PC GAMES SCRAPING only FOLDERS

shavecat

can i do that ? inside the emulator ?
i want it to scan only the folders names games (if not his going inside the folders and its a mess )...
and ofcurse not one by one...
thanks for the help :)

Efriim

@shavecat
I don't know how. It shouldn't be impossible, but the scripts and the programs don't do this.

The built-in scraper module of EmulationStation can.

What I have done, is exit ES, then edit the gamelist.xml.
Copying the metadata from the scraped game in folder, and pasting it to a new folder entry

<gameList>
	<folder>
		<path>./Chrono Cross/</path>
		<name>Chrono Cross</name>
		<image>./media/screenshots/Chrono Cross (Disc 1).png</image>
		<marquee>./media/marquees/Chrono Cross (Disc 1).png</marquee>
		<video>./media/videos/Chrono Cross (Disc 1).mp4</video>
		<rating>0.8</rating>
		<desc>.</desc>
		<releasedate>20000815T000000</releasedate>
		<developer>Square Enix</developer>
		<publisher>Square Enix</publisher>
		<genre>Role playing games</genre>
		<players>1</players>
	</folder>

But I have only 1 game in my folder. I also change all the discs to read the same media since the scraper generated one for each disc, I delete the extras. It took a couple days to finish, but I also completed the list and games I couldn't scrape.

Efriim

I misinterpreted the question. I'll check to see if there is a sub-folder option.

Efriim

There is an option in skyscraper 'subdirs=true'

Edit with skyscraper Advanced options, Edit 'config.ini'
Or edit \configs\all\skyscraper\config.ini

It is default so remove the pound# and set false.

mitu

@Efriim That option is for scanning the ROMs from the subfolders.

Efriim

@mitu
Naming the folder after a file with extension might work. Might not.

mitu

@shavecat Create .conf / .sh launchers for your PC games and you'll be able to scrape them.

shavecat

@mitu
i have too many there to fix every one.
Im trying to zip them folder to folder then scarpe then and change the zip to a folder (in the gamelist)....

mitu

@shavecat said in PC GAMES SCRAPING only FOLDERS:

Im trying to zip them folder to folder then scarpe then and change the zip to a folder (in the gamelist)....

Well, for starters .zip is not a PC recognised extension and 2nd, isn't it easier just to create the empty .conf/.sh files for each game instead of actually zipping them ?

shavecat

@mitu
Guess u right :
thanks