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Oh wow, that's quite a breakthrough. We will patiently wait!!! 🙂- 157 comments
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Seems these have been removed from RA? Game Center CX - Arino no Chousenjou 2 (Japan) (En) (Aaron Tokunaga-Chmielowiec) (v1.51).zip MapleStory DS (Japan) (En) (edo1989) (v0.6.3).zip
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And these two seem outdated in the DAT? Not sure though... https://retroachievements.org/game/29847 https://retroachievements.org/game/29863 https://retroachievements.org/game/31184/hashes https://retroachievements.org/game/29752/hashes https://retroachievements.org/game/15169/hashes
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Are these missing in the DAT? https://retroachievements.org/game/32797 https://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=29328 https://retroachievements.org/game/14477/hashes
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Also, ArduRogue (World).zip doesn't seem to match the no-intro file?
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I noticed there are some files that don't have a SHA1 hash (only have a CRC32 file. I am not sure whether I have these files, so not sure whether this is related? For example, galaga.zip (Arcade): I have 14 files, but miss 4. These 4 don't have a SHA1 info. Same for some other roms in Arcade.
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Thanks. Let me summarize a bit the issue for the group of Apple II games. Only 2 of the 16 games above are not part of the LB database. Others are either wrong game names or the need to solve the issue how to name multi-side games (not multi-disk, but multi-side): * Not in LB database (2) - Nothing can be done as homebrew et al not well covered. From above, this is Flapple Bird and Space Subtraction * Dual-side games (7) - LB doesn't pick up "side A", so need to change naming to be better picked up and work with [] for original info to be ignored by LB * Spelling of the game incorrect (7)
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Tried it again and got the same results as you do, which is great. The Apple II files that are not working to directly import below: * A2Sudoku v1.2 - Not picked up as games is called "Apple II Sudoku" * Black Cauldron, The: Back, Black Cauldron, The: Front - the other version of the game. 4 are not identified. One (disk 3) is grouped with "your" version * Flapple Bird - Not identified as homebrew game * froggysoftware lafemme d1 / froggysoftware lafemme d2 - Not picked up * King's Quest 2: Side A / King's Quest 2: Side B / King's Quest 2: Back / King's Quest 2: Front - Not picked up * King's Quest 3: Disk 4: Back / etc - Not picked up * King's Quest: disk A / etc - Not picked up * Maniac Mansion Side 1 / etc - Not picked up * Number Munchers v1.2 - Not identified; manually identified once removed v1.2 * Odell Lake v1.2 - same issue * Portal in Applesoft BASIC - same issue (game identified as Portal) * Prince of Persia side A / etc - Not picked up * Space Quest 1: Disk 4: Back / etc - Not picked up * Space Subtraction v1.0 - Not picked up (also not without v1.0), maybe game does not exist in LB database * Word Munchers v1.4 0 - Not identified; manually identified once removed v1.4.0 * Zork I: The Great Underground Empire r75 - Not identified; manually identified once removed r75 I haven't added all Apple II games yet, so there may be more. I did some checking on other platforms and most looking good and everything being picked up well. Any thoughts / appetite to fix this through the DAT file? I could probably manually do it by adjusting the DAT file, but ideally this can be fixed for the community. Probably some [} for the versions or additions. And some fixing of the multi-side disks into something like "1A [disk 1-front]" or something similar.
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Did you manually combine them or did it work like on your screenshot directly by importing the roms?
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Thanks. Would be great if you can share when you get a chance. It doesn't seem an issue about the DAT file, but more broadly about the RA-naming though? I would have hoped that the file naming from RA allows multi-disc games to be identified by Launchbox properly and in fact also identified in general. Unfortunately, this does not seem to be the case. Naming is all over and I need to manually identify the games and then also manually combine multi-disc games into one record in Launchbox. Surprising with all the work from no-intro and redumped? Any thoughts how this is working out for you? For "The Black Cauldron", but also other Apple II games (and other platforms).
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Let me try. This works for you for all apple ii games?
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I changed the DAT file myseld to match the RA web-site. But no improvement (beyond it looking slightly "cleaner"). So, it doesn't seem to be worth the effort to change the DAT One question to you @Ultra God Azgorath: Does Launchbox identify "The Black Cauldron" as one game for Apple II or you have several entries. Automatically or did you manually somehow group them. I did some digging. It seems the ones with cue files and the ones that you tag as "clone of" in the DAT files all show very nice & clean (grouped, metadata, etc.). The multi-disks without a tag / cue show as several entries in LaunchBox?
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Thanks. "Black Cauldron" could be a great test whetehr this improves. RomVault basically works straight out of the box. You copy the DAT zip file into the DAT folder of RomVault (and unzip it). You dump all ROMs into the rom folder of RomVault. You hit scan, then check fix, then fix. Then it's done! Super easy with no configuration needed.
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Any chance to change the file names for "Black Cauldron" (Apple II) for the next DAT? I'd love to see how it impacts what I am doing with RomVault.
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The one on RA read much cleaner to me? Am i missing something obvious that suggests a different name? See below for the example i quoted above: Black Cauldron, The - Disk 1 Back.nib[appleasimov] 66f82e26d9417757ece6253dc140967c Black Cauldron, The - Disk 1 Front.nib[appleasimov] dbcc564fdd15795c4b994af26a01a09e Black Cauldron, The - Disk 2 Back.nib[appleasimov] 02de27187fd6446daae8303066611f13 Black Cauldron, The - Disk 2 Front.nib[appleasimov] 89d90b22588fc4217348e334c60c6900 Black Cauldron, The - Disk 3.nib[appleasimov] 0d0ef0cace8ccde940c06781efe2fd78 The Black Cauldron (4am and san inc crack) disk 1A.dsk 8899ad83dbda2e772393f98abefdc058 The Black Cauldron (4am and san inc crack) disk 1B.dsk 6af43b5d837688b373529947d3fb04fc The Black Cauldron (4am and san inc crack) disk 2A.dsk 9214fdb0b3a53c5f4160ac681a2002bd The Black Cauldron (4am and san inc crack) disk 2B.dsk a7cea209c45dacf4474753a701b4229d The Black Cauldron (4am and san inc crack) disk 3A.dsk 3493f40aec829f98e4cf6ff739ff0f81 The Black Cauldron disk 1A.woz 20521505afaa87bb93533172f0ab5467 The Black Cauldron disk 1B.woz 7ee36f4258c655325bef305300bd6f6e The Black Cauldron disk 2A.woz db2d941216029330a9fe89a65dfdd459 The Black Cauldron disk 2B.woz a3fad474e60da976c32c29bf7db7d7f7 The Black Cauldron disk 3.woz 147464e241a0b6065c49e1880f0f6e0a
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Wouldn’t it be best to take the official file name? The name on RA comes from Redump, No-Intro, etc. And it’s what’s on the RA web-site. Is it about the effort to copy&pasts from RA web-site? Or some other reason that’s driving the name choice?
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Ah… This explains… So, nes is picked up as regions by romvault based on how they’re named and not based on 1g1r. And that’s why apple is not being picked up as the naming convention doesn’t allow to be identified as region. Though clearly some of them are regions (eu and us in my example above), the naming convention is different. Technically, you didn’t name them? It’s the file naming from RA? Probably same reason why the discs aren’t grouped. Amstrad disks are not clean (disk a1, etc), so romvault doesn’t pick them up as being part of the same set. Im surprised that launchbox eventually is able to identify them as one set when importing them.
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The odd part with romvault is that it follows 1g1r for some platforms, while not for others. For example, NES and SNES follow the logic of 1g1r. I can keep the region files separately or even include them into the same zip file (whatever i prefer). However, apple ii for whatever reason doesn’t follow the same logic and the region files stay separate and count separate. Amy idea how the DAT file for nes/snes is different from the one for apple ii?
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So, all your files with different regions remain separate? Do they show up as multiple games or does LB recognize them and "merges" them for you? NES show 1,884 sets in RomVault, which seems the same for you in CMP? Apple II shows 181 sets for me. Assume this is less for you in CMP?
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Thanks, I thought I cracked it with the "merger" function. Unfortunatelty, it does not work for all platforms. Any thoughts? NES 1942 (Japan, USA) (En).zip including 1942 (Japan, USA) (En).nes, 1942 (Japan, USA) (Es) (Emu4ever) (v0.98).nes, and 1942 (Japan, USA) (Fr) (ks151) (v1.0).nes Apple II Separate zip files for Black Cauldron, The (1985)(Sierra On-Line)(IIE)(US)(Disk 1 of 3 Side A)[cr 4am - san inc][128K].zip, Black Cauldron, The (1985)(Sierra On-Line)(IIE)(US)(Disk 1 of 3 Side B)[128K].zip, Black Cauldron, The (1985)(Sierra On-Line)(IIE)(US)(Disk 2 of 3 Side A)[128K].zip,etc.
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Got it, very helpful! RomVault is now running for almost 24 hours, so should soon see where things stand. If I have two regions and just select the game, what region does it play (i.e., not right-clicking). Still need to decide on LB vs ES-DE. I believe I had purchased LB some decade ago,but then moved to ES-DE. Forgot the reason. Have you tried both and a preference? If you delete the unmatched, you also have to download the newly added ones every day? That seems quite an effort? Besides PS2/GC (rom size issue), wouldn't it be more efficient to keep the unmatched roms in the backup folder to add them automatically once RA adds support?
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I am not 100% sure whether this plugin is what I need or this can be handled natively with LB. This is about multi-region and bin/cue files for Playstation 2. There are two different ways how my files can be sorted (via RomVault): 1) A folder "Game 1" including four files: Game 1-EU.bin, Game 1-EU.cue, Game 1-US.bin, Game 1-US.cue 2) A zip ffile including the four files described above I want the game only showing up once in Launchbox. Ideally, LB will give me the choice what region game to launch (without right-clicking to select). Will this work natively and/or with this plugin? Better to work with .zip or folder? -
Thanks for sharing. I played around a bit more with both. I will still go ahead with RomVault. It even has a feature that allows to unzip the disc-based files and still count it against the DAT. So, I don't need to keep duplicates. It has some form of "merge mode" that at least things are grouped and the list only includes 1047. So, it still shows xxx/1884 rather than xxx/1047. Think that's fine though and I may miss a feature that allows to display 1047. Have you tried RomVault yourself? Its seems much easier to use and will help you remove the zip duplicates. Do you keep the roms that have not been matched? If so, this is taking a lot of space. But if not, this probably requires you to re-download files once they are added. How often does RA adds new sets, so much new download-work is required every month? If I keep two region files in one folder (xx-eu.iso and xx-us.iso), do you know whether LB/ES will give me the option, which version to play? If so, will it still count both against the same RA record? When it comes to the removed dats, what are the consequences? Game still plays, but there is no RA? What's the reason why RA removes them? Likely many of them as I stumbled over the file above by just checking 3 games.
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I've been playing a bit around with both CMP and RomVault. The latter, I found a lot easier to use. I am having the same issue though with both tools. It shows all roms, but doesn't group them. I.e., I see 3 roms for 1942 (NES), but it doesn't merge them into one game. For example, your screenshot shows 1,047 NES roms. CMP shows 1,789 sets and 1,937 roms. RomVault shows 1,884 roms. All using your file. I also did some checks. For example, "10-Yard Fight (Japan).zip" shows up in your file, but it is not listed on the RA web-site. Would this be an example of a file that has been removed from RA, which you mentioned that you cannot spot?
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Thanks! In this case, you delete the unmatched ones? And redownload once they’re added to RA? I still don’t fully understand, but let me play around it a bit over the weekend. You put a lot of thinking into your workflow, so a lot to learn from. Thank you!