Importing Naomi / Atomiswave / Sega Model 3 from a MAME Romset

[Rik3Rr]

Hi all,

 

I have a full 0.235 MAME romset to import into LB; however, when I have done so previously, I notice that no playlists are created for Naomi, Atomiswave, and Sega Model 3 (there are a few others as well, I imagine). This is because I selected the option not to import ROMs which don't work with MAME 0.235. If I unselect this option when importing, then a bunch of "junk" files that aren't actually games are imported with everything else, and it's all quite confusing.

LB really needs a checkbox during the MAME importer to import these special systems into their own dedicated playlists, but inform the user that a different emulator is required (i.e. Flycast and Supermodel). Given this feature currently does not exist, what should I do?

I found one post on here about a user having created .bat files to break out the files into their own folders, but it seemed like there was concern about doing this with a merged romset, which is the case for my set. The .bat files were also for a .207 set, which seems quite old compared to mine.

Any advice on how to solve this? Thanks, everyone!

[JoeViking245]

This doesn't really 'solve' the issue, but it is a sort of workaround, as it were.  It does require a few extra steps outside of LaunchBox. But it's really not that bad.  Basically you create a MAME delimited xml file for each system you want to import. Then using the plugin, import them into LaunchBox.

Caveats: This will only import into Platforms (vs playlists) and you will need to tell it which (previously setup) Emulator you'll be using.  After Importing, you will then need to download all metadata and media via LB's built-in tool.

If your MAME's "rompath" is pointing to where your full romset is located, it won't matter if it's a merged, non-merged or split set.  As long as it's an intact, full set.

In the link, it gives a couple different methods/examples for creating a 'custom xml file'.  One example shows for Sega Model 3 and the other for Naomi.  There are other possible methods too for creating them (such as using clrmamepro), but the guy who created the plugin was too lazy to describe them.

 

[Rik3Rr]

9 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

This doesn't really 'solve' the issue, but it is a sort of workaround, as it were.  It does require a few extra steps outside of LaunchBox. But it's really not that bad.  Basically you create a MAME delimited xml file for each system you want to import. Then using the plugin, import them into LaunchBox.

Caveats: This will only import into Platforms (vs playlists) and you will need to tell it which (previously setup) Emulator you'll be using.  After Importing, you will then need to download all metadata and media via LB's built-in tool.

If your MAME's "rompath" is pointing to where your full romset is located, it won't matter if it's a merged, non-merged or split set.  As long as it's an intact, full set.

In the link, it gives a couple different methods/examples for creating a 'custom xml file'.  One example shows for Sega Model 3 and the other for Naomi.  There are other possible methods too for creating them (such as using clrmamepro), but the guy who created the plugin was too lazy to describe them.

You are the best! Thank you so much for sharing this. It worked great!

 

 

[Rik3Rr]

You are the best! Thank you so much for sharing this. It all worked out great for me!