Skyscraper Default path for media

[10vorne]

In Retropie Setup there is a selectable option for Skyscraper (menu item 5 Generate Options) that the media files are stored in the respective ROM folder. This was disabled for me by default. If I scrape with Skyscraper via Retropie setup, all media files end up in respective folders in /configs/all/emulationstation/

When I launch Skyscraper from the console, tey are suddenly get placed in subfolders in the ROM folders. Why does skyscraper not use my default location for all the scraped media-files and the gamelist when used via console.

[sleve_mcdichael]

@10vorne that setting in the menu doesn't actually configure skyscraper, it just configures RP-Setup to use skyscraper. The actual handling of where the files end up is done by the command-line options passed by the script.

To configure Skyscraper for console usage, edit the settings into your ~/.skyscraper/config.ini.

https://github.com/muldjord/skyscraper/blob/master/docs/CLIHELP.md

https://github.com/muldjord/skyscraper/blob/master/docs/CONFIGINI.md

[10vorne]

@sleve_mcdichael
That means, if I enter all desired options in the config.ini, do they overwrite the settings when calling Skyscraper from RP-Setup?

I just hope that I won't cause a problem if I make a mistake. :)

The information initially commented out in the config.ini are the default values ​​that Skyscraper works with...unless I change them here or in the commandline, correct?

[10vorne]

@sleve_mcdichael

Me again...

If I'm reading this correctly, I would only need to change these two paths for Skyscraper to be invoked from the command line to be correct. Provided the other values ​​are taken from the command line in the same way as when invoking skyscraper from RPSetup.

The aim should only be that the few games that I will scrape by hand are written to the right cache and the media files and game lists end up in the right place. I haven't changed anything from the default settings since installation.

gameListFolder="/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists"

mediaFolder="/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/downloaded_media"

[sleve_mcdichael]

@10vorne yeah that looks about right.

Re: overriding settings from RP-Setup. Remember that those settings are passed as command-line options; if the config.ini and command-line options are at odds, I believe the command-line option will take precedence. So when running through RP-Setup, the settings there will probably override those in config.ini.

[10vorne]

@sleve_mcdichael
I only changed the two paths mentioned in the config.ini for the call via the command line, because they are different than when calling via RP-Setup. So I think it should fit.