Switching from Merged to Split

[dbinott]

What has to be done in order to switch from a merged set to a split set? Delete and start over?

[DOS76]

best bet would be deleting all your games from your arcade platform in LB and reimporting the new set don't delete any of your images or metadata as it should all reattach automatically

 

[dbinott]

ya, was wondering if I would have to get all the media again. Thanks.

[dbinott]

so I was able to get to this today. I did leave the merge same name roms, but I still see duplicates. crap, think I answered my own question after typing this outloud. Key word "name". although the pictured games are the same, they don't have the same name. Should start keeping a list and let people submit and when importing the app can go out and get the updated list for things like this. Would have to be curated tho obviously.

 

[Replay]

What exactly are you trying to accomplish?  Do you want a region specific set or something?  Parents only with no clones?

I can't visualize what you're trying to do.

[dbinott]

When you import ROMs you are presented with this option

Take Batsugun, it's 2 rom versions of the same game. Had they had the exact same title for both, they would have been merged combined and then I could right click and decide which one I want to play. Since they names are not identical, I have to do a manual merge combine. If there was some sort of database where in we as users could mark that these are identical, then this could be prevented.

Edit: Sorry I shouldn't be using the word "merged", but "combined"

Edited March 12, 2018 by dbinott

[Replay]

There's 4 different versions of this game:

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/toaplan2.cpp

Batsugun batsugun

Batsugun (Korea PCB) batsugunb

Batsugun (older set) batsuguna

Batsugun - Special Verson batsugunsp

But yeah, I see what you're saying. Hopefully in the future there's a 'Combine clone ROMs into the Parent'

That would help elevate the pain.