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General Category => General Discussion & Help => Topic started by: dustind900 on May 26, 2017, 11:56:17 PM

Title: Playlists linked to Include.txt
Post by: dustind900 on May 26, 2017, 11:56:17 PM
As far as I can tell games listed in a playlist are only visible if they are included in "Include.txt". Is there a reason for this or is there a bug somewhere?

Include.txt
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game1
game2
game3
game4

playlist.txt (example name)
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game1
game3
game5
game7

Based on the example only game1 and game3 will show up in RetroFE when displaying playlist.txt.
Title: Re: Playlists linked to Include.txt
Post by: Pieter Hulshoff on May 27, 2017, 08:27:32 AM
This is by design. The full list is defined by the roms directory, menu.txt, include.txt, exclude.txt, and *.sub files. The playlists, including the favorites list, are sub-lists of the full list. The items in these lists are direct links to the full list. This prevents duplicates, allows for the same sorting method to be used, and will tell RetroFE how to handle each of the items: the same as they are handled by the full list.
Title: Re: Playlists linked to Include.txt
Post by: dustind900 on May 27, 2017, 11:08:14 PM
Does exclude.txt also filter playlists?

Are multiple rompaths supported?
Title: Re: Playlists linked to Include.txt
Post by: Agent47 on May 27, 2017, 11:32:04 PM
Multiple rom paths are supported. You just need to separate the paths with a semicolon in the settings file. Anything in the exclude.txt should also be excluded from playlists if that's what you're asking. I'm not in front of my setup right now to verify.
Title: Re: Playlists linked to Include.txt
Post by: Pieter Hulshoff on May 28, 2017, 08:08:55 AM
Does exclude.txt also filter playlists?

Yes. Since exclude.txt filters the "all games" list, it automatically filters the playlists as well. Playlists are always a sublist of the "all games" list, so anything not on there will not show up on the playlists either.