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MESS Question
#294661 - 08/28/12 04:59 PM
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It's been a long time since I've tried to use MESS. I seem to remember that there was a command that would automatically make all the software folders. I can't find anything in the new documentation. Does this command still exist?
TIA
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Re: MESS Question
[Re: igamabob]
#294670 - 08/28/12 05:45 PM
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what do you mean by "make all the software folders"?
if you mean to create suitable subfolder in roms/ for each software list, then it is cmpro which has some option to create these.
otherwise, please explain better what are you trying to 
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Re: MESS Question
[Re: etabeta]
#294683 - 08/28/12 07:31 PM
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There used to be a 'switch' type command (like the MESS - createconfig command) that would create a 'software' folder with all the subfolders for all supported systems named the same as their respective bios package names.
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Re: MESS Question
[Re: igamabob]
#294687 - 08/28/12 08:06 PM
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> There used to be a 'switch' type command (like the MESS - createconfig command) that
> would create a 'software' folder with all the subfolders for all supported systems
> named the same as their respective bios package names. the
"Software" folder is the same as a rompath. By default, software lists loading works from "software/systemname", (eg. software/a2600, software/xegs) - rompath only needs to point to wherever "software" resides.
I don't understand why you would need a bunch of empty folders without any images in them? Such a folder creation could be easily made by parsing the "softwarelist name" line in an .xml for the folder name...
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Re: MESS Question
[Re: Tafoid]
#294688 - 08/28/12 08:14 PM
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Like I said, it's been a while since I've used MESS, and it was just the way I remember setting it up in the past.
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Re: MESS Question
[Re: igamabob]
#294703 - 08/28/12 10:54 PM
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I also remember that feature. I don't think it exists anymore.
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Re: MESS Question
[Re: redk9258]
#294707 - 08/29/12 12:22 AM
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> I also remember that feature. I don't think it exists anymore.
yeah. software folders have been removed at least 4 years ago (and in the final period they were only used by MESSUI not from command line)
Now you
- either load any file by specifying its full path (both from command line, from the File Manager in the Internal menu and in frontends)
Quote:
mess nes -cart "C:\My\NES\game\folder\super mario bros.nes"
- or you use software lists, store the files in roms\nes\ and launch
Quote:
mess nes -cart smb
(in this latter case the "nes" name of the folder corresponds to the nes.xml software lists, so that e.g. Sharp X1 games will be split in roms\x1_cass\ and roms\x1_flop\ since X1 emulation supports two separate software lists)
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Re: MESS Question
[Re: etabeta]
#294756 - 08/29/12 03:51 PM
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Thanks for the info. At least I know I haven't gone *completely* mad.
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Re: MESS Question
[Re: etabeta]
#294763 - 08/29/12 04:57 PM
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> - or you use software lists, store the files in roms\nes\ and launch
> mess nes -cart smb
"mess nes smb" works too
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Re: MESS Question
[Re: R. Belmont]
#294764 - 08/29/12 05:31 PM
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> > - or you use software lists, store the files in roms\nes\ and launch
> > mess nes -cart smb
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> "mess nes smb" works too
true, but that only works from softlists...
since the user seemed willing to learn how to load both ways (lists and non-lists), the media switch option might be easier to learn given that it provides a unified approach
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