Warning, response times can sometimes be a bit long
Since version 1.9.1.7 beta 13, it is now possible to scrape on the GameTDB database.
It is therefore useless to scrape your other systems with this engine
It is advisable to use the scrape GameTDB manually (Auto Validation not checked), because the searches on the name of the games are exhaustive. For example if you search for the game name “Mario Kart”, GameTDB will return all games containing Mario Kart.
However, it is possible to use it automatically (Auto Validation checked) with the risk of erroneous results mentioned above.
I recommend using GameTDB to supplement media not found on other scraping sites. Indeed during a scrape in manual mode (Auto Validation unchecked), the GameTDB module shows you the media found on GameTDB, then you just have to check the media you want to recover. The unchecked media will be replaced by the media already existing in ARRM.
Before starting, here are the settings to be made in ARRM for the GameTDB module.
In the Scrape Options tab
In the Pictures Options tab
As for the scrape on Screenscraper, choose the desired options for the media.
Special feature for GameTDB:
In the scrapers module
By clicking on the icon to the right of the button, you can modify the association between your systems (directory names of your systems) and the names of the systems of the site GameTDB , which is done via the file:
%appdata%\Nexouille Soft\arrm\database\systemes_gametdb.txt
Sample content:
3ds|3DS gamecube|Wii gc|wii n3ds|3DS switch|Switch wiiu|WiiU wii|wii
You can adapt it. Remember to restart ARRM after change.
Click on the button to launch the scrape on the selected Roms
When you have selected one or more games and clicked on the button, if games have been found the following window GameTDB Browser will appear.
When you select a line containing a result, the media found on GameTDB is displayed on the right. found media checkboxes are automatically checked. You can uncheck the media and textual information that you do not want to recover.
By clicking on the Choose this game button, the checked media as well as the text information will be retrieved. If media has not been checked, ARRM will use the already existing media.
_missing_arrm_%SYSTEM%_gametdb.txt
example: _missing_arrm_SWITCH_gemstdb.txt
If you only want to retrieve certain textual information, remember, before starting the scrape, to uncheck the textual information that you do not want to update.
This is done in the Rom Information section
When you use the MIX image mode, some media are automatically recovered:
If you want to retrieve other media, you must specify it in the Images Options tab by checking the desired media under the heading Force Media Download