To be clear:This doesn't really expand much on the already available Arcade/MAME Playlist building feature in LaunchBox. But if there's a rare instance you come across a MAME category ini file that has a 'pre-built' "filter" list and isn't already available in LB, well here you go. Regardless, this was actually a just-for-fun, 'let's see if I can' type of thing. And figured I'd just put it out here for whatever reason.
Example, with a game that has a genre driving but has a input of light gun as well I would like to have it under the light gun playlist because I keep a list of settings for all light gun games due to having to use mamehooker and setup individual settings etc
"Control.ini" (not to be confused with "controls.ini [lowercase "c" and an "s"]) has the available inputs you can filter by. This particular ini file is in the the set from mameinfo linked above (and does include luckywld within the Lightgun section).
So I am trying to create a playlist of two button arcade games (upto 4 players), for my buddies Arcade 1up TMNT cabinet using an ini file and I'm having issues with some games not adding. When I exported the ini file from Arcade Italia, it said it found 1600+ arcade games using the search criteria of 1-4 player games that only use two buttons. I made sure to select the matching Mame version of my set when exporting 0.215. When I tried to make a playlist in LB it pickups exactly 1500 games, which I figured maybe 100+ games that aren't in my library or named differently, clones or possibly a cap on how many games per playlist or something. No big deal. But then when I create the playlist, it only adds about 700+ games. I have 2916 games in my arcade folder and from what I've read online the majority of them are only two buttons so 1600 seemed about right to me. But when I make the playlist only 700 or so, less than half of the 1600 appear. Am I just missing that many games or is there some other reason they're not populating? Because some games like TMNT I definitely have but they're just not adding to the playlist? Anyways that's my issue, any help would be much appreciated. This thread has been helpful to me I'm hopeful someone can assist. Thx.
Reading between the lines here, I think you're saying if you have LaunchBox create the playlist (using filter, max players = 2,3,4?), it comes up with 1500 games. BTW, there is no cap on how many games a playlist can have.
When using the plugin, is the Count number showing 1600+? (The Count # is how many ROMs total are seen in the ini file.) And when you click Create Playlist, it shows [only] 700(ish) games were added?
When you created your ini file, did you maybe filter it to not include clones, and the TMNT version you use is a clone? (just grasping at straws here) Verify which ROM you're using for TMNT (tmnt.zip or tmntu.zip or ???) and then check the ini file (can use any text editor) that it's in there (tmnt or tmntu or ??). The ini file is not sorted. So probably easiest to do a search for the ROM name.
Hey JoeViking245, so I created the ini file using arcade Italia search and export function and it found 1600 games initially. And yes, I did click the Exclude Clones options maybe that's part of the issue. When I loaded the ini file in LB it recognized about 1100 games or so i.e. the count number. However when I create the playlist with a count number of 1100+, the actual playlist comes out with only 700+ games in the end, excluding games I know I have in my Arcade folder like TMNT. I did not use any additional filters within LB as it didn't even give me the option. I do have other separate arcade platforms (Naomi 1+2, Atomis Wave, MP2, etc) but only one 'Arcade' platform with 2916 Mame games that I'm trying to create the playlist from. I'm not looking for games from any other platforms or any 3D games, just 2 button arcade games with 1-4 players in Mame as that's what the cabinet I'm trying to mod is setup for. I will have to double check the file names on my TM
