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Welp, tried Launch Box and ummm...went back to QMC2
#386294 - 05/18/20 03:18 AM
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I figured I'd give LaunchBox a chance and attempted to import my MAME + rom set into the Launcher, but after taking what seems to be an eternity to import, and watching the progress bar move at a snail's pace, I decided my philosophy is better suited to simple frontends like QMC2. LaunchBox started filling my HD with bloated videos and other stuff for each game, and I decided I don't need all that. I just want to play! Anyone else here started down the LaunchBox rabbit hole, only to change your mind and went back to simple frontends?
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Re: Welp, tried Launch Box and ummm...went back to QMC2
[Re: Outrun2006]
#386295 - 05/18/20 03:55 AM
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I've been using Hyperspin for years and am slowly moving over to Launchbox/Bigbox. I like the new feature they added supporting MAME high scores in the community.
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Re: Welp, tried Launch Box and ummm...went back to QMC2
[Re: Outrun2006]
#386296 - 05/18/20 05:24 AM
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No, I use Launchbox with Bigox and had the patience to let everything complete. I'm a bit confused with your post. We're you looking for some comradery with lazy people that don't have the patience to get something done?
Edited by Envisaged0ne (05/18/20 05:26 AM)
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Re: Welp, tried Launch Box and ummm...went back to QMC2
[Re: Envisaged0ne]
#386302 - 05/18/20 06:57 AM
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And I'm even more confused by your reply. What does being lazy have to do with not wanting to continue using the Launchbox platform? I was simply stating my opinion that at first I thought having my MAME games in LB would be cool, but then I realized i don't need the bloat. Sure I could have my laptop sit there for 16hrs downloading all the Metadata for MAME, but...why bother? Simpler is better.
Keep in mind I still have it installed and decided to use it for my Steam Library as well as TeknoParrot, but for MAME in particular, I'm comfortable with QMC2.
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Re: Welp, tried Launch Box and ummm...went back to QMC2
[Re: Outrun2006]
#386306 - 05/18/20 01:02 PM
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And there I thought that QMC2 had a bit too many extra things already (first thing I always do after reinstall is to move the softlist, devices and configuration tabs to where they're instantly visible and forget about the others).
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Re: Welp, tried Launch Box and ummm...went back to QMC2
[Re: ICEknight]
#386307 - 05/18/20 03:28 PM
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I moved from QMC2 to Lauchbox Free edition this year and it was the best thing I did!
QMC2 is now outdated and the developer had a stroke some time ago and after that I suppose that he decided to give up on QMC2 to do better things from now on. So it's pretty much a dead FE, just like many others in the past.
LaunchBox/BigBox on the other hand has a very active development team/community behind it and has constant updates. It also has a cool UI and is very flexible, as long as you know how to deal with command line options.
Edited by R.Coltrane (05/19/20 03:48 PM)
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Re: Welp, tried Launch Box and ummm...went back to QMC2
[Re: Outrun2006]
#386309 - 05/18/20 06:07 PM
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You can run Launchbox without your stated "bloat". It's as simple as unchecking the boxes of items you want to download at the beginning of the import process.
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Re: Welp, tried Launch Box and ummm...went back to QMC2
[Re: Jer]
#386317 - 05/19/20 05:19 AM
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Yeah, I've been reading up more on it. I might give it another gander and attempt another MAME import. I'm off for the next two days so I've got the time. My rom set is merged. Will that be a problem? Also, my CHDs are located in another folder. what if I want to add them after I've already added my normal rom set? Ditto with the softrom set?
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Re: Welp, tried Launch Box and ummm...went back to QMC2
[Re: R.Coltrane]
#386350 - 05/19/20 10:51 PM
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> I moved from QMC2 to Lauchbox Free edition this year and it was the best thing I did!
> QMC2 is now outdated and the developer had a stroke some time ago and after that I
> suppose that he decided to give up on QMC2 to do better things from now on. So it's
> pretty much a dead FE, just like many others in the past.
I do not think that this is true. From what i have read on forums.bannister.org the developer of QMC2 will continue his work. It will just take a while, to adapt all things needed for the newest MAME versions. He survived several strokes and is healthy again. If you know what a stroke is, then you know that this is serious shit. I wish him all the best.
From what we heard from MAME devs, is that they think that QMC2 is the best frontend for MAME or the frontend they like the most, because it does not use any outdated code like MAME UI etc.
I do not agree to that and every taste is different.
Edited by uman (05/19/20 10:54 PM)
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Re: Welp, tried Launch Box and ummm...went back to QMC2
[Re: Outrun2006]
#386359 - 05/20/20 05:48 AM
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Merged or splits sets are fine. As for CHD in another folder it will work as long as your MAME ini has the path it will create a database so no need to download chd's later.
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Re: Welp, tried Launch Box and ummm...went back to QMC2
[Re: uman]
#386361 - 05/20/20 07:27 AM
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> I do not think that this is true. From what i have read on forums.bannister.org the
> developer of QMC2 will continue his work. It will just take a while, to adapt all
> things needed for the newest MAME versions. He survived several strokes and is
> healthy again. If you know what a stroke is, then you know that this is serious shit.
> I wish him all the best.
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> From what we heard from MAME devs, is that they think that QMC2 is the best frontend
> for MAME or the frontend they like the most, because it does not use any outdated
> code like MAME UI etc.
>
> I do not agree to that and every taste is different.
I know we've had our disagreements, but I 100% agree with you here.
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Re: Welp, tried Launch Box and ummm...went back to QMC2
[Re: MooglyGuy]
#386365 - 05/20/20 02:10 PM
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I'm not saying that QMC2 was bad, on the contrary, I used it for years and I recommended it many times in the past as the best FE available! And I also wish the developer the best and I feel better to know that he recovered well and is now back!!
Like someone said, It's more a matter of taste. My taste changed over the years and I decided to move to something new.
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