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General / Re: Meaning of "emulator" in regards to displays
« on: October 27, 2018, 04:25:35 PM »
Thanks guys. One last question, how come I can't change the name of the emulator after its set up? I know it sort of doesn't matter since it's an internal thing (since you can change the name of displays), but say I wanted to change them - would it be okay if I change the name of the .cfg file, and then rebuild the rom list?

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General / Re: Roms into subfolders
« on: October 27, 2018, 09:56:54 AM »
e.g. zsnes:
if folder-name and romfilename are identical (C:\attract\EMU\zsnes\roms\mygame1234\mygame1234.smc)
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executable           C:\attract\EMU\zsnes\zsnesw.exe
args                 -m "[romfilename]\[name].smc"
rompath              C:\attract\EMU\zsnes\roms\
romext               <DIR>

set as rom-extension <DIR>
and set as argument for zsnes -m "[romfilename]\[name].smc"

just adjust config to dreamcast arguments.

How does this work if I have multiple extensions on the folder?

I don't understand this. What does "multiple extensions on the folder" mean? Do you mean "multiple extensions in the folder"?

This is an old thread. What OS? What emulator? What folder structure?

Yes, multiple extensions in the directory. So for Dreamcast I've got games in .cdi and gdi

Sorry it's an old thread, but it has good info on the issue so I thought it'd be be better to revive it. It's Windows, any emulator since I'm more concerned about the folder structure working than the particular command (for the sake of an example, say it's nullDC), and I have all my games in their own subfolders. So Dreamcast > Crazy Taxy > Crazy Taxi.cdi

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General / Meaning of "emulator" in regards to displays
« on: October 26, 2018, 07:17:13 PM »
Should I setup an "emulator" thinking on the display, or the emulator itself? Because, for example, I use Gambatte for both Game Boy and Game Boy Color, and those are two separate systems, for which I want separate displays. So should I make Gambatte (Game Boy) and Gambatte (Game Boy Color) as separate "emulators" (even though they're the same .exe)? Because otherwise I get confused with how to separate them into two displays - I mean, how would I do it, considering I'm providing "Gambatte" with both GB and GBC directories of ROMS, GB and GBC directories for artwork, etc.

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General / Re: Hyperlist.xml
« on: October 26, 2018, 06:08:12 PM »
Thanks much for the reply. I've been looking at a number of threads, but I'm not sure what I'm looking for when it comes to most optimal. Do you mean the thegamesdb scrapper is better than this?

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General / Re: Roms into subfolders
« on: October 26, 2018, 05:59:56 PM »
e.g. zsnes:
if folder-name and romfilename are identical (C:\attract\EMU\zsnes\roms\mygame1234\mygame1234.smc)
Code: [Select]
executable           C:\attract\EMU\zsnes\zsnesw.exe
args                 -m "[romfilename]\[name].smc"
rompath              C:\attract\EMU\zsnes\roms\
romext               <DIR>

set as rom-extension <DIR>
and set as argument for zsnes -m "[romfilename]\[name].smc"

just adjust config to dreamcast arguments.

How does this work if I have multiple extensions on the folder?

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General / Hyperlist.xml
« on: October 26, 2018, 11:52:14 AM »
Hey guys. Trying to set up AM for the first time. I come from RetroFE, were the metadata for games is handled from root folder > meta > hyperlist, were there are dozens of .xml files with the name of the systems, containing info for the games of that system. So the one for Super Famicom goes:

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<menu>
  <header>
    <listname>Super Famicom</listname>
    <lastlistupdate>11/26/2011</lastlistupdate>
    <listversion>1.3 Final</listversion>
    <exporterversion>HyperList XML Exporter Version 1.3 Copywrite (c) 2009-2011 William Strong</exporterversion>
  </header>
  <game name="2020 Super Baseball" index="true" image="2">
    <description>2020 Super Baseball</description>
    <cloneof></cloneof>
    <crc>0d77933e</crc>
    <manufacturer>SNK</manufacturer>
    <year>1993</year>
    <genre>Sports/Baseball</genre>
    <rating>Other - NR (Not Rated)</rating>
    <score>4.6</score>
    <players>2</players>
    <enabled>Yes</enabled>
  </game>
...

The way it works is - if there is a filename matching the <game name>, it appends all its info to it.

So I'm wondering how can I import this into AM? If not possible, what's the equivalent?

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