Charco Posted September 13, 2016 Author Posted September 13, 2016 (edited) Tried doing that but it just made RetroArch boot extra fuzzy and still in a window behind Launchbox/Big Box I'll download MAME standalone after work this evening and see if that solves the issue. Edited September 13, 2016 by Charco
Charco Posted September 21, 2016 Author Posted September 21, 2016 (edited) So, I've come back to this after configuring all my other systems and updating LaunchBox to 6.9 stable and the issue persists. I will try MAME standalone as the default emulator for the platform next. Also, when I imported all my MAME roms, it has included all clones and displays them with the rom zip file name in both LaunchBox and BigBox. Obviously, I don't want this and thought I had chosen to import and hide clones. Is it possible to do this now from the GUI? The LaunchBox Games DB obviously has no clear logos for these files and navigating through 20,000 games is not going to work in a logo wheel. Edited September 21, 2016 by Charco
DOS76 Posted September 21, 2016 Posted September 21, 2016 @CharcoI suggest deleting the games from LB and reimporting them if you checked the box to not include clones and still got them that is something I've never had happen or heard of happening so I suggest trying it again and seeing if you get better results if not then possibly there is a new bug with the MAME importer that no one is aware of yet.
Charco Posted September 21, 2016 Author Posted September 21, 2016 Ok thanks for the advice, so I just delete the platform or highlight all games with Ctrl + A and delete?
DOS76 Posted September 21, 2016 Posted September 21, 2016 Yeah that will work if you have the option to allow LB to delete your ROMs turned on I believe you will be prompted so you shouldn't have to worry about that (I personally don't allow LB to manage my directories so its a non issue for me). I suggest backing up 1st in case you aren't satisfied with the results.
Charco Posted September 21, 2016 Author Posted September 21, 2016 No, I don't allow LaunchBox to delete roms, I guess it just deletes them from LaunchBox as a platform or whatever. I guess I don't need to re-scrape all my data as I see some flyers and clear logos appeared, maybe some videos too. I am not sure as I gave up on MAME after being a bit disgusted it didn't work after a night of importing
DOS76 Posted September 21, 2016 Posted September 21, 2016 Yeah I'm pretty sure deleting the games will work and also the platform. I know that doing the games doesn't delete any of your images or data but I don't know if that is the case with deleting the platform.
Charco Posted September 21, 2016 Author Posted September 21, 2016 If it keeps the media and I re-scrape everything, it won't add duplicates of anything already there right?
Charco Posted September 21, 2016 Author Posted September 21, 2016 Cool, I'll leave that import over night, hopefully I should end up with about 8,000 playable games out of the full MAME 0.161 romset as opposed to 29,000
Charco Posted September 21, 2016 Author Posted September 21, 2016 Sounds good, hopefully the re-import resolves the issue of RetroArch opening behind BigBox, if not, I'll log a ticket.
Charco Posted September 23, 2016 Author Posted September 23, 2016 Nope, when I try to import there is no option to exclude clones form what I can see, it will import 29,000 roms.
DOS76 Posted September 23, 2016 Posted September 23, 2016 (edited) Ok @Charco lets see if we can get you straightened out. Edited September 23, 2016 by DOS76
Charco Posted September 23, 2016 Author Posted September 23, 2016 I wonder do I have to do a cleanup of my romset with ClrMAMEPro first to remove all the clones?
DOS76 Posted September 23, 2016 Posted September 23, 2016 I'm about to post a bunch of screen shots that should get you straightened out. Give me a few minutes and I'll have that up.
DOS76 Posted September 23, 2016 Posted September 23, 2016 Okay I had already started editing my one post and I just finished up there so the screen shots are now up a few posts for the third image with the red ink on it that is my preference and you can really choose whatever you want for that option. If you are using RL you will have to change a few names around afterwards
Charco Posted September 23, 2016 Author Posted September 23, 2016 (edited) Thanks @DOS76 I will try this now and let you know once everything has imported (may take a while!) So, by doing it this way I should end up with about 3,000 games as opposed to 29,000? Edited September 23, 2016 by Charco
DOS76 Posted September 23, 2016 Posted September 23, 2016 I'm reimporting mine now without getting any new images so I'll let you know the precise number when I'm done.
Charco Posted September 23, 2016 Author Posted September 23, 2016 (edited) I figured something out, I am choosing RetroArch as my emulator instead of MAME and when I do this I am not presented with the final screen you have above. I cancelled the import and will install MAME standalone now. Edited September 23, 2016 by Charco
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