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    Some systems without Screenshots in ES

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      rasp_renegade @10vorne
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      @10vorne

      mitu is asking about the gamelist.xml. They are located here;

      /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists/mame-libretro (this is mame for example)

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        mitu Global Moderator
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        I was actually asking for the log from Skyscraper, when you run it to generate the gamelist(s). If you're running from RetroPie-Setup, then yes, the log will scroll by and you won't be able to copy from it.

        Do you still have enough space available on your sdcard ? If you don't, the scraped images may not get copied from Skyscraper's cache to the gamelist artwork folder.

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          10vorne @mitu
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          @mitu A bit mysterious. A gamelist.xml is in the rom directory of mame-libretto (from July 7th). But there is also a configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists/mame-libretto (dated July 9th). But I've been using Skyscraper all the time and scraped all systems the same way and created the gamelist. So I have no idea why the gamelist is in both directories here. So I looked at all the systems in question and they all had their own gamelist.xml with outdated data. When I deleted them, I also saw the screenshots after restarting the ES. Maybe they were part of the Rompacks, actually that's the only way I can explain it. But that can't be the case with mame-libretto. On 7.7 the Rompack was on it a long time ago and since I've only worked with Skyscraper, the gamelist should have been somewhere else. I have to watch this.

          By the way, the space on the SD card was also one of my thoughts, but I still have over 6GB free.

          Now the screenshots of the systems in question are shown to me. However, I now get parsing errors from the (same) systems on which I have now manually deleted the gamelist. This has no effect in ES, I can see everything, but still - where is this information stored?

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            mitu Global Moderator @10vorne
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            @10vorne said in Some systems without Screenshots in ES:

            where is this information stored?

            https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Scraper/#where-are-my-scraped-media-and-metadata-saved

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              10vorne @sirhenrythe5th
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              @sirhenrythe5th I tried to scrape single games for pc but I get an error-message

              Couldn't calculate cache id of rom file '', please check permissions and try again, now exiting...

              But apart from the error message, I think PC games are problematic because they are all in a subdirectory and Skyscraper then either doesn't scrape anything or all the content in the subdirectory of that game. You would probably have to create bat files in the root directory to do this properly with Skyscraper.

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                10vorne @mitu
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                @mitu If I now edit (existing) or search for (new) game information about the scrape function in the ES, is this then also entered regularly and properly in the gamelist.xml or is this information overwritten the next time Skyscraper is called via Retropie setup?

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                  mitu Global Moderator @10vorne
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                  @10vorne It will be overwritten if Skyscraper has scraped information about the game.

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                    sirhenrythe5th @10vorne
                    last edited by sirhenrythe5th

                    @10vorne said in Some systems without Screenshots in ES:

                    @sirhenrythe5th I tried to scrape single games for pc but I get an error-message
                    You would probably have to create bat files in the root directory to do this properly with Skyscraper.

                    You are right, i created ☆.sh-files for my DOS Games. With these i was able to scrape this games.

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                      sleve_mcdichael @mitu
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                      @mitu @10vorne just scrape from esgamelist after your edits and it will scrape your gamelist.xml just like any other source, adding it to your local cache and prioritizing this over all other sources.

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                        10vorne @sirhenrythe5th
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                        @sirhenrythe5th Hm I tried it, like in this thread

                        https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/16987/msdos-dosbox-games-how-do-you-create-sh-files-to-point-to-the-correct-file-name/3

                        But it jumps back to ES. I didn't know if I have to make the .sh executable, I tried both. Would you please post an example?

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