ListGen or similar list generation tool for newer builds of MAME

[Dan]

I can't get ListGen to work with MAME build 126.  This tool looks very useful in generating custom lists beyond what our front ends support.  Is there an update or a similar tool for generating custom game lists?

Thanks,
Dan

[NOP]

how about romlister?

http://www.waste.org/~winkles/ROMLister

just released a new version of it today in fact!

[Cakemeister]

I have a somewhat crippled version which will run with MAME version v0.127 or newer. It's packaged in the config utility I wrote for Hyperspin.

MAMEdev keep changing the MAME xml file and it keeps breaking ListGen. I've come up with a scheme to make it not do that, but I don't have it in my full version. It's on my list of things to do.

[BuZz880]

how about romlister?

http://www.waste.org/~winkles/ROMLister

just released a new version of it today in fact!

Nice tool, if I may be so bold as to make a sugestion; one list I like is "recent games" which I usually select based on whats added in the last few releases of Mame, in Cakemeisters listgen this was a possibility (veradded 0.10*) with older mame versions.  The other list I like is "4 player games".  I would love to see version added support and number of player support in romlist 

[NOP]

one list I like is "recent games" which I usually select based on whats added in the last few releases of Mame

That could certainly be done.  I would need another data file to know that information though.  MAME's -listxml output doesn't tell you what version a particular game was added to the list.   If there's a file like that (I assume something like catver.ini) that you could point me to, I'd be happy to add that support.

The other list I like is "4 player games".  I would love to see version added support and number of player support in romlist 

You can dig those up now.  Just edit the -find text window, and add:

Code: [Select]

& numplayers=4
to the end of the of the text.

This information comes from controls.dat though, which is approximately 50% behind in the number of games mame supports, so you won't find all of them.

[u_rebelscum]

one list I like is "recent games" which I usually select based on whats added in the last few releases of Mame

That could certainly be done.  I would need another data file to know that information though.  MAME's -listxml output doesn't tell you what version a particular game was added to the list.   If there's a file like that (I assume something like catver.ini) that you could point me to, I'd be happy to add that support.

Catver.ini (the second half of the file).

[NOP]

 

heh.  I really should have known that. 

I'll get working on adding that feature for the next release.

[BuZz880]

neat