chapel Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Just finished the long process of importing over 2000 ROMs from the Arcade When I double click the titles to launch them, it says 'initializing' then dumps back to the launch screen. What'd I miss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 What MAME pack did you download? Did you grab the appropriate version of MAME to your pack? It really could be a number things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapel Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 161, but I think I'm just now realizing that by updating to the 182 pack, it actually broke almost everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 .182 split should be fine, how did you upgrade? If you found a .182 split rom pack then you also need MAME .182, and just start fresh. The current is .184, but I've been having issues with .183 and .184 on a split set, so I do recommend non-merged set for those 2 versions, which is new as of .183. It's double in size though. If you haven't updated your MAME version, start there first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Oh, and merged sets are also broken for importing in to LaunchBox as not all of the rom files are there that LaunchBox is expecting, so ignore any merged set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapel Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 half my ZIP files are 1kb and only contain a .key file GRRRRRRRRRRR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Yea, something isn't right. I know something related to key files changed inbetween. Search up a MAME .182 split set, or a .183 / .184 non-merged and download fresh. That would be my best suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapel Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 (edited) I'm re-downloading the 161 full-set I had before. I apparently deleted it after I merged and broke everything My ISP isn't going to be happy with all the downloads this month Edited March 12, 2017 by chapel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapel Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Is there any way to 'reimport' without having to start it all over again? If I put the ROMs in the same folder, it should just work, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 If LB already has a xml file for the platform then adding your new roms to that preexisting rom path LB is expecting should work without any additional changes being made in LB especially since its MAME and the naming is a consistent thing that can only be one thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapel Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 ugh, I think I need to start over. My LaunchBox install is on my hard drive along with all my ROMS. The ROMS live in a ROM folder separate of the Launchbox folder, is that not recommended? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Put them where ever makes sense to your situation. I don't have my roms in my Launchbox folder at all, hell I don't even have them in my Mame folder. All my Mame roms are in their own folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Yea, I only suggest users keep stuff all on the same drive if they want relative paths, but if you don't have the space or for what ever reason you want to keep games on a different hard drive, then so be it. Like monkus said, you can keep them where ever makes sense. What we suggest are only suggestions, not something you HAVE to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapel Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 (edited) Yeah, so I'm going to extract everything and delete my Arcade library from LaunchBox and start again. I followed the instructions in the video, but even known good MAME games weren't working. If my ROMS are .161, should I be using the MAME 161 emulator in LaunchBox? Where should my CHDs be? Edited March 12, 2017 by chapel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexeon Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 assuming you have the correct romset and version of mame etc. you should try to open mame outside of launchbox and set the default rom path to wherever your roms are. It was doing the same thing for me but when I set the path it fixed the problem. the CHDs should be in the same folder as the roms but leave the CHDs in their individual folders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapel Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 ok, that's what I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapel Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 (edited) 28 hours later and my PC rebooted before import completed. Have to start over again Edited March 13, 2017 by chapel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Uncheck all of the image boxes, and download them after the fact. At least this way you can get things imported faster. Or, uncheck all of the media except for Flyers (as this is what Arcade uses). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapel Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 Awesome. it works now, just displaying on the wrong screen How do I go back and populate more media files? I only chose the Box Front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 1 minute ago, chapel said: Awesome. it works now, just displaying on the wrong screen How do I go back and populate more media files? I only chose the Box Front. Click arcade on the left of the screen, then click a game and ctrl a to highlight them all, then go to tools, download metadata and images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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