"Play Version..." how to prioritize Regions by default?

[JuRaSSiCBoY]

Hi,
I know this can be changed per rom by going to EDIT->ASSOCIATED APPS--> selecting for example the USA rom and clicking the "Make Default" button, but It would be awesome to change te default roms region to an entire specific platform or to all the platforms at once in the same way that can be done for media (options -> data -> region priority).

Can this be done somehow?

Thanks a lot,

[neil9000]

19 minutes ago, JuRaSSiCBoY said:

Hi,
I know this can be changed per rom by going to EDIT->ASSOCIATED APPS--> selecting for example the USA rom and clicking the "Make Default" button, but It would be awesome to change te default roms region to an entire specific platform or to all the platforms at once in the same way that can be done for media (options -> data -> region priority).

Can this be done somehow?

Thanks a lot,

[neil9000]

That is for roms.

[JuRaSSiCBoY]

Thanks, Uhmm... not working here. I got USA version above the Japan version at "Data -> Region Priorities" and Launchbox prioritize the Japan version at "Play Version..." (Japan appears above USA at dropdown) and plays the Japan version when loading the rom directly from "Play" button. 🤔

[JuRaSSiCBoY]

I think now I understand the meaning of the region priorities. The message says:  "prioritize for imports and images", but in my case I want to import all the roms from all regions and just be able to select the region order and default at "Play version dropdown".

i.e.: I want to import USA, Japan, EUR roms for NES platform. Once imported I can change the default rom region at "EDIT -> ASSOCIATED APPS -> USA" to always Play USA rom for a single game at a time. It would be amazing if I could select the region order for the entire NES platform too, the same way we can prioritize the roms at the time of import from the "Data region priorities" menu.

Game: 8 Eyes
- Default rom region to play when click the rom: USA
- Dropdown menu order on "Play Version..": USA, EUR, Japan, Canada, Germany

Maybe It's not a feature included with Launchbox?
Thanks a lot!

[JuRaSSiCBoY]

Finally found the reason for the malfunction. I've got romsets with brackets "[USA], [Europe], [Japan]" separators instead of parentheses "(USA), (Europe), (Japan)" so Launchbox doesn't interpret correctly the brackets and doesn't apply the region order. That's why I was asking for a way to force it after import.

Solved!

Thank you!!!

[duerra]

How strict is this?  How did you find what matches and what doesn't?  I am having Launchbox fail to identify regions properly.  I am using parentheses in this case, but the Roms may say (JP) instead of (Japan), and (US) instead of (USA).  They also have NTSC and/or PAL identifiers.  None of these seem to be triggering Launchbox into selecting the correct version by default.  Any ideas?

[duerra]

Still trying to understand if there's a clear guide  on how Launchbox handles naming conventions so that region is properly prioritized on import?  I'd prefer to rename in advance of conducting a bulk import to ensure priorities are correctly established the first time.