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    • pjftP
      pjft
      last edited by pjft

      I could try (no promises) to make them adopt the metadata of one of the games within. Perhaps the first on the list. Just so that's not as barebones.

      EDIT: My concern is that then people ask why is it claiming to have the wrong genre/stars/player number/video/image/whatever to what they expect. Thoughts or comments? I could make it random each session, but the problem still holds.

      I'm not sure whether this is something worth investing in at the moment, but open to feedback on any of these options.

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      • HurricaneFanH
        HurricaneFan @pjft
        last edited by

        @pjft Let me test with ComicBook to see the difference.

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        • pjftP
          pjft @HurricaneFan
          last edited by

          @hurricanefan or maximuspie, that's also a good one.

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          • cyperghostC
            cyperghost @pjft
            last edited by cyperghost

            @pjft or IO-theme ;)

            Did you remember this one? Thank you very much for creating this?

            But I've two questions

            1. We enable edit via select-button in games collection, so we can add games by pressing Y. Why not disable editing mode by pressing just select in the main caroussel as well as in any gamelist? I think that will short down editing mode
            2. Do you think about possible adding a system custom-collection to our ROMs storage and place an txt file in? So we can add custom systems without needing a keyboard? Just by editing it with SSH or even any txt-editor on Windows/Mac?

            Bug report:
            Last system (Super Nintendo in my case) is also treated as Custom Collection!
            It shows correct Game numbers in main caroussel but if I enter then I see Custom Collection! If I enable "sort custom collections" it works!

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            • pjftP
              pjft @cyperghost
              last edited by pjft

              @cyperghost

              1. Because you may want to access the select menu within the process, namely for filtering or sorting. This is not different to having the button add a game to favorites - it's just that it's assigned to a specific connection.

              2. Not planning on doing that as a XML file or supporting that use case directly. But the collections are stored as a file under ~/. emulationstation/collections, and these may be what you're looking for already. But edit them at your own risk. :)

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              • HurricaneFanH
                HurricaneFan @cyperghost
                last edited by

                @cyperghost From what I could see, Collection lists are stored here:
                /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/collections
                Or
                /home/pi/.emulationstation/collections

                There is a file for each collection with the path to each rom in the collection stored in a cfg file.

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                • cyperghostC
                  cyperghost @HurricaneFan
                  last edited by cyperghost

                  @hurricanefan Thx
                  @pjft I edited posting but I repost here

                  Bug report:
                  Last system (Super Nintendo in my case) is also treated as Custom Collection!
                  It shows correct Game numbers in main caroussel but if I enter then I see Custom Collection! If I enable "sort custom collections" it works!

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                  • HurricaneFanH
                    HurricaneFan @cyperghost
                    last edited by

                    @cyperghost I had your bug today too. I thought it was a weird thing with me switching themes but wasn't sure.

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                    • cyperghostC
                      cyperghost @HurricaneFan
                      last edited by cyperghost

                      @hurricanefan You can enable/disable the bug by "sort custom systems and collections" on/off, can you confirm?
                      Then you need to open your last regular system ... mine is Super Nintendo

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                      • pjftP
                        pjft @cyperghost
                        last edited by

                        @cyperghost @HurricaneFan hmm. Thanks for the report.

                        I can confirm that that's certainly not the case all the time, so I need a bit more information there.

                        Any steps to replicate it from the start of EmulationStation, and what collection options (sort? Group? How many auto, and custom ones - both themed and unthemed) and theme you're using?

                        I have a few ideas where that may be happening, but pointers would certainly help.

                        Thanks!

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                        • pjftP
                          pjft @cyperghost
                          last edited by

                          @cyperghost so, with sorting on it has the bug? I'm happy to remove that option :p

                          Joking aside: and if you restart ES with the option in the same state, does the problem still occur on loading or is it just if you toggle the option in the session?

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                          • HurricaneFanH
                            HurricaneFan @pjft
                            last edited by

                            @pjft
                            I see the same thing with the Comic Book theme.
                            0_1501008823987_customcollection-comic.jpg

                            Would I be able to scrape data for this section? So it doesn't list empty fields on the right of whatever theme I'm using?

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                            • pjftP
                              pjft @HurricaneFan
                              last edited by

                              @hurricanefan no scraping. But I'll follow one of the approaches I mentioned in my previous post and come up with something based on the content of the collection as a compromise. Would that work?

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                              • cyperghostC
                                cyperghost @pjft
                                last edited by cyperghost

                                @pjft You have luck, I can replicate!
                                if you restart ES fresh!
                                I have enabled all 3 auto-system
                                I have already 2 collection system (manually) added
                                I have already 0 custom collections from theme

                                Group unthemed custom collection is ON
                                Sort custom system and collections is ON
                                Last system >> Super Nintendo in my setup = custom collection

                                Sort custom system and collections is OFF!
                                Last system >> Super Nintendo in my setup = Super Nintendo

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                                • pjftP
                                  pjft @cyperghost
                                  last edited by

                                  @cyperghost do you mean one of them to be off instead? :)

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                                  • cyperghostC
                                    cyperghost @pjft
                                    last edited by cyperghost

                                    @pjft copy 'n' paste error corrected
                                    My custom system are MEGADRIVE(1) and TESTSYSTEM

                                    I think it could happen because T for testsystem is latest and not S in SNES.
                                    rubbish!

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                                    • pjftP
                                      pjft @cyperghost
                                      last edited by

                                      @cyperghost and if you start ES with sorting off, does that happen?

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                                      • cyperghostC
                                        cyperghost @pjft
                                        last edited by cyperghost

                                        @pjft No just with sorting enabled! Can you confirm?

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                                        • pjftP
                                          pjft @cyperghost
                                          last edited by

                                          @cyperghost thanks. That's all I needed to know. I'll fix that tomorrow.

                                          By the way, your system is called megadrive (1) because you likely already have a megadrive system either in RetroPie or at least in es_systems.cfg.

                                          This will not let you name collections with names that are already in use.

                                          You can rename it by renaming the file in the collections folder. You may need to enable it again in ES, or edit the settings file, whichever you prefer.

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                                          • cyperghostC
                                            cyperghost
                                            last edited by cyperghost

                                            Yes it was a stress test to your binary. What happens if there a two equal system? So you catched it up by an array. Nice one!

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