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BIOS-D
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Re: MESS softlist paths: by xml filename or datafile name?
10/31/14 02:02 AM


> These have been fixed. For future reference, let me however clarify what happens
> internally.
>
> 1. drivers define the softlist name (e.g. "g7400")
> 2. the emulator looks for an xml file with the same name in one of your hashpaths
> (e.g. "hash/g7400.xml")
> 3. when asked to load one of the games of the xml list, the emulator searches the
> roms inside a folder with the same name as the xml file relative to one of your
> rompaths (e.g. "roms/g7400")
>
> as a result, the only thing that really matters is the xml name

Thank you for the explanation. It's probably not needed anymore, but if I ever find something like that next time I'll let you know via PM.







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* MESS softlist paths: by xml filename or datafile name? BIOS-D 10/29/14 03:30 PM
. * Re: MESS softlist paths: by xml filename or datafile name? etabeta  10/30/14 09:34 PM
. * Re: MESS softlist paths: by xml filename or datafile name? BIOS-D  10/31/14 02:02 AM
. * Re: MESS softlist paths: by xml filename or datafile name? B2K24  10/31/14 12:23 AM
. * Re: MESS softlist paths: by xml filename or datafile name? etabeta  10/29/14 05:40 PM
. * Re: MESS softlist paths: by xml filename or datafile name? B2K24  10/29/14 04:29 PM
. * Re: MESS softlist paths: by xml filename or datafile name? BIOS-D  10/29/14 05:37 PM

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