Syriacn Posted May 25, 2015 Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 Is this possible? I just started my MS-DOS collection, but when I imported it, it went under PC which my steam and modern PC collection is. Is is possible to create custom platforms, like a MS-DOS platform. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Syriacn said Is this possible? I just started my MS-DOS collection, but when I imported it, it went under PC which my steam and modern PC collection is. Is is possible to create custom platforms, like a MS-DOS platform. Thanks You can change the platform to what ever you want. The GamesDB doesn't have an MS-DOS section, which Jason and I are going to try and fix in the future with a custom database. This is a problem we're all facing. My best advice for now, change all of your Steam games to Steam, import your DOS games then change them all to DOS. Ctrl + A to select all the entries in a view, i.e. press Ctrl + A to select all of your PC Steam titles, then right click one and edit. The mass Edit option will pop up and you can change any of the values from there. Once that's all set you can set your Steam games back to PC if you want. I personally keep Steam, DOS, GOG, Origin and Desura games separate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickjs Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Im trying to add some custom platforms myself but I feel like Im missing something. Ill add it under manage platforms but when I go to import the roms its not available. Basically I want to create a new platform that only shows NES rom hacks. Is this currently possible? Thanks for any help. Also Launchbox is amazing! Keep up the great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 when it asks you to import roms can't you type in your custom platform instead of using the drop down list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickjs Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Thanks for the response! I tried typeing in my custom platform (after I added it in manage platforms) and I keep getting 0 games imported. I know the rom works because I also have it loaded under regular NES games. Edit: I figured out why I couldnt get the rom to import. Because it was already imported, you cant reimport to a differant platform from an existing platform folder. Simply copy to desktop and reimport to new platform. Thanks again for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Thanks @Nickjs and @DOS76. To clarify in case anyone stumbles on this thread, LaunchBox by default won't import duplicates if the ROM file is already in your collection. You can override this though by checking the box to force duplicates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I knew that but didn't realize that went for different platforms. I recently used that method to add games that were listed in the XML but weren't showing up in LaunchBox. It worked very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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