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gonzobrian:
Any word from angelscry or any idea how to add this to the game list?
youki:
Hi Brian,
No , no news from Angelscry.
I tried to play with the module to do what you want. I don't think you can do that Automatically with the current generator.exe
The easiest way to do what you want now, i think is to use the MulticonfWizard.
- First find a control.ini file (there is one in my metadata folder but it is not up to date i think).
- Open it with the notepad and replace all "/" charactere by "_" , and change the [???] section by [Unknow] .
(you need to do that because there are invalid char for file name my Wizard don't like (i have to correct that)).
- Open the multiconfwizard
-Select "From Atomic Metadata" and select your modified control.ini file
-on the next panel , choose all category you want
-on the next panel , select a Template configuration file (i suggest , if you use pnp module, to select arcades.cfg that is in the plugnplay\arcades folder)
-on the next panel , right click on the item you see in the list , select "Add conf selector"
-Enter something like : Sorted by Control
-Expand the item and select "Sorted by control"
-right click on it and select "Add a wizard generated conf'
-Select all the categories (it is a multiselect listbox , you can use SHIFT or CTRL to multi-select) and click "select"
-On the next tab , you can adjust displayed name if you want (last column)
-on the next tab , give a name like "Multiconf_sortbycontrol" (don't check "use relative folder")
-click finish.
then Add your multiconf to plugnplay module list :
-open plugnplaymanager.exe
-click on Add Existing config
-select <Atomicfe>\Multiconf_sortbycontrol\main.cfg
-exit
Now, you can run Atomic.exe
I guess it is not exactly what you want. But it is the most automatic way. All other solution i see to integrate that in the module require more a less "hand" work.
I tested a solution, starting from that multiconf and using the Personal List feature of Angelscry's generator, it worked too (with some hand work) , but your "personal list" are not a the level you wish in the hierarchy , i think. But using the generator , each game in each "control" category are sorted by other categories too. it means that for example you will have that kind of menu :
Standart List
- Full List
- Sorted by genre
- Sorted by Date
..
2way control
- Full List
- Sorted by genre
- Sorted by Date
..
8 way cojtrol
- Full List
- Sorted by genre
- Sorted by Date
..
etc...
gonzobrian:
--- Quote from: youki on October 20, 2006, 10:27:53 am ---
I tested a solution, starting from that multiconf and using the Personal List feature of Angelscry's generator, it worked too (with some hand work) , but your "personal list" are not a the level you wish in the hierarchy , i think. But using the generator , each game in each "control" category are sorted by other categories too. it means that for example you will have that kind of menu :
Standart List
- Full List
- Sorted by genre
- Sorted by Date
..
2way control
- Full List
- Sorted by genre
- Sorted by Date
..
8 way cojtrol
- Full List
- Sorted by genre
- Sorted by Date
--- End quote ---
Hey youki,
Thanks for the reply. Yes this is how I would like my list to look with each control broken down into individual categories. I follow what you are saying up up until you describe the personal List feature of Angelscry's generator. You were able to use the personal list feature after you used the MulticonfWizard? If so how did you do that?
As alway thanks for the help.
youki:
Yes, but that's tricky.
I created a folder named personal_lists in the conf_generator folder.
In that folder, i copied all .GAMELIST file that have been generated by the confwizard. (xxxx.cfg.GAMELIST file)
I renamed all that file to .ini
(you can use a dos command like :
--- Code: --- ren *.gamelist *.ini
--- End code ---
from a command prompt)
Then i opened each ini files with the notepad and replace all .ZIP by nothing (blank) . Just to remove the extension.
then i opened the generator.ini file with notepad and edited the personal list section like :
[personal_list]
standard=Standard List
Joystick 4-way _ 1-btn.cfg=joy 4 way
Joystick 8-way _ 3-btns.cfg=joy 4 way
...
Don't remove Standard= , but you can change the text after the equal.
And add for each ini file a row like
FirstIniFile= The name you want display
2ndInitFile= The name you want desplay
etc..
Example , if you have in your personal_lists folder
2way.cfg.ini and 4way.cfg.ini
the section will be :
[personal_list]
standard=Standard List
2way.cfg=joy 2 way
4way.cfg=joy 4 way
(NOTE : the .INI has been removed in the section)
Then save and run the generator.Exe , and it should work.
gonzobrian:
Youki you are a true genius :notworthy:
Will give it a go tonight. Big thanks to you.
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