DJQuad Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Hey all, I'm importing a complete ROM set and would like to skip a lot of the cruft games. Does anyone know how to detail what games are actually being skipped on each of the options? For example, what games are fruit games, or non-arcade games? Thanks, DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Hi DJ, try using the lightspeed importer, as it will give you more control: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJQuad Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 That's like a normal import in that it also will skip importing games. Unless I'm missing something that doesn't specify what specific games will be skipped either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 @Jason CarrI thought of this the other night but haven't mentioned it yet but what if like the new method to add subsequent disks as additional apps we added an option to parse the MAME list and add the clones as additional apps then you would only be skipping the other junk you would get the clones but they wouldn't at the same time be junking up your install with many multiples of the same game taking up visible space on your screen. Also it would be cool if you could work in a number that would appear for a game with any additional apps showing which games had them set up and how many you had setup for that game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 That is indeed a great idea, @DOS76. That would be awesome to have all the versions at your fingertips. I hate to ask, but can you add a ticket? @DJQuad, I see now. Yeah, I'm not sure there's going to be a good solution for that really. You could modify either the Metadata.xml or Lightspeed's data files but that would be quite a chore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 https://bitbucket.org/jasondavidcarr/launchbox/issues/1519/adding-mame-and-other-arcade-systems Made the ticket if anybody sees this and likes it vote it up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJQuad Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Where does it pull this info about what a fruit game is for example? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Not sure for Lightspeed, but the LaunchBox importer uses the LaunchBox\Metadata\Mame.xml file. Sorry if I was misleading earlier; I had forgotten that we were using a separate file for the MAME metadata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) A MAME list I'm guessing an official one but I'm not sure for which version Jason has it setup or if he has ever updated it since he 1st implemented it. MAME makes changes monthly. Jason beat me to it. Edited August 31, 2016 by DOS76 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Wonder if my suggestion would work with both split and merged sets would be cool if it handled both. It would just need to autoset the clones as additional apps without looking for the actual roms it would just populate them from the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Merged sets would be a major challenge, because it goes against the way LaunchBox sets everything up. But I agree that that would be a great thing to add. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJQuad Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 On 8/31/2016 at 0:12 PM, Jason Carr said: Not sure for Lightspeed, but the LaunchBox importer uses the LaunchBox\Metadata\Mame.xml file. Sorry if I was misleading earlier; I had forgotten that we were using a separate file for the MAME metadata. Yeah perhaps when LaunchBox gets past the core features there can be more rom-management and audit features (or even plugins) that will help people working with full sets. It's the only thing stopping myself and many others from making the full switch from RocketLauncher and a handful of HyperSpin auditing tools. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Agreed @DJQuad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverest Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Is lightspeed importer still a viable option for more import control with the latest launchbox? 7.9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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