Changing the order of emulators?
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If it's possible, could the order of emulators have the option of being ordered differently? For instance, I have modified mine to they go in order or date released and kept the systems from the same manufacture together. If anyone has a large collection of systems, the default alphabetical order can be a bit out of place IMO.
My current order shows systems in this order (I used short hand where I could) :
Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Atari 800, Lynx, Intelivision, Game Boy, GBC, GBA, NES, Family Computer Disk System, SNES, N64, SG-1000, Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive, 32X, Game Gear, TG16, TGCD, MS OS, Ports, Scumm, Info-com, and finally RetroPie.
This just makes sence to me as if I want to play Nintendo games, I don't need to scroll through multiple other systems to go from the NES to the SNES. It's just one hop away.
Even if it's just something where it's a re-ordered config file that needs to be requested by the user in the setup script, I think it would be nice.
With the update to 4, I realized I had to re-edit the config file, hence the post here. -
You can manually look after your
es_systems.cfgby copying it to/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation- it will not be overwritten, but you will need to keep it in sync etc.To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first
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@BuZz said in Changing the order of emulators?:
You can manually look after your
es_systems.cfgby copying it to/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation- it will not be overwritten, but you will need to keep it in sync etc.I've done this with mine and it works well. Just be sure to keep a backup before you do any software updates as it will be overwritten.
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@obsidianspider said in Changing the order of emulators?:
I've done this with mine and it works well. Just be sure to keep a backup before you do any software updates as it will be overwritten.
/etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfgwill be overwritten if changing the order. If you copy it to/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfgit will override the one in/etc/emulationtationand never be overwritten (but you will have to keep it up to date).To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first
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@BuZz said in Changing the order of emulators?:
@obsidianspider said in Changing the order of emulators?:
I've done this with mine and it works well. Just be sure to keep a backup before you do any software updates as it will be overwritten.
/etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfgwill be overwritten if changing the order. If you copy it to/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfgit will override the one in/etc/emulationtationand never be overwritten (but you will have to keep it up to date).This is a big help. Not wanting to reorder everything was a big reason I have been slow to update.
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