBoxResult defResult, DescriptorUtils )
   at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.MessageBoxManager.ShowError(String error)
   at ReaderAlgo.ReflectAspectPolicy(String error, ReaderAlgo )
   at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.MenuActions.DownloadMetadataAndMediaMenuAction.OnSelect(Boolean skipWizard)
   at FactoryComparator.ReflectAspectPolicy(Object , Boolean skipWizard, FactoryComparator )
   at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.ViewModels.MainViewModel.ExcludeInvalidIterator()
   at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Threading.<>c__DisplayClass0_0.ChangeAwareVisitor(Object )
   at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Threading.<>c__DisplayClass0_0.PopSessionProcessor()
   at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()

Recent Log:

   18:43:40 Exception

 

Edited January 6 by SiriusVI