Gamelist.xml not working within folder ES

[UberLumby]

I put a folder in the megadrive rom folder to seperate some games. I made a gamelist.xml for the games within that folder. The folder is called "Megadrive Japan" but none of the metadata is showing up from that gamelist or the boxart. Is there anyway to get this to work? It also doesn't work if I add the gamelist to the exisiting gamelist, even if I change that paths to all match with the seperate folder.

[mitu]

There's just one gamelist per ROM folder, so nesting folders with their own gamelist.xml will not work. You don't need to create a gamelist.xml for the sub-folder, just add the games there and EmulationStation will automatically add the folder and in the main gamelist. From there you can just enter the folder like you'd do with in a file explorer and see the games.

[UberLumby]

@mitu said in Gamelist.xml not working within folder ES:

There's just one gamelist per ROM folder, so nesting folders with their own gamelist.xml will not work. You don't need to create a gamelist.xml for the sub-folder, just add the games there and EmulationStation will automatically add the folder and in the main gamelist. From there you can just enter the folder like you'd do with in a file explorer and see the games.

Oh! Okay so I can just merge everything into one gameslist? I don't even need to include the folder name it'll be able to find it through the <path_./<path/>

[UberLumby]

@mitu said in Gamelist.xml not working within folder ES:

There's just one gamelist per ROM folder, so nesting folders with their own gamelist.xml will not work. You don't need to create a gamelist.xml for the sub-folder, just add the games there and EmulationStation will automatically add the folder and in the main gamelist. From there you can just enter the folder like you'd do with in a file explorer and see the games.

So I have the sub folder and I put the game images and wheels in the normal folders. I added to the main gamelist as you would with the games in the main folder. They still aren't showing the game art in the sub folder.

[mitu]

@UberLumby Artwork is not automatically shown unless you have the 'Use Local Art' option toggled in EmulationStation. Post your gamelist.xml to pastebin.com so we can take a look at it.

[UberLumby]

@mitu said in Gamelist.xml not working within folder ES:

@UberLumby Artwork is not automatically shown unless you have the 'Use Local Art' option toggled in EmulationStation. Post your gamelist.xml to pastebin.com so we can take a look at it.

it's too large and i've always used skraper.net

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gameList>
	<provider>
		<System>Super Famicom</System>
		<software>Skraper</software>
		<database>ScreenScraper.fr</database>
		<web>http://www.screenscraper.fr</web>
	</provider>
	<game id="2678" source="ScreenScraper.fr">
		<path>./90 Minutes - European Prime Goal (Europe).7z</path>
		<name>90 Minutes : European Prime Goal</name>
		<desc>90 Minutes: European Prime Goal is a soccer game with the 14 teams of the Japanese first division (J. League) to play with. In the European version they were replaced by national teams, but the some playing modes are still reminiscent of the origin. The available modes are exhibition matches, tournament, league, cup and all-star (the teams are divided into two leagues and the overall winner is decided with play-offs). With the option "You're a Hero", the player can create a new athlete, change his stats with a few training lessons and swap it with an existing one. The player either controls the athlete who has the ball or, when in defense, the one who is nearest to it. The field is shown from a slightly angled side-perspective. During most modes, all teams can be taken over by human players, but only two can play at the same time.</desc>
		<rating>0.65</rating>
		<releasedate>19951201T000000</releasedate>
		<developer>Ocean</developer>
		<publisher>Namco</publisher>
		<genre>Sports</genre>
		<players>2</players>
		<image>./mixart/90 Minutes - European Prime Goal (Europe).png</image>
		<marquee>./wheel/90 Minutes - European Prime Goal (Europe).png</marquee>
		<video>./snap/90 Minutes - European Prime Goal (Europe).mp4</video>
	</game>
	<game id="2560" source="ScreenScraper.fr">
		<path>./A.S.P. - Air Strike Patrol (USA).7z</path>
		<name>A.S.P. : Air Strike Patrol</name>
		<desc>Playing as a jet pilot of the "Coalition" force, players take control of either an F-15 Eagle, or an A-10 Tankbuster jet. The mission is to neutralise the offensive forces of the Zarak army, who have recently invaded a smaller neighbouring country. The Zarak army has many ground units, including tanks, stinger-missile launchers, SCUD missiles and armored vehicles.

To accomplish the ultimate goal of defeating the Zarak army, players venture out on numerous missions (called "sorties") that have varied and specific objectives. Typically, various installations such as radar sites, air bases or ground units are the target. Other missions include disabling an oil-pipeline and destroying SCUD launchers before they fire. </desc>
		<rating>0.55</rating>
		<releasedate>19950102T000000</releasedate>
		<developer>SETA Corporation</developer>
		<publisher>System 3</publisher>
		<genre>Action</genre>
		<players>1</players>
		<image>./mixart/A.S.P. - Air Strike Patrol (USA).png</image>
		<marquee>./wheel/A.S.P. - Air Strike Patrol (USA).png</marquee>
		<video>./snap/A.S.P. - Air Strike Patrol (USA).mp4</video>
	</game>
	<game id="2440" source="ScreenScraper.fr">
		<path>./Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (USA).7z</path>
		<name>Aaahh!!! Real Monsters</name>
		<desc>In this game, based on popular Nickelodeon comics, you control three monsters: Ickis, Oblina, and Krumm. The Gromble, a headmaster in monster school, needs you to perform the final test - monster Midterm Exam - in order to prove yourselves to be real monsters. You should collect trash, throw it on people, and scare them!

This is a platform game, where you control three characters. Each one of them has a special move that is often used to solve puzzles and overcome obstacles: Ickis can fly for a short time, Oblina can reach high ledges, and Krumm can scan off-screen areas. They can also collect monster books, that will teach them to scare people. Help the three monsters to graduate!
</desc>
		<rating>0.65</rating>
		<releasedate>19950815T000000</releasedate>
		<developer>Realtime Associates</developer>
		<publisher>Viacom</publisher>
		<genre>Platform</genre>
		<players>1</players>
		<image>./mixart/Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (USA).png</image>
		<marquee>./wheel/Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (USA).png</marquee>
		<video>./snap/Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (USA).mp4</video>
	</game>
	<game id="18989" source="ScreenScraper.fr">
		<path>./ABC Monday Night Football (USA).7z</path>
		<name>ABC Monday Night Football</name>
		<desc>ABC Sports and Data East team up to take you to the gridiron! Strap on your helmet, put that black stuff under your eyes and prepare yourself for football, Frank Gifford style! Features AFB voice synthesis technology. 

You can change receivers on the fly, throw maddening blitz plays at the QB, and stare blankly at the buxom cheerleaders. It all adds up the same.... it's football.</desc>
		<rating>0</rating>
		<releasedate>19931201T000000</releasedate>
		<developer>Data East</developer>
		<publisher>Data East</publisher>
		<genre>Sports-Sports / Soccer</genre>
		<players>1-2</players>
		<image>./mixart/ABC Monday Night Football (USA).png</image>
		<marquee>./wheel/ABC Monday Night Football (USA).png</marquee>
		<video>./snap/ABC Monday Night Football (USA).mp4</video>
	</game>
	<game id="18923" source="ScreenScraper.fr">
		<path>./ACME Animation Factory (USA).7z</path>
		<name>ACME Animation Factory</name>
		<rating>0.6</rating>
		<releasedate>19941101T000000</releasedate>
		<developer>Probe Software Ltd.</developer>
		<publisher>Sun Corporation of America</publisher>
		<genre>Educational</genre>
		<players>1-2</players>
		<image>./mixart/ACME Animation Factory (USA).png</image>
		<marquee>./wheel/ACME Animation Factory (USA).png</marquee>
		<video>./snap/ACME Animation Factory (USA).mp4</video>
	</game>
	<game id="2236" source="ScreenScraper.fr">
		<path>./ActRaiser 2 (USA).7z</path>
		<name>ActRaiser 2</name>
		<desc>Players control "The Master," a god-like spirit sent down from the heavens, and fight to eradicate evil from the land. This sequel to ActRaiser focuses entirely on the side-scrolling action of the original, and has 14 levels with new monsters, new abilities, and new super powers.

You still control a "Cloud Palace" across a zoomable map of the world, choosing your next area of battle. In addition, many of the sound effects from the original game make their reappearance, as well as some hidden RPG elements. 

Changes from the original ActRaiser include the elimination of the village-building mode, a move from a battery-save to password-save system, and a new musical score.</desc>
		<rating>0.7</rating>
		<releasedate>19931101T000000</releasedate>
		<developer>Quintet</developer>
		<publisher>Enix</publisher>
		<genre>Platform-Action</genre>
		<players>1</players>
		<image>./mixart/ActRaiser 2 (USA).png</image>
		<marquee>./wheel/ActRaiser 2 (USA).png</marquee>
		<video>./snap/ActRaiser 2 (USA).mp4</video>
	</game>
	<game id="2359" source="ScreenScraper.fr">
		<path>./Addams Family Values (USA).7z</path>
		<name>Addams Family Values</name>
		<desc>The evil Debbie Jelinksi is harming the Addams family once again... She has kidnapped Baby Pubert, and Uncle Fester is the one who must find him and to bring him back to his loving family. The game is based on the live-action movie of the same name.

Addams Family Values is an action adventure game with slight RPG elements (you gain more hit points while proceeding in the game, can upgrade your equipment and special attacks). You control Fester, by moving him around, fighting regular enemies and bosses, talking to members of Addams household, and occasionally solving puzzles. The combat is pure action,  Zelda-style.</desc>
		<rating>0.8</rating>
		<releasedate>19950201T000000</releasedate>
		<developer>Ocean</developer>
		<publisher>Ocean</publisher>
		<genre>Adventure-Action</genre>
		<players>1</players>
		<image>./mixart/Addams Family Values (USA).png</image>
		<marquee>./wheel/Addams Family Values (USA).png</marquee>
		<video>./snap/Addams Family Values (USA).mp4</video>
	</game>
	<game id="2468" source="ScreenScraper.fr">
		<path>./Eye of the Beholder (USA).7z</path>
		<name>Advanced Dungeons &amp; Dragons : Eye of the Beholder</name>
		<desc>Something evil is lurking below the city of Waterdeep. The Lords of Waterdeep summon a group of heroes to investigate, but someone or something has been watching the proceedings. After the heroes enter the sewers, the ceiling collapses behind them. The only way out is the way down, into a dungeon filled with monsters, traps and puzzles.

Eye of the Beholder is a dungeon crawler RPG with a first-person perspective based on the 2nd Edition AD&amp;D rules. The starting party consists of four characters and up to two NPCs can join later. Combat and magic happen in real time. Fight over a dozen different monster varieties and cast over 40 spells. A point-and-click interface makes exploring, fighting, spellcasting and handling objects easy.</desc>
		<rating>0.6</rating>
		<releasedate>19940402T000000</releasedate>
		<developer>SSI</developer>
		<publisher>Westwood Studios</publisher>
		<genre>Role playing games</genre>
		<players>1</players>
		<image>./mixart/Eye of the Beholder (USA).png</image>
		<marquee>./wheel/Eye of the Beholder (USA).png</marquee>
		<video>./snap/Eye of the Beholder (USA).mp4</video>
	</game>
	<game id="2534" source="ScreenScraper.fr">
		<path>./Adventures of Yogi Bear (USA).7z</path>
		<name>Adventures of Yogi Bear</name>
		<desc>When Yogi Bear catches wind of a plan to turn Jellystone Park into a Chemical plant he sets out on a mission to stop it. Play as Yogi in this side-scrolling Action/Adventure that is fit for all ages. Work your way through the five park areas collecting "Pic-i-nic" baskets by bouncing on top of them. In many cases you bounce from one basket to the next raising you into the air where no "average bear" could ever go. There are a variety of enemies such as weasels and skunks. There are also some action parts where you ride a mine cart or go "beaver surfing".
</desc>
		<rating>0.65</rating>
		<releasedate>19941001T000000</releasedate>
		<developer>Blue Turtle</developer>
		<publisher>Empire Interactive</publisher>
		<genre>Platform</genre>
		<players>1</players>
		<image>./mixart/Adventures of Yogi Bear (USA).png</image>
		<marquee>./wheel/Adventures of Yogi Bear (USA).png</marquee>
		<video>./snap/Adventures of Yogi Bear (USA).mp4</video>
	</game>
	<game id="2443" source="ScreenScraper.fr">
		<path>./Aero Fighters (USA).7z</path>
		<name>Aero Fighters</name>
		<desc>Aero Fighters is a vertical scrolling shooter and a port of the arcade game of the same name. There are four pilots from four countries (Japan, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States) involved in a war. Each country each has their own plane: F18, FSX, AJ-37 or AV-8. Every plane has a different upgradeable primary and special weapon. The game features overall seven levels and a few of them are presented in a random order.</desc>
		<rating>0.95</rating>
		<releasedate>19941101T000000</releasedate>
		<developer>Video System</developer>
		<publisher>Video System</publisher>
		<genre>Shoot'em Up-Action</genre>
		<players>1-2</players>
		<image>./mixart/Aero Fighters (USA).png</image>
		<marquee>./wheel/Aero Fighters (USA).png</marquee>
		<video>./snap/Aero Fighters (USA).mp4</video>
	</game>
	<game id="2627" source="ScreenScraper.fr">
		<path>./Aero the Acro-Bat 2 (USA).7z</path>
		<name>Aero the Acro-Bat 2</name>
		<desc>In the sequel to Aero the Acro-Bat you have to defeat evil industrialist Edgar Ektor once again. He is back and again with bad ideas, so you -  in the role of Aero - have to find and destroy him before he carries out his diabolical "Plan B". Like in the last installment, you have to jump, escape lethal obstacles and progress in time. This game features more moves for Aero, more mechanisms to use and more items to collect.</desc>
		<rating>0.6</rating>
		<releasedate>19941101T000000</releasedate>
		<developer>Iguana Entertainment</developer>
		<publisher>Sunsoft</publisher>
		<genre>Platform-Action</genre>
		<players>1</players>
		<image>./mixart/Aero the Acro-Bat 2 (USA).png</image>
		<marquee>./wheel/Aero the Acro-Bat 2 (USA).png</marquee>
		<video>./snap/Aero the Acro-Bat 2 (USA).mp4</video>
	</game>
	<game id="2437" source="ScreenScraper.fr">
		<path>./Aero the Acro-Bat (USA).7z</path>
		<name>Aero the Acro-Bat</name>
		<desc>You play as bat Aero, who have to stop the mad scientist Edgar Ektor, who is trying to rid the world of amusement and fun. So you jump through the circus-style levels, using different kinds of machines such as catapults, cannons, bubble machines, platforms, etc., collecting various power-ups such as cheese, soda, keys, clocks, etc. and avoiding lethal obstacles.</desc>
		<rating>0.8</rating>
		<releasedate>19931101T000000</releasedate>
		<developer>Iguana Entertainment</developer>
		<publisher>Sunsoft</publisher>
		<genre>Platform-Action</genre>
		<players>1</players>
		<image>./mixart/Aero the Acro-Bat (USA).png</image>
		<marquee>./wheel/Aero the Acro-Bat (USA).png</marquee>
		<video>./snap/Aero the Acro-Bat (USA).mp4</video>
	</game>
	<game id="2612" source="ScreenScraper.fr">
		<path>./Aerobiz Supersonic (USA).7z</path>
		<name>Aerobiz Supersonic</name>
		<desc>You have just been elected as the CEO of a brand new airline company that must compete against 3 other airlines for global dominance. Set up new routes, buy businesses, and manage all your resources including planes, cashflow, and company representatives.

[UberLumby]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<gameList>
  <provider>
    <System>Super Famicom</System>
    <software>Skraper</software>
    <database>ScreenScraper.fr</database>
    <web>http://www.screenscraper.fr</web>
  </provider>
  <game id="154007" source="ScreenScraper.fr">
    <path>./Super Mario World - Archie 2K's World.smc</path>
    <name>Archie 2 K's World</name>
    <releasedate />
    <image>./mixart/Super Mario World - Archie 2K's World.png</image>
  </game>
  <game id="2188" source="ScreenScraper.fr">
    <path>./Breath of Fire II - Retranslation (U).smc</path>
    <name>Breath of Fire II</name>
    <desc>Ryu was a young boy who has memories of a strange village far away and a magical doorway which sucked him through. However those are only distant memories. Ryu and his best friend Bow are apprentices in the Ranger's Guild. As adventurers they take on posted jobs needed by the townspeople. However it isn't long before one job goes awry and Bow is accused of stealing a valuable item. In order to clear his friend's name and find the meaning of his dreams, Ryu will explore the world, eventually discovering the meaning of his dreams and hidden abilities inside himself.

Breath of Fire II is a role playing game. The majority of game is played from a top-down map, however battles are seen from an isometric view. Ryu will form parties from among 8 other characters, each with their own set of skills and powers that will help him discover the truth behind the mystery. 

In the GBA version, you can use a link-cable to link to a friends and exchange weapons and items to defeat the higher evils. And with the inclusion of the community system, you can build and maintain your own city while you are fed up of exploring.</desc>
    <rating>0.8</rating>
    <releasedate>19951201T000000</releasedate>
    <developer>Capcom</developer>
    <publisher>Capcom</publisher>
    <genre>Role playing games</genre>
    <players>1</players>
    <image>./mixart/Breath of Fire II - Retranslation (U).png</image>
    <thumbnail>./wheel/Breath of Fire II - Retranslation (U).png</thumbnail>
    <genreid>768</genreid>
  </game>
  <game id="2530" source="ScreenScraper.fr">
    <path>./Bust-M-Up 0.9 by Jathys (Bust-A-Move Hack).smc</path>
    <name>Bust-A-Move</name>
    <desc>Bust-A-Move (also known as Puzzle Bobble) is a real-time puzzle game in which the player controls a device called "pointer" at the bottom of the screen, aiming and releasing randomly colored bubbles upwards. Depending on the aiming, the bubbles may float up directly or bounce off the walls, changing their trajectory. The goal is to aim the bubbles in such a way that they will touch identically colored ones. When such bubbles form a group of three or more, they pop and disappear from the screen. 
 

and thats the new list i want for the sub folder example

[UberLumby]

@UberLumby oh yeah I'm doing snes now Ijust made megadrive a new es-system

[mitu]

I understand what you're trying to do, but I don't see what exactly are you doing and expect to work. You've posted a gamelist fragment that's not showing any sub-folders. If you expect to paste the sub-folder gamelist onto the main folder gamelist, that won't work unless you adjust the paths.
You can probably just re-scrape your folder + subfolder to have the gamelist generated again (correctly).

[UberLumby]

@mitu said in Gamelist.xml not working within folder ES:

I understand what you're trying to do, but I don't see what exactly are you doing and expect to work. You've posted a gamelist fragment that's not showing any sub-folders. If you expect to paste the sub-folder gamelist onto the main folder gamelist, that won't work unless you adjust the paths.
You can probably just re-scrape your folder + subfolder to have the gamelist generated again (correctly).

Oh wow I didn't even think of that sorry I didn't understand that's what you meant. I was basically scraping each folder individual and dumping the gamelist in the respective folder. why I didn't think of scraping it all at once s beyond me. I'll give it a shot

[Clyde]

@UberLumby Yeah, I just stumbled upon subfolder scraping by accident myself. Also didn't expect the scrapers to do that.

(Like I noticed the "hide preview" button in the forum editor right now by clicking on it accidentally on my way to the "submit" button. 😆 )