Retrofrogg Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 I am thinking of splitting up my MAME (arcade) ROMS in LB, and was wondering what other people are doing here. Do you split this set into arcade boards, or just leave it as one big MAME set? Previously I had used a big MAME set as well as a few collections (playlists) like "Capcom Classics, Konami Classics, Irem Classics" etc. I am working on a new setup and have seen a few other builds where the arcade section is split into different arcade boards. I was going to do this also, though the more work I am putting into it, the more arcade boards I am coming across. I now realise that there is a very large number of arcade boards (100+) and am wondering if I should split them at all. I'd rather take an all-or-nothing approach rather than pick out a few arcade boards and leave out others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 How to split it up is a tough one. You could split it up into board and that would work for some stuff there is still a lot of stuff that are 1 offs or only have a couple of games. You could split it by company which would cover a lot more stuff than boards but you would still have some "platforms" that only have 1 or a small selection of games. It really is a tough one depending on how far you want to take it. My preferred method is to just have them all in the main "Arcade" platform and then tag favourites so they are all at the top of the list. Though I do have the Capcom CPS and NeoGeo games separated out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrofrogg Posted May 8, 2018 Author Share Posted May 8, 2018 Yes, I see your preferred method. But you won't have many platforms under the "arcade" platform category. But then again, maybe you don't organise via platform category! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 I have a few, some are non Mame but are still Arcade games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeaede Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 I have seen your turtorials your have all mame systems seperated With systems such Nintendo Classics Atari Classic Sega classics With Rocketlauncher i can seperate them with the xml But how do it with Launchbox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Tools/create missing playlists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeaede Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 (edited) So i only have to import my MAME main folder into Launchbox and that do the rest sort roms and systems out? Edited May 9, 2018 by Zeaede Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 If you haven't already imported your mame set there is a checkbox in the wizard that is checked as default to create them. If you have already imported and just have the arcade platform you can use the tools/create missing playlists option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeaede Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 OK i try that, would take forever sort out some 35000 roms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 You wont get anywhere near that many imported, it will be less than 3000 when imported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeaede Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 My mistake, according to RocketLauncher Hyperspin MAME have total of 9763 roms seperated in 14 systems So it would not cover all up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMaxwell Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 It depends how you import them and whether or not you include the mame metadata. Unselecting it will import everything in the folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeaede Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 I found this Lightspeed Mame Lister, is that the tool to use? The turtorials i have seen is 2 years old and their versions is completely different than the latest lightspeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 18 hours ago, Zeaede said: I found this Lightspeed Mame Lister, is that the tool to use? The turtorials i have seen is 2 years old and their versions is completely different than the latest lightspeed Not sure which version you are considering but I would read this thread and recommend not using Lightspeed with Launchbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeaede Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 6 hours ago, Retro808 said: Not sure which version you are considering but I would read this thread and recommend not using Lightspeed with Launchbox. Where i found it, many seems pleased with using it no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 4 hours ago, Zeaede said: Where i found it, many seems pleased with using it no? I am not sure where you found it so I cannot say. I do not know if they used it in conjunction with Launchbox. But the members on this site that used it with Launchbox had major issues. So I still recommend reading that thread linked and simply say if you are going to use it to help import roms into Launchbox....use it at your own risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drybonz Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Yeah, you should be able to do it with Lightspeed, but it doesn't work with new versions of LB if I recall correctly. I have my data files from an older version that I set up with lightspeed and it still works fine. The amount of info, etc that you could import with lightspeed was way beyond what LB can do for MAME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeaede Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 (edited) If i import my MAME folder and add Rocket Launcher as emulator It's easy to seperate all 14 classics systems combinated with hyperspin Just add folders and it's done With latest LB all i can do is to add main folder? Edited May 17, 2018 by Zeaede Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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