xevious1974

Oh, I supposed it from the start. And it is the perfect reply. This should help to mod the titles...also the ones for Retroachievements experience [Subset]. I added some titles that require a separated ID and maybe I can have them, finally, in the DB!!! I'll add some hack rom to the DB, I am happy for that

Sega 32X Retroachievements Playlist - xml - clear logo - video View File Hi! this playlist has 10 games, yes, very little, but funny! here the complete list: https://retroachievements.org/gameList.php?c=10 NO MISSING THIS TIME! (ahhahaha) You can find xml, clear logo (the same type that I have already used) and video (Used video from Nlash and uploaded by Benjam to keep an Unified style) BUT, if you want to use a very cool Clear Logo I suggest to look here: Uploaded by @DerSchlachter That's all for now P.S. Try Clayfighter 2 Prototype RA...5 minutes of fun! Submitter xevious1974 Submitted 01/21/2023 Category Playlists  

I have done it last year. I suggest you to remove all and make a fresh new install. Updating I had some doubled playlists and some doubled roms 3) Unless you delete your playlists, they remains. But what can change is what inside the playlists. If you add manually to favourite playlist, it does not change for sure. But if you add what you have marked "favourite" in LB and made the playlist checking the "favourite-true" games...I may suppose that data will be lost. In this case you can remove the actual favourite-true parameter from your playlist and it'll save the games checking the titles you have already in that list. 4) You can do a backup of LB setting. But with a fresh new install you are quite sure to import what you need

Thank you a lot for your reply. Seems I am entering a bigger world full of problems. Thank you for your reply. Obviously I can understand your thought BUT What I mean, anyway, is that only if you hack that rom you can play the new RA. So, at the end, you are using an hacked rom. Not the official one. If we enter the problem of "How much should be hacked a rom to be considered an Hacked rom"...we'll die before reaching a solution. I apply a patch? Yes. ---> I hacked the rom. And we have 2 problems: -1)exchanging complete playlists. Try to dl my playlist and add them to your launchbox, subset may disappear because they have same entry of the original game if we dont separate them -2)If they are on the same entry, when I click on that game I can see only the achievements of the base rom and not the subset one. Ok, you can say it is not a great problem, but why I am using a feature that I cannot completely use? There are a lot of RA players and having a quite perfect UI that handle RA can help spread LB software. But, if we speak in general of DB entries, what I cant understand is "DB has some space (HD) problem that cannot handle other entries? What is the problem adding a total of...100 roms (for all platform) for a feature that we are using?" I cant understand that. I think we are blindly following an idea without improving or adapting it to the situation Thank you again for your time!

Hi again... Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Duplicate, Please Overwrite) Details - LaunchBox Games Database (launchbox-app.com) I have requested this set. I have set the name: Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock [Subset - Expert Full Combos] It was accepted Now it is changed to (duplicate, Please Overwrite) Ok, who was? Why? I am making a lot of topics and who writes this does not reply? What is that? There is a strict council that decide for the others? And I am not deserving a reply from this council? It is a joke? Anyone is able to explain me, please? What are mods for if a metadata is accepted and then the High Council is allowed to decide for the others? ty

I dont know how to vote. There is only 1 main thing, first of all: it should work. Then I can thick all the others answers

Sega Master System Retroachievements Playlist - xml - clear logo - video View File Hi! this playlist has 90 games. here the complete list: https://retroachievements.org/gameList.php?c=11 They are 91 but 1 is missing, they are updating...now I have learned that This playlist has been done by the Anonymous_ONE (thank you), we teemed up. I have rechecked and added a different naming for some roms, so I hope that it works when you'll import it. (and dont worry if you check the playlist and see missing titles, some are doubled) You can find xml, clear logo (the same type that I have already used) and video (Used video from Nlash and uploaded by Benjam to keep an Unified style) I'll add, soon or later, the homebrew titles...they are accepted at last... That's all for now SMS Ra are very funny! Played Bank Panic and already unlocked some. I love Bank Panic!!! Submitter xevious1974 Submitted 01/17/2023 Category Playlists  

Hi all! I was searching, but cannot find it, if there is a Special Theme that exalt RA. Or maybe, someone knows how to do it and can give me some advice...I never done it...(never used theme creator neither) What I'd like to see is: I use a different general theme BUT when I click on my Retroachievements playlist, I can see my games list (horizontal, vertical, text, that is not important) and when I stop on a game, before choosing it, the theme shows me the RA TAB and maybe a snap video, or box, or something. But what is important that shows me the RA TAB, before entering the game and clicking on TAB. What I mean, I'd like to find a way to show directly the RA tab. Anyone can help? Regards

First of all, thank you for your replies!! I am very happy to expand my own point of view You are tragically right! At this address https://retroachievements.org/gameList.php?c=12 you can find Ps1 games and you'll see 3 different SUBSET for Final Fantasy VII (sic) I totally agree with you. And I repeat what you are saying, for the subset it is a little different because it creates an issue, in xml and in the LB tab. It is not my wish to enter new data in the DB (I am a lazy, old man), it is to use in the best way the RA data. And I think that adding some entries (100, maybe 200 in the future) it'll not create a great problem. I hope that. At the moment I am not able to think other solution than to insert new entries. I hope someone can find this agreeable or a better solution. No one can negate that RA patches are in the second category. But we are creating 2 different hack categories? I think it creates a very difficult way to sustain in the long period. Anyway, you cant negate that a patched rom is an hacked rom 🤣 That is a problem, or maybe it is THE problem. And for RA feature is a good problem. So I was thinking that for some entries....it was not a great DB problem. We have to think if we want to make RA feature to work how it deserve or in a bad way. Obviously, anyone wishing to answer this question should put themselves in the shoes of those who use this feature a lot. Thank you again for your time

Thank you a lot for your reply! Yes! I can understand what you mean, and you are right. You can read info here: https://docs.retroachievements.org/Subsets/#what-are-subsets What I mean, anyway, is that only if you hack that rom you can play the new RA. So, at the end, you are using an hacked rom. Not the official one. If we enter the problem of "How much should be hacked a rom to be considered an Hacked rom"...we'll die before reaching a solution. I apply a patch? Yes. ---> I hacked the rom. And we have 2 problems: -1)exchanging complete playlists. Try to dl my playlist and add them to your launchbox, subset may disappear because they have same entry of the original game if we dont separate them (someone has suggested to create a new RA platform for example @Jakatsu) -2)If they are on the same entry, when I click on that game I can see only the achievements of the base rom and not the subset one. Ok, you can say it is not a great problem, but why I am using a feature that I cannot completely use? There are a lot of RA players and having a quite perfect UI that handle RA can help spread LB software. But, if we speak in general of DB entries, what I cant understand is "DB has some space (HD) problem that cannot handle other entries? What is the problem adding a total of...100 roms (for all platform) for a feature we are using?" I cant understand that. I thought I should speak about how registering them... I put ~HACK~ in front or [SUBSET] to the end...I was very surprised seeing that there was a problem adding the 7 hacked roms for Ps2... Thank you very much for your reply, I like to understand and speak

Hi again, I see that some mod are going to delete entries of SUBSET ROM, or rejecting them. Well. Our DB accept ROM HACK. If we dont want HACK, we have to remove all from DB (SNES-NES-SMS-SMD and so on). But if we accept them...we have to accept. You dont like these SUBSET...I am sorry, but there are people who likes them and work on them. Maybe some of you ignore what is an rom hack. Here a simple review: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROM_hacking And to be very clear, here what you should know: "Once a hack is completed (or an incomplete version is deemed suitable for an interim release) it is released onto the Internet for others to play. The generally accepted way to do this is by making an unofficial patch (in IPS format or others) that can be applied to the unmodified ROM" So, you find the SUBSET patch at this address: https://github.com/RetroAchievements/RAPatches Now: Dot Hack Part 1 - Infection [Subset - Book of 1000] PS2 Dot Hack Part 2 - Mutation [Subset - Book of 1000] PS2 Devil May Cry 3 (USA) (Special Edition) [Subset - Bonus] PS2 Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII Subset PS2 and so on ARE ALL HACKED ROM it is not an Alternate version/name/family/gender or what. It is an existing game that has been modified by a patch, so it is an hacked rom. Believe me, it is not so difficult. Thank you

OOOOOHHH we have the final result: Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition [Subset - Bonus] was rejected for 7- 11 Here you can see the reasons: I want to be very clear on that. I am not interested in forcing the DB. I can use a separated entry in my OWN LB and I'll be happy. It is mine collection. Here I am only giving something to the community, working at my best on a LB features (RA). A subset rom is an hacked version. STOP. If we dont want hack, remove ALL of them from LB. If you allow them...ALLOW them. Have I to fight for this stupid debate? I have to loose time producing images, with a logo on it for all? No thank you. For me this is an hobby, a pleasure. If people cant understand that having more entries allows to enjoy RA, to exchange easily playlists...it is not MY problem. Changes start from us. Before adding other entries I'll wait for a reply here, from anyone that reads this P.S. "Not clear what this is" Ok, I hope you are joking. I have mod about 3000 entries. Very few, you can say. Yes, because for each entries I have tried to research, study and understand. If you dont know what are doing...please,dont do it I love you all, anyway

Thank you again for your reply! I believe that talking about this topic is particularly important and can help reflection on moderation in general I know that DEMO and Protoype are a sensetive topic. Thank you again for your time spent reading and talking. You can see that you are the only one that replied here, so thank you very much.

Thank you for your reply! So, you are telling me that all the hacked rom we have in our DB (nes-snes-sms-md) should be removed? Maybe with a retroachievements platofom we should resolve. But which is the difference to add a rom to ps2 or to a retroachievements platform? "Clutter" is an interesting word. I think I am not cluttering the DB but I am filling it with the needed data for which the RA-feature was born. and I am glad you took the moderator guideline Rule 3, but we need to read to the end: "A game should only have 1 entry per platform. Multiple Disc games don't get entries per disc. Still 1 entry. Special Editions only get a unique entry on the Database if the game is significantly different than the already existing entry. I.e. Fallout 3 and Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition would be two separate entries." There is more difference between Fallout 3 and Fallout 3 Goty or from a game and his hacked rom?

Playstation 1 Retroachievements Playlist - xml - clear logo - video View File Hi guys, this playlist has 506 titles for Playstation 1 They should be 507 but I am going mad if I find what I miss! https://retroachievements.org/gameList.php?c=12 This playlist has been done by @TrailerVert, we teemed up. I have only rechecked all. I had some problem importing. You can read here: if you have got same error report please. You can find xml, clear logo (the same type that I have already used) and video (Used video from someone here to keep an Unified style) I see that @moudrost is compiling other playlists. I am very happy with that. More people work on these lists and more we complete the actual database. And we'll make happy @Azgorath I suppose (you asked me for other playlists, right?) I think that could be usefull not compiling the same playlist, so, Moudrost if you want to team up, we can save some time. And I can keep on going making logo and video if you need, Moudrost. That's all for now P.S. oh, I am just debating a little on the DB entry on Launchbox. I'd like having separated entry for the subset Roms. If you want to join up conversation...there are interesting things: Submitter xevious1974 Submitted 01/12/2023 Category Playlists  

I was looking in "my change status" TAB It is very interesting. Some changes are accepted without problem. BUT moderator are fighting for: Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition [Subset - Bonus] 7 approvals and 7 rejections I'd like to ask to people that reject this game how they handle what I am asking in this topic. I think I deserve a reply, I'd like to learn, maybe they have a better solution that I dont know. Please, please, please

Dear @LonestarK, thank you for your reply. I think I should reply Yes. I have some entry that contains more than 1 game, in additional apps and then in alternate name. (like this: In that way can work but there is a problem that I am not able to resolve. For example, I am checking, atm, the psx 1 list that contains 507 titles. I have to add all the games to the playlist and then check if I added all. How I check it? I click on Ps1 RetroA playlist and I check the total number on the bottom. If it is equals...I know it is correct. You can tell me "Hey, take track on a sheet!" Right But Retroachievements has fast update and I should take track of all my playlist and then remember what I was adding in one entry... I think it is easier for all if I have 1entry-1Rom in that playlist. And for the future I can track all in one place only. Then, there is a little aesthetic problem. I click on Tetris rom (arcade playlist) and it contains 2 roms (tgm2 and tgm2p) . In the Retroachievements tab I can check progress for only 1 rom. Maybe it is a minor problem, but it is not the RA feature was released for, I suppose. Keep in mind that I am trying to make something that is userfriendly for all. Thank you again for your reply!

Dear guys, I love retroachievements! It was a great integration in our loved LB I am adding a lot of titles that are missing in our DB and that are what I write in this topic title. I see that moderator are accepting them but there is a good fight on each title. And I have only updated for Ps2 now (I have made a mistake on a title and mod have, correctly, rejected it, I'll do it again). I think I dont need to mark why we need to have these roms in our DB, but I want to do it just to clarify. First, there is this: I think that Eta Prime appreciate that on the forum we exchange playlist to facilitate also who have no time to create them. Second, I have to check if I put all the titles in the playlist, matching with Retroachievements DB and so I have to check the total number and so I need separated entry. Third, LB cannot filter games with badge or with RA parameter ( yes, it is linked to the second), and I have to add them MANUALLY!!! (I also requested that features but none have voted. Ok. https://bitbucket.org/jasondavidcarr/launchbox/issues/6965/posibillity-to-create-autopopulate https://bitbucket.org/jasondavidcarr/launchbox/issues/6929/add-developper-or-publisher-filters Fourth, if the game titles does not match, LB/BB does not show the RAchievements tab (yes, it works then, but...why I shouldn't use that TAB if I want to use a LB feature?) and not add the badge (that is not official, I know). Yes, I can do it manually...AGAIN! If I am doing something wrong, please, please, please, help me to ease my work here. I dont like adding hundred titles to a playlist, but if II try to do something I try to do at my best. And I like having a (near) perfect playlist. What do you think? Help me, Thank you in advance!