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Hello so this will be the first time i Add Arcade/Mame to my launchbox library Im curious however if there is  a way i can Add my mame library and it will only scrape and show the actual games.

i dont want the Devices/Bios in the list at all

or is remembering the game names & Highlighting and dragging the 100s of roms my only option??

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Enderfect said:

Hello so this will be the first time i Add Arcade/Mame to my launchbox library Im curious however if there is  a way i can Add my mame library and it will only scrape and show the actual games.

i dont want the Devices/Bios in the list at all

or is remembering the game names & Highlighting and dragging the 100s of roms my only option??

 

 

Are you importing a Mame full romset into LB or only a select number of games?

If importing the full mame romset then use the Full Mame imported option and it will importing only working roms (the wizard excludes all the support files and all that junk like fruit games, mahjong, etc.). The importer has check box items so you can include as much or as little as you want.

If you are importing only a set number of game you will have to manually select those rom files to import.

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Excuse my noobinesss but What is a full romset?

I Downloaded a Romset.. But obviously i only want to play a couple of them so theres like 160 in total

Im building the Set atm But if Skip bios is an option i can juist select my folder.. and it should weed those out

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36 minutes ago, Enderfect said:

Excuse my noobinesss but What is a full romset?

I Downloaded a Romset.. But obviously i only want to play a couple of them so theres like 160 in total

Im building the Set atm But if Skip bios is an option i can juist select my folder.. and it should weed those out

For Mame a full set of roms and support files is released to match when each Mame version is released. A full mame rom set depending on if you download split, merged or unmerged set will range from about 67GB (merged set) to 124GB (non-merged set).

The only way for the LB UI to skip the bios and other support files is importing a full rom set. Otherwise, if you import only a selection of games you have to manually select those game rom files to import which mean you have to manually exclude the bios files. If you try to import the whole folder it will add all the files in the folder.

 

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6 minutes ago, Enderfect said:

Well i downloaded a full romset for my version and just nitpicked what i want??? and there merged roms

As I mentioned if you are only going to import a selection of games you have to manually select those files. If you try to import the folder it will import everything in the folder.

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