Neo Geo folder - is it worth it?

AndersHP

I use the Arcade folder for MAME, FBA and ADVMAME as described in this thread, combined with a dedicated Neo Geo folder (all FBA).

The reason for the latter is mainly that Universal XML Scraper lets you get coverart for the Neo Geo games, so this folder looks really neat, like the console folders.

The Arcade games have no coverart, just screenshots and logos.

thelostsoul

@quicksilver Yes, I did it through the Retroarch menu before. The point here is, to have two different settings for same Lr-fbalpha emulator. If I change FBA setting through the menu, it will affect the Neo Geo games too in that different folder, because it is a global setting. Thats because I was searching for a way to change it through some command line parameters or including it in retroarch.cfg.

MrSkyle

Bummer, there goes the plan of having the roms in the "neogeo" folder automatically run as AES and the ones in the "fba" folder automatically run as MVS...

Still, I find solace in what @AndersHP said - having a separate folder for scraping purposes and game covers seems quite nice. Maybe I'll do it anyway and perhaps someday we'll have an option in lr-fbalpha that automatically uses AES settings whenever loading a rom from the "neogeo" folder.

quicksilver

@thelostsoul have you tested saving on a per game basis?

thelostsoul

@quicksilver I did and I am not sure, but I think the MVS/AES setting remains as a global one if emulator is loaded (in said file above). After inspecting the resulting file, there seems no setting saved in there which saves the MVS/AES setting. Also, because I have already a config file for each game, I am not entirely sure. And I fear I would mess up something, if I try more. For now, I just leave it as it is. Looks like an emulator limit.

mediamogul

@thelostsoul said in Neo Geo folder - is it worth it?:

I have no idea how to make it separate setting for FBA and Neo Geo

You can create a file at /opt/retropie/configs/neogeo/neogeo-core-options.cfg the has the line:

fba-neogeo-mode = "AES"

then add the following line to /opt/retropie/configs/neogeo/retroarch.cfg

core_options_path = "/opt/retropie/configs/neogeo/neogeo-core-options.cfg"

After that, whatever arcade system you launch lr-fbalpha from can use the universal MVS core setting at /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-core-options.cfg and anything launched from the Neo Geo system will use the newly created core config file for AES.

thelostsoul

@mediamogul Thank you, I was searching for something like that (not for me, because I am happy with how it is anyway). But in this case, it means two whole different core-options. Would it be possible to just include that fba-neogeo-mode line in a cfg file and include it with #include for overwriting?

mediamogul

@thelostsoul

I've never tried it with core options, but it's worth a shot.

thelostsoul

I just tried it, #include works with core-options files, but...
still ignores the different settings and uses the retroarch-core without overwriting it on the fly. Changes aren't saved in Neo Geo I think and it half way filles that neogeo-core file. In short, its just a mess. Seems not working as expected and the only way would be having two different core options files and that is a no go to me personally. Its just too much trouble.

The last thing I can think of would be to start a script before and after launch of Neo Geo games to change the value on the fly.

mediamogul

@thelostsoul said in Neo Geo folder - is it worth it?:

the only way would be having two different core options files and that is a no go to me personally.

I don't really understand the aversion to this. The settings are thoughtfully put in place to allow the type of functionality you're looking for. Having two files seems like a small price to pay, but that's just me.