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Great work. I'll add your link to the image thread.

LOL Don't know about the license. You can adjust the settings to make it more or less strict. It feels like it saves you time. It's definitely worth a try in situations like this. There are other similar apps out there, but I can't remember their names off the top of my head.

I had a similar issue with platforms not too long ago, where I deleted a platform but it remained in the XLM. Unfortunately, you will probably have to edit the XML manually to remove the games. Or... have you tried creating the platform again and seeing if the games reappear? Then do a bulk edit and change the platform to whatever you wanted.

You could try Anti-Twin. Just point it to the ROM directory and it will find all files with similar names/sizes/etc. and line them up side-by-side so you can delete the ones you don't want. You can adjust the search filters to make it more/less accurate. http://www.joerg-rosenthal.com/en/antitwin/download.html It also has a portable version, so you don't have to install it. Just choose the "without installer" link.

You could try GIMP if you're looking for something more powerful without the hefty Adobe price tag. (It's free) http://www.gimp.org/

Thanks again Martin. Glad to hear your OK.

@Maddoc1007 I added your images to the repository. Thanks again. Jason Carr said Looking good, @bd00. I'll pin this topic. @Jason Just a friendly reminder

Have you tried disabling your AV first and seeing if it works?

Ah OK. Thanks for clearing that up. Yes try the method I suggested, that should work.

Great work Martin I will add these to the repository tonight. How are you doing?

Your ISP will not be able to help you, other than assigning you your own IP. If they can't do that, then you have to create your own solution. This will most certainly be a none-issue for them unless the whole town called up and complained about the same thing. Even then, if they have the monopoly, they'll probably just say "sorry, use a different site". Things will change when IPv6 is fully implemented. Am I right in assuming that you have called your ISP and requested a personal static IP and they said they cannot do that? Also, are you on dial-up or broadband? Dial-up would explain the fact you have to enter a user/pass to connect. Are you sure you were not mistaken when you said VPN? While it is possible and small remote towns can use some very odd methods, it is unlikely. I think you will need to find your own solution. Have you tried tunnelling out yet? If not, try a VPN. Subscriptions are only a few dollars for 1 month of service so it won't break the bank to give it a try. After a breif search I found that Boleh offer a 7-day trial service for $3.70 https://portal.bolehvpn.net/order.php They are many other services out there and you will probably want to shop around if you are planning to make a VPN service permanent. But these are cheap enough to test with and they are well established. Purchase the 7-day plan and download the client. Once connected to the net using your normal method, run the client and start the VPN. (They will have several gateways, just choose the one closest to you for initial testing.) Once connected, try connecting to GDB. Run LB and see if you can scrape.

Are you using a controller? Might be worth checking out xpadder. You can map key combinations to controller buttons. E.g. if you were using a x360 controller you could map those keystokes to say rb+back. So pressing rb and back together will completely exit the game and program.

Ok. A little tip, with Notepad++ you can open all the scripts in one go, press ctrl+h to get to find & replace, remove the part you dont need and press the "replace in all open documents" button. This will remove the line from all the scripts in one go, then click save all. Done. Hope this helps.

I would like to see a users feature at some point too. +1

I love Fallout. Thanks for the heads up.

You are correct, they will not. Your best bet is to make changes in the main LB then delete that platform folder from the libraries directory and run the script again.

OK sure, no probs. Did you sort the VLC issue?

Now that's some valuable information right there. Awesome, thanks Stimpy.

You don't need to add a script for every Saturn game, THIS SCRIPT should work fine as an emulator. Regarding the VLC issue, it sounds like you have AutoPlay settings configured for software and game discs. It is an easy fix. Open an explorer window and paste Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\AutoPlay into the address bar and hit enter, or press the windows key on your keyboard and type AutoPlay. This will bring up the AutoPlay settings and VLC should be set under the "Software and games" label. Change it to "Take no Action". That should fix your VLC problem. The autorun feature can also be used to enable a universal script for PC games (with ISO images), so you don't have to create a separate script for each game. However, it introduces a security flaw that plagued old versions of Windows for years, so I don't recommend it. However, if you are aware of the risks and feel comfortable that you can manage it, then you can use the following script set as an emulator for PC games. NOTE: * In AutoPlay Settings - Set the "Software and games" setting to "Install or run program from your media" * In LaunchBox - Import you ISO collection as ROM's and set the emulator as the script below. @echo off set dtoolsDir="C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools Lite" set driveLetter=V cd /d %dtoolsDir% DTLite.exe -mount %driveLetter%, %1% exit This method will not unmount afterwards though. It is however, the easiest method and fastest to set up. Thinking about it, I have a different approach you could take that would allow a single batch script as an emulator and it will not require you to change the AutoPlay setting. It would involve renaming your ISO images to match exactly as the games .exe file. First, you would need to rename your ISO images (to match the game.exe e.g. Bioshock2.exe Bioshock2.iso) and put all the game ISOs together in a single directory. Then use this script: @echo off :: Edit these as required. set isoDir=PATH\TO\ISOs (no quotes) set dtoolsDir="C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools Lite" set driveLetter=V :: Don't change anything below here. set gameExe=%1% set gameIso="%isoDir%\%%~n1.iso" cd /d %dtoolsDir% DTLite.exe -mount %driveLetter%, %gameIso% start /w "" %gameExe% DTLite.exe -unmount %driveLetter% exit Use this batch file as an emulator for PC ISO games. This will also unmount the drive when you exit the game. To add to LB, add the game.exe file in the install folder, or use the import windows games to grab them all (remember to filter out games that do not require an ISO). Set the emulator as the script you just saved. You're done. This will make it easier to add new games. All you would have to do is install the game and add the game.exe to LB. LB will take of the rest, automatically adding the emulator (script) when you choose the platform. However, this will cause issues with any games you have that don't use an ISO but are still under the platform "PC", since LB will assume PC is an emulated platform and attempt to run the emulator (script) first. You can get around this by creating a temp platform called "PC ISO" and adding ISO games to that platform. Once they are all saved, just edit the platform and change it to PC. The emulator setting will remain intact and you won't get any conflicts with say, the games you added from Steam.

Create a batch file and name it as the name of the game (how you would like it to be named in LB) e.g. "Fallout- New Vegas.bat" Paste the following code into the .bat file, changing the three paths at the top. NOTE: dtools = Path to DT iso = Path to the saved iso image gameexe = Path to the game's .exe file after installing. e.g. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Fallout- New Vegas\game.exe" (Make sure you leave the "quotes" around each path.) @echo off set dtools="C:\PATH\TO\DT\DT.EXE" set iso="C:\PATH\TO\ISO\IMAGE.ISO" set gameexe="C:\PATH\TO\INSTALLED\GAME\EXE\FILE\GAME.EXE" start "" %dtools% -mount 0, %iso% start /wait "" %gameexe% %dtools% -unmount 0 exit In LB go to "add game" and choose the batch file. If you have a lot of games, you can create the batch files first and put them in a directory somewhere and bulk add them to LB using the import ROMS method. Just leave the emulator part blank and name the platform as PC.

No probs

optimus0 said same result. Script blocker maybe? Can you access the HMA site fine, but when you enter GDB and hit the button, you get no result? Have you tried a different site like Google or something, to test it? optimus0 said well is no longer needed i am adding the images trough the UI and just pasting the screenshot in screenshot folder (open image folder generate the correct folder) :) Ah OK. I'm glad you found a solution that works for you.

OK, I tried beta 6. I like the new options menu, it is convenient and it feels like it is in the right place. Great work. A few things: All Capcom CPS clear logos are missing. I think somebody mentioned this already, but could the "Backspace" perform the same actions as "Esc". I keep hitting backspace by mistake, I guess that feels more natural with home theatre apps. Does the recently added list show games that were added in a period of time, like the past month? If so, could it be changed to show the last 5 games that were added, period. I only ask because most of my platforms were added ages ago and they don't show anything for recently added. It leaves a big space that doesn't look right. Most of them will never have anything else added either, because they are complete. Or replace it with something else if the platform has no "recently added games". Something like top-rated games, or favourites, or something other than a blank space. Also, if a game does not have cover art, the recently played/added lists show blank spaces, which doesn't look right. Lastly, I encountered an error. I left the room and when I returned BB had crashed, I got the "program has stopped working" windows message. It wasn't doing anything, it was just sat idle on the platforms list. It has not happened again since, but I thought I should probably mention it.

optimus0 said @bd000 Thanks https://www.hidemyass.com/proxy this web is not working for me i try IE, opera 12 and Firefox, it only show's a blank page. But in ToBrowser is working (allready try thegamesdb.net on Tor and...captcha) i guess my internet service provider is blocking https://www.hidemyass.com/proxy ? Try entering just thegamesdb.net - remove the https:// optimus0 said also can somebody please send me an example folder with images inside (image name and folder structure)? i am trying to add manually but is annoying. Unfortunately it does not work like that, there is no local scraper. You could create it yourself I suppose. You would need the game ID in the filenames I think. I can't remember the exact structure, but it is something like Directory (Game name Game ID) > Image File (Game name Game ID .jpg) Just add a game and add images manually in LB and save. Then go take a look at the images folder. It would be very time consuming unless you automated it somehow.

I have heard of set-ups like this before, usually in remote areas in villages or small towns. A single IP address (or a small handful) is shared by the community and the ISP uses NAT devices to distribute the connection to each household. However, you are saying you use a VPN, although this is less common, it is possible your ISP uses this method to achieve the same results. The problem here is that if one person does something naughty and gets the IP blocked somewhere, it will be blocked for the rest of the community that use the same IP address. It is more likely that someone under that IP address has been infected with Malware that has turned thier system into a zombie, which has resulted the IP getting flagged. Your IP could be on a bot list that GDB uses, as well as many other sites. There are a few things you can do. First try connecting (http) through a free proxy service and see if this fixes the problem: Go to https://www.hidemyass.com/proxy and enter thegamesdb.net then click the "Hide My Ass!" button. You should be able to connect without getting the captcha. If not, then you have a different problem. If it works, you have a few options. 1. Contact your ISP and ask for personal, static IP address. This will cost you more money, but it will irradiate these types of issues. Unless of course it is you who is infected with malware, then you have a whole other set of problems. 2. Use a VPN or proxy service for all your connections. If you do connect to your ISP via VPN then setting up another VPN could get a little tricky, depending on how your ISP does it. So a proxy service could be the easiest or possibly the only option you have here. 3. Don't do anything and just wait it out. Just get by without using thegamesdb.net for now and try again at a later date. It is also possible that this shared IP address changes at regular intervals. If so, you might get a new IP that is not on any watch lists. Hope this helps and good luck! Also, there has been many discussions here regarding different scrapers and as of yet nothing will fit except GDB. This is one of the main reasons Jason is considering creating his own database. We all just have to be patient.