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Screensaver Skips a Game During Transitions

Bug ReportKnown Issue

Summary:

In LaunchBox 13.24, the screensaver briefly shows an additional game during transitions. It consistently skips one game before moving on to the next, causing a 1-second flash of an unrelated game before the intended one appears.

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Enable the Screensaver (tested with Ambiance and Gallery themes).

  2. Set Min / Max Time Between Games to 30 seconds (other values tested, no effect).

  3. Let the screensaver run.

  4. When transitioning between games, note the 1-second jump to an unintended game before the next one displays.

Observed Behavior:

  • Screensaver always flashes a different game for ~1 second during each transition.

  • Issue occurs on multiple builds (main install and test install of 13.24).

  • Reproducible across multiple themes.

Expected Behavior:

Screensaver should transition smoothly from one game to the next without flashing an unrelated game.

Affected Product
OS Version
Windows 11
LaunchBox Version
Plugins
NA
Posted by AstroBob ·
Status: Completed2 comments

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  • AstroBob changed status to Completed
    Team•

    Jan 27

    Pinned

    Hi Everyone,

    With the release of LaunchBox 13.25 today, this fix is now available to all users, you can update to the latest versions to receive this fix.

    Thanks for bearing with us while we got this sorted.

    Cheers,

  • AstroBob changed status to Planned
    Team•

    Oct 10, 2025

    Pinned

    Hi there,

    This fix is now available as part of our latest beta (LaunchBox 13.25 Beta-1). If you’d like to get an early look, you can follow this guide to update to the latest beta.

    🔗 LaunchBox Beta Versions

    We’ll update this post again once the official release is out.