gamelist.xml and subfolders

[TigerKnee]

Assume I have a folder with 3 files:

aaaa.zip
bbbb.zip
cccc.zip

I create a gamelist.xml such as:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gameList>
	<game>
		<path>./aaaa.zip</path>
	</game>
	<game>
		<path>./bbbb.zip</path>
	</game>
	<game>
		<path>./cccc.zip</path>
	</game>
</gameList>

Now I want to sort each file into folders for navigation purposes. I'd like Emulation Station to display something like:

a
b
c

Clicking into a, I would see

aaaa.zip

That's the goal, but is it possible?

I can move each file into subfolders on the filesystem (a/aaaa.zip, b/bbbb.zip, c/cccc.zip) however this doesn't seem to work with "Parse Gamelists Only" enabled, which is what I'm using.

I've tried setting each of the paths in gamelist.xml (<path>./a/aaaa.zip</path>, etc), but it doesn't work. It shows a . entry rather than each of the folders.

Is what I want to do possible? I've seen the <folder> tag on the Gamelists page, however I'm not entirely sure how to use it, or even if it does what I want.

Help! :)

[mitu]

@tigerknee Disable the Parse gamelist only setting, then arrange the ROMs into sub-folders as you see fit. After you have all the ROMs added, then enable it again - the gamelist.xml will be build on the new folder structure.

[TigerKnee]

I tried what you suggested but it didn't work. Not sure why.

But I did come up with a solution that works.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gameList>
	<folder>
		<name>a</name>
		<path>./a</path>
	</folder>
	<folder>
		<name>b</name>
		<path>./b</path>
	</folder>
	<folder>
		<name>c</name>
		<path>./c</path>
	</folder>
	<game>
		<path>./a/aaaa.zip</path>
	</game>
	<game>
		<path>./b/bbbb.zip</path>
	</game>
	<game>
		<path>./c/cccc.zip</path>
	</game>
</gameList>