> Is there any plan to make game names distinct from driver names? > > You can make game-specific ini files but if the driver name is the same as one of the > games in the driver, it doesn't work because it's treated as a driver-specific ini > file and all games in the driver are affected. > > For example: galaga.cpp and galaga.ini > > I think it would have to be some kind of driver-specific prefix on the driver name > followed by maybe an underscore or two. I guess they could even START with an > underscore, but I'm sure some OS or build tool might have a problem with that. > > _galaga.cpp > d_galaga.cpp > d__galaga.cpp > dr_galaga.cpp > drv_galaga.cpp > driver_galaga.cpp > mame_galaga.cpp
It would probably make more sense to check for driver_galaga.ini or similar with the gamename.ini ones applying to single games only. Conflicts are quite common because typically drivers are named after the first game that was supported in the driver (or the earliest game on the hardware)
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