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    Prevent Emulation Station to read all ROMs when starting

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      NewNerd
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      HI there,
      when I am starting Retropie on my Pi3, Emulation Station always reads all the ROMs on my storage. Due to the fact that I have many of them it takes some time until the reading is finished.
      Can I prevent Emulation Station to read the library complete always when staring by changing the configuration settings or is this necessary (no reading - no games).

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        sleve_mcdichael @NewNerd
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        or is this necessary (no reading - no games).

        Correct.

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          mitu Global Moderator @sleve_mcdichael
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          @sleve_mcdichael said in Prevent Emulation Station to read all ROMs when starting:

          or is this necessary (no reading - no games).

          Correct.

          Yes, but no.

          You can enable the 'Parse gamelist only' option in EmulationStation and it will not re-scan the ROMs folders and rely on the gamelist(s) previously saved. Note that if you add or remove games, they will not show up/disappear unless you disable this option so that EmulationStation will write the correct/updated gamelist.

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            NewNerd @mitu
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            @mitu said in Prevent Emulation Station to read all ROMs when starting:

            Note that if you add or remove games, they will not show up/disappear unless you disable this option so that EmulationStation will write the correct/updated gamelist.

            As I have all the ROMs I want collected (that's why it takes so long for the EmuStation to read) I will give it a try.
            Thanx

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