CriticalCid
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Not really. Under Add-Paths you don’t need to add any update packs, just add the backup path and the extra MAMEUIFX games if you want but otherwise you should follow the whole tutorial
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You can either use the audit function in MAMEUI(FX) (this would be the fastest option) or you can follow the tutorial and the scanner will tell you what ROMs/CHDs/Samples are exactly missing.
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Of course you have my permission @Jason, for my BB theme and my recorded HS themes as well (I don't know if I would have any right to claim them as my own work anyway). Also I really hope for a separated video folder for the theme videos in the future, so that it doesn’t break the gameplay video for other views :)
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It’s just a very quick test on how it would look like and how easy it would be to change things. It’s more like a prototype and not intended to be really used. Just wanted to share the idea :) And to be honest I only understand maybe the half of what I’ve actually done, it was a lot of trial and error
I have finals in a few weeks and I don’t think that I would have the time and mood to learn XAML before August. So if someone wants to jump in and make a great view out of the idea with additional game info, etc you’re more than welcome.
I think in combination with the planned background video feature (which could be used for HS widescreen themes) it could really look quite awesome. Especially if BigBox could automatically change between the video background and the 4:3 theme view based on the aspect ratio of the videos.
Maybe Jason could even add a new folder for video themes so that we don’t have to replace the normal EmuMovies gameplay videos with the video themes. On this way it would be pretty easy to switch between the clean and flashy views without any hassle.
Also I need to mention that theme recording is VERY time consuming. It took me almost two hours to record, edit and render the 16 themes. So helping hands on that matter would be more than appreciated and if someone needs to know what program and settings I used to edit and render the videos let me know.
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Thanks for the hint. You should be able to see it now :)
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I’ve changed the Wheel view for the games to show gameplay videos with an 4:3 aspect ratio in fullscreen. The view is intended to play recorded standard HyperSpin themes as videos and it seems to work pretty good so far. I’ve only spent 10 minutes on it to see how hard it would be to do it and yeah, it was pretty easy :) Sure it looks pretty rough and it needs a lot of tweaking but it’s a start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENE0BqkCdww Here’s the BigBox theme if you want to test it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_6XLOBnGwlUT2F3MXVhaDFoQ00/view?usp=sharing And here’s the link for HS themes I've recorded so far: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_6XLOBnGwlUN3dUN2h5UWN1VUE&usp=sharing
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It’s already possible to import the metadata of the synopsis files from EmuXtras in LaunchBox. https://www.launchbox-app.com/forum/features/launchboxannotator-tool
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Antropus said
I forgot to mention that I had „Match ROM folder“ checked as well.CriticalCid said Just tested the new version. I can’t confirm the “All Killer” issue. Everything works as expected on my side. @Drybonz have you checked that the path for your ROM files is right? The filter didn’t work for me either until I’ve realized that the path for my ROM files was wrong.
I tried to remove the ROMS path all together and it still worked for me. Then I tried to make Launchbox main folder as the ROMS folder and it still worked, so I'm not sure what's going on. I would really like to get my hands on a zip file containing all contents of your Lightspeed folder, if you can, Drybonz.
You’re absolutely right: Sorry but I thought I had deleted all the dummy .zip files after each test run. I must’ve forgotten it after my last test. It works completely fine now!CriticalCid said The “couldn’t find ECD” error is still there. This time I also tried to open the .zip files with WinRAR and 7zip, both programs showed me an error that they can’t open the files. So I tried to compress an empty .txt file so that I have a valid .zip file and it worked. No more errors :) You should definitely use this as method for creating dummy files.
That's exactly the method that I'm using, so I'm pretty sure it's still happening on your side because those are the old files created with a previous version of Lightspeed. Try to sort by size and look at the dates, so you can spot the old files more easily. If you double click any of them and you still get an error, that means they are the old files. If you remove them and let Lightspeed re-create them your problem should be gone.
Yeah, I said that they were different versions, but if it’s basically the same game (no matter the version) it’s a duplicate for me, sorry for the confusion. I also thought that it wasn’t a problem of your tool because they all miss the clone tags, so no worries. But I wondered that all the non-supported systems like Model 2, Model 3, Atomiswave, hadn’t such “problems” and I thought I should mention it. It’s no biggie at all.CriticalCid said I also noticed that when I filter the NAOMI games out I get a lot of different versions for the same games in the Output list. From all the drivers I tried out that was the only one which showed duplicates of the same game.
They are not actual duplicates. They are different versions. If you uncheck the options to remove tags you will notice that their names are different. Two things about what you are seeing as a problem: 1) since Naomi is unsupported (or barely supported ) by MAME at this point, a lot of those should be considered clones, I believe, but they are not (open the listxml.xml file and take a look at some of those entries). 2) Some of those entries have two versions, one of them being the GD-ROM version. So the game name should be the same, but they are in fact different, technically speaking. I could add another option to parse only regular, GD-ROM or both, but this is another thing. What Lightspeed is reporting at this point seem correct in relation to MAME xml. -
+1 for the HyperSpin system split
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I can confirm that. I saw the movie last week and it’s not a masterpiece but still a pretty enjoyable movie. I’m a huge WarCraft 3 fan and it was definitely the movie I’ve wanted for so long. If you like WarCraft you will most likely the movie too. Also I want to say thanks for your work on this @Antropus. The CGI is top notch! You CGI guys definitely get not the appreciation you deserve!
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Just tested the new version. I can’t confirm the “All Killer” issue. Everything works as expected on my side. @Drybonz have you checked that the path for your ROM files is right? The filter didn’t work for me either until I’ve realized that the path for my ROM files was wrong. The “couldn’t find ECD” error is still there. This time I also tried to open the .zip files with WinRAR and 7zip, both programs showed me an error that they can’t open the files. So I tried to compress an empty .txt file so that I have a valid .zip file and it worked. No more errors :) You should definitely use this as method for creating dummy files. I also noticed that when I filter the NAOMI games out I get a lot of different versions for the same games in the Output list. From all the drivers I tried out that was the only one which showed duplicates of the same game. Also I didn’t notice any “export” notes. Every game I’ve tested had the right notes. Awesome!
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Go for it. Showing LaunchBox in action in combination with Brad’s sexy voice on national TV will alone sell millions if premium licenses.
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Awesome to hear that you have found a solution for this. I’m really excited for the final version
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I guess that you are very proud that your tool works literally with lightspeed and I must admit that it impresses me every time. But what prevents you to just make this optional? A checkbox with a little note that it will slow down the import would completely work for me. Of course there are some people who don’t really care about the notes and love the speed of the program but on the other hand there exists people like me who want proper and accurate metadata and don’t mind to wait a little bit longer. To be honest I don’ really care if the import takes a few seconds or a few minutes as long as the result is good. Your tool could probably take an hour I would still love it :)
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So I just tested the new version and I just love it! But I also noticed a few things: 1. When I try to start a CHD game with a companion ROM that was created through Lightspeed I get this error message:
It doesn’t matter if I try to start the game through LaunchBox or within MAMEUIFX itself. I always get the same error. Well, the game starts anyway but before I can play I have to confirm 4 times the same error message.
2. Like you said is the fix for export releases not perfectly working. So I did go through every game of the “All Killer, No Filler” filter and created a list of all games which only refer to another game version in the notes, because I think that the games which are considered as the best what MAME offers should have proper notes :)
Note: Some games were imported multiple times in different versions, so I’ve ignored them if one version had the notes of the parent. If a game had detailed notes for its export release or updated version I ignored it as well.
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It’s normal that the value has changed back to true. Otherwise LB would try to reorganize the images every time when you start it. Have you refreshed your images in LB? Tools -> Refresh All Images
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CriticalCid said 5. Open your LaunchBox.xml and search for the line which starts with:
Also make sure that LaunchBox is closed before you gonna edit the .xml!<ImagesReorganizedFor56. Change the value in the middle from “true” to “false” 7. Save and close the LaunchBox.xml 8. Open LaunchBox and wait until everything is finished and have fun with your newly imported eXoDOS and/or Win3xO set :) -
Haha, it seems that the LaunchBox hype train is rollin‘ baby
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Actually this was just added with 6.0. Just put your fanart/background image for your platform in “\LaunchBox\Images\Platforms\AnyPlatformYouWant\Fanart”. Every game which hasn’t its own fanart will automatically use the fanart folder from the system which it is assigned to.
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So it happened that I just watched the newest clips from the Complete Unnecessary Podcast of Pat “the NES Punk” Contri and Ian Ferguson and couldn’t believe my eyes as I saw that there was little sponsoring clip for the LaunchBox database at the beginning of the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn0ckiI4HUA Awesome to see that LaunchBox Premium seems to sell so well that there’s some advertising budget to sponsor one the best gaming podcasts. I also applaud you @Jason for the great choice you did on where to advertise LaunchBox. Is it the only project you sponsor or there are some others I don’t know of? :)
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Hi @bmonomad MEAGRE supports mass export to LaunchBox including all Images and most of the Metadata. But only in the newest version (which comes only with the Win3xO collection and unfortunately not with eXoDOS itself). But you can easily download the newest version from their site and update your MEAGRE version. Here’s a quick tutorial which I wrote: 1. Close LaunchBox and MEAGRE 2. Download the newest MEAGRE .exe file from here: https://sites.google.com/site/meagrefrontend/download 3. Replace the old MEAGRE.exe with the new one 4. Open MEAGRE –> Edit –> Export to LaunchBox -> choose your LaunchBox.xml and wait until everything is done 5. Open your LaunchBox.xml and search for the line which starts with:<ImagesReorganizedFor56. Change the value in the middle from “true” to “false” 7. Save and close the LaunchBox.xml 8. Open LaunchBox and wait until everything is finished and have fun with your newly imported eXoDOS and/or Win3xO set :)
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Jason Carr said as well as hopeful fixes for @CriticalCid's LaunchBox VLC crash on opening Big Box and the issue where switching views wasn't working properly for non-platform games list views.
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You're welcome :)
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You can do this in two different ways. Either you just point LB to your HyperSpin image folders or you just copy all your artwork into the image folders of LaunchBox. If the filenames of the images are matching to the rom names you won’t have any problems.
I have finals in a few weeks and I don’t think that I would have the time and mood to learn XAML before August. So if someone wants to jump in and make a great view out of the idea with additional game info, etc you’re more than welcome.
I think in combination with the planned background video feature (which could be used for HS widescreen themes) it could really look quite awesome. Especially if BigBox could automatically change between the video background and the 4:3 theme view based on the aspect ratio of the videos.
Maybe Jason could even add a new folder for video themes so that we don’t have to replace the normal EmuMovies gameplay videos with the video themes. On this way it would be pretty easy to switch between the clean and flashy views without any hassle.
Also I need to mention that theme recording is VERY time consuming. It took me almost two hours to record, edit and render the 16 themes. So helping hands on that matter would be more than appreciated and if someone needs to know what program and settings I used to edit and render the videos let me know.
It doesn’t matter if I try to start the game through LaunchBox or within MAMEUIFX itself. I always get the same error. Well, the game starts anyway but before I can play I have to confirm 4 times the same error message.
2. Like you said is the fix for export releases not perfectly working. So I did go through every game of the “All Killer, No Filler” filter and created a list of all games which only refer to another game version in the notes, because I think that the games which are considered as the best what MAME offers should have proper notes :)
Note: Some games were imported multiple times in different versions, so I’ve ignored them if one version had the notes of the parent. If a game had detailed notes for its export release or updated version I ignored it as well.
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