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I created a program that everyone can use since the Game comparison logic wasn't built into Launchbox. This program will compare all your games (XML Files) from whichever platform/playlist xml files you want (Which are in your Data Folder), and then give you a list of unique games FOR EACH xml file in a .txt file which are not found in the other xml files. It then allows you to create txt files in subfolders titled with the unique game names so you can import them, You'll just need to manually changing the file extensions of the imported txt files (e.g., from .txt to the appropriate format such as .ISO, .CSO, .7z, or .Zip) using the batch rename function in notepad. Select XML Files: Allows you to pick multiple XML files containing game lists. Compare Games: Reads the selected XMLs, finds games unique to each file (using Database ID first, then normalized filename), and handles variations. Generate Unique Lists: Creates a separate text file for each input XML, listing the games found only in that specific XML. Create Folders/Files: Based on the generated text files, it creates a subfolder for each text file (named after the text file) and puts a blank text file inside for every unique game listed in it. game_comparer_gui.zip

Correct, I'm looking for comparison logic which will give Game A (USA), Game A (EU), Game B (JP) = Game B (JP). Figured LB might have an option for it since it basically has an Audit List capability already built in per platform which would make it easy to do the comparison. I Can always have Ai do the comparison and make the Data xml, but just thought it would be nice if there was a work around already built into launchbox.

That's currently what I'm doing, but wanted to create a playlist combining all 3 platforms which only shows the games which exist within a single platform only. Thus giving me the region exclusive games.

Correct, My games are all listed under the LB DB information by their region which is how I'm sorting them into playlists. Launchbox contains options for Contains, Doesn't Contain, Contains any value, and doesn't contain any value, but it needs an option for Contains only 1 of the values (XOR) Right now hes asking me to use Region - Is Equal to - USA Region - Is Equal to - Japan Region - Is Equal to - Europe which will show all 3, but what i need is.... Region - Contains only one of the values - USA, Japan, Europe (Or something Similar)

I understand what you're saying. However, Most PS1 Games are labeled something like this... Silent Hill (USA) Silent Hill (Europe) Silent Hill (Japan). AND NOT LIKE THIS Silent Hill (USA, Europe) Silent Hill (Europe, Japan) Silent Hill (Japan, North America). As you see there's a separate game for each region (Not 1 game with multiple regions listed). I only want the game to show up if it DOES NOT show up in another region. I would need XOR logic not OR logic. when i do what you're saying they all 3 show up, because the games aren't labeled Silent Hill (USA, Europe), Silent Hill (USA, Japan) etc. etc. If there's no XOR logic then my only other thought would be to use Launchbox IDs, but even then I can't figure out how to not show a game if there's more than 1 game with the same Launchbox ID. And another option would be to separate each of them into different platforms, but even then there's still no way to have launchbox only display a game if it exists in ONLY 1 out of the 3 platforms based off it's name, region or LB ID. Basically trying to show games ONLY if there are no duplicates of that game. Hope this makes sense.

I have my PS2 Games setup with 3 playlists currently. One playlist for US games, One for EU games, and one for JP Games. I'm trying to create a 4th playlist which only shows games that exist within a single playlist (EU, US or Asia), thus giving me region exclusive games. Region is equal to will give me all games which contain that region, but i dont want those games to appear if the game exists in multiple regions/playlists.

I'm trying to create Exclusive Or Logic to only display games that exist within a single region. Such as creating a playlist within PS2 that pulls all games from EU, JP and US and only shows the games which exist only within a single region, and excluding them if they exist in multiple regions, so i can see region exclusive games. any idea how to create the XOR logic?

I have my games sorted into region folders, and I'm trying to create a playlist to only show games which are listed within in a single region only (ex. Exclusive Or "XOR" US, JP or EU). that way i can view only the region specific games. However within the Auto Populate feature within the create playlist I cant figure out which combination to use to achieve this, because under Region there's no XOR option for "Only contains 1 of these values" or something similar. Any ideas how to achieve this?

Anyone using this theme have issues with the 3d "rotateable" boxes stuttering when they bounce in? Still looking for a solution if anyone knows. Thanks

I switched to the newer BIGPEmu emulator because it plays the entire jaguar library with 100% compatibility. If you haven't tried it you may wanna give it a try. I pasted the link to their site below https://www.richwhitehouse.com/jaguar/index.php

I remember seeing these over the years. Are you making these available for download or just showcasing what you've made thus far?

I have my ps3 games in iso format and then they're mounted automatically and unmounted when I quit the game. I have my updates and DLCs in a separate folder that launchbox can't scan. If they're all in the same folder it will probably confuse LB

lol actually just updated my post, and found it was a bug, But Yeah wasnt trying to install all 40k roms lol. was just thinking the importer wasn't letting me alter the ones i wanted, because i found that the number in the full set importer is bugged, and if you make changes by clicking the back button then clicking next again (After making changes) the number in the bottom right where it says how many games are being imported wont change, but the list of games will 😣.

I'm trying to import a new Unaltered 0.261 full (Non-Merged rom set with all the Merged CHDs), but no matter what generas I include/exclude it wants to import exactly 3183 roms every time. I'm using a new official mame exe installed through LB. Any ideas? The set has 40,971 zip files total. UPDADE: ok so it seems to be a bug. If you go through the mame importer then get to the end where it shows you how many games its going to import and click back to change something, after youve made your changes and click next again the full set importer will still tell you its going to import the same amount of games as before even though the list of games has changed. So basically the number on the bottom right isn't updating after making changes.

Is it possible to update the mame romset in launchbox and preserver the playlists and settings such as desired emulators for mame games that dont use mame? Just annoying having to go through and change model 2 and 3, gaelco, hikaru, naomi, atomiswave etc to use their correct emulators all over again each time, as well as having to set up certain playlists launchbox doesnt automatically create when importing mame games

Is there anyway to make the 3D boxes not lag when they bounce in? i switched launchbox to a m.2 nvme drive to try to fix the lag, but even that doesnt help and leads me to belive its just related to the theme. Do the boxes bouncing in lag/stutter for everyone else when doing there bounce effect? also using a 14900k CPU and 5600mhz ddr5 ram if it matters.