LaunchBox 13.23 - Beta Thread

[arcademode]

Duh - I was on 13.22.  Updated to Beta and there it is.  Super cool!

Is there a way to change the Press "A" to a different icon that matches my arcade control input? Like a png somewhere?

[faeran]

15 minutes ago, arcademode said:

Duh - I was on 13.22.  Updated to Beta and there it is.  Super cool!

Is there a way to change the Press "A" to a different icon that matches my arcade control input? Like a png somewhere?

Yes. This documentation should be able to help you out:

https://feedback.launchbox.gg/help/articles/0459065-launchbox-media-pack-feature-version-1321

 

https://feedback.launchbox.gg/help/articles/1120470-creating-controller-input-media-packs-for-big-box

[arcademode]

Cool, that worked thanks

Idk if my installation is borked, but when I open the game details from the screensaver I can't go back using the BACK button.  I'm just stuck there. Same thing happens if I open the Discovery Center actually.  My only workaround was to map a button to "return to the platform view", which gets me out of there. I can use that same "return to platform" button while in the stuck screensaver game details screen to get out, but again the BACK button itself seems to do nothing. Just me?

[faeran]

7 minutes ago, arcademode said:

Cool, that worked thanks

Idk if my installation is borked, but when I open the game details from the screensaver I can't go back using the BACK button.  I'm just stuck there. Same thing happens if I open the Discovery Center actually.  My only workaround was to map a button to "return to the platform view", which gets me out of there. I can use that same "return to platform" button while in the stuck screensaver game details screen to get out, but again the BACK button itself seems to do nothing. Just me?

That does sound like your configuration may be a bit borked.

Do you have the option under General > Require Holding Back to Navigate to System Menu turned on?

[arcademode]

I believe I do, in fact.  I didn't realize that could make a difference.

[faeran]

3 hours ago, arcademode said:

I believe I do, in fact.  I didn't realize that could make a difference.

Well it would make sense. If you have an option on that says you need to hold down the back button in order to navigate to the system menu, then you turn on the screensaver while you are on the system menu and you navigate to a game, then pressing back would bring you back to the system menu, which you have set that it requires you to hold the back button to navigate there. So you hold the back button down, and it should bring you back to the system menu. Same with Game Discovery Center, pressing back from the Game Discover Center brings you back to the System menu, and you have a setting on where you need to hold back to navigate to the system menu.

[faeran]

For people willing to test and theme creators wanting extra study material. Unified Redux has been updated to version 1.91 which can be downloaded/updated from the manage themes section if you are on beta 1+.

The theme now includes a screensaver view that is essentially a copy/paste of a game's view. For theme devs this shows how everything in a normal game's view can be utilized on a screensaver.

[SqHd]

Epic! Even has the 3D box.

(Any chance you'll add that to Default Screensaver 3?)

[5thWolf]

Just chiming in... it happened for the first time putting a network location instead of a drive location on the mapped drive. Was random before, but this time took a very long time to do it.

Edited yesterday at 05:23 AM by 5thWolf

[Drybonz]

Would it be possible to add an "update now" button in the update options.  This would be useful if you have updates turned off but might want to update to the new beta.  This would prevent having to turn on beta updates, close launchbox, and restart launchbox... you could just click "update now" to start the process.  This is something a lot of programs have for people that just want to update once but not accept every update and I think it would be a useful tool for beta people.

[Drybonz]

On 7/23/2025 at 11:08 AM, faeran said:

Unified Redux has been updated to version 1.91 which can be downloaded/updated from the manage themes section if you are on beta 1+.

I've just updated to the latest beta, but I'm not seeing this one in the manage themes section.  Is there anything else I need to do?

[C-Beats]

55 minutes ago, Drybonz said:

Would it be possible to add an "update now" button in the update options.  This would be useful if you have updates turned off but might want to update to the new beta.  This would prevent having to turn on beta updates, close launchbox, and restart launchbox... you could just click "update now" to start the process.  This is something a lot of programs have for people that just want to update once but not accept every update and I think it would be a useful tool for beta people.

You mean like Menu > Help > Check For Updates... ?

[Drybonz]

1 hour ago, C-Beats said:

You mean like Menu > Help > Check For Updates... ?

Yes... that's exactly what I was looking for... I didn't think to look there, was looking in the update options, but thanks for pointing it out.