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how do i clear the "number of times played" field in mala layout?
severdhed:
awesome, thanks
severdhed:
well, i made a little progress...but not enough. i started randomely removing files from my mala directory hoping to figure out which one saved this counter info, no luck.
however i did discover that it is part of the actual gamelist. if i am on the all games list and launch a game, it adds to the counter, but only in that game list. if i switch to my test gamelist, the counter did not change. so the play count is per game list. also, if i refresh the main game list, it resets the counter for the main list.
i tried opening my test list in the gamelist editor, and then saving it under a new name, this carried the counters over with it. the problem here is that i cannot find a way to clear the counter on any game list other than the all games list.
any ideas?
i dont really want to have to manually recreate my custom gamelist.
maddags:
I remember now what happened, i had to recreate new gamelists using romlister for the second cab. This reset the counters.
But there must be another way to reset them without recreating the gamelists?
SGT:
**oops - let me check on that first ***
SGT:
Ok, here's a down and dirty way to zero out the number of times a game has been played. I can not stress the following enough:
BACKUP YOUR MALA FOLDER BEFORE CONTINUING.
I would feel very badly if you corrupted your gamelist(s) by following my method. I HAVE TRIED THIS ON Mala 162g ONLY! Also, I have only tried this with custom game lists for MAME. I have not tried the Mame Main Game List The procedure will be slightly different for other emulator lists. Especially those with roms that do not have a ZIP extension. Do not try this on non-Mame gamelists!
Step 1. Download the hex editor XVI32, here:
http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm
Step 2. CLOSE OUT OF MALA.
Step 3. Using the hex editor, open the game list that you want to zero the number of times played.
Step 4. Click Search at the top, then click replace.
Step 5. Change all options and settings to exactly what I have in the screenshot below. If it is not exact, you will corrupt your gamelist.
Step 6. Click Replace All
Step 7. Save it. That's it. Good Luck!
If it doesn't work for you, zip up your (original- not a corrupted) game list and email it to me. PM me for my email address.
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