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Night mode, direct and simple tips below the parameters edit box and some examples at the bottom, which can be expanded without limits (it's a RichEdit control with scroll bar).
Any help on expanding the examples list at the bottom is highly appreciated...

You can create custom parameters for:
- game set (software list or MAME machine)
- parent game set, in case the game is a clone (software list or MAME machine)
- software list (msx1_cart.xml; n64.xml; psx.xml; etc) (all games in software list will use this custom param)
- last machine selected by user to run softlist game

more...
- files will be in plain .txt format (ANSI only, no Unicode/UTF support)
- both MAME machines are software list games are supported
- for MAME only, other systems are not supported
- files will be stored in a new "frontend_path\arcade\custom_params\mame\softwarelist\" folder
- you can enter a "machine name" before the parameters to use a custom machine for that particular game (software list game only); this will overwrite the selected machine for the software list that game belongs to

- filenames are:
-> gamename.txt
-> parentgame_name.txt
-> software_name.txt
-> machine_name.txt

- search order is as follows:
1. gamename.txt
2. if above not found, search parentgame_name.txt (if game is a clone)
3. if above not found, search software_name.txt
4. if above not found, search machine_name.txt
5. if none of the above are found, run without custom params

- so, you can create a custom param for the parent set and it will be used for all its clone sets

- if needed, you can use a < gamename> tag in the parameters string, it will be replaced by the actual game name
- if you omit the < gamename> tag, both media (-cart, -cass, flop1) and the game name will be automatically added at the end of the string (when running games only, not in the custom params string

- custom pamars will be used automatically if you double-click / ENTER key a game in the games list, there is no on/off switch for this feature... what's the point !?

Ciro Alfredo Consentino
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