Additional Apps should support custom fields

[famigami]

Currently, selecting an additional app as default will only replace default metadata values. It will NOT replace custom field values. They should be able to do so.

Example:
I have these games in launchbox: game 1 and game 2. They are both the same game except game 1 is a cassette version and game 2 is a floppy disk version (Amstrad CPC). I assign a customf ield value to each game called Media and assign game 1 Cassette value and game 2 Floppy Disk value.

Then I combine the two games, selecting Game 1 as the default. Months later, I decide that I prefer game 2 to be the default app. Launchbox will replace the game metadata with the values of game 2 but will not replace the custom field values. Now I have Game 2 showing custom field value as Cassette when it should be Floppy Disk.

This is a nuisance because months later I may not remember what the Media of Game 2 actually is. Now imagine I have a Big Box theme that depends on custom field values. The theme in Big Box will now not display properly for this game since it has a value of Cassette which means Big Box is displaying for a value that isn’t correct. (ex: cassette assets are rectangular while floppy disk assets are square).

[Jason Carr]

Additional apps do not currently support custom fields. So when you combine two games, you will currently lose any custom fields on the non-combined games. So step one here would be to add custom field support to additional apps, as that doesn’t exist at this point.

[famigami]

Issue updated accordingly.