UXS and using original mame names

[zeenon71]

Folks,

Under the MAME menu I have a few duplicate titles, such as:
1942 (First Version)
1942 (Revision A)
1942 (Revision B)

I do not see an associated gamelist.xml in either the RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame or es/gamelists/mame-advmame folders. So not sure where it gets these names from, other then the rom itself.

What I want to do is scrape just the advmame folder so it generates the info/snaps (currently there is neither, just the rom list) while keeping the rom list names intact using USX.

USX works great, an provides all the info and snaps, but at the end it seems to strip the names down and I have a rom list like this:

1942
1942
1942

Is it possible to leave the rom list names in retropi stock, and just tell USX to add info/snaps to the pre existing names?

Z

[screech]

Yes you can ;)

In option, you have several possibility to choose the name format :

"Standard" = "The Game Name"
"GamenameOption" = "The Game Name + Selected Options"
"GamenameFilneameBracket" = "The Game Name + The Rom FileName Bracket"
"Filename" = "The Rom FileName without extension"

I think what you are looking for is : GamenameFilneameBracket

[zeenon71]

I'm using version UXS 2.2.0.3 and under Options --> Name --> Name Format I have:

Game Name
Game Name + Options
Game Name + filename tag
Filename (without ext)

If I run the Game Name + filename tag this is what I get in my gamelsit.xml:

<game id="39874" source="ScreenScraper">
	<path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/1942.zip</path>
	<name>1942</name>
	<desc>1942 is set in the Pacific theater of World War II. The goal is to reach Tokyo and destroy the entire Japanese air fleet. The player pilots a plane dubbed the "Super Ace" (but its appearance is clearly that of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning). The player has to shoot down enemy planes; to avoid enemy fire, the player can perform a roll or "loop-the-loop".</desc>
	<image>/home/pi/.emulationstation/downloaded_images/mame-advmame/1942-image.jpg</image>
	<marquee/>
	<video/>
	<thumbnail/>
	<rating>0.8</rating>
	<releasedate>19840101T000000</releasedate>
	<developer>Capcom</developer>
	<publisher>Capcom</publisher>
	<genre>Shoot'em up / Vertical</genre>
	<players>1-2</players>
</game>
<game id="39874" source="ScreenScraper">
	<path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/1942a.zip</path>
	<name>1942</name>
	<desc>1942 is set in the Pacific theater of World War II. The goal is to reach Tokyo and destroy the entire Japanese air fleet. The player pilots a plane dubbed the "Super Ace" (but its appearance is clearly that of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning). The player has to shoot down enemy planes; to avoid enemy fire, the player can perform a roll or "loop-the-loop".</desc>
	<image>/home/pi/.emulationstation/downloaded_images/mame-advmame/1942a-image.jpg</image>
	<marquee/>
	<video/>
	<thumbnail/>
	<rating>0.8</rating>
	<releasedate>19840101T000000</releasedate>
	<developer>Capcom</developer>
	<publisher>Capcom</publisher>
	<genre>Shoot'em up / Vertical</genre>
	<players>1-2</players>
</game>
<game id="39874" source="ScreenScraper">
	<path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/1942b.zip</path>
	<name>1942</name>
	<desc>1942 is set in the Pacific theater of World War II. The goal is to reach Tokyo and destroy the entire Japanese air fleet. The player pilots a plane dubbed the "Super Ace" (but its appearance is clearly that of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning). The player has to shoot down enemy planes; to avoid enemy fire, the player can perform a roll or "loop-the-loop".</desc>
	<image>/home/pi/.emulationstation/downloaded_images/mame-advmame/1942b-image.jpg</image>
	<marquee/>
	<video/>
	<thumbnail/>
	<rating>0.8</rating>
	<releasedate>19840101T000000</releasedate>
	<developer>Capcom</developer>
	<publisher>Capcom</publisher>
	<genre>Shoot'em up / Vertical</genre>
	<players>1-2</players>
</game>

[screech]

So far no error spoted ^^

1942.zip -> 1942 + no bracket in the filename
1942a.zip -> 1942 + no bracket in the filename
1942b.zip -> 1942 + no bracket in the filename

What you ask is not fully implemented in UXS (and even in the Screenscraper DB, we are working on it to sort Mame Game by "system" like Capcom, Sega, NSK,... and adding lot's of information like the "clone Type"...

The only info you can grab right now and usefull for you is the "clone" status.
Choose Game Name + Options
Be sure "Clone" option is checked.

Normally you will have something like this :
1942.zip -> 1942
1942a.zip -> 1942 (clone)
1942b.zip -> 1942 (clone)

[zeenon71]

Screech thanks for the info!!!!

Although not the correct way, I did figure out how to get the best of both worlds. After generating the gamelist.xml using UXS, I edited the file and removed all the <name> tags. The result - I have the original names that I'm used to AND I have snaps/descriptions for all the games (mame)

Z