RetroPie forum home
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Home
    • Docs
    • Register
    • Login
    Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

    gamelists.xml keeps reverting back after I make changes.

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Help and Support
    7 Posts 5 Posters 1.8k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • S
      silentq
      last edited by

      Hi,

      I mistakenly allowed for ISO's on my PC Engine es_systems file. Once I removed the .iso extension from that file for pcengine I still saw my .iso's showing up. I went to look in the pcengine gamelists.xml file and I saw it put down my iso file in there and now I suppose there was meta data for it. I went in though ssh and manually deleted the record, then restarted my pi. The iso file is still displaying! So I then went back into my gamelist.xml for pcengine and it appears on reboot to just wrote out another line for the .iso file. I went back multiple times to check my es_systems file isn't looking for .iso's anymore and it isn't so now I am stuck.

      Does the gamelists.xml file just revert to what it had previously? Is this an issue?

      Thanks

      1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • BuZzB
        BuZz administrators
        last edited by

        Exit emulation station first

        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

        V 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • S
          silentq
          last edited by

          Ah! Thanks a lot that did the trick!

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • V
            VinnyHaw @BuZz
            last edited by

            @BuZz said in gamelists.xml keeps reverting back after I make changes.:

            Exit emulation station first

            Been searching everywhere for this. Thank you. Do you know why we have to exit emu station though? Why can't we just replace the .xml file and restart emu station?

            vbsV 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • vbsV
              vbs @VinnyHaw
              last edited by

              @VinnyHaw
              Because Es dumps a new new gamelist.xml from memory when exiting.

              meleuM 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • meleuM
                meleu @vbs
                last edited by meleu

                @vbs

                Because Es dumps a new new gamelist.xml from memory when exiting.

                Am I right if I say that it occurs only when "save metadata on exit" is enabled?

                • Useful topics
                • joystick-selection tool
                • rpie-art tool
                • achievements I made
                BuZzB 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • BuZzB
                  BuZz administrators @meleu
                  last edited by

                  @meleu you are :-)

                  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

                  1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • First post
                    Last post

                  Contributions to the project are always appreciated, so if you would like to support us with a donation you can do so here.

                  Hosting provided by Mythic-Beasts. See the Hosting Information page for more information.