Possible to make Custom ROM Lists?
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Was wondering if it was possible to have multiple ROM lists per emulator? I am interested in breaking out some top ROMs for the kids, best 2-player, best 4-player. Haven't been able to find any tutorials.
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@swaggers unfortunately ROMs cannot be sorted by their metadata tags (i.e. number of players, year released, publisher etc.) at the moment. I have seen some discussion of this as a possible future addition though. Remember that RetroPie is a project which is run by enthusiasts as a hobby, it probably takes up a lot of their time just keeping things workable and stable.
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@columboscoat Completely understand. Wasn't really looking for any kind of automatic way to do it. Although that would be great. Was ok if there was a manual way to create a separate list and have to do some editing and work myself.
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@swaggers No problem. Maybe install "kids mode" from the experimental packages. This allows you to create a "favourites" list amongst other things. Maybe put them in there. Bear in mind that this is in the"experimental packages" for a reason. It has some bugs and issues. If you try this please backup prior to doing so.
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I always wondered why RetroPie didn't have this. It's actually a good idea, kinda like a music playlist.
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@PetroRie I think it's an Emulation Station thing. I guess it would be easy enough to add. Probably just a question of priorities. No point in sorting ROMs if you can't use them!
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Or use folders. You can make folders in each rom folder and put roms in there if all you want to do is organize it that way
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@lostless Do sub-folders work? I've never tried it. Any issues?
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@columboscoat Subfolders do work. There is a bug in a recent version of EmulationStation that prevented metadata being saved on systems that contained subfolders, but that has been fixed in the latest revision.
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@MWGemini Cheers. Might try it out on my MAME ROMs. Maybe group into years or genre.
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