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Dallinj

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Manually Add Games to Filters?
« on: October 29, 2018, 05:57:57 PM »
Is it at all possible to manually add certain games to specific filters? I'm trying to create things like shmup, fighters, classics, 4-player, and other things. Can I create a custom .ini file or something? I'd want to do this with all my consoles (mame, nes, etc) so manual would be easiest for me (albeit slightly time consuming).

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Re: Manually Add Games to Filters?
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2018, 09:56:27 PM »
Is it at all possible to manually add certain games to specific filters? I'm trying to create things like shmup, fighters, classics, 4-player, and other things. Can I create a custom .ini file or something? I'd want to do this with all my consoles (mame, nes, etc) so manual would be easiest for me (albeit slightly time consuming).

Yes, you can manually add games to filters but it's probably not the best option for what you want.

You can create basic dynamic filters without needing to manually add anything in most cases.

If you want to manually create simple text files for your filtering, you'll want to use the "tagging" feature in AttractMode. With this you could create a single text file that contains all the games for a given name/type.

You should look at these links for more information and I think you'll have a better idea of all the options:
http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=1165.msg8455#msg8455
http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=2297.msg15515#msg15515
https://github.com/mickelson/attract/wiki/Example-filters

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Re: Manually Add Games to Filters?
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2018, 12:50:26 PM »
If you want to manually create simple text files for your filtering, you'll want to use the "tagging" feature in AttractMode. With this you could create a single text file that contains all the games for a given name/type.

This worked perfectly! Thanks so much!

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Re: Manually Add Games to Filters?
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2018, 02:13:10 PM »
If you want to manually create simple text files for your filtering, you'll want to use the "tagging" feature in AttractMode. With this you could create a single text file that contains all the games for a given name/type.

This worked perfectly! Thanks so much!

I used this method with the no filler lists on my GitHub. Check it out. Fork/pull or message me if you have idea or additions.