How to import missing ROMs added to folder?

[DaveC1964]

I added some games to a folder where I already have some already there.   I tried to do a "scan for added ROMs" but it said "no additional ROMs found to import".

How can I just add the new games without undoing all of the combining, hiding etc. of the other games that I already did (as in not importing the whole thing again)? 

Also where does it save the information of which disks are hidden, combined etc? 

What happens if I import a game that is already there by mistake?

Edited January 29, 2020 by DaveC1964

[DeadVoivod]

Just do a "normal" import ROM, then choose the single files, it will then add only the ones chosen. 

If you right click on a game in LB, it shows you if it's 2,3,4... discs, or if you have the game in EU, US or JP f.ex. 

If you import an already existing game, it doesn't show it, that could be what happened when you scan for added ROMs, as f.ex. Aero Fighters is the same game as Sonic Wings in Japan, it will only import it once, but you will see it with a right click, where it shows you then the option to then launch either version of it. 

[DaveC1964]

18 hours ago, DeadVoivod said:

Just do a "normal" import ROM, then choose the single files, it will then add only the ones chosen. 

If you right click on a game in LB, it shows you if it's 2,3,4... discs, or if you have the game in EU, US or JP f.ex. 

If you import an already existing game, it doesn't show it, that could be what happened when you scan for added ROMs, as f.ex. Aero Fighters is the same game as Sonic Wings in Japan, it will only import it once, but you will see it with a right click, where it shows you then the option to then launch either version of it. 

I made the mistake of renaming some Amiga disk images after they were imported before.  They were too long to show in the combine box and/or had version numbers (Game V1.00) that threw off the parser.  (I never do combine on import because about 20-30% of the games are imported as the wrong game)  I need to combine manually.  If I search the database without the version number it works better.  I did a search for missing games and it removed the ones I renamed.  Now I need to re-import just those.  I don't know whe the search for added ROMs doesn't work as removing did work.

[DeadVoivod]

I also prefer to do some stuff manually, as I don’t always fully trust LB. I only used combine f.ex. on disc based games like for PS, GC or DC.

The clean up media being my worst fear always, although it works quite fine I think, but I’m always afraid that some stuff I need gets deleted by mistake, but perhaps that’s also just me ?

I’m currently creating my Amiga LB entry, still have to go through the set to narrow down a bit. But I thought LB would cut out the stuff written between brackets thus not getting those long names? Then again, I’m using 95% of WHDLoad, where the names are not correct, could get messed up. Is it not that you can also import just the configurations instead?

Edited January 30, 2020 by DeadVoivod