Zero Byte es_systems.cfg file!

[BuZz]

@ChoccyHobNob power off at some point when the file was opened for writing, or a manual edit to the file that broke the XML markup could cause the system to fail when trying to update it. You shouldn't edit the file directly btw. You can add additional extensions via a custom platforms.cfg or manage a copy of es_systems.cfg yourself in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation

[ChoccyHobNob]

I'm not keen on the custom es_systems file approach, I always forget every time I add a new emulator to update it.

What is this fabled platforms.cfg of which you speak? Some new sorcery of which I am unaware?!

[BuZz]

@ChoccyHobNob https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Genesis-Megadrive/#switching-emulation-station-to-the-genesis-logo

has an example of overriding platforms.cfg data - you can override anything in the default ~/RetroPie-Setup/platforms.cfg

[ChoccyHobNob]

@BuZz said in Zero Byte es_systems.cfg file!:

@ChoccyHobNob https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Genesis-Megadrive/#switching-emulation-station-to-the-genesis-logo

has an example of overriding platforms.cfg data - you can override anything in the default ~/RetroPie-Setup/platforms.cfg

This is very cool! I bundle my systems together gb+gbc, md+32x+segacd this will sort that out for me without having to mess with es!

[ChoccyHobNob]

Here's the relevant bit of the log, it looks like it wasn't happy with the xml so it deleted it!

http://pastebin.com/JfAafFNB

I didn't do the whole log, I think you'll get the idea :)

[herb_fargus]

Just for reference I've updated the docs recently with the latest info on system specific overrides including the platforms.cfg method:

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/EmulationStation/#es_systemscfg-edits

[ChoccyHobNob]

@herb_fargus said in Zero Byte es_systems.cfg file!:

Just for reference I've updated the docs recently with the latest info on system specific overrides including the platforms.cfg method:

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/EmulationStation/#es_systemscfg-edits

Thanks Herb, that's really useful!

[BuZz]

@ChoccyHobNob the file was bad XML so it got confused. Must have been an error in a manual edit or it got corrupted somehow

[ChoccyHobNob]

@herb_fargus is there any way to re-order the systems without editing es_systems.cfg?

[herb_fargus]

@ChoccyHobNob unfortunately not that I know of. There has been some work done on enhanced filtering with a SQLite backend and system order may be part of that but I'm not sure where that's at, it's a large change and may be a while before implemented