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Locking meta data so updater won't change the game


KingJdubbs

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Is there anyway to lock meta data for a game so when using the meta downloader it will not change that game?  My issue is with the game Zenge on Nintendo Switch.  When searched for it thinks its Zengeon, you can edit all the data yourself but the minute you update it, it changes the game to https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/154233-zengeon

I'm sure there are other games where this kind of issue has come up, so anybody have a fix for it?

Thanks

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50 minutes ago, KingJdubbs said:

Is there anyway to lock meta data for a game so when using the meta downloader it will not change that game?  My issue is with the game Zenge on Nintendo Switch.  When searched for it thinks its Zengeon, you can edit all the data yourself but the minute you update it, it changes the game to https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/details/154233-zengeon

I'm sure there are other games where this kind of issue has come up, so anybody have a fix for it?

Thanks

No, you cannot currently lock fields within LB (a feature I would like as well).  However, in your specific example the fix is the add the Zenge game to DB.  As Zengeon is in the DB, LB will select that as no other close match. If Zenge was added it would always prefer that over the other.

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1 minute ago, sundogak said:

No, you cannot currently lock fields within LB.  However, in your specific example the fix is the add the Zenge game to DB.  As Zengeon is in the DB, LB will select that as no other close match. If Zenge was added it would always prefer that over the other.

Is that what the issue here is?? Switch has an extensive library and a lot of games come up as Windows games or PS4 when they are Switch games.  I wasn't in the know that it was the users who added games to the DB.  I'll look into that!

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4 minutes ago, KingJdubbs said:

Is that what the issue here is?? Switch has an extensive library and a lot of games come up as Windows games or PS4 when they are Switch games.  I wasn't in the know that it was the users who added games to the DB.  I'll look into that!

Thanks

Correct, it is a user DB. As Switch (emulator wise) is new the LB DB will have a lot less input than other platforms that have been around a long time. 

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