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General / Re: List Mode by something other than Emulator

« on: January 23, 2016, 08:10:57 AM »

Oh Perfect, thank you.

I thought the list itself was the driver for the emulator not the list itself. That's exactly what I needed to know.

As for the .txt file rom lists, I actually wrote a little program to edit the fields, filter them etc and save them back out. I wasn't sure if something already exists, if nothing does exist I will share it on the forums.

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General / Re: List Mode by something other than Emulator

« on: January 22, 2016, 02:44:46 PM »

Thanks for the Reply though I am not sure I fully understand the response as I am still fairly new to Attract Mode. I have an emulator for each emulator that I am going to use. I also will have a ROM List generated for each of the Emulators.

The next is where things get fuzzy. I have these Displays that I create, would I create a display for say "Fighter" and filter the rom list for that particular display to only show fighter... what i am not clear on is the idea around creating a single rom list. How does the binding work for the ROM list to the emulator work. It appears in the display like that display is directly tied to the emulator and not a series of emulators so I am confused how that would work or does work. I feel like I am missing something.

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General / List Mode by something other than Emulator

« on: January 20, 2016, 08:34:31 PM »

So I am fairly new to the arcade front end scene. I started building my own arcade and I see that a majority of others who have this interest are all doing it very similarly. That is, building a front end that organizes by the platform.

I am looking to do something different. I am not trying to build the ultimate 9,000 + library across infinite number of platforms, I simply want to have a list of games by their style. But within that list I want it to include both mame, dolphin, demul, steam. I want my Mortal Kombats, street fighters, together and organized under a list for fighters, for example.

Is that possible with Attract Mode? One List for fighters that will launch many different emulators?