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    cyperghost @thelostsoul
    last edited by cyperghost 13 May 2018, 14:03

    @thelostsoul Definitly use find it outmatches ls easily. I think I can provide a working script for all usecases. But thank you for posting your script. It gives me inspiration.

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      cyperghost @cyperghost
      last edited by 14 May 2018, 20:35

      @thelostsoul I trying to write a script ...
      Followup is here Pathfinder for custom collections

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        cyperghost
        last edited by 23 May 2018, 18:10

        Updated main topic ... We can now use filefinder script to use collections from other users with the personal rom-set
        Thanks to @thelostsoul for testing and @pjft for developing the custom collections feature for ES ;)

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          thelostsoul
          last edited by thelostsoul 6 Apr 2018, 21:17 4 Jun 2018, 20:16

          New stuff for you geeks:

          • Sega Mega Drive Collection based on newest iteration of Mega Drive/Genesis game collection for upcoming PS4 (and others release).
            Source: denofgeek.com
          • Neo Geo Mini based on the announced Neo Geo Mini, something like the NES and SNES Mini hardware.
            Source: wccftech.com

          I hope, the lists are complete. But be careful, this is a personal list and so not everything is correct for you. For the Mega Drive collection in example I used Story of Thor, The (Germany) version and the US version have a different title. So the script will not find your game, it should be impossible. I think the US version is named Beyond Oasis. And about Neo Geo games, I don't know how the script will work for you. The games I have are all under neogeo folder, but you could have them in fba or Arcade too. I know some of you use Mame to play Neo Geo games, so it could be under Mame folders too!

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            cyperghost @thelostsoul
            last edited by cyperghost 6 Oct 2018, 12:25 5 Jun 2018, 17:56

            @thelostsoul Thx ;)
            As small info... I missed 7 only 2 roms out of your MegaDrive Collection with the filefind.sh script ;) (since version 1.10_060918) It was forced to change every file extension from .md to .bin

            DEcapAttack = Decap Attack, so no chance as it seems to be a typing error in your ROMslist
            Sonic 3D Blast ~ Sonic 3D Flickies' Island (USA, Europe).md ;), I don't have this game, so no chance for the script.

            So the result is 49 of 51 ROMs detected
            One ROM was added manually (Decap Attack) and so the result is 50 out of 51
            The missing ROM isn't in my list.... but I left the entry into the list.

            Thx for sharing

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              thelostsoul
              last edited by 5 Jun 2018, 18:18

              No problem. Your script does well and helps to minimize the manual work. I did a lot of changing regional roms and the only thing I needed to do was using your script. ;-) But one thing, shouldn't the script do the change of Roman numericals automatically?

              Did you try the Neo Geo Mini list?

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                cyperghost @thelostsoul
                last edited by 5 Jun 2018, 18:36

                @thelostsoul said in Share your collections:

                No problem. Your script does well and helps to minimize the manual work. I did a lot of changing regional roms and the only thing I needed to do was using your script. ;-) But one thing, shouldn't the script do the change of Roman numericals automatically?

                No... but I think I will try annother search level that just cuts the last space. Then you might get a big list of selections. But this would help to get all ROMs very quick

                Did you try the Neo Geo Mini list?

                Yes! 100% hit

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                  jamesnj
                  last edited by 9 Jun 2018, 02:25

                  I love this thread, thanks.

                  I've started making some collections, my favorite right now are pinball games.

                  If you are interested, my pinball and other lists can be gotten from my retropie github repo.

                  I have about 20 games listed there ... if anyone has some other hidden pinball gems please send them my way.

                  Thanks!

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                    thelostsoul @jamesnj
                    last edited by 9 Jun 2018, 08:07

                    @jamesnj Ouh thats cool, as I thought about sharing some pinball games too. Found some interesting ones. I will check your list later and post mine, when I build a new collection.

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                      thelostsoul @jamesnj
                      last edited by thelostsoul 6 Sept 2018, 10:19 9 Jun 2018, 09:17

                      @jamesnj Here is the fresh list:

                      • Pinball

                      Some games not found in your list are: There are multiple titles from the Crush series (first three items MD, SNES and PCE), so you may don't want integrate all, as they get similar.

                      • Dragon's Revenge (MD)
                      • Jaki Crush (SNES)
                      • Alien Crush (PCE)
                      • Time Cruise (PCE)
                      • Pinball - Revenge of the Gator (GB)
                      • Super Pinball Action, rom:spbactn.zip (MAME2003)

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                        jamesnj
                        last edited by 10 Jun 2018, 02:36

                        Thanks, some good ones there. 1 or two I can't find so I'll have to dig around online. One challenge is seems like these roms have some slight naming differences, but I was able to sort out.

                        Full disclosure, I added the Super Pinball Action to my list but it is of a mild adult theme .... though the games seem sufficiently difficult enough to make "the prize" near impossible to attain. Or maybe I'm just terrible at video games ;)

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                          cyperghost @jamesnj
                          last edited by cyperghost 6 Oct 2018, 08:14 10 Jun 2018, 07:12

                          @jamesnj I can recommend this tool: Pathfinder for Custom Collections.

                          One challenge is seems like these roms have some slight naming differences, but I was able to sort out.

                          No problem! ;)

                          Thanks for your collection - used your Arcade Classic and this is really a nice one.

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                            MrSkyle
                            last edited by 4 Aug 2018, 15:47

                            Not really here to share a collection, but rather pose a question:

                            Is it possible to add entire systems or romsets to a collection instead of adding single games?

                            I'm trying to create an "Arcade" collection where I would put every MAME, FBA and Neo-Geo game in it. I know there is an "arcade" rom folder but that doesn't allow me to have different copies of the same game (MAME romset version, FBA romset version) in the same folder nor do I want to have to change emulator each time I launch a game to see where it runs better. My idea is simply to have all arcade roms in the same collection, where I know which system it originates from (as they appear listed at the end of the title) and allows me to better compare between versions.

                            However, doing this adding a single game each time is too daunting. Is there a way to add entire system libraries to a collection?

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                              cyperghost @MrSkyle
                              last edited by cyperghost 8 Apr 2018, 17:03 4 Aug 2018, 15:59

                              @mrskyle Of course that is possible. Go to your ROMs dir and just type
                              ls -d1 $PWD/* > "/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/collections/custom-YOURCOLLECTION.cfg"

                              Use > to give the file a one shot entry, doing this again will overwrite the whole file
                              Use >> to append other entries, with a second ls-command

                              YOURCOLLECTION presents the name of this. After this restart EmulationStation to make the collection appear and then set it active in Main-Menu > Game Collection Settings

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                                mediamogul Global Moderator @MrSkyle
                                last edited by mediamogul 8 Apr 2018, 17:09 4 Aug 2018, 16:07

                                Edited:

                                A much better solution above ;)

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                                  mediamogul Global Moderator @cyperghost
                                  last edited by mediamogul 8 Apr 2018, 17:16 4 Aug 2018, 16:14

                                  @cyperghost

                                  One thing to add is that the collection name also needs to be added to /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_settings.cfg. Using the same custom-YOURCOLLECTION.cfg example, here it would just read YOURCOLLECTION.

                                  <string name="CollectionSystemsCustom" value="YOURCOLLECTION" />
                                  

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                                    cyperghost @mediamogul
                                    last edited by 4 Aug 2018, 16:16

                                    @mediamogul Oh well not really neccessary. I think to restarting ES and activating the collection out of the menu should do the trick ;) Whatever solution you do, ES always needs to be restarted.

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                                      mediamogul Global Moderator @cyperghost
                                      last edited by 4 Aug 2018, 16:17

                                      @cyperghost said in Share your collections:

                                      Oh well not really neccessary.

                                      Are you sure? I could have sworn this was a roadblock for me when creating these manually in the past. Still, it's been a while, you may be right.

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