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    Last Played Collection - Possible to limit?

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    • pjftP
      pjft @hiulit
      last edited by

      @hiulit I am not fully sure, as that was put together over 6 months ago.

      I am very much under the impression that the playcount plays a role in determining whether it shows or not. I'm not sure whether it is the only factor, though, but I think that that would really be the key factor.

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      • hiulitH
        hiulit @pjft
        last edited by

        @pjft I'll try and play with both <lastplayed> and <playcount> and see how it goes :)

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        • hiulitH
          hiulit @pjft
          last edited by

          @pjft Do you know which file does EmulationStation uses to create the Last played collection? Because I can't find a gamelist.xml in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/collections/.
          I've seen that there's a gamelist.xml in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists/ but there's also the one in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/<SYSTEM>/ so I don't know which one to use :P

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          • mediamogulM
            mediamogul Global Moderator
            last edited by mediamogul

            I'm no coder, but in all the digital arts, the best practice is to always to work as non-destructively as possible. Wouldn't it make more sense to implement something like this directly into ES, to where the user could set a numbered limit to the list and everything beyond that would be ignored, rather than having the MD itself deleted, or reset? Again, I don't know if that would even be possible, it's just a thought. I have to admit, the more I think about it, that never-ending and always growing 'Last Played' list does seem like a strange and unwieldy concept.

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            • AlturisA
              Alturis @hiulit
              last edited by

              @hiulit said in Last Played Collection - Possible to limit?:

              @pjft Do you know which file does EmulationStation uses to create the Last played collection? Because I can't find a gamelist.xml in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/collections/.
              I've seen that there's a gamelist.xml in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists/ but there's also the one in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/<SYSTEM>/ so I don't know which one to use :P

              Think it depends. In a vanilla install of RetroPie they are stored in .../emulationstation/gamelists but if you installed Steven Selph's scraper it has an option to store them in the roms folders. Not sure where exactly that setting is that Steven Selph's scraper is modifying though.

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              • hiulitH
                hiulit @mediamogul
                last edited by

                @mediamogul I'm with you. It would be better that this feature would be implemented directly into EmulationStation. But in the meantime, I'm having fun coding this little script. Also, I'm not capable of code for EmulationStation, so we'll have to pressure the developers if we want this feature added :P

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                • hiulitH
                  hiulit @Alturis
                  last edited by

                  @alturis Hmmm.. I think you are right. As I always scrape the system with Steven Selph's scraper and always set the option to create the gamelist.xml per system that's what I'm using. I should have this into consideration.

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                  • hiulitH
                    hiulit
                    last edited by

                    Here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/15892/where-are-favorites-last-played-collections-stored/2

                    @mitu said exactly what we were talking about.

                    The automatic collections don't have a dedicated folder or configuration file, they're created based on the existing game information/metadata, stored in the gamelist.xml file for each system.

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                    • AlturisA
                      Alturis
                      last edited by

                      Yeah honestly the OCD part of me would rather just wait until its an option built into EmulationStation rather then wipe out the play counts or last played dates on the data itself.

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                      • hiulitH
                        hiulit @Alturis
                        last edited by

                        @alturis If it's any relief, my script will create a backup of the gamelist.xml :P

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                        • pjftP
                          pjft @mediamogul
                          last edited by

                          @mediamogul I agree. I personally don't want to add another option to the menu to determine what's the right cutoff point, so I could pick one on my own (100, perhaps) and leave it at that.

                          That being said, I'm not sure I have the time to make that happen in the near future - my limited time in the coming weeks will be devoted to improving lr-fuse controls - and I genuinely doubt it's a quick change but I'll take a look if I have the time during March.

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                          • AlturisA
                            Alturis
                            last edited by

                            Is there a github for EmulationStation?

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                            • pjftP
                              pjft @Alturis
                              last edited by pjft

                              @alturis https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation

                              The change would be here:

                              https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/blob/master/es-app/src/CollectionSystemManager.cpp#L698

                              You'd also need to devise a way to remove one from the end when you add a new one to the top.

                              The main challenge is likely to include the top X most recently played across all systems, I imagine you'd rely on the "All Games" collection.

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                              • hiulitH
                                hiulit
                                last edited by

                                FYI, just setting <playcount> to 0 is enough to make a game dissapear from the Last played collection. No need to remove the <lastplayed> tag.

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                                • AlturisA
                                  Alturis
                                  last edited by Alturis

                                  Well I found where the code change would need to go.

                                  CollectionSystemManager.cpp

                                  void CollectionSystemManager::populateAutoCollection(CollectionSystemData* sysData)
                                  

                                  Just needs something like this at the end - need to read some code to figure out the right FileData collection class syntax

                                  	if ( sysDecl.type == AUTO_LAST_PLAYED )
                                  	{
                                  		rootFolder->remove( max( rootFolder->count - 50, 0 ) );
                                  	}
                                  

                                  Edit: changed min to max

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                                  • pjftP
                                    pjft @Alturis
                                    last edited by pjft

                                    @alturis The idea is good, in concept, but that can only be applied if - and after - it has been sorted by last played time.

                                    Edit: after I looked at the code I see that that particular location would already be sorted.

                                    I'd also need to make sure to update the "update" function to keep that number straight.

                                    I'll look through that, and I'll fix it at 100.

                                    Edit 2: for reference, it'd be here:

                                    https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/blob/master/es-app/src/CollectionSystemManager.cpp#L280

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                                    • hiulitH
                                      hiulit @pjft
                                      last edited by

                                      @pjft Nice! Does this mean that it will be added to EmulationStarion at some point? Also, could the number be edited by the user?
                                      Anyway, it's been fun playing with my script :P I'll release it anyway when I finish it, at least for learning purposes.

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                                      • pjftP
                                        pjft @hiulit
                                        last edited by

                                        @hiulit "At some point", yes.

                                        Edited by user, no. As I said, I don't want to perpetuate a growing trend of adding yet another option to ES.

                                        If anyone strongly objects to 100 and/or feels as a wide community that there is a consensual number that makes more sense, I can consider making that the default. But if everyone has different opinions, I'll quote Jim Barksdale:

                                        "If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine."

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                                        • hiulitH
                                          hiulit @pjft
                                          last edited by

                                          @pjft I wasn't trying to put any pressure, at all, btw ;)
                                          And about the number, I think it might be a little too high. Maybe 25? But that's just a personal choice, of course. I'm fine with whatever number you decide :)

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                                          • mediamogulM
                                            mediamogul Global Moderator @pjft
                                            last edited by

                                            @pjft said in Last Played Collection - Possible to limit?:

                                            If anyone strongly objects to 100 and/or feels as a wide community that there is a consensual number that makes more sense

                                            Personally, I think 100 has a nice, rounded feel to it. At first blush, 50 seems like more than enough, but if there is to be no setting, and I fully understand the aversion to adding one, 100 covers more ground and should please the most people.

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