d8thstar Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 hi all. i have mame arcade games all imported and working beautifully. i would like to import as a new platform, handhelds within mame. is there a way to import just those game types under a new platform heading? thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeViking245 Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 There is not a direct [built-in] way to do this. But I will always contend that there is pretty much always a way to do anything. It comes down to how determined you are and if what you say you want is really what you want. One way to do what you're asking: Start LaunchBox Start the MAME Arcade Full Set Import Wizard Create a new platform. "Arcade-Temp" or any name other than your existing platform Select your ROM folder and Manually Configure MAME Emulator and select MAME Skip leaderboards but do check Search for game information... Check None for all images and skip bezels Set clones and region to whatever you like Click Check All for Game Type and Features Then Un-Check Skip non-arcade games Under Create Playlists, click Uncheck All Then Check Create Playlists for genres After importing has completed, switch Views to Genre. Scroll down to and select Handheld / Electronic Game. Select one of the games Press Ctrl+A (to select all) Press Ctrl+E (to start the Bulk Edit Wizard) For Field:, select platform For Value:, enter a name you want to call your new platform ("MAME Handheld Electronic Games" or whatever) Click Next, Next, to finish up. Since we didn't import images, you won't need to migrate those. No more changes Now switch Views back to Platform. Right-click on your new platform and select Edit and set Scrape As to Arcade. Click OK. You can now remove Arcade-Temp. (right-click, Delete) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d8thstar Posted July 16, 2023 Author Share Posted July 16, 2023 god i love LB and it’s users thanks man, very much appreciated! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d8thstar Posted July 16, 2023 Author Share Posted July 16, 2023 weird, getting this error when trying the full import: Data at the root level is invalid. Line 5999080, position 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 1 hour ago, d8thstar said: weird, getting this error when trying the full import: Data at the root level is invalid. Line 5999080, position 1 Using devreorder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d8thstar Posted July 17, 2023 Author Share Posted July 17, 2023 well aint that a b... previous user mentuions renaming 5 files. any idea which need renaming to import and then name back? i did devreorder YEARS ago so i'm lost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 10 hours ago, d8thstar said: well aint that a b... previous user mentuions renaming 5 files. any idea which need renaming to import and then name back? i did devreorder YEARS ago so i'm lost That thread i linked just says add a cleanly downloaded mame for the import and then just switch the emulator after import in Launchbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d8thstar Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 yeah i think that was for devreorder that is installed per game or app. i did the full on registry edit so a clean mame wouldn’t help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Wow, i would never use any program that made me do registry edits just to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d8thstar Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 hey neil, just wanted to say thank you for the lead, that was it and i was able to get done what joel outlined above, so thank you to you both! and just to clarify, it wasn't a registry edit, it was a few files in system folders. all i had to do was reverse the directions of setting it up and everything worked perfectly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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