chinagreenelvis

Right now, apparently multiple instances of the same field act only as an OR value. But suppose I have files in multiple locations: consoles\(platform name)\playable\official releases\ consoles\(platform name)\playable\extras\ handhelds\(platform name)\playable\official releases\ If I want to make one list of every entry that has no LaunchBoxDB ID but make it only for console official releases and not handhelds... there's no way to do it. Because there's no wildcard - as far as I know - and I can't filter by contains "consoles" AND contains "official releases" or even contains "official releases" AND NOT contains "handhelds"

It's actually even more of a problem because creating a new platform when I want to separate things like translations doesn't show the platform until I add something to it - and the entire system erases it if it remains empty. I'm still on 12.9 but I'm guessing this behavior hasn't changed in newer versions.

I'm in the middle of reorganizing my entire collection and this involves me deleting old entries from platforms the platform vanishes from the left-side menu. My only workaround is to add a blank entry named "!" and then delete everything but that entry.

Ah, so it requires a different URL for redirection. Thanks, that will help.

Is there any way I can pull the proper URL programmatically? I'm running scripts to help sort my collection in ways that LB can't do on its own and the output always yanks the incorrect number from the XML files, producing the wrong URL.

I'm stuck on an older version (12.9), so I don't know if that has anything to do with it - but you can see the ID number in LaunchBox (and in the Metadata and playlist XML files) is incorrect, although the link goes to the correct URL.

https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/115189 Kind of a dumb edge case for a ROM I'll literally never use, but since I might run into this sort of thing with those I will... A.) Why does the GamesDB have the European name as the default? B.) Why doesn't having "United States" and "North America" at the top of my region preferences pull this into my platform list under the North American title?

In my case it seems to be getting it from the region tags in the filename. Unfortunate the games database doesn't have regional release info unless it causes a name change.

True, fair enough. I assumed that site was more authoritative, but it turns out Wikipedia actually says 717 - which, funny enough, is the exact number I had in my collection to begin with...

Out of sheer curiosity, I'm trying to figure out what ROMs exist in certain parameters according to official numbers. https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System_games#North_America I'm using SNES as an example. Working with different sets, I've narrowed the numbers down to PRETTY CLOSE to what is here listed as the official number, but since I have no way of comparing what games are included in that... What causes the discrepancies?

How is setting the latest revision/version of a game as the default when combining games NOT an option?

Yeah, this option should STAY OFF after I've unchecked it ONCE. I'm a little tired of LaunchBox overwriting RA cores that I have LOCKED so that they specifically won't update. You know, like MAME, which breaks your entire ROMset every time it does. And to top it off, RA doesn't keep archives, so you have to make absolutely sure you've backed up the ones you're happy with. Seriously, so many design choices in LB are just forcing the user to do whatever the devs think is best.