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    hiding bios file.

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    • hooperreH
      hooperre @BenWlson
      last edited by

      @BenWlson Has this been attempted? Seems like a fairly permanent work around.

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        Melvin.FoX @hooperre
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        @hooperre as it runs linux then it should :) linux is case sensitive in matter of managing files.

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        • hooperreH
          hooperre @Melvin.FoX
          last edited by hooperre

          @Melvin.FoX Right. It seems like a simple fix.

          Conversely, if you changed neogeo.zip to .ZIP the bios wouldn't be recognized, correct? A shame, because that would save the hassle of changing future files and allow making a one time only change.

          Would I be able to use this to ignore unwanted dosbox files? Ie. Can I just have dosbox recognize .exe files, change unwanted files to .EXE and have them run appropriately in dosbox if they're only called in dosbox? Or should I just remove .exe all together and create .sh files for each program?

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            Melvin.FoX @hooperre
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            @hooperre I am pretty sure that mame will handle all the files but I am not sure if you shouldn't do it other way. I mean to name all games as .ZIP because you run it with script where %ROM% is replaced with proper name while bios files are searched for .zio but that's only theoretical.
            I am really into that simple solution :) You will just make few moves with copying that files and that's all.
            Have you tried to unpack wll the files and put it in roms folder loose (unpacked)?

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            • meleuM
              meleu @chatjack
              last edited by meleu

              @chatjack said in hiding bios file.:

              I found a solution for Windows. Should work with a shellscript in a similar way on linux. I moved the bios file outside the roms-folder and wrote a batch file, that copies the bios file into the rom-folder before starting and deletes it after quit.

              @echo off
              copy C:\Users\Gaming.emulationstation\roms\neogeo.zip C:\Users\Gaming.emulationstation\roms\neogeo
              C:\Users\Gaming.emulationstation\systems\retroarch\retroarch.exe -f -L C:\Users\Gaming.emulationstation\systems\retroarch\cores\fbalpha_libretro.dll %1
              del C:\Users\Gaming.emulationstation\roms\neogeo\neogeo.zip

              The entry in the es_systems.cfg looks like this.

              <system>
              <name>neogeo</name>
              <fullname>Neo Geo</fullname>
              <path>C:\Users\Gaming.emulationstation\roms\neogeo</path>
              <extension>.ngc .zip</extension>
              <command>C:\Users\Gaming.emulationstation\neogeo.bat "%ROM_RAW%"</command>
              <platform>neogeo</platform>
              <theme>neogeo</theme>
              </system>

              Hope that helps.

              You can do it even simpler using runcommand-onstart.sh. ;-)

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                Nismo
                last edited by

                I have my romset in 7z and the bios files in zip, then deleted .zip from es_systems.cfg.

                That's all.

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                  Melvin.FoX @meleu
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                  @meleu that's also some option. In linux it would be like:

                  sudo cp /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/neogeo.zip /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/emulator_name/neogeo.zip
                  emulator run script
                  sudo rm /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/emulator_name/neogeo.zip

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                  • CapemanC
                    Capeman
                    last edited by Capeman

                    Find the es_settings.cfg file in the opt/retropie/configs/emulationstation folder (or close by, Im not sure of the exact structure off the top of my head)

                    Open it and adjust the setting:
                    gamelist-only = "false"
                    to TRUE

                    This will show ONLY games that have been previously played or scraped in emulation station. Any game that has not been scraped will be hidden. Just make sure your scraping is complete, then go into your gamelist.xml file and delete the entry for neo-geo.zip or the syscard for pce and they will disappear.

                    ONLY USE THIS IF YOU HAVE SCRAPED EVERY SYSTEM. This is emulation station wide, any game that does not have meta data in the gamelist.xml for that system will disappear, even if they are in the games folder.

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                      Melvin.FoX
                      last edited by

                      A lot of good solutions comes on the forum. It's a shame that apart from the wiki there is nothing like a knowledge base that You can dig thru finding solutions (so good answers will be marked as connected to a topic).

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                      • meleuM
                        meleu @Capeman
                        last edited by

                        @Capeman said in hiding bios file.:

                        Open it and adjust the setting:
                        gamelist-only = "false"
                        to TRUE

                        You cand do it through the emulationstation main menu. The option is called "parse gamelists only".

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                          MeltedCactus @meleu
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                          @meleu I've wanted to hide the neogeo.zip file from my game list as well and I've found a pretty simple solution. While it isn't perfect, it is easy. Within emulationstation, select the neogeo.zip file and choose to edit this games metadata. Once in there, just delete the name. The file will still be in there, but it will now "disappear" from the list. You will still be able to chose it from within emulationstation, but it will show as if nothing is highlighted. This is the simplest solution I have found.

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                            Swagman89
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                            @Melvin-FoX Feel free to add any of these solutions to the wiki yourselves! It's easily editable by anyone!

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                            • CapemanC
                              Capeman @MeltedCactus
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                              @MeltedCactus Where does it fall on the alphabetical order list? does it stay in N or does it shoot to the top or bottom?

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                                MeltedCactus @Capeman
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                                @Capeman It shoots to the top.

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                                  nitrofurano @Nismo
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                                  @nismo said in hiding bios file.:

                                  I have my romset in 7z and the bios files in zip, then deleted .zip from es_systems.cfg.
                                  That's all.

                                  and what about the reverse thing, having all bios in .7z instead, and keeping all roms in .zip? ;)

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                                  • lostlessL
                                    lostless
                                    last edited by lostless

                                    Hey all, Ive found the easiest solution to this issue. Just unzip the neogeo.zip file and put the now neogeo folder into your Neo Geo games folder. since none of the files in the bios are .zip, the whole folder is hidden. The bios doesn't have to be zipped up.

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                                      hooperre @lostless
                                      last edited by

                                      @lostless said in hiding bios file.:

                                      Hey all, Ive found the easiest solution to this issue. Just unzip the neo-geo.zip file and put the now neo-geo folder into your Neo Geo games folder. since none of the files in the bios are .zip, the whole folder is hidden. The bios doesn't have to be zipped up.

                                      I'm assuming this would work well for MTS and other bios files as well? Have you tried it?

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                                      • lostlessL
                                        lostless @hooperre
                                        last edited by

                                        @hooperre I don’t know what MTS is. If it’s MAME related it should.

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                                        • caver01C
                                          caver01 @lostless
                                          last edited by

                                          @lostless Does it work if everything is in the Arcade folder and I am using Runcommand to pick FBA, MAME, AdvanceMAME etc. to launch titles (for NeoGeo I am using FBA)?

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                                          • lostlessL
                                            lostless @caver01
                                            last edited by

                                            @caver01 I'm assuming so. Mame can run folders that are not zipped. It's how I used to run MAME games back in the early 2000s because i didn't know what i was doing. Give it a try. You can always replace the neo-geo.zip if need be.

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