manuelfr51

Great tool, but seems to still have issues 0.- I hope to be clear, my english is not very good 1.- Instructions are not very clear, have to go from here to github, to progetosnaps, back to github, back here, back to github, back here... 2.-In the readme of mess-curator mess.ini is stated even on the examples, but mess.ini is ony found on the extras from pleasuredome for mame 0.276, isnt very clear if its used if found and how it infere in the procces as it is for a previous version than the working mame version. 3.- Even using the default system_softlist.yml there are some mistakes: -Firts to generate the file well it seems too problematic to get into every system with like 15 parameters each, -Then tried generating with the ps1 included, but saw errors like this one, where it searches for files not available from the Software List, but on the mame roms [INFO] User has provided an explicit list of systems to process. [INFO] Added 9 system(s) from --include-systems. [INFO] Initial system pool size: 8 [INFO] After --include-systems: 8 -> 8 systems. --- Processing system: (1/8) digimon --- [!] No valid XML content found in MAME output for '-listsoftware digimon'. Raw output snippet: No software lists found for this system ... [INFO] MAME did not provide software list for 'digimon' or command failed. It will be represented in the table and YAML. --- Processing system: (2/8) digimonv2 --- [!] No valid XML content found in MAME output for '-listsoftware digimonv2'. Raw output snippet: No software lists found for this system ... [INFO] MAME did not provide software list for 'digimonv2' or command failed. It will be represented in the table and YAML. --- Processing system: (3/8) digimonv3 --- [!] No valid XML content found in MAME output for '-listsoftware digimonv3'. Raw output snippet: No software lists found for this system ... [INFO] MAME did not provide software list for 'digimonv3' or command failed. It will be represented in the table and YAML. --- Processing system: (4/8) tama --- [!] No valid XML content found in MAME output for '-listsoftware tama'. Raw output snippet: No software lists found for this system ... [INFO] MAME did not provide software list for 'tama' or command failed. It will be represented in the table and YAML. --- Processing system: (5/8) tamaang --- [!] No valid XML content found in MAME output for '-listsoftware tamaang'. Raw output snippet: No software lists found for this system ... [INFO] MAME did not provide software list for 'tamaang' or command failed. It will be represented in the table and YAML. --- Processing system: (6/8) tamag2 --- [!] No valid XML content found in MAME output for '-listsoftware tamag2'. Raw output snippet: No software lists found for this system ... [INFO] MAME did not provide software list for 'tamag2' or command failed. It will be represented in the table and YAML. --- Processing system: (7/8) tamamot --- [!] No valid XML content found in MAME output for '-listsoftware tamamot'. Raw output snippet: No software lists found for this system ... [INFO] MAME did not provide software list for 'tamamot' or command failed. It will be represented in the table and YAML. --- Processing system: (8/8) tamapix --- [!] No valid XML content found in MAME output for '-listsoftware tamapix'. Raw output snippet: No software lists found for this system ... [INFO] MAME did not provide software list for 'tamapix' or command failed. It will be represented in the table and YAML. --- Finished processing all systems --- [INFO] No detailed info (software_lists or software_id) for system 'digimon'. Will be listed as a simple string in YAML. [INFO] No detailed info (software_lists or software_id) for system 'digimonv2'. Will be listed as a simple string in YAML. [INFO] No detailed info (software_lists or software_id) for system 'digimonv3'. Will be listed as a simple string in YAML. [INFO] No detailed info (software_lists or software_id) for system 'tama'. Will be listed as a simple string in YAML. [INFO] No detailed info (software_lists or software_id) for system 'tamaang'. Will be listed as a simple string in YAML. [INFO] No detailed info (software_lists or software_id) for system 'tamag2'. Will be listed as a simple string in YAML. [INFO] No detailed info (software_lists or software_id) for system 'tamamot'. Will be listed as a simple string in YAML. [INFO] No detailed info (software_lists or software_id) for system 'tamapix'. Will be listed as a simple string in YAML. Successfully generated/updated 'system_softlist.yml' with platform 'bandai-tamagotchi'. --- Current YAML content for this platform --- bandai-tamagotchi: platform: name: Bandai Tamagotchi platform_category: - Handhelds - MESS (Handhelds LCD) media_type: cart enable_custom_command_line_param_per_software_id: false emulator: name: MAME (MESS) default_emulator: true default_command_line_parameters: -keyboardprovider dinput system: - digimon - digimonv2 - digimonv3 - tama - tamaang - tamag2 - tamamot - tamapix # ---------------------- # Bandai Tamagotchi # ---------------------- python .\src\mess_curator.py search ` --platform-key bandai-tamagotchi ` --platform-name-full "Bandai Tamagotchi" ` --platform-category "Handhelds" "MESS (Handhelds LCD)" ` --media-type cart ` --emu-name "MAME (MESS)" ` --default-emu ` --default-emu-cmd-params "-keyboardprovider dinput" ` --output-format yaml ` --output-file system_softlist.yml ` --include-systems "digimon digimonv2 digimonv3 tama tamaang tamag2 tamamot tamapix tamamot" This leads to hundreds of emty zip files later when the copy-roms command is run - The system_softlist.yml is generated o the root folder os the ps1 script, not on the src forlder ot the dat folder where the mess.xml was saved Result: Used the file already generated as I have the 0.278 version too. 4.- the copy-roms command didnt get the system_softlist.yml from the dat folder, had to copy the file to the src folder to work. 5.- becouse the system_softlist.yml sets as "string" the include-files that are not part of the Software list set, qhe copy-roms option makes hundreds of emty files, not even showing what files of giving an option to search for them on the mame set. Those 653 emty files are zip files from the include system options 6.- graphical glitches at 1080p, default dpi and 100% scale Final result: Clean Launchbox Full 0.278 Software list (without chd's) from pleasuredome torrent, full 0.278 romset non-merged+chd's (not used at all by the tool) Options selected: import all, import clones as additional app, unsuported games as broken, remove existing games on platform Import complete! Imported: 15621 games Updated: 0 games Skipped (already existed): 1049 games Clones Added as Additional Apps: 4297 games Platforms Created: 106 platforms --- Metadata Details --- Used MAME System Description Fallback: 652 games Metadata Not Found (used filename): 1 games --- Health Status --- Marked as Broken (Unsupported/Preliminary): 3271 games --- Artwork & Manuals Summary --- Title Screens Copied: 0 Gameplay Snaps Copied: 0 Select Screens Copied: 0 Manuals Copied: 0 BTW, On the emulator stage, you didnt state if we must let lb set the parameters for mame, also, one cant add an emulator without asigning a platform, I just aded some randome one , and didnt set parameters. For a first version is a great work, hope to see some updates.