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Can AdvMame open roms in subfolders within the Arcade folder?

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    pajordan
    last edited by 1 Apr 2020, 00:01

    i recently moved some roms that were currently w/in the Arcade folder into subfolders, and now the roms that were set to open with AdvMame (AdvanceMAME 0.94) no longer launch. (RetroPie 4.2 built from pre-made SD Image on RetroPie website running on a Pi Zero W).

    ex. i moved "mspacmnf.zip" from /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade to /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/Ms. Pac-Man and it shows up in emulationstation but now it will no longer launch.

    this thread seems to suggest the AdvMame rom path is set in the relevant rc config file:
    https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7665/arcade-vs-adv-mame/5

    does this mean all the AdvMame roms need to be in the same folder and can't be w/in subfolders?

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      mitu Global Moderator @pajordan
      last edited by 1 Apr 2020, 03:48

      @pajordan said in Can AdvMame open roms in subfolders within the Arcade folder?:

      does this mean all the AdvMame roms need to be in the same folder and can't be w/in subfolders?

      Yes, that's correct. You can modify the .rc file and add your own folders there.

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        pajordan @mitu
        last edited by 1 Apr 2020, 05:42

        @mitu thanks for the reply. is there a way I can tell which roms I have set to open with which emulator? if it’s just that one game that’s set to open with advance I’ll change the path in the rc but if it’s more I’ll put them all back in the parent arcade directory.

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          mitu Global Moderator
          last edited by 1 Apr 2020, 05:47

          If you used the Runcommand launch menu to assign advmame to various roms, then you can check in \\retropie\configs\all\emulators.cfg, that's where the configuration is stored.

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            pajordan
            last edited by 1 Apr 2020, 17:48

            thank you. question about the syntax in the rc file. line 42 of my advmame-0.94.rc shows this:

            dir_rom /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame:/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade
            

            does the : allow for adding additional rom paths? i.e., could i add this to have it look in either the arcade directory or my ms. pac-man subfolder?:

            dir_rom /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame:/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade:/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/Ms. Pac-Man
            
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              mitu Global Moderator
              last edited by 1 Apr 2020, 17:49

              Yes, the : is a separator for the ROM paths. I'd surround the last path with " though:

              dir_rom /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame:/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade:"/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/Ms. Pac-Man"
              
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                pajordan @mitu
                last edited by 1 Apr 2020, 18:42

                @mitu thanks again - it worked! it actually worked without the "" surrounding the path of the subfolder (and wouldn't work with the "").

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