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Author Topic: How to add "Play Count" in Mala layout?  (Read 3004 times)

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How to add "Play Count" in Mala layout?
« on: May 17, 2012, 10:38:15 pm »
Anyone know how to do this? Add playcount for each game somewhere on the Mala layout?

I'm sure it's simple, what am I overlooking?

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Re: How to add "Play Count" in Mala layout?
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2012, 10:31:42 am »
Insert a Text object in the layout and type: ~g_played


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Re: How to add "Play Count" in Mala layout?
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2012, 04:24:43 pm »
Oh. I was thinking 'no'. It's been years since I've paid attention to play count, though.
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Re: How to add "Play Count" in Mala layout?
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2012, 09:56:18 am »
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Re: How to add "Play Count" in Mala layout?
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2012, 08:46:16 pm »
OK. I got it to work.

I assume the "~g_played" command in the text box pulls the info from MAME. Anyway to set this up with other emulators?

[EDIT] Nevermind... I played with it some more. Looks like Mala tracks it. I got it working for other emulators. Nice!!

How does MALA track this? What file tracks plays?
On Aston Belt and Galaxy Ranger (Daphne) it displays a double underline instead of a number. Why is that?
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