mireofthedeep Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 sselph said I also provide windows binaries at https://github.com/sselph/scraper/releases although I don't want to discourage installing Go Tried to build using Go and it was surprisingly simple. Though I ended up downloading all the dependencies manually using git in command line (I'm sure there is an automated way to do it). Just wanted to chime in and give thanks too ,) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mireofthedeep Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 My aim is to create LaunchBox dataset for an empty system based on just the ROM file names and bunch of Images/Sounds/etc. But the LaunchBox.xml is not being updated by Scrape. Used sselphs scraper.exe (on Win10): scraper.exe -rom_dir pceng -output_file gamelist_pceng.xml -download_images=false -workers 4 That create a nice "gamelist_pceng.xml" with good looking data. Items like these: <gameList> <game id="8205" source="theGamesDB.net"> <path>./Adventure Island (Japan).zip</path> <name>Adventure Island (Japan)</name> <desc>Poor Hu-Man! he just isn't his old self. Trying to escape from the evil dragon Mecha, he's transformed into the horrific Lizard Man! Get ready to kick some serious dragon tail, because 5 more are waiting to stop you. Each is more vicious than the last. And each turns Hu-Man into a different kind of total gross out! Slash 'em, burn 'em, and blow 'em away! Then capture the Salamander Cross to break the DRAGON'S CURSE.</desc> <image>./images/Adventure Island (Japan)-image.jpg</image> <releasedate>19910101T000000</releasedate> <developer>Hudson Soft</developer> <publisher>NEC</publisher> <genre>Adventure</genre> <players>1</players> </game> Started LaunchBoxTools.exe: Selected "LaunchBox.xml", and from "Scrape" menu "sselph/scraper" and pointed that to the "gamelist_pceng.xml". I was under the impression that pressing "Scrape" would populate the "LaunchBox.xml" with the data from sselph's scraper.exe. But it does nothing. Test (All) shows and empty dialog box. This happens with all boxes ticked or with default ticks. I had one -item in my "LaunchBox.xml" (needed to import that to make the Platform selectable in LaunchBoxTool). Also tried with no games in the XML file. Am I missing something here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Do you have LaunchBox running if so the XML won't change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mireofthedeep Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 DOS76 said Do you have LaunchBox running if so the XML won't change Nope. I even copied the XML to a different folder. Ran the LaunchBoxTool as admin. Also my user is the creator and owner of that file (and also an Administrator). I added all the TG-16 games to LaunchBox to get a proper "LB.xml". Still this doesn't do anything to that wiht the sselp scraper. The System INI scraper actually added data to the EXISTING items. That did not want to create new items from scratch either. I think my expectations on what this LBTools app is about are wrong perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathflair Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 LaunchBoxTools does not create any new entries in your launchbox file, just adds data to existing ones. It sounds like that is what is happening, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mireofthedeep Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 mathflair said LaunchBoxTools does not create any new entries in your launchbox file, just adds data to existing ones. It sounds like that is what is happening, correct? Yes, correct. I misunderstood what the original workflow was meant to do. My goal was to just quickly recreate the "xml database" from scratch. If I understood: the correct flow with these tools is to 1) import roms to LB (import duplicates to get different languages in) (don't scrape anything to make it faster) 2) use LBTools to repopulate data in LauchBox.xml 3) use LBTools to rename&remove items based on language preference (though.. you need the images, sounds, etc to get them be renamed correctly) Hmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_8_yer_grandma Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Hi, keep getting this when I use the rename function :( Please help, this tool seems like my only hope to organise the library Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathflair Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 How big are the files you are renaming? How much free space is left on the hard drive they are being renamed from/to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleDaddySwiss Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Hi, I dont know what im doing wrong, but the Launchbox tools doesnt list the last platform that I imported. But once I import the next platform, then the previous one that didnt show, shows up. So for instance, if I import Atari 7800, it wont show. But then I import Super Nintendo, then Atari 7800 shows but Super Nintendo wont show, when selecting platforms when I first start up the tool. I have Launchbox NOT running when using the tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathflair Posted August 6, 2016 Author Share Posted August 6, 2016 Hmm... That seems like an off by one error. I haven't seen it, so I'm not really sure. Unfortunately, I just graduated and am my stuff is all packed away for the next month, so I have no way to debug or change anything with the tools. Sorry :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleDaddySwiss Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 That's OK, i can still use the tool for the ones that show up, and right now it's all but the last one. I can manually change the one. Thanks anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleDaddySwiss Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 One of the scrapers, system.ini - what system.ini? Also, the hide duplicates interface is completely confusing, I enter Region for the filter, enter any combination of "North America" or "USA" and I still get ALL regions listed in any of the games that show up when testing. I don't see it filtering anything. This is where Im at now, does this look right? If so, what do I do? I want to keep the North American games, and hide the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelone Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Hi, Anyone knows if using the "sselph scraper" part of this tool makes any difference now Launch Box is using using its own game database? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbotorm Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Not working anymore with the new launchbox version and its split xml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelone Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 I already created a ticket for this on the tools Bitbucket. https://bitbucket.org/mathflair/launchboxtools/issues/1/lb-610-beta1-separated-launchboxxml Verstuurd vanaf mijn GRACE met Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathflair Posted October 14, 2016 Author Share Posted October 14, 2016 I plan to address this next week in my spare time. Sorry for the delay. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathflair Posted November 9, 2016 Author Share Posted November 9, 2016 Sorry that this took longer than anticipated. I've updated the executable so it works with the new data directory. One caveat is that I've disabled platform renaming, as this is more difficult to do with the new directory structure. For your ease, I've attached the new executable here. LaunchBoxTools.exe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achandab Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Awesome tool, thanks a lot. However when i want to auto hide roms with no front cover it doesnt seem to work correctly. I have 2500 MSDOS games about 1000 have no covers. Though it hides all my MSDOS games except 1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizzar721 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 (edited) Quote One caveat is that I've disabled platform renaming, as this is more difficult to do with the new directory structure. Awesome tools.......just found them a little too late. I just upgraded to premium, and I see my Platform names do not match the themes default naming. Maybe I can downgrade launchbox and use an older version of your tool. Thanks for making these tools available @mathflair Update: I found the last version of launchbox that uses single xml. Would it be possible to make the older version of LaunchBoxTools available please? Edited November 26, 2016 by Bizzar721 update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathflair Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 @Bizzar721 I think you can rename your platforms inside of LaunchBox. I dont think you need tools to do that. If you can't figure out how, let me know and I'll try adding back platform renaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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