Games show up in two places.

[Archont]

I just reinstalled Launchbox, but now my Dreamcast and SNES games show up twice. They both show up as expected in the "Consoles" category but then also again in a separate category. The games in question link back to the exact same files and are set to be the same platform.

[JoeViking245]

6 hours ago, Archont said:

my Dreamcast and SNES games show up twice

Right-click the platform and select Edit.  Go to the Parents tab and uncheck Root (leaving just the Consoles (Category) box checked). Click OK to save and close.

[Archont]

Thanks!

 

Any ideas of why these two platforms also showed up in Root? Never seen that behavior before

Edited November 26 by Archont

[JoeViking245]

8 hours ago, Archont said:

Any ideas of why these two platforms also showed up in Root? Never seen that behavior before

No.  I can only speculate. 

Maybe the method in which the platform was created?

• Tools - Manage Platforms - Add new...
• Tools - Import ROMs [into platform that didn't exist yet]
• Add ROMs to /LaunchBox/Games/[platform_name]/ - auto-import ROMs/create platform
• Drag/Drop ROMs onto LaunchBox - Import ROMs [into platform that didn't exist yet]
• (...just to name a few possibilities)

Or, mark it up to a glitch in the matrix, the fix was easy, and you won't have to look back at those 2 platforms' hierarchy again. 

 

That said, if you do happen to come across this again, and can deduce a method ('the method') in which this occurs [and how/when it doesn't?], please do let us know.

[Archont]

This time I think I just imported my entire ROM catalogue in one go and let Launchbox guess where to put them. Apart from previous stated snag I haven't had to correct a single rom apart from a few fandubs.