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    Lightspeed: Ultra-Fast Mame Importer Tool

    in Emulation

    Posted · Edited by lones710

    I also got the same bug. One question: The software also introduced this problem to my already existing platforms, like Sony Playstation, Nintendo 64 etc. WHY is Lightspeed even touching these xml s?

    Edit: I found other bugs: the Custom Values like "Number of buttons" are not assigned as a custom value, they just are in the regular notes of the games. Also consolidating clones does not work, although I told Lightspeed to include clones.

    7.7-beta-6 Released

    in Beta Testing

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    I think the ultimate solution for romsets would be support for parent/child dat files. How the hell should launchbox know that Dragonball: La Legende Saien is the same game as Dragonball: Super Butouden 2 but in France... I personally won't use this feature at all and import games after sorting them out with a rom organizer via Parent/Child .dat's. For this to work the Launchbox DB would need to be perfect concerning alternative game titles.

    RELEASE DATES

    in Contributions

    Posted · Edited by lones710

    Hi guys,

    there is someone who is changing the release dates of NES titles from the correct NA date to the JAP date like there is no tomorrow... Could we have a disclaimer directly on the gamesdb somewhere that NA titles and release dates are the top priority right now (until we have region dependant release dates).

    Thanks

     

    Edit: The same thing happens for titles sometimes. We really need a warning/disclaimer for this kind of stuff.

    Religion

    in Monkeys

    Posted

    i personally respect all religions, as long the religious people tolerate all other religions too. i'm not an atheist, but neither a believer. there is no way to prove the existence of a god, or whether he/she/it doesn't exist. its a shame that there is so much religiously motivated violence around the world, the single thing that makes me dislike the very concept of it sometimes.

    Bulk edit region field

    in Noobs

    Posted · Edited by lones710

    I solved my problem, I am posting the solution in case anyone else has the same problem:

    The Launchbox database files are xml-files, as anyone here knows. I simply imported them into excel, and used the following formula for my region field:

    =IF(ISERROR(FIND("(USA)";A2)>0);IF(ISERROR(FIND("(Japan)";A2)>0);IF(ISERROR(FIND("(Europe)";A2)>0);"";"Europe");"Japan");"North America")

     

    I exported the file again as a regular xml, and everything works perfectly. Generally spoken, Excel is great for organizing your database and doing bulk edits like these. Wonder which games have a missing manual? Just let Excel sort your games by the manual-field, and you immediately see everything you want to see. I wonder why noone recommends Excel for these kinds of problems (I've seen many threads like "How can I filter games which have "xyz" missing"). Brad, I hope this tip can help the community in the future (or is it it already a recommended tool for this kind of stuff?).

    Best Regards and thanks for the input so far to both of you :)

    Edit: I forgot to say what the formula does: The formula fills out the region field for "(USA)", "(Europe)" and "(Japan)". If there is no match, the field is left empty. Of course this naming scheme is for no-intro roms in this case.

    Edit 2: Of course I mean the platform xml files!

    Bulk edit region field

    in Noobs

    Posted

    Thank you for your answer! First of all, the region field is not missing in the bulk wizard. But the thing is, I have JPN, EUR and USA games, and I do not have an option to bulk edit JUST the EUR games for example. A solution for this would be a custom filter for file names (so e.g. I could make a custom "USA" filter and get all the US-Region games, then bulk edit the region fild --> problem solved). I already made a Bitbucket request for said filter feature.

     

    Another question: When I re-add my games, will I loose all custom notes and other edits, or will they stay?

     

    Best Regards

    Bulk edit region field

    in Noobs

    Posted · Edited by lones710

    Hi guys,

    I added some romsets BEFORE there was a region field, so now these romsets have an empty region field, while recently imported romsets have the region set according to the file name. How can I "rescan" or bulk edit the region field?

     

    Thanks in advance!

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