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Context-Aware Disc Swap Menu

LaunchBox for Windows

📋Summary

Only display the “Swap Discs” option in the pause menu when a game has multiple discs.

❗Problem

Currently, the “Swap Discs” option appears for all games when the swap script is enabled—even single-disc titles. This adds unnecessary clutter and confusion.

💡Proposal

Automatically hide the “Swap Discs” option unless the selected game is recognized as a multi-disc title.

✅Benefits

  • Cleaner pause menu

  • Avoids user confusion

  • Aligns with existing metadata detection for disc counts

Posted by jevcleem ¡
Status: Open To Community2 comments

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  • AstroBob changed status to Open To Community
    Team•

    May 5, 2025

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    Hi there!

    Thanks so much for submitting this request and for taking the time to explain your use case — that context is always super helpful.

    I’ve gone ahead and fleshed out the main idea using the info you provided, and I’m opening it up to the community for further discussion and feedback. Please let me know if this fleshed-out version doesn’t match your original intended request.

    Feel free to let me know if you have any extra thoughts, examples, or edge cases you think might be relevant!

    Cheers,
    The LaunchBox team

  • NeoNRAGE

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    Jan 13

    I was shocked this wasn’t already a feature. Simply entering a disc swap script for retroarch causes the menu item to appear in pause for all systems, even cartridge based systems. At the very least, a toggle to show/hide by system would be a good start if fleshing out a fully context aware option is a significant effort. Or a toggle for each game, that we could bulk edit to indicate a game is multi-disc and thus to show the option in pause.