Game name not rom name

[obsidianspider]

@trekdrop

The path for that particular file on my Pi is

/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists/neogeo/gamelist.xml

[trekdrop]

Sorry I thing I was not clear. Do you know the settings of the scraper? Because if try it never change to the game name only removes stuff between the ()

[obsidianspider]

@trekdrop

I just use the one built into EmulationStation and usually get the best results with TheGamesDB.

[trekdrop]

@obsidianspider said in Game name not rom name:

@trekdrop

I just use the one built into EmulationStation and usually get the best results with TheGamesDB.

Did all that and this is what my gamelist looks like:

<path>./mslug.zip</path>
<name>mslug</name>
<image>./downloaded_images/mslug-image.jpg</image>
<rating>0.9560000000000001</rating>
<releasedate>1996</releasedate>
<developer>Nazca</developer>
<publisher />
<genre>Platform / Shooter Scrolling</genre>
<players>2</players>
</game>

Whats wrong... it only removes the .zip and still has the romname..
Is it possible that jou can upload your gameslist?

[obsidianspider]

@trekdrop

Exit EmulationStation and then try changing the line <name>mslug</name> to <name>Metal Slug</name> then save and restart EmulationStation. The <name> is where it's reading the game name. Since yours just has mslug in there, that's why it's being shown in your menu.

[trekdrop]

@obsidianspider

Yeah i know, only i really dont want to change that for like 145 games :0

So i though it easier if i can copy yours.

[trekdrop]

@obsidianspider

I put a bunch of games inside the Arcade folder and now the scraper is changing the names...
Wierd, so my Neo Geo games inside the NeoGeo folder wil not change and if i put them all inside the Arcade folder the scraper will find them all..

[obsidianspider]

@trekdrop

It sounds like it's an issue with the scraper not recognizing the system. Glad you figured it out.

[trekdrop]

@obsidianspider

Now i need to make gamelist in arcade folder and copy it to the neogeo folder i really hope this will work, it would be realy nice if you can upload your gamelist.

[finaluser]

@obsidianspider said in Game name not rom name:

@trekdrop

Exit EmulationStation and then try changing the line <name>mslug</name> to <name>Metal Slug</name> then save and restart EmulationStation. The <name> is where it's reading the game name. Since yours just has mslug in there, that's why it's being shown in your menu.

I just removed the <name> tag from file

$mv gamelist.xml gamelist.xml2
$grep -v <name> gamelist.xml2 > gamelist.xml
$rm gamelist.xml2

[thelostsoul]

The scraper should work. You must Exit EmulationStation and then start the scraper. Because while EmulationStation is active, all changes to scrape Data will be lost.

After Exiting EmulationStation, you should start the RetroPie-Setup script, where you can find the sselph scraper. I do this always and it works great.

[Clyde]

@thelostsoul said in Game name not rom name:

The scraper should work. You must Exit EmulationStation and then start the scraper.

The scraper menu even says that prominently.