Pacman56 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 26 minutes ago, Jason Carr said: Thank you @Pacman56. Yeah, I'd love to have that code for when I tackle the software lists. Feel free to send it to me and I'll set it aside for when I jump on it. Sweet! I'll send you that information this afternoon via PM. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haynor666 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 How's progress Pacman56? Can I ask for this application too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacman56 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, haynor666 said: How's progress Pacman56? Can I ask for this application too? @haynor666 Rather than releasing my own version of lightspeed, I submitted some code to Jason as mentioned in the above post. Jason will eventually tackle software lists which will be a much better solution than what my tool is currently doing. Edited March 7, 2019 by Pacman56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haynor666 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 This was four months ago, that's why I ask about Your application. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firedoggod Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 (edited) i would love to see your app too. i think the big things missing in the importer are the filters (and sure SL support). i liked how lightspeed could filter out games for controls and player count that my control panel is not setup for . but i do hope all of these things get integrated soon! i tryed fooling around with lightspeed for use with the current version of launchbox. (i used to use it for hyperspin xml's) im seeing the xmls its spitting out are totally wrong for launchbox now. is there a tool that i can use to filter my arcade games for controls/players ect that can spit out something launchbox can use? thanks Edited March 20, 2019 by firedoggod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f00tf00t Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Hi there, Is anyone able to provide a download link for lightspeed please? The current one on the first page is down. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourmovecr33p Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 (edited) Sorry for the necrobump, but incase anyone else comes across this thread like I did, here's a workaround to get a filtered list into launchbox using lightspeed v0.7j. 1 - I'm going to assume you know how to get the proper .ini files and mame xml into lightspeed. You can manually add them by downloading your version from projetto snaps if you can't get it to sync. 2 - Set up your filters 3 - On the export screen, hit "Filter!" 4 - on the left, there is a "Copy/move sets" option panel. Set this up so it copies (or moves, up to you) the filtered roms to a different directory on your computer. Hit the "Copy/Move" button. 5 - Import that directory as a new platform and nest it like a playlist under your main list (change it's parent list setting). *6 - If you've chosen to copy the files, go into the platform settings and change the default rom location to your main mame rom directory and delete the duplicates. You can also do this through the platform cfg file launchbox generates. Edited October 27, 2020 by yourmovecr33p clarity 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haynor666 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 I'm using LightSpeed MameLister v183b2. Seems to be the best version for me. No tricks required. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourmovecr33p Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, haynor666 said: I'm using LightSpeed MameLister v183b2. Seems to be the best version for me. No tricks required. i've only been able to get Beta v0.7j. Would you mind uploading the version you have? Unless I'm a dunce and am missing the active link. Everything I've tried is dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haynor666 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Just to strict - version is 0.183b2. It is probably much older but somehow does not produce problems for me like newer. https://mega.nz/file/0gt2BCoZ#6VZA_82KeZqzS12dlu2UW1TJk5h_cS-wLOY_Cj-eaFU 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f00tf00t Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 @haynor666 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Sock Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Anyone can give me a download link to the latest known stable version of this? Much appreciated, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 FYI all; the latest version of LaunchBox (11.9) should do the vast majority of what folks need for a MAME importer (Lightspeed shouldn't really be necessary anymore, as the MAME full-set importer handles pretty much everything). If not, please tell me what LaunchBox is missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Sock Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 55 minutes ago, Jason Carr said: FYI all; the latest version of LaunchBox (11.9) should do the vast majority of what folks need for a MAME importer (Lightspeed shouldn't really be necessary anymore, as the MAME full-set importer handles pretty much everything). If not, please tell me what LaunchBox is missing. Hi @Jason Carr and thank you for your reply. At first I was really excited to wait for the next version of LB but reading your message again, I've checked and I already have Launchbox 11.9 version. So maybe I'm not looking at the right place but the importer in Tools > Import > Mame Arcade Fullset isn't doing exactly what Lightspeed did. It more just clean the obvious Mame junk the vast majority doensn't want. As for what could be improved in the importer; I think that some people want to have a fullset that is fully working and playable by their control panel. For example in my case I have 2 joysticks that are 4 way / 8 way only. So again, in my case, what's missing in the Mame full-set importer is the following: Removing games that have more than 2 players Removing games that have more than 8 buttons (excluding COIN and START buttons) Removing games that aren't 4 way or 8 way (analog joy, lightgun, spinner, rotating joy, etc) Thanks a lot for your great work by the way! It would be awesome to see the Mame importer updated to fin tune the collection to your control panel compatibility! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted February 16, 2021 Author Share Posted February 16, 2021 6 minutes ago, G22 said: Hi @Jason Carr and thank you for your reply. At first I was really excited to wait for the next version of LB but reading your message again, I've checked and I already have Launchbox 11.9 version. So maybe I'm not looking at the right place but the importer in Tools > Import > Mame Arcade Fullset isn't doing exactly what Lightspeed did. It more just clean the obvious Mame junk the vast majority doensn't want. As for what could be improved in the importer; I think that some people want to have a fullset that is fully working and playable by their control panel. For example in my case I have 2 joysticks that are 4 way / 8 way only. So again, in my case, what's missing in the Mame full-set importer is the following: Removing games that have more than 2 players Removing games that have more than 8 buttons (excluding COIN and START buttons) Removing games that aren't 4 way or 8 way (analog joy, lightgun, spinner, rotating joy, etc) Thanks a lot for your great work by the way! It would be awesome to see the Mame importer updated to fin tune the collection to your control panel compatibility! @G22 Ah, okay, good to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Sock Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 7 hours ago, Jason Carr said: @G22 Ah, okay, good to know. Do you plan on adding those features? If yes, any ETA? Can we pay for the development somewhere for priorities? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 6 hours ago, G22 said: Can we pay for the development somewhere for priorities? No, that is not something we are interested in, that would just lead to people with cash to throw around to dictate the the future of Launchbox, and thats not a good idea. Best use our bitbucket, and either search for a similar request and upvote it, or if it doesnt exist create it yourself and vote on it, can also post the link here on the forums to try and drum up interest. New features and improvements are dictated by the userbase, either via the bitbucket or via the occasional community polls we run where users get to vote on new features and something like the top twenty most voted are what is worked on, and we are currently still implementing features from the last poll from 2019, which you can look at here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Sock Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) 18 hours ago, neil9000 said: Best use our bitbucket, and either search for a similar request and upvote it, or if it doesnt exist create it yourself and vote on it, can also post the link here on the forums to try and drum up interest. I completely understand, it all makes sense, I've made the suggestion and do really hope this feature gets upvoted and that one day it'll see development! It would be really appreciated if it could be added directly to the original post by a moderator to get maximum visibility. https://bitbucket.org/jasondavidcarr/launchbox/issues/5928/mame-arcade-fullset-importer-update Edited February 18, 2021 by G22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Sock Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I just spent the last 3 days trying things here and there and I may have found an easy route to manually clean a romset. I'm downloading the latest non-merged romset and will try to achieve the following. Delete the unused files after the LB Mame importer process Delete all non-working CHDs Remove incompatible games with my control panel with the new tool posted yesterday If I'm able to get this working I'll try to make a post and hopefully that'll help someone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 On 2/16/2021 at 10:59 PM, G22 said: Do you plan on adding those features? If yes, any ETA? Can we pay for the development somewhere for priorities? Thanks! I have added it to my list of items for the next poll. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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