isamu Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Hi guys, I'm new to LB and just had a quick question....what happens to my progress if I lose internet connection while importing MAME or any other romset? Right now I'm about a quarter of the way done with my MAME import, but unfortunately I have to disconnect my laptop and take it with me to work, where there is no internet access. Once my laptop loses internet connection, will I be able to resume the import progress I had in Launchbox later on? Can I simply leave it alone, leave LaunchBox running, and then plug my laptop back up to the net once I get back home? Or will I need to redo the whole process all over again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 It won't continue where you left off exactly but it when you go back and re do the full import it should just skip games that imported already and continue after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isamu Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 Thank you sir! With that having been said, allow me to ask you another question. The import process seems to take quite a while....As an alternative to importing directly into my laptop, what about this idea.... What if I run a new installation on my desktop, then import the MAME set there, where there is a constant internet connection. Once it's finished, can I simply move the entire installation over to my laptop? One problem is that the drive letters will not be the same. Example, C:MAME/Roms on my desktop is E:MAME/Roms on my laptop. Is there a way to change drive letters using some sort of ini.file or xml.file so that the LaunchBox sees the roms properly? Or will LaunchBox detect the different drive letters and make the change automatically? Please let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 In the Tools menu in LB there is a Change ROM folder path option but this only works with rom files all the in same folder. If you want to use notepad++ you can use the find replace all function to change the platforms xml file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isamu Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 Thank you Lord monkas. Okay update here's what's happening, I just severed my internet connection with my laptop. Now it appears launchbox is continuing the progress but it is going much faster. I can only assume that it has continued to import my ROMs only and not the metadata. As a matter of fact it is almost done. Once this process is complete it appears that launchbox will have imported all of my ROMs but a whole bunch of ROMs will have missing metadata artwork screenshots, e t c. if this is the case how can I apply the remaining metadata to all the ROMs that have missing metadata? Assuming my desktop is also importing all the metadata at home, once it's done there, can I simply copy whatever the metadata folder is and paste it over to my laptop replacing the existing metadata folder? Or does launchbox have an option to import remaining metadata to those ROMs that are missing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 just hit cancel it will prompt you to keep what you already have choose yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isamu Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 Yeah it completed the process and said that roughly 3,000 games were imported. However it brought up a whole bunch of errors and then asked me despite the errors do I want to keep the existing games and I chose yes. I can only assume these errors are related to launch boxes inability to complete importing box art screenshots and other data. So my question is, assuming I decide to copy all of the folders containing screenshots box art etc from my desktop installation over to my laptop, which corresponding folders containing these files do I need to copy and paste? Will there be any issues related to drive letters regarding these particular folders? My lunch box installation on my desktop will probably be done by tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 yeah you can copy the folders over. Which folders you need to copy over will depend on which options you choose during the import process. Its a safe bet the you will need the Image\YourPlatform folder and if you have a emumovies account then probably the videos and manuals folder also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isamu Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 Thanks. I chose to check all the boxes upon import, but I don't have an account with emumovies or whatever. So looks like the images/platform folder is the only folder I need to copy over. Cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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