Best way to setup launch box

[Ninjadog]

I just built a PC and I want to set up Launchbox mostly for arcade games on MAME at this point. I just have a few questions about the best way of doing stuff. I did have LB/BB set up a few years ago but I'm amazed at how much I forgot...

Is it better to import the ROMS into LB or just have point LB to the directory they are in, or is that basically the same thing?

With MAME ROMS I think I remember just putting the games I want to play into the ROMS folder so I can cut down on load times and can find stuff easier, but I guess I'd have to keep updating artwork and the like every time I add something. Or do you guys have all the thousands of ROMS in the folder and just pick favorites?

I'm basically trying to keep storage low and not have to sift through tons of garbage to find the good games.

 

[neil9000]

3 minutes ago, Ninjadog said:

I just built a PC and I want to set up Launchbox mostly for arcade games on MAME at this point. I just have a few questions about the best way of doing stuff. I did have LB/BB set up a few years ago but I'm amazed at how much I forgot...

Is it better to import the ROMS into LB or just have point LB to the directory they are in, or is that basically the same thing?

With MAME ROMS I think I remember just putting the games I want to play into the ROMS folder so I can cut down on load times and can find stuff easier, but I guess I'd have to keep updating artwork and the like every time I add something. Or do you guys have all the thousands of ROMS in the folder and just pick favorites?

I'm basically trying to keep storage low and not have to sift through tons of garbage to find the good games.

 

You can put your MAME roms wherever you like as long as you tell MAME itself where to look for them. As for importing i use the fullset importer, left at default settings that will only import known working games into Launchbox, which is currently around 2700 or so.