LaunchBox for Windows 14.0 Released!

[Joe35car]

As you can see in the pics that I click on other games but the video will not switch to current game selected. One of many bugs in this release.

https://imgur.com/a/AcUhgkq

Edited August 17 by Joe35car

[Joe35car]

Pic of right clicking on one game and it opens bulk editor. This is why the edit choice is not in list. 

https://imgur.com/a/Ai1CoWw

[kurzih]

Thank you so much! One of the best updates for a long time! Especially for users who have their collection up an running and don't need that much updates for importing, setting up emulators etc.

The PDF reader is AWESOME! Reading manuals has never been so much fun and having so many magazines with coverdisks, it's perfect for reading those as well.

The addition of cassette 3D models was a very nice and welcome surprise!!
(The only feedback for improvement is hopefully it'll get an update with correct aspect ratio based on the front cover's and spine's dimensions. Most Commodore 64 cassette cases are wider than a music tape's case for example, thus the image is stretched upwards and the aspect ratio isn't kept correctly now.).

I might be greedy, but hopefully you'll continue improving the 3D model features in general with spine right/left bottom/top options (and EU/US spine aspect ratios with PSX, DC etc.). Would be nice to have 100% 3D models with all their sides as the original versions do.

Edited August 18 by kurzih

[AlexTenThousand]

I'd like to report a bug - the "flip box" feature has stopped working after the update, with both the hotkey and the menu option.

 

I'm running the latest version of LaunchBox, on a free account.

[Kefka2b]

After updating, on my modified slipstream theme, gameplay screenshots don't display, and platform videos have slightly shifted to the left and now are misaligned with my device images (colorful 4k media), both topics in Bigbox.

[GoonerUK]

On 8/17/2026 at 4:00 PM, JoeViking245 said:

Try...

• Change your selected LaunchBox Theme to a different theme.
• Let LaunchBox restart to apply that theme.
• Change the selected theme back to Default.
• Let LaunchBox restart to apply that theme.

Thank you, yes that worked, all sorted now 

[Joe35car]

Still waiting for next update to fix bugs 

[JoeViking245]

27 minutes ago, Joe35car said:

Still waiting for next update to fix bugs 

Ya!  It's already been about 2 full business days since release!  Besides, developers don't get weekends off! So that's like almost 4 whole days. Maybe 5 depending on your time zone.

[BroJogan]

It looks and runs great but my 4080 fans ramp up and it sits at 30-50% utilization that goes away the second I minimize launchbox. 

The issue seems to be more with the default plus theme.  Its at 4% with default.  

Edited August 18 by BroJogan

[Joe35car]

4 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

Ya!  It's already been about 2 full business days since release!  Besides, developers don't get weekends off! So that's like almost 4 whole days. Maybe 5 depending on your time zone.

I meant I will hopefully wait for the next release to fix some of these bugs. I like the added features but seems buggy this version.

[CaptainGreenhat]

Fantastic update, and I can confirm.. Large libraries are absolutely much faster now, as well as start up. Good job!!!! Additional versions is a great distinction for those of us keeping all the sets (so i don't have to hunt down thing for rom hack patching), and the media changes look awesome too!!!! Thanks, this and no mans sky are two of the few things I have not regretted paying full price for.

Definitely getting a ton of soft locks, I can't figure out rhyme or reason as they seem pretty random. Kinda feels like when launchbox looses focus it is dropping out of the cpu que, but it is still using background resources.

Observation: Shouldn't video and wikipedia url auto populate in the links list, especially if they are in the main metadata page?
 

Edited Wednesday at 05:39 PM by CaptainGreenhat
observations

[CaptainGreenhat]

22 hours ago, BroJogan said:

It looks and runs great but my 4080 fans ramp up and it sits at 30-50% utilization that goes away the second I minimize launchbox. 

The issue seems to be more with the default plus theme.  Its at 4% with default.  

maybe its an nvidia thing, my 7900xtx increases its usage by 2% and thats only with platforms that have 2000+ entries. Are your drivers updated? EDIT: forgot to say that I am also using the same theme.

 

Edited August 19 by CaptainGreenhat

[Bobins]

I don't often hang around much, but I wanted to pop by and say thanks for the new release and the hard work that goes on behinds the scenes. It's really appreciated, even if we don't always acknowledge it.

[andyco47]

this 14.0 not good when exit a game bigbox and lunchbox freezes and u cant do owt back to 13.27 yet again this version full of bugs

 

Edited August 19 by andyco47

[damageinc86]

Is there per-controller big box navigation key-mapping yet? So for instance, if button 5 is start on one retro usb controller, the user can map that to Enter, and then if button 2 is start on another retro controller, the user can also map that to Enter.  That way the user can pick up any of their usb controllers and have their respective start buttons all press Enter for Big Box Naviation.  I think it has been almost 10 years since the first bitbucket issue posted on this lol.

[AstroBob]

Hi Folks, thanks everyone for the continued feedback and reports here. We're glad to hear things are looking good for some but want to try and fix up issues for those who a have been experiencing them. Just to let y'all know we're hard at work on a 14.0.1 (something we've never done in the past), but this will contain exclusively fixes being reported from the release. We'll let y'all know once its ready which should hopefully address some of the issues reported here and we can then narrow down what is still left to tackle.

Will keep y'all posted!

[andyco47]

just played mame game thro bigbox and exit it the game and bloody froze yet again

[JaredN]

Hi, team!
Really, really great work on this update! Thank you!
Just a quick request.
I use background music in BB.
Would it be possible for it not to stop playing when I open a manual?
I don't think that used to happen, but I haven't retested earlier versions, so I could be wrong!
Great work anyway!

[kyzumi]

I'm loving the update! One of the best ones since I've bought a lifetime license in 2016. It even fixed a major issue I was having with video playback!

[Maddoc1007]

Jusy 1 slight issue iv seen so far in 14.1 that is when useing wmp useing 1280x720 videos the video has black lines to the left and right of video, but if you use the vlc those black bars are more noticible, yet if you use a 1920x1080 video there are no black bars.  Loveing the recent update. This is in the game details on Launchbox

Edited Thursday at 11:33 PM by Maddoc1007