Game files (images etc...) different naming doesn't allow for easy change of game libraries on Android

[Kefka2b]

Hey I just got an AYN Odin 2 and building my library, I also purchased a 1TB SD card where I put all my games on, all the rest (Emulators, apps, and the Launchbox data folder with all game media) is on the internal storage of 256 GB.

I was using the Desktop export feature which works well full platform sets only for older generations (before CD based games consoles) as you can basically export everything and leave it on your device for ever since it doesn't really take much space (and free to make a selection if you want to but I already curated my platforms with only games I am interested in keeping).

However I noticed that when doing a selection of games instead (for example for PS2 libraries of over 400 games that you can't have on your SD card all the time) that all game media still gets exported, which is totally fine to me as I plan on moving heavier games in and out of the SD Card along the way.

But, here is where it gets annoying, a platform XML file is generated each time during the export and needs to be imported also, so you always have to go through your export selection manually and make sure the full list of the games stored that you will keep on your ROMS folder on Android is selected otherwise the game won't show up in Launchbox as not present in the new XML, unless you want to delete and reimport all the games again (which can take ages seriously) or edit the XML file manually but all of these methods are cumbersome (imagine if you have 200 PS2 games and want to keep 150 games but swap 50 games with 50 new games from your desktop).

So it would be just nice to be able to have all your painfully curated media imported and that a new XML is generated (or just updating the current one), after manually updating the games list from the app directly, but there's another catch the naming of game media is different compared to the desktop ones, they don't contain a -01 or -02 at the end, so Launchbox for Android will not recognise them in any case unless you use the exported XML, or remove those from media title. 

[Kefka2b]

5 hours ago, Fayaz32 said:

Hi Kefka, to streamline game selection on your AYN Odin 2, ensure your curated media is imported, then update game lists directly from the app to generate or update the XML. However, note differences in media naming compared to desktop versions to ensure recognition by Launchbox for Android. This avoids manual XML editing or reimporting, simplifying the management of game libraries, even when swapping games in and out from the SD card.

Hi thanks for the answer, how do you update game lists I could only find a change roms folder location which doesn't update anything just points to the right location when launching a game. So in my understanding I will need to remove the -01 of all files to make it work once I have the correct option to update game lists on the fly. Probably will find a way to make a script doing that.