ROMS.LST -- what directory?

zemus · Post by **zemus** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 4:17 am

I generated the roms.lst file using Loie's method (thanks man), and placed it within my roms directory. However, DreamSNES is still reading the Rom header names for the games rather than the names in the list. Do I need to have the roms.lst file in the root directory rather than the roms directory? Or both? Or does it go somewhere else?

Wez455 · Post by **Wez455** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 2:29 pm

how did you make the roms.lst? im using win98 and i cant get it to work? if you tell me ill test it out and then get back to you

mr. darkness · Post by **mr. darkness** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 3:29 pm

The roms.lst doesn't work.
I tried to put it in the "roms" dir and then in the root, but it read the header names anyway.

Anyone got this working?!

(anyone knows if you can remove the hearts by removing the pvr-file for em?)

dcaddict · Post by **dcaddict** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 6:47 pm

well, does anyone know?? please help us someone!!!

Proveaux · Post by **Proveaux** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 7:15 pm

mr. darkness wrote: (anyone knows if you can remove the hearts by removing the pvr-file for em?)

Yes that will work.

WeAreVigilant · Post by **WeAreVigilant** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 9:22 pm

roms.lst looks like this
FILENAME.SMC:Description
so an example would be
SMW.SMC:Super Mario World

it goes in the root of the cdrom
and as near as i can tell... doesnt work
if one of you gets it working please tell me

kRYPT_ · Post by **kRYPT_** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 10:43 pm

Nope, you've got it slightly wrong, it's
Description:FILENAME.SMC
so for example:
Super Mario World:SMW.SMC
would be valid, and yes, the list does indeed go in the root directory.

I'm pretty sure this works, and if someone will confirm, then I'll add it to the DCFactory script.

WeAreVigilant wrote: roms.lst looks like this
FILENAME.SMC:Description
so an example would be
SMW.SMC:Super Mario World

it goes in the root of the cdrom
and as near as i can tell... doesnt work
if one of you gets it working please tell me

dcaddict · Post by **dcaddict** » Fri Feb 15, 2002 11:23 pm

so do i just make this thing using notepad then name it "ROMS.LST"?

Post by **|darc|** » Sat Feb 16, 2002 1:47 am

Will it work with just the ROMs filenames or do you have to have both description and filename?

mrbrown · Post by **mrbrown** » Sat Feb 16, 2002 1:55 am

Nope, you've got it slightly wrong, it's
Description:FILENAME.SMC

No, the original poster was correct, it's <filename>:<description>. Here's an excerpt from my dreamsnesinstall.pike autogenerated ROMS.LST:

FINAL_FANTASY_3.FIG:FINAL FANTASY 3
FINAL_FANTASY_5.SMC:FINAL FANTASY 5
KILLER_INSTINCT.SMC:KILLER INSTINCT

This apparently still doesn't work properly - when going into the selection menu, it proceeds to scan the entire CD.

M. R.

kRYPT_ · Post by **kRYPT_** » Sat Feb 16, 2002 10:16 am

Okey, we'll blame that one on my lack of Pike skills, I thought it looked the other way around. I can't actually test it, as Pike refuses to instal on my Win2k system.

So even if you use their script, it still ignores the ROMS.LST?

mrbrown wrote: No, the original poster was correct, it's <filename>:<description>. Here's an excerpt from my dreamsnesinstall.pike autogenerated ROMS.LST:

FINAL_FANTASY_3.FIG:FINAL FANTASY 3
FINAL_FANTASY_5.SMC:FINAL FANTASY 5
KILLER_INSTINCT.SMC:KILLER INSTINCT

This apparently still doesn't work properly - when going into the selection menu, it proceeds to scan the entire CD.

M. R.

rapigator · Post by **rapigator** » Sat Feb 16, 2002 12:21 pm

it looks like it also puts the directory before the filename

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roms/KILLER_INSTINCT.SMC:KILLER INSTINCT

WeAreVigilant · Post by **WeAreVigilant** » Sat Feb 16, 2002 3:10 pm

no actually it doesnt put roms/ that bit of code is removing it if you look closely
which i suspect is why it doesnt work properly
im still wondering why saving doesnt work i cant get it to work in chrono trigger
i beat up to the queen disappearing checked my vmu and had a 3 block file
exited
started chrono trigger up
and it was started over
went back to bios
2block file.

jworg · Post by **jworg** » Sat Feb 16, 2002 4:07 pm

From the README file in the dreamsnes source tree:

A file (ROMS.LST) can optionally be added to the same directory as the
games on the cd to speed up the rom scan. The game names will then be
taken from the file instead of scanning the rom header. If used, the
games must be listed on separate lines with each line containing the
name of the file containing the rom dump, a colon, and finally the
name of the game. The filename may not contain a colon, but all
characters are legal in the games name. Files not found in ROMS.LST
will be scanned as per usual. Example with two games:

smoon.smc:Sailor Moon: Ballon Fight
tetris.fig:Tetris

dcaddict · Post by **dcaddict** » Sat Feb 16, 2002 6:50 pm

where are you getting this readme file from dude?

jworg · Post by **jworg** » Sat Feb 16, 2002 7:03 pm

From the DreamSNES CVS repository (which isn't public, so you need not ask how to gain access to it).

Faith Alone · Post by **Faith Alone** » Sat Feb 16, 2002 7:04 pm

[quote="dcaddict"]
where are you getting this readme file from dude?
[/quote]

From the one included with DSNES