New MAME Full Set Importer - LaunchBox Tutorial

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New MAME Full Set Importer - LaunchBox Tutorial

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Unbroken Software, LLC

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@CRAZY6256 6 жыл бұрын

This is probably the only software I do not regret having bought. Amazing update. Thanks

@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC 6 жыл бұрын

Good to hear. :)

@stridermt2k 6 жыл бұрын

As I wait for my system go grab files from the web, I wanted to thank you yet again ETA Prime, for taking the time to make these videos and help us all get the most enjoyment from our collections on as much hardware as possible. If I ever have the pleasure of meeting you, I'd be happy to buy you a beverage. In the meantime a Patreon membership might be in order... Edit. Done and done.

@bobichette6938 4 жыл бұрын

Dont forget to tell everyone to delete the keyboard command line i had lots of trouble before finding out that was the problem getting games to start after being added to launchbox. Not sure if everyone has this problem but it seemed to be the only thing to fix it. you need to edit the emulator after adding it goto TOOLS/Manage emulators then delete the keyboard command line for the Mame emulator and your games should start to work inside of Launchbox PS. Thanks for the great tutorials Keep up the great work RESPECT!

@michaelyapkf 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your guidance. I really don't know how to do this before watching your video. Its great to have people like you. Thumbs up!

@BakersBricks 5 жыл бұрын

Bought premium recently and really appreciate the clear instructions

@lucenerax 6 жыл бұрын

Wooot impressive!! Thanks guys and ETA for awesome tutorials as always :)

@BillBene67 5 жыл бұрын

You explain things better and clearer than anyone else online bud...Excellent videos ETA. Keep em coming. Can you make a video adding Pinball emulators? (Visual Pinball, Future Pinball, etc)

@JaldaboathIrghen 6 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial as per usual, thanks ETA.

@KojiColnair 6 жыл бұрын

Really glad you added this, thanks a lot

@RCfromtheNYC 6 жыл бұрын

Once again, an awesome tutorial! Thanks!

@realtime4559 6 жыл бұрын

RC from the NYC - Yes this is awesome

@AlexVideoPlayer 6 жыл бұрын

6:13 - You can avoid that annoying delay if you use the cursor keys to select the folder and then Enter, instead of the mouse.

@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC 6 жыл бұрын

I'll take Windows quirks for 200, Alex.

@enriquerodriguez3090 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I've been looking for. Thanks

@NIVO1972 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid ETA! Best F.E. hands down, I used to be a big Hyperspin guy, but i despise Rocket Launcher. Best $50 you'll ever spend folks. If you dont have it, what you waitin for?

@JERZEELOON 6 жыл бұрын

I'd like them to bring it to Android

@fraserkinloch3765 5 жыл бұрын

NIVO1972 I use rocket launcher with B.B./Lb 😂

@M3thusalhem 3 жыл бұрын

Subbed this right away, nice step by step tutorial, thanks

@lukem23 5 жыл бұрын

Sold sold sold!! This is amazing

@S3v3n11a 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! Would love to see more of the same.

@rileyfosti843 3 жыл бұрын

I have a mame 2003 set would it be best to set the emulator as retroarch since it uses mame 2003 plus emulator

@RealMangaAddict 6 жыл бұрын

Great work as always. Thanks for the tutorial

@mikedx42 3 жыл бұрын

Thumbs up if you knew this was ETA Prime from the voice but were confused for a minute at first though

@DJRayBoston 3 жыл бұрын

Got it up and running in my launchbox but i want to run it fullscreen windowed. i can add -w in launchbox and get windowed but i can't figure out how to get fullscreen windowed adding -f or -fullscreen in the launchbox mame emu settings right after -w doesn't work. Any one know how to accomplish this?

@e51v50h 6 жыл бұрын

Good stuff as usual. Thank you sir. 😉

@raymundopizano 5 жыл бұрын

If you have a wide monitor 1.- Create ini config archive ejecute > mame64.exe -cc (in ms-dos) 2.- Edit mame.ini and change keepaspect 1 to 0 this option fit display games

@SchubertDipDab 5 жыл бұрын

Hmm think I might dump ES and give this a go now. looks very good!

@cyberbob2010 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone else find that with these settings, Launchbox does not import The Grid? The Grid is playable within MAME and is a major Midway release of a great arcade game that doesn't seem to fit any of the "skip" criteria. Makes me wonder which value being checked flagged it for skipping and what other games might be wrongly skipped.

@RealStuntPanda Жыл бұрын

I know this is really old but the latest LaunchBox is broken AF when trying to setup MAME. When I try to import my full MAME ROMs I point to the directory, select the Full Set Version and it tells me "The specified folder does not contain a full MAME ROM set" except it does. It's the merged version, not the split one, but that shouldn't matter right?

@tedcrilly1 6 жыл бұрын

Great video as always, clear & precise. Hope there's no Nintendo roms in there!? 😎

@cartoonworld1000 5 жыл бұрын

LMAO, good one

@focanadica 5 жыл бұрын

Hey ETA, can you make a tutorial to how set NESICAxLive and TaytoType X,x2 and x3 on Launchbox? Will be awesome!

@cenutrio351 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome job, thanks!.

@thenateyshow8900 4 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to delete the games from your harddrive that you clicked didn't import (like Casino games) or are they needed even though you're not using them?

@esterzapata4273 3 жыл бұрын

what is the song at the end of the video? please

@MandoMike 4 жыл бұрын

I just installed Launchbox, and watched your other video on importing ROMs, now... I find this video, after 3 hours of importing, can I import a full set, and will it add anymore ROMs that it didn't from the original way of importing? Or is the only difference 2-4 player etc. playlist? Thanks in advance.

@AkibaKitsune 6 жыл бұрын

Love you work :D. I will try yo turn an old laptop into a arcade

@GiSWiG 6 жыл бұрын

Any way to get a list of the CHDs for the imported games that work and possibly language based? I have the CHD set but really don't want to take up the 400gb+. Also, and this goes for ROMS and CHDs, how about the ability to copy over only those games? No sense having 60+ GBs of games if only 30GBs work.

@PeterHartman1 5 жыл бұрын

ARCADE64 0.201 (Aug 29 2018). This is the current list of games. Current folder : . Sorted by ascending order, 133 game(s) found. Area 51 (R3000) Area 51 / Maximum Force Duo v2.0 beatmania (ver JA-B) beatmania 2nd MIX (ver JA-B) beatmania 3rd MIX (ver JA-A) beatmania 4th MIX (ver JA-A) beatmania 5th MIX (ver JA-A) beatmania 6th MIX (ver JA-A) beatmania 7th MIX (ver JA-B) beatmania Club MIX (ver JA-A) beatmania complete MIX (ver JA-B) beatmania complete MIX 2 (ver JA-A) beatmania CORE REMIX (ver JA-A) beatmania featuring Dreams Come True (ver JA-A) beatmania IIDX 4th style (GCA03 JAA) beatmania IIDX 6th style (GCB4U JAB) beatmania IIDX 7th style (GCB44 JAA) beatmania IIDX 8th style (GCC44 JAA) beatmania IIDX Substream with DDR 2nd Club Version 2 (984 A01 BM) beatmania THE FINAL (ver JA-A) Big Buck Hunter (v1.00.14) Big Buck Hunter - Shooter's Challenge (v1.60.01) Big Buck Hunter Call of the Wild (v3.02.5) Big Buck Hunter II - Sportsman's Paradise (v2.02.11) BioFreaks (prototype) California Speed (Version 2.1a Apr 17 1998, GUTS 1.25 Apr 17 1998 / MAIN Apr 17 1998) Candy Puzzle (v1.0) Capcom Vs. SNK Millennium Fight 2000 Pro (Japan) (GDL-0004) CarnEvil (v1.0.3) Carnival King (v1.00.11) CD-ROM Drive Updater (700A04) CD-ROM Drive Updater 2.0 (700B04) Chaos Heat (V2.09O 1998/10/02 17:00) Cleopatra Fortune Plus (GDL-0012) Cliff Hanger (set 1) CPS3 Multi-game bootleg for HD6417095 type SH2 (V4) Crypt Killer (GQ420 UAA) Cube Quest (01/04/84) Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix (GN895 VER. JAA) Dancing Stage - Internet Ranking Ver (GC845 VER. EBA) Dancing Stage featuring TRUE KiSS DESTiNATiON (G*884 VER. JAA) Dark Horse Legend (GX706 VER. JAA) Doki Doki Idol Star Seeker (GDL-0005) Eggs Playing Chicken Fire Fox (set 1) Fisherman's Bait - A Bass Challenge (GE765 VER. UAB) Fisherman's Bait - Marlin Challenge (GX889 VER. EA) Fisherman's Bait 2 - A Bass Challenge (GE865 VER. UAB) Flip Maze (V2.04J 1999/09/02 20:00) Fruit Land Gauntlet Dark Legacy (version DL 2.52) Gauntlet Legends (version 1.6) Go By RC (V2.03O 1999/05/25 13:31) Golden Tee Fore! (v1.00.25) Golden Tee Fore! 2002 (v2.01.06) Golden Tee Fore! 2003 (v3.00.10) Golden Tee Fore! 2004 Extra (v4.00.08) Golden Tee Fore! 2005 Extra (v5.01.06) Golden Tee Fore! 2006 Complete (v6.00.01) Guitar Freaks (GQ886 VER. EAC) Guitar Freaks 2nd Mix Ver 1.01 (GQ883 VER. JAD) Harem Challenge Hyper Athlete (GV021 Japan 1.00) Hyper Bishi Bashi Champ - 2 Player (GX908 1999/08/24 VER. JAA) Hyperdrive Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu '96 (GV017 Japan 1.03) Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu EX '98 (GC811 VER. JAA) Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu EX (GX802 VER. JAB) JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Mirai e no Isan (Japan 990927) JoJo's Venture (USA 990128) Judge Dredd (Rev C Dec. 17 1997) Killer Instinct Killer Instinct 2 Kollon (V2.04JA 2003/11/01 12:00) Konami 80's AC Special (GC826 VER. EAA) Laser Strixx 2 Let's Attack Crazy Cross (GV027 Asia 1.10) M.A.C.H. 3 (set 1) Mace: The Dark Age (boot ROM 1.0ce, HDD 1.0b) Magic Number Magic Premium (v1.1) Mahjong Oh (V2.06J 1999/11/23 08:52:22) Maximum Force v1.05 Nagano Winter Olympics '98 (GX720 EAA) NFL Blitz '99 (ver 1.30, Sep 22 1998) NFL Blitz (boot ROM 1.2) NFL Blitz 2000 Gold Edition (ver 1.2, Sep 22 1999) Night Raid (V2.03J 2001/02/26 17:00) Otenami Haiken (V2.04J 1999/02/01 18:00:00) Otenami Haiken Final (V2.07JC 2005/04/20 15:36) Otenki Kororin (V2.01J 2001/07/02 10:00) Pop'n Music 1 (ver AA-A) Pop'n Music 2 (ver JA-A) Pop'n Music 3 (ver JA-A) Psyvariar -Medium Unit- (V2.04J 2000/02/15 11:00) Psyvariar -Revision- (V2.04J 2000/08/11 22:00) Quiz Do Re Mi Fa Grand Prix (Japan) Quiz Do Re Mi Fa Grand Prix 2 - Shin-Kyoku Nyuukadayo (Japan) Quizard (v1.8) Quizard 2 (v2.3) Ray Crisis (V2.03J 1998/11/15 15:43) Red Earth (Euro 961121) Rise of the Robots (prototype) Road Burners (ver 1.04) Salary Man Champ (GCA18 VER. JAA) San Francisco Rush (boot rom L 1.0) San Francisco Rush: The Rock (boot rom L 1.0, GUTS Oct 6 1997 / MAIN Oct 16 1997) Shanghai Sangokuhai Tougi (Ver 2.01J 2002/01/18 18:26:58) Shanghai Shoryu Sairin (V2.03J 2000/05/26 12:45:28) Shikigami no Shiro (V2.03J 2001/08/07 18:11) Shikigami no Shiro - internal build (V1.02J 2001/09/27 18:45) Simpsons Bowling (GQ829 UAA) Soreike Kokology Vol. 2 - Kokoro no Tanteikyoku Soutenryu (V2.07J 2000/12/14 11:13:02) Street Fighter III 2nd Impact: Giant Attack (USA 970930) Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future (Euro 990608) Street Fighter III: New Generation (Euro 970204) Super Puzzle Bobble (V2.05O 1999/2/24 18:00) Tenth Degree (prototype) Turret Tower Us vs. Them Usagi (V2.02J 2001/10/02 12:41:19) Usagi - Yamashiro Mahjong Hen (Japan) (GDL-0022) Vapor TRX Vicious Circle (prototype) Virtual Pool War Gods (HD 10/09/1996 - Dual Resolution) War: The Final Assault (EPROM 1.9 Mar 25 1999, GUTS 1.3 Apr 20 1999, GAME Apr 20 1999) Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey Wedding Rhapsody (GX624 JAA) XII Stag (V2.01J 2002/6/26 22:27) Zoku Otenamihaiken (V2.03J 2001/02/16 16:00) Zooo (V2.01JA 2004/04/13 12:00) ARCADE64 0.201 (Aug 29 2018). This is the current list of ROMs. Current folder : . Sorted by ascending order, 133 game(s) found. area51 area51mx bm1stmix bm2ndmix bm3rdmix bm4thmix bm5thmix bm6thmix bm7thmix bmclubmx bmcompmx bmcompm2 bmcorerm bmdct bmiidx4 bmiidx6 bmiidx7 bmiidx8 bmiidxc2 bmfinal bbh bbhsc bbhcotw bbh2sp biofreak calspeed cndypuzl cvsgd carnevil carnking cr589fwa cr589fw chaoshea cleoftp cliffhgr cps3boot cryptklr cubeqst ddr2m dstage dsftkd darkhleg starseek eggsplc firefox fbaitbc fbaitmc fbait2bc flipmaze fruitpc gauntdl gauntleg gobyrc gtfore01 gtfore02 gtfore03 gtfore04 gtfore05 gtfore06 gtrfrks gtrfrk2m haremchl hyperath hypbbc2p hyprdriv powyak96 jppyex98 powyakex jojoba jojo jdredd kinst kinst2 kollon konam80s lasstixx lacrazyc mach3 mace mgnumber mgprem11 mahjngoh maxforce nagano98 blitz99 blitz blitz2k nightrai otenamih otenamhf otenki popn1 popn2 popn3 psyvaria psyvarrv qdrmfgp qdrmfgp2 quizard quizard2 raycris redearth rotr roadburn salarymc sfrush sfrushrk shangtou shanghss shikigam shikigama simpbowl kokoroj2 soutenry sfiii2 sfiii3 sfiii spuzbobl tenthdeg turrett usvsthem usagi usagiym vaportrx vcircle virtpool wargods warfa wg3dh weddingr xiistag zokuoten zooo

@stephengiacobozzi7785 3 жыл бұрын

launchBox will not work erro send request A redirect request change a non-secure to a secure connection

@darrenmarchand647 5 жыл бұрын

Do the ROM's have to be in the Mame/ROM's folder? I have all my ROM's on another drive for space reasons, but the games won't launch. I followed the instructions and pointed to that folder, but they won't launch. I moved a handful of ROM's to the mame/ROM's folder, and they work. How do I get it working with the ROM's in the other folder?

@PeterHartman1 5 жыл бұрын

I have this problem as well. I think the answer is store the mame folder somewhere else.

@exp1orer 5 жыл бұрын

Same problem here... Anyone have the answer?

@therealdjbaldhead_mixtapes8522 5 жыл бұрын

? Why mame not working

@seantracey1098 6 жыл бұрын

Where do we go for rooms now that emu has gone down.

@mohammedeid5855 3 жыл бұрын

Why do I need the internet?....i have roms 62 GB...?

@jvale120 4 жыл бұрын

Im currently importing the games, and getting a ton of errors. Its not quite done, but is this normal? I did subscriptions to emumovies and Launchbox/Big box.

@lyndonalvarez2684 5 жыл бұрын

I'm so confused, does it default to all those games it has to scrape? When I select a folder with ROMs in it that only have a handful, it shows hundreds on the list..

@MadWorld544 6 жыл бұрын

Thanx looks great.

@martymar77b 3 жыл бұрын

Going to try this out. Which controller is best to use 360 or xbox one?

@vullnetabazi3008 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for video but it seems i got problem 'MAME game says "initializing" and then disappears back to Launchbox selection screen" using windows 10 can you help me .

@squalazzo 6 жыл бұрын

excellent, thanks!

@espinozajuan8591 5 жыл бұрын

If I select skip clones entirely, is there a way to keep only the roms for those games, I don’t want to have files I’m not using. Thx

@kingwebster1 5 жыл бұрын

I have a .202 set from archive .org and it is sorted into multiple folders by platform. Do I need to remove all of the subfolders, or can I leave them sorted?

@JoelFabiani 4 жыл бұрын

Do I need to use the same MAME version of the romset? I downloaded the v220 romset but checking the website the latest MAME is 222. Thank you.

@plaidigloo 5 жыл бұрын

I still get a ton of missing media following these instructions. Used my split ROM set 0.203 obtained from P&D..still gives me troubles.

@Nulak 5 жыл бұрын

2 questions if you have time. Does choosing "world" for [region to prioritize] will allow me to choose the JP/NA region before playing for a game. Let's say i want to play Steet fighter2x world version but another day JP version, will it works ? And how much size a full launchbox mame folder take ? (with marquee, video and all other artwork + the 60+ go of roms)

@willemjones56 4 жыл бұрын

Just curious, why do you choose World as your preferred region over North America?

@leebrandon3842 3 жыл бұрын

good stuff. can u tell me how to import my chd and bios files into launchbox or do they automatically get loaded in when i import my mame emulator that has them(chd, bios) why do some games work on mame alone but don't work with launchbox?? that is a deal breaker for me. too good to be true.

@ReigningSemtex 4 жыл бұрын

Imported my full mame set, love this software but couldn't launch any cps3 roms through mame

@taichihass 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for this. Can you explain what the point is of importing the full set of titles including ones you don't have? Isn't it better to just import the roms you have. I'm new to this, and a bit lost. Thanks in advance.

@gokuuSSJ4 6 жыл бұрын

Mmm.... One question. I think It would be better if the cathegories were like "sub-cathegories" inside arcade, instead being showed between all the platforms. Also another idea is filtering games by genre or number of players, with the data on the DB. It would be work for all the platforms and not only Arcade (and not only the new imports...) Is it possible? Another question is if it would be possible adding bezels without rocketlauncher in a future launchbox update. Thank you very much!!

@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC 6 жыл бұрын

They do show up under the Arcade platform category. Platform-specific genres and such are something that we have in mind for future releases, though getting good metadata for it might be a challenge in some situations. Bezels for emulators that don't support them is something that would be quite a nightmare to tackle, so it may happen, but probably not for a very long time.

@americaninsect 6 жыл бұрын

@@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC I like that the genres aren't platform specific. When I select Fighting Games, I wanna see ALL of my fighting games!

@justsandm 4 жыл бұрын

I can not get this to work. Have redone it 3 times now from scratch. I get all of the roms in the correct spot and all game art downloaded. But when I try to open a rom the screen just goes black for a moment and then goes right back to the main page with all the game boxes. Nothing. I've tried again and again.

@RGM501 2 жыл бұрын

I have the same ,this guy makes good videos ,but does not help people by answering there questions....

@76sagman 6 жыл бұрын

This is such a great feature. Love the playlist categories making it easier to sort through the 1000s of ROMS. Thank you. One question, i'm using merged set. For CPS3 No CD roms i have to right click and choose in LB. How do i get it to launch the No CD rom from the get go and bypass having to choose from the sub menu? thanks

@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC 6 жыл бұрын

Great to hear, 76. You can right-click on the game in LaunchBox and choose Edit. Then go to the Additional Applications tab, find the correct one, and click "Make Default". :)

@76sagman 6 жыл бұрын

@@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC wunderbar. Thanks so much. Awesome work.

@saibot293 5 жыл бұрын

I dont understand Y this isnt working for me.. just stays on the screen with the game info and does nothing else

@cookiebisquit7293 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this, i'm using launchbox and bigbox for about two years now and its still epic! Im still om Mame 0.178 and want to update to the latest romset. Does this also create a NeoGeo platform? I've noticed you didn't erease it before importing.

@user-ux1ul3bd2o 7 ай бұрын

specified folder does not contain a full mame set

@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC 7 ай бұрын

This means you are using the full set importer, but pointed to a folder that doesn't contain a full set. If you need help with this process you can ask over on our community forums: forums.launchbox-app.com/

@charleyboy74 4 жыл бұрын

Still get black screen, have all the bios files etc, etc, etc

@theozmiester7405 5 жыл бұрын

where did you get the roms from

@kwamin 5 жыл бұрын

At 4:42, did you place the Mame folder in metadata?

@blakekwamin7400 5 жыл бұрын

How do you import mame via Rocketlauncher

@primus699 3 жыл бұрын

were do you download lunchbox from

@doonguitarlessons 4 жыл бұрын

4:14 Where can I download the ROM set for Mame32? I don't like torrents and support social security in India!

@JaldaboathIrghen 6 жыл бұрын

A question: I have a 0.196 (non-merged) set, will it work correctly with the Importer or should I bite the bullet and get a current set? I'm asking because for the life of me I can't neither find the update from 0.196 to 0.197 nor remeber how non-merged sets are updated.

@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC 6 жыл бұрын

The full set importer will still work great, but it will act like you have a 0.201 set. That's honestly not a big deal because it just means that there's a few extra games that work in 0.201 that won't work with your current set. The nice thing about the new importer is that you can use it and get the latest games, and just update your set later.

@JaldaboathIrghen 6 жыл бұрын

That sounds great! Thanks for the response.

@nawaf1981 6 жыл бұрын

Do i need a full rom set to do this? or can i do it with my favorite games only? To clarify i want to create the new playlists but with my existing roms only (not full set)

@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC 6 жыл бұрын

You would use the old, ROM importer if you don't want to import a full set. The old importer has been updated with all the new metadata as well, and should also work with the new playlists. You will need to at least update and overwrite your metadata, or re-import them though.

@adammasciocchi6399 5 жыл бұрын

Do you need any BIOS files? I double click on the rom and it is not opening.

@abeabeification 5 жыл бұрын

Doesn't work for me either, it just goes from loading to game over in Big box.

@DarkSpidey77 6 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. Just came across a problem though. I can no longer see “all arcade” games under the platform category.

@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC 6 жыл бұрын

This is probably because your "Arcade" platform isn't under the "Arcade" platform category. The category will display games from all platforms, but not all playlists for performance reasons.

@DarkSpidey77 6 жыл бұрын

That was it, not sure why it changed. Thanks!

@rekunta 5 жыл бұрын

I have no idea where to find ROM sets. I’ve tried torrents. Everything I get is always incomplete, incompatible, needs CHD files or whatever. For every MAME version there’s particular files you need. I used to have MAMEUI64 with ROMs but my hard drive crashed. This is absolutely impossible. I can get set up but I cannot do anything and nobody will give a hint as to where to go for games!

@UncleBoogieRF 5 жыл бұрын

For what it's worth there's the same set ETA used on arcadepunks.com. Can't vouch whether it's fine as I'm downloading it now. CHD's are the issue I have. I want to at least find Firefox (dire game but it holds a special place in my heart due to when and where I played it).

@fukilee1274 5 жыл бұрын

virtua striker 2 and virtua NBA can in mame ?

@GuiltyFighterX 6 жыл бұрын

Great video. I have two questions though: Do you need to delete and repeat this operation anytime a new full set is out or can you just put the new roms of the newer set in order to LaunchBox to detect it and download the artwork and other extras? Does the Chds are automatically detected as games when they are in the roms folder like in MAME or do you need to do something else?

@azuravian 6 жыл бұрын

I can answer the second question. Since this is still using MAME to actually run the game, the CHDs will be detected by MAME as long as they are in the correctly named folder. I also am wondering about the first question, though. I updated my Split MAME Romset every month and would hate to have to scrape art all over again each time.

@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC 6 жыл бұрын

It's recommended to do a full re-import if possible now that we have the new full set importer. However, we'll be updating the MAME data that is included (it comes from the games database metadata that is downloaded) shortly after each MAME release. Then you can re-run the full set importer to pick up any new games without have to remove your old stuff. The only thing that the full-set importer won't do is remove any games that were removed from MAME.

@GuiltyFighterX 6 жыл бұрын

Gregory Booth Thanks, but does DropBox download (and displays) the artwork for the CHDs though? Have you tried it yet? And for the other part I am in the same page as you. I can download monthly either only the new version’s roms or the entire non merged (my favorite way) romset. So it is very important to know if you need to repeat the process every time.

@azuravian 6 жыл бұрын

In my experience, every CHD has a .zip rom file associated with it. Launchbox should recognize the .zip rom file and should download whatever artwork it has in the database for that game. The CHD is just a larger chunk of data that the game uses. I just tested with Area51 which has a .zip file called "area51.zip". It also has a folder called "area51" in the ROMS folder with a CHD inside called "area51.chd". Although launchbox is only aware of the .zip file, it still downloads the art and the game loads in MAME with no issues.

@salyangelgaming6888 2 жыл бұрын

@@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC is it possible to make a short video for this? How to update when we use the last mame 0.238?

@karlmee1234 5 жыл бұрын

Does the arcade importer count neo geo syuff? I cant seem to import them and get them to work with mame correctly

@mpholicx2 5 жыл бұрын

Use fbalpha for neo Geo. Download the fbalpha core in retroarch and associate it with neo Geo games. Import them as neo Geo instead of arcade or name.

@leebeatles4ever 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid! Question please: if I delete arcade and reimport a fresh mame set as in this vid, will the play count, ratings, favorites etc be retained? And will it recycle the artwork already there or re-DL all of it? Thank you. Been rocking 0.182 for almost 2 yrs, might be time to update with this great new tool. Excited about playlists by genre etc.! LB just keeps improving!

@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC 6 жыл бұрын

If you remove your games, you will unfortunately lose the metadata attached to them. However, you won't lose any existing media (images and videos). If you're concerned with keeping your metadata, you can still run the full-set importer and it will pick up anything that it finds missing. It's not the cleanest option, but it does work if you need to keep your existing games.

@leebeatles4ever 6 жыл бұрын

@@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC thanks taking the time to answer, great info. I could always take screenshots of LB before deleting, use them to piece the metadata back together on the new set if I felt like it. It's really only ratings, favorites & play counts... Thanks again!

@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC 6 жыл бұрын

Yup! Could also use playlists to do the same. :)

@leebeatles4ever 6 жыл бұрын

@@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC ha! An even better idea.

@saibot293 5 жыл бұрын

So it ended up being that I needed a mame.ini file in the MAME directory. Dont why because in the video he doesn't have the ini file

@samuelbarrado5737 5 жыл бұрын

Can you have your emulator (platform) and your roms folder in different locations and not inside the main MAME folder?

@FermentedGrumpyGrapeSqueezit 3 жыл бұрын

Yes you have to point mame and launchbox to the roms location and edit the mame.ini file to the proper rom location

@99ronmarsh 6 жыл бұрын

Did you say you could use the controller instead of the mouse?

@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can with the premium version.

@Clos93 6 жыл бұрын

This looks very promising, lets say I want to import two different versions of mame? And would it keep my HLSL settings intact?

@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC 6 жыл бұрын

The full set importer just imports a full set of the latest version of MAME; that's it. If you're looking to do previous versions and such you might want to stick with the regular ROM importer. HLSL settings would be in MAME itself, so that is outside the realm of LaunchBox.

@luke070610 6 жыл бұрын

Is it safe to say that archive.org is the place to get the MAME 201 full set? Or just search google? Also, is there any downside to using an older full romset and corresponding older version of MAME? Thanks for the tutorial ETA!

@azuravian 6 жыл бұрын

If you are comfortable with torrents, there is a full 201 set downloadable from the dome of pleasure (wink wink, nudge nudge).

@S3v3n11a 6 жыл бұрын

I doubt archive.log has the newest set. See above. :)

@STAiNLESS_CORE 6 жыл бұрын

I am really struggling to get this file to complete registration. "In order to complete your registration you will need to download this torrent and read the pdf file for your language. You should then be able to enter your code in the box below:" Any kind people can help me out? Using qbit v4.1.2 but file been stuck at 0% P.s. don't just give me your code, you will probably get banned idk.

@azuravian 6 жыл бұрын

STAINO Site currently says the following : NOTE: The latest versions of qBittorrent v4.0.x have seen connection issues and other bugs. Please consider downgrading to 3.3.16 if you encounter issues.

@STAiNLESS_CORE 6 жыл бұрын

yer i downgraded to v3.3.16 and still no luck. however i went back 30 minutes later, still no luck, but loaded another torrent from somewhere else and then BAM, both torrents started. So all good now thanks :)

@professorsamira 4 жыл бұрын

how can i find the roms ?

@luisarturomoncayonava201 3 жыл бұрын

bios ???

@TecnoMercy 6 жыл бұрын

Does it work with Retroarch Core of Mame?

@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, the new full-set importer does work great with the Retroarch MAME core. We tested specifically for this.

@kofteburger 6 жыл бұрын

What is "non-arcade games" about?

@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC 6 жыл бұрын

You know, honestly I'm not even sure. I just know that the MAME built-in metadata has some things that are marked as such. I'm pretty sure they're non-games though.

@mitchellvf1j509 6 жыл бұрын

Where can I get that .201 full rom set?

@TheGalagaKing 6 жыл бұрын

I agree. Couldn't find it either. Not even in a Google search. "MAME 0.201ROMs (split)". I already have about 20% of the roms he has and most of them are very old. Not going to download one rom at a time. There are well over 24k roms available now.

@toolanddie9789 6 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know where I can find the newer rom set?

@bperkins 6 жыл бұрын

I'm using 0.199 Mame today... I want to upgrade to use the new features/playlists. I have some customizations to mame.ini, etc.. Is there a different process? Do I upgrade mame first - then follow your steps? I hate breaking everything.. Great videos

@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC 6 жыл бұрын

The new importer will work just fine with MAME 0.199, but there might be some games added that don't actually work with 0.199. So you can chose to keep 0.199 if you want. Otherwise, you can grab the newest MAME and copy over the configuration; however, you may lose some things like save states and such. I'm not aware of a way to keep those with a MAME upgrade.

@bperkins 6 жыл бұрын

I'm in the process of doing the full metadata refresh in my cabinet now. It appears that is the first step if you have pre-existing mame. I'm letting it do everything.. so its taking hours.. I'll rebuild playlists next and see how it all goes.. To be clear - do I leave my roms in place? or MUST I upgrade to 0.201 ROMS for the new importer to work? In which case - I'll just update Mame too.. thanks

@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC 6 жыл бұрын

If you run the full-set importer and keep your old version of MAME, then there will be a small handful of games that were added to the latest version of MAME that will appear in your collection but won't work. That's the only issue with not updating MAME. But you can update MAME at any time and you won't have to re-import.

@TimothyTimPSP 6 жыл бұрын

What's unbroken software?

@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC 6 жыл бұрын

The company that has made LaunchBox since the beginning, starting with just Jason. :)

@TimothyTimPSP 6 жыл бұрын

@@UnbrokenSoftwareLLC Very cool!!

@thogar1 5 жыл бұрын

Hey there, this is a great feature and i followed the video installing my Mame .209 full set. The problem is that i only have Pacman in the combo cabinet with Ms. Pacman and Galaga. I want the original Midway version, which is a clone of Puckman. I have Puckman, but not any of the Pacmans were loaded. I know there'a a ton of clones but i do want the Hearts version, the hard midway version, etc. I can play them when i load Mame separate outside of LB. How do I get these loaded into Launchbox with out redoing everything? Is there a quick way? Which options should i change if i rerun Mame full set importer? Thanks in advance