Custom Collections are not Showing in Emulationstation for Windows

[PittStone]

The Problem is with the newest Build. Problems with the PS2 gamelist are in this build, too. Some games showing with informations and videos, some not. Only in Ps2 is this issue.

[mitu]

@pittstone Hm, did some tests and there might be a problem with the custom collections path detection. Not sure if it's specific to Windows though.
So I created a custom-megaman.cfg in the collections folder, ES logs that it cannot find the file:

lvl2: 	Found non-collection config file in collections folder: ustom-megaman.cfg

The problem looks like it comes from computing the filename to be checked. Filename is passed as C:/Users/mitu/Desktop/es-toolkit-1.2/emulationstation/.emulationstation/collections/custom-megaman.cfg, but the collections path is detected as C:/Users/mitu/Desktop/es-toolkit-1.2/emulationstation//.emulationstation/collections/. If I replace

std::vector<std::string> CollectionSystemManager::getCollectionsFromConfigFolder()
{
	std::vector<std::string> systems;
	std::string configPath = getCollectionsFolder();

with

std::vector<std::string> CollectionSystemManager::getCollectionsFromConfigFolder()
{
	std::vector<std::string> systems;
	std::string configPath = Utils::FileSystem::getGenericPath(getCollectionsFolder());

then the error disappears and the custom collection is shown.
One thing I tried was to add a custom collection through the interface, but after finishing the collection editing (added one ROM), there was no config file created in the collections subfolder.
@pjft would you mind taking a look ? I tested with the latest master brach and the fix seems identical with your latest commit that was merged.

[PittStone]

Where do i replace it?

[mitu]

@pittstone The replacement is in the source code, but for now could you check that if you start emulationstationwith the -log parameter, you get the same kind of error like me ? The error should be in the .emulationstation/es_log.txt file, same place as the es_settings.cfg file.

[PittStone]

yes its the same error:
lvl2: Found non-collection config file in collections folder: ustom-streetfighter.cfg

[Tomaz]

I did some tests, and I think one of the patches done in the last couple of days should have fixed this.
At least I can't reproduce this bug.

[PittStone]

Its definitly not working for me with the latest build. The Custom Collection shows Only if i make a new collection from theme. After closing Emulationstation for windows and start it again, the collections gone. I need go in Menue, make a new custom collection with the same Name and the Collections with my Games i made earlyer are showing again.
On Closing and Starting next Time its gone again.

[PittStone]

@tomaz Have you used the portable.bat for emulationstation?

[PittStone]

@mitu Have you the Working .exe for me to test it?

[Tomaz]

@pittstone No, I use my own setup.

[moonston333]

hi all is this issue resolved as ive got the same problem with emulationstation windows the custom collections are not there when i shut down and reload

i have to go to setting and add them everytime