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General Category => General Discussion & Help => Topic started by: StoningtonQB on April 07, 2017, 02:02:42 AM

Title: Back at it... cannot exclude ROMS in a directory
Post by: StoningtonQB on April 07, 2017, 02:02:42 AM

I'm trying to make a collection for Neo Geo based on my bigger MAME set but it keeps listing every ROM in the folder instead of just Neo Geo games. What am I doing wrong here?

Attached are the xml in hyperlist and settings for the collection.

Names are mame standard

Title: Re: Back at it... cannot exclude ROMS in a directory
Post by: Agent47 on April 07, 2017, 02:09:56 AM

The xml is used for meta data only, it has no effect on which games are listed in RetroFE. If you have your rom path pointing to your entire MAME set you need to list the Neo Geo rom names in the include.txt file for that system. It will then only display the roms you listed instead of your entire MAME set.

Title: Re: Back at it... cannot exclude ROMS in a directory
Post by: Pieter Hulshoff on April 07, 2017, 06:26:14 AM

Correct. You could also set it up as a sub-collection in stead, so you can keep all art in the same location, and create multiple sub sets, like Neo-Geo, Capcom Play System, Cave, etc.

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Title: Re: Back at it... cannot exclude ROMS in a directory
Post by: JonahUK on April 07, 2017, 07:01:40 PM

Open the neo geo xml in excel, copy the column with the rom name and paste it into include.txt. Sorted.