increase loading window per game?

[Reaperxero]

So I have TeknoParrot installed and sometimes games take a little bit longer to load. Is there a way to increase the time on the "now loading" window before it switches over? I'd like to cover as much of the launching as possible.  

[AstroBob]

Hi There,

Thanks for the question. If you navigate to Options > Gameplay > Game Startup you'll see an option for Minimum Startup Screen Display Time. You can adjust this value to control how long the startup screen is displaying before switching over to your game.

Let me know if that gets you sorted. 

Cheers,

[Reaperxero]

On 2/7/2025 at 12:06 AM, AstroBob said:

Hi There,

Thanks for the question. If you navigate to Options > Gameplay > Game Startup you'll see an option for Minimum Startup Screen Display Time. You can adjust this value to control how long the startup screen is displaying before switching over to your game.

Let me know if that gets you sorted. 

Cheers,

I know that's there, but that's overal loading and 5 seconds is the max. Teknoparrot usually take 10-20 seconds to start. I was hoping there was a way to modify that per system or even per game. 

[JoeViking245]

4 hours ago, Reaperxero said:

I know that's there, but that's overal loading and 5 seconds is the max. Teknoparrot usually take 10-20 seconds to start. I was hoping there was a way to modify that per system or even per game. 

The issue I believe with TeknoParrot is, is that it's actually a launcher for the games.  So when you launch the "game", it then launches the "actual game" and quits itself.  LaunchBox sees the "game" is no longer 'running' (even though the "actual game" is still loading) and sees no reason to keep the loading screen up, thus closing it.  So even if you set the loading time to 20 minutes, it's going to close virtually right-away.

 

TeknoParrot (and also Steam for that matter) aside and keeping with this threads Title:

You can set it per game or per emulator for up to 30 seconds.

Per game:  Edit the game and in the Startup/Pause section, check Override Default Startup Screen Settings then click Customize.  Check Enable and adjust the slider as necessary.

Per Emulator:  Edit the emulator and in the Startup Screen section, adjust the slider as necessary.

Per many games:  Select the games you want to adjust it for.  Press Ctrl+E to start the Bulk Edit Wizard.  For the Field, select Startup Screen - Load Delay.  For the Value, adjust the slider as necessary.  Follow the prompts to save.

 

If 30 seconds still isn't enough, there's a plugin for that.  But it can only go to a max of 5 minutes.

 

[Reaperxero]

5 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

The issue I believe with TeknoParrot is, is that it's actually a launcher for the games.  So when you launch the "game", it then launches the "actual game" and quits itself.  LaunchBox sees the "game" is no longer 'running' (even though the "actual game" is still loading) and sees no reason to keep the loading screen up, thus closing it.  So even if you set the loading time to 20 minutes, it's going to close virtually right-away.

 

TeknoParrot (and also Steam for that matter) aside and keeping with this threads Title:

You can set it per game or per emulator for up to 30 seconds.

Per game:  Edit the game and in the Startup/Pause section, check Override Default Startup Screen Settings then click Customize.  Check Enable and adjust the slider as necessary.

Per Emulator:  Edit the emulator and in the Startup Screen section, adjust the slider as necessary.

Per many games:  Select the games you want to adjust it for.  Press Ctrl+E to start the Bulk Edit Wizard.  For the Field, select Startup Screen - Load Delay.  For the Value, adjust the slider as necessary.  Follow the prompts to save.

 

If 30 seconds still isn't enough, there's a plugin for that.  But it can only go to a max of 5 minutes.

 

Excellent ! Let me try these. I know I couldn't have been the only one. Trying to hide everything as much as possible before I shell it. 

[Reaperxero]

8 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

The issue I believe with TeknoParrot is, is that it's actually a launcher for the games.  So when you launch the "game", it then launches the "actual game" and quits itself.  LaunchBox sees the "game" is no longer 'running' (even though the "actual game" is still loading) and sees no reason to keep the loading screen up, thus closing it.  So even if you set the loading time to 20 minutes, it's going to close virtually right-away.

 

TeknoParrot (and also Steam for that matter) aside and keeping with this threads Title:

You can set it per game or per emulator for up to 30 seconds.

Per game:  Edit the game and in the Startup/Pause section, check Override Default Startup Screen Settings then click Customize.  Check Enable and adjust the slider as necessary.

Per Emulator:  Edit the emulator and in the Startup Screen section, adjust the slider as necessary.

Per many games:  Select the games you want to adjust it for.  Press Ctrl+E to start the Bulk Edit Wizard.  For the Field, select Startup Screen - Load Delay.  For the Value, adjust the slider as necessary.  Follow the prompts to save.

 

If 30 seconds still isn't enough, there's a plugin for that.  But it can only go to a max of 5 minutes.

 

Genius! I was looking in BB the entire time.