Coleman Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Hello, I am looking for a way to create groups within groups of a category. For example - I have a category called "Consoles" Within the category "Consoles", I have a setup for "Sega Genesis". This setup includes "everything i have for Sega Genesis, but I would like to make "Sega Genesis a sub category to create multiple Sega Genesis setups... i.e.: Consoles Sega Genesis Sega Genesis Released Sega Genesis Prototypes Sega Genesis Home Brew Sega Genesis Translations Sega Genesis Hacks Super Nintendo Super Nintendo Released Super Nintendo Prototypes Super Nintendo Home Brew Super Nintendo Translations Super Nintendo Hacks Etc... I cant seem to find a way to do this using the current LaunchBox tools Am i overthinking this? Is there an easier way to accomplish what i am after here? I mostly use LaunchBox because my setup is almost unusable with BigBox due to loading times, so maybe what i am after is more easily accomplished in BigBox, and i am just not aware of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Unfortunately going this deep into sub folder / categories is not possible at the moment but it is something that has been asked for and is on the "Small Things" list. I have been pushing @Jason Carr for this feature for a while, hope he finds some time to implement it because it is something a lot of people have been asking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostlines Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I'm so glad you made a thread to request this! I was just thinking the same thing. I was looking for a way to not have something like this: SNES (US) SNES (EU) SNES (JP) Which clutters up my platforms unnecessarily. Instead, I think it would be cool if you could click on SNES and then pick the region of the library you want to see. I hope this makes it in soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coleman Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 Is it possible to accelerate this request based on number of users asking? Do we sign a petition or some such? Been a while since a survey was put out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 There will be a new poll soon since Jason is just finishing up all last of the things left from the last poll. Hopefully the sub categories will be on the next poll to vote for, beyond that there really is no way to speed it up since Jason makes the decisions on when and what he works on. I try to nudge him in certain directions but all I can do is make suggestions, I have next to zero influence on him for the most part. For now though the best you can do is like you have posted above but without the "Consoles" category. You can create categories based on the console manufacturer like Nintendo, Sega and Sony, then from there have platforms for each console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coleman Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 Yeah, that's kinda what I figured... Too bad there is no way to influence Jason more - maybe we should suggest influence currency be earned by user's who work on the Games DB or something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Well he does the polls and that influences what he does and he did buckle a bit for the "Small Things" thread and implemented some of those so it isn't a total lost cause. Maybe the sub-categories thing will be on the next poll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankoftheJaegers Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Bumping this as I have wanted this feature since I first bought Launchbox! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Hopefully it will be on the next poll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrofrogg Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Would LOVE this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopoolapee Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Anyone know if this has made its way into being a feature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 3 minutes ago, poopoolapee said: Anyone know if this has made its way into being a feature? Its in the current betas, but not officially released yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopoolapee Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 (edited) I have updated to the most recent beta build, can anyone point me to where I can find how to make a subcategory as described in the above post ? for example as Sega Genesis Sega Genesis Released Sega Genesis Prototypes Sega Genesis Home Brew Sega Genesis Translations Sega Genesis Hacks Super Nintendo Super Nintendo Released Super Nintendo Prototypes Super Nintendo Home Brew Edited September 30, 2018 by poopoolapee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Change the view to Categories, then right click a category to make a new one such as Sega Genesis. From there you can either make new categories how you want and have them show under the new category or use playlists. Right clicking and editing a category, platform or playlist now has a Parent tab where you can pick and choose where they are shown under. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverchair Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 For some reason the forum is not letting me create new topic (probably because I just registered, not sure), so I am posting here. I am trying to add subcategories to a Movies category, where I would have serials e.g. "Masha and Medved", "Game of Thrones" etc. (see attachment) For the life of me, I can't figure out how this should be done. I get warned and I understand it shouldn't be a new platform - that is ok. So I try new playlist or new category, but those do not act and look like a container, because they ask for a single file. And I want to add multiple files to them obviously. I tried drag and drop of the files and import them like ROMs and associate them with my Films platform which is already configured to start VLC. Import wizard goes to last step and lists my files like I would expect and then when I continue it says "Imported 0 files" with no errors or warnings. I am pretty sure this has already been done, so I would appreciate if anyone shares their solution. Thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostlines Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 You would need to create another platform category within the platform category. It'll look something like this: Movies (Platform Category) > Game of Thrones (Platform Category) > GOT Season 1 (Platform) > s01e01.mp4 (File) x10 Movies (Platform Category) > Game of Thrones (Platform Category) > GOT Season 2 (Platform) > s02e01.mp4 (File) x10 Or you can import all the files, highlight the episodes from each season and combine them. It'll default with episode one and when you right click on the episode, you can select the next one via the additional apps section. I personally dont like that method but I do use it occasionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverchair Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 The warning in Launchbox warns me explicitly not to do this for such purpose and suggest I use playlists .. hence asking here. If that is really the only way to do this, why does Launchbox say not to do it and offers something else (which is not documented at all)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostlines Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 I would assume the warning is because if there's nothing currently sitting in the platform category, it might not show up in Launchbox despite actually being there. It wont physically show until you put a file into it. But I have my content tree'd out by several tiers. It hasnt hurt anything yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverchair Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 (edited) It would clutter the platforms, if I create too many such subcategories, but oh well .. P.S. Side question .. is there an option to force assign a single box/cover/front-whatever image to all the files in a subcategory .. i.e. I want the same image for each Game of thrones episode? Edited July 22, 2019 by silverchair side question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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