LaunchBox 13.22 - Beta Thread

[Fursphere]

Updated to 13.22 Beta 4 - No emulators will launch in BigBox.   Nothing.  Nadda.   

Switching back to Launchbox 13.22 Beta 4 and everything works as it should.  But nothing in BigBox.  

Edit - Just rolled back to 13.21 Release, and everything works again.   13.22 Beta 4 is busted.   

 

Edited Friday at 11:54 PM by Fursphere

[Rlad]

1 hour ago, Fursphere said:

Updated to 13.22 Beta 4 - No emulators will launch in BigBox.   Nothing.  Nadda.   

Switching back to Launchbox 13.22 Beta 4 and everything works as it should.  But nothing in BigBox.  

Edit - Just rolled back to 13.21 Release, and everything works again.   13.22 Beta 4 is busted.   

 

Are you using the default start up theme? Nothing would launch for me using CTC made startups. 

[Fursphere]

Yes.  Default theme.  

When playing with beta builds, you really don't want to run anything but the default theme.   One less thing to troubleshoot.

[Fursphere]

Upgraded cabinet #2 to Beta 4 - Games launch just fine on that one in BigBox.  So I re-updated cabinet #1 to Beta 4 - Same problem.  Nothing launches in BigBox.  Which is ultra weird since the two cabinets / two launchbox installs are more-or-less clones. 

I ended up rolling them both back to 13.21 release (and my twin driving rig builds).   Going to take a break from betas for awhile I think.

Edited Monday at 01:55 PM by Fursphere
clarification

[d66dle]

On 6/12/2025 at 12:47 AM, Drybonz said:

On beta 4, if I reduce the timer for marking a game as "in progress", it repeatedly sets it back to 30 minutes.

I was hoping it wasn't just me! I thought maybe it was my LB Theme, but the issue persists using the default theme as well, so I'm wondering what the common denominator is there.

I'm a little antsy about the legacy "Unplayed" badge being removed now, because I need to distinguish at a glance between games that I've never opened (play count 0) and games that I've opened at least once (play count >0) for testing purposes but not played past 30 minutes, or even 1 minute since that's the minimum... so now they both fall under Not Started / Unplayed (or whatever value is set as the default for progress).

[drtechnolust]

Can confirm BigBox has some bugs - Theme options does nothing with clicked, Roms do not launch etc. Rolled back to 13.21

[faeran]

On 6/15/2025 at 8:59 PM, Fursphere said:

Upgraded cabinet #2 to Beta 4 - Games launch just fine on that one in BigBox.  So I re-updated cabinet #1 to Beta 4 - Same problem.  Nothing launches in BigBox.  Which is ultra weird since the two cabinets / two launchbox installs are more-or-less clones. 

I ended up rolling them both back to 13.21 release (and my twin driving rig builds).   Going to take a break from betas for awhile I think.

10 hours ago, drtechnolust said:

Can confirm BigBox has some bugs - Theme options does nothing with clicked, Roms do not launch etc. Rolled back to 13.21

Thanks for the reports. We did some extensive testing and while there doesn't look to be any issue with launching games, nor was there any code changes to our launching logic, we did find an issue with selecting items in a pop-up that we will fix for the next beta. Basically, choosing the first selected item on the list in a pop-up is not currently performing the intended action. Whether choosing "Launch With", or "Additional Apps/Versions" and choosing the first selected item, or really anywhere in the app when choosing the first selected item. 

Also, the minutes not saving with the Game Progress Automation rule will also be fixed in the next beta as well.

We are currently finishing up work with other fixes and a couple more default hybrid themes that each have a unique aspect to them that highlights what's achievable, and as soon as everything is ready to go, beta 5 will drop with all of this.

Thanks for continued testing of our betas, which makes our releases better. Don't forget to include all the details listed out in the first post, as it helps us with reproducing whatever you guys are seeing on your end without us having to read between the lines.

[Fursphere]

@faeran

That is one difference between my two cabinets.    Cab #1 forces "Launch With..."  (two options for MAME, one regular, one lightgun focused), while Cab #2 Is just "Launch" (no pop up).

I honestly can't remember why I have a Lightgun specific version of MAME - probably something left over from when I was using SInden guns w/ custom bezel requirements.