Request: Defualt Directories in options.

[Captain Greenhat]

Hello, I would like to make the request of a feature.

The feature is Default directories in launchbox options. Basically I would like to see "Directories" become an 8th tab in the options menu of launchbox. By directories, I am referring to metadata directories for each platform such as videos, music, images, etc. Launchbox has a global directory in the launchbox folder but I have the need to change where this points to in a more efficient manner than is currently available.

Launchbox is an amazing way to access games and files of many kinds. It is beautiful to both look at and to use. All of this comes with a price we are all familiar with... Storage space. Collections and images can quickly spiral to epic proportions. Or maybe not. All I know is that the typical solution is just buy hdds and start cramming it in. What about the ocd of the world? The strategic thinkers? People who want to plan their storage scheme out?

My scheme is to have a small blazing fast ssd with launchbox, my os, and all the emus/utilities i need on it and my games in a second 1tb hdd. I have another 500gb hdd that I keep metadata on. All the pictures, videos, music, etc that make launchbox look pretty. What isn't on there is the theme pieces for big box (wink wink, something else to let us change around.) Theme pieces or not, making launchbox use files other than the default is an extremely tedious and time consuming process.

Currently, I have to edit the platform, switch over to the folders tab, and edit up to 33 individual folder entries. Even if you are a keyboard wizard and have had a disdain for computer mice for 20+ years like me, this takes time and effort to do it this way! If instead, I could go into options and find an 8th entry called directories, then I could pick a folder for images, for music, videos, etc etc it would let me do the work once instead once for every single platform.

This could also be useful for people with hybrid hard drives or anyone with small ssds and an secondary internal/external hdd.

With or without this requested feature, launchbox is so amazing and the development of it is so amazing that it is honestly probably my favorite program ever. Thanks for all the hard work you all put in to enhance our lives and our collections!