LaunchBox 13.22 Released!

[AstroBob]

Version 13.22 - Released July 3rd 2025

 

Release Summary

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

 

New Features:

• LaunchBox can now auto-login to RetroAchievements for supported emulators like RetroArch, Dolphin, and PCSX2
• Added a quick-access RetroAchievements login and status option under Tools > Achievements
• Supported emulators now have a RetroAchievements section with login options, hardcore toggle, and manual credential injection
• Hybrid Views have been added to Big Box with 3 making their way to the Default theme. This new type of view combines both Platform and Game lists into a single seamless layout, providing smoother transitions, faster navigation, and unified designs for a more fluid Big Box experience
• Track your games from Not Played to Done with our brand-new Game Progress system! Customize your own progress values, or use the ones that come preloaded. Available in the Add/Edit Game window, this feature helps you visualize and manage your game backlog
• Progress updates can now be automated with the new Game Progress Automation system (e.g. automatically set a game to In Progress after playing X minutes). Find it under Tools > Options > Data > Game Progress Automation
• A new Progress badge is available under Badges > Game Attributes > Progress, visually changing based on a game�s progress value (e.g., a "Done / Beaten" game shows a flag). These badges are included in the Nostalgic, White - Filled, and White - Outline sets (update white badges under Tools > Manage > LaunchBox Themes & Media...)
• Big Box now supports a Random Game action for keyboard and controller inputs to quickly jump to a random game

 

Improvements:

• Improvement: RetroAchievements now display detailed achievement types-Progress, Win Condition, and Missable-directly in both LaunchBox and Big Box default themes
  Improvement: RetroAchievements beaten status is now tracked and automatically updates the new Progress field
  Improvement: Game Progress value is now included in the Cloud Game Statistic Syncing service (Tools > Cloud > Enable Game Statistic Syncing)
  Improvement: A new Game Progress button has been added to the default LaunchBox theme for quickly changing a game's progress manually
  Improvement: Auto-import now supports non-emulated platforms (such as Windows)
  Improvement: Videos are now properly centered again when using the WMP engine in Big Box
  Improvement: Added support for importing VR compatibility data from Steam; Steam VR-supported games are now auto-tagged with a PC-VR controller in the VR Support category

 

Fixed:

• Improved WHDLoad parsing for Commodore Amiga game imports, fixing multi-version naming issues
• Storefront imports from the EA app now work correctly after adapting to the takedown of EA's deprecated Origin API
• Xbox storefront logout now properly respects your choice to log out
• Big Box transitions in platform views now animate in the correct direction consistently
• Video transition animations in some Big Box default theme platform views were not triggering properly
• Bulk editing date fields was not showing the correct value on the confirmation page
• ScummVM Integration plugin updated to handle upstream changes that broke download functionality
• Dolphin Integration plugin now correctly detects the latest version after changes to Dolphin's versioning system
• MAME Import filtering logic no longer incorrectly marks some Music games as Non-Arcade, ensuring they're properly included during import
• Release Date field no longer stores time zone data, which could cause the date to shift based on user location
• Rare crash that could occur when rapidly clicking the Favorite or Completed buttons under certain conditions
• Game description could occasionally get stuck on a previous game instead of updating properly
• Game Details view text binding issue resolved, so "no achievements available" no longer shows incorrectly
• Controller badges now show the correct tooltip when mousing over non-selected items�no more mystery tooltips
• Removed the old Completed checkbox in the Add/Edit Game window, as its functionality is now fully integrated into the new Game Progress system
• Removed the old Unplayed/Completed badges, since the new Progress Badge handles all that and then some
• A false "Out of Memory" error has been partially resolved in Big Box, in cases triggered by resuming from hibernation

 

Known Issues:

• The false "Out of Memory" error is partially fixed but may still affect some users. Please follow our known issue bug report for updates, and check out our guide here on how to work around this issue
• Completed” Icon/Label Appearing Incorrectly in Old Default Theme
• “Games Completed” Binding Not Showing Accurate Count

[mlsaunders1985]

Been waiting for a 'random game' function in Big Box for years, so this update is awesome! Thanks!

[launchretrogirl2562]

good job👍

[WarkaStrong]

I'm pretty unhappy with the fact completed games didn't migrate properly to Done / Whatever. This update, without a warning, reset "complete" marking on ~2000 of my games that I tracked with LaunchBox since 2019...

And somehow games that were marked as in progress migrated properly. All 5 of them. 

 

Fortunately for myself I make backups of xml files often, so I think I'll be able to fix it, but please be careful with future updates.

 

Now, complaining aside, I like the random button in big box as well. I've been using plugin for that for years, but it's nice to have an official support. In general I also like how flexible new progress management is, I've added some progress states that work for me personally. I also removed split for Completed/Mastered, as for my purposes there's no difference here. It would be nice if Options -> Game Progress Automation used drop-downs or at least have validation that they match any of the existing states. 

[C-Beats]

25 minutes ago, WarkaStrong said:

I'm pretty unhappy with the fact completed games didn't migrate properly to Done / Whatever. This update, without a warning, reset "complete" marking on ~2000 of my games that I tracked with LaunchBox since 2019...

We'll be looking into that issue. We tested this pretty thoroughly and was working in our testing so I'm curious what happened. That being said the actual XML still should have that data intact. I'll have to see if I can drop a plugin or cleanup app that will do what the migration should have and get them set to the appropriate value. Help those that already made the transition to 13.22

[C-Beats]

@WarkaStrong I dropped a plugin that should help: 

 

[WarkaStrong]

3 hours ago, C-Beats said:

@WarkaStrong I dropped a plugin that should help: 

 

Thanks! It worked perfectly. Fixed everything in a blink of an eye

[C-Beats]

3 hours ago, WarkaStrong said:

Thanks! It worked perfectly. Fixed everything in a blink of an eye

btw it's completely safe to delete that plugin after using (with LB closed). Don't need it to maintain anything