Romlist?

[retrogam3]

Any way to create a rom list based off games that are actually shown in AM? What I want to do is create a mame set using only the 700 games that are shown in my mame view. There are filters that are hiding the other thousands of unused games from view but I want to actually see what roms and path AM is opening on only these 700 games.

[keilmillerjr]

You could output the current list to terminal, and then copy it from terminal.

[retrogam3]

How do I output list to terminal?

[progets]

One or more filter rules can also be applied when importing or building a romlist from the command line using the "--filter " option. So for example the following command line:

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attract --build-romlist mame --filter "Rotation equals 90|270"
will build a romlist that contains only the vertical games in your collection. The can be specified in exactly the same format as how filter rules are specified in Attract-Mode's attract.cfg file.

from here https://github.com/mickelson/attract/blob/v2.4.0/Readme.md

[retrogam3]

Thank You for this it is extremely helpful. I am sorry I missed it or didn't understand it to begin with. I am using Windows BTW. I have never built the rom list from CMD. I have always just been using generate collection/romlist and editing the rom list file manually in Notepad++. Now I just have to figure out how to write the cmd so it will only output what I actually see in AM. I have to add the filters and rules in the CMD. Thanks again!

[retrogam3]

Is this how I would write my CMD?:

attract --build-romlist mame --filter "Tags not_contains HIDE,Year not_contains ?,Manufacturer not_contains bootleg,Control not_contains gambling,CloneOf not_equals .*" --output <MAME2>

[progets]

1. Using AttractMode 2.4 or newer on Window you need to use the "attract-console.exe" executable (AM older than 2.4 uses the "attract.exe" executable) to build romlists from the console
2. When using Windows you need to use the proper command line switches (i.e. -b instead of --build-romlist, -F instead of --filter, etc.)
3. To view the proper switches in Windows you can use "attract-console.exe -h" or "attract.exe -h" (depending on your version of AM)

Here's what your command would be (or at least close)

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attract-console.exe -b MAME -F "Tags not_contains HIDE" -F "Year not_contains ?" -F "Manufacturer not_contains bootleg" -F "Control not_contains gambling" -F "CloneOf not_equals .*" -o MAME2

[FrizzleFried]

I like to use this nifty little system to make my attract mode romlists...

http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/lista_mame.php

You can change the language to english/italian.

[progets]

I like to use this nifty little system to make my attract mode romlists...

http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/lista_mame.php

You can change the language to english/italian.

Cool tool and looks interesting but I don't think it will get the detail that xev1n is trying to achieve.

I quickly looked at your link and plan to look further later. It looks promising but I question if some of the additional fields in the AM romlist header output actually work or provide benefit.

[retrogam3]

1. Using AttractMode 2.4 or newer on Window you need to use the "attract-console.exe" executable (AM older than 2.4 uses the "attract.exe" executable) to build romlists from the console
2. When using Windows you need to use the proper command line switches (i.e. -b instead of --build-romlist, -F instead of --filter, etc.)
3. To view the proper switches in Windows you can use "attract-console.exe -h" or "attract.exe -h" (depending on your version of AM)

Here's what your command would be (or at least close)

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attract-console.exe -b MAME -F "Tags not_contains HIDE" -F "Year not_contains ?" -F "Manufacturer not_contains bootleg" -F "Control not_contains gambling" -F "CloneOf not_equals .*" -o MAME2

Thanks! This worked perfectly!!!!

[FrizzleFried]

I like to use this nifty little system to make my attract mode romlists...

http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/lista_mame.php

You can change the language to english/italian.

Cool tool and looks interesting but I don't think it will get the detail that xev1n is trying to achieve.

I quickly looked at your link and plan to look further later. It looks promising but I question if some of the additional fields in the AM romlist header output actually work or provide benefit.

I used it to generate lists primarily by manufacturer,  monitor orientation,  and input device (trackball/spinner list for horizontal cabs,  for example)...