qcol Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I want my MAME games not to appear in the All Games list. They should be only available if you select them from the list. I did as shown in the PinballX_S2F_Documentation rev 1.3 (page 63). So I created files: MAME -- MAME.xml -- MAME-arcade.xml MAME.xml <mame> </mame> MAME-arcade.xml <menu> <game name="1941"> <description>1941: Counter Attack (Capcom 1990)</description> <rom></rom> <manufacturer>Capcom</manufacturer> <year>1990</year> <type></type> <hidedmd>True</hidedmd> <hidetopper>True</hidetopper> <hidebackglass>False</hidebackglass> <enabled>True</enabled> <rating>0</rating> </game> <game name="1942"> <description>1942 (Capcom 1984)</description> <rom></rom> <manufacturer>Capcom</manufacturer> <year>1984</year> <type></type> <hidedmd>True</hidedmd> <hidetopper>True</hidetopper> <hidebackglass>False</hidebackglass> <enabled>True</enabled> <rating>0</rating> </game> </menu> I don't know why, but both items appear on the list. Both MAME and MAME-arcade. Why does MAME appear when it is empty? If I delete MAME.xml - then neither one or the other item appears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_da_Spike Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 If you put in mame.xml the following : <menu > </menu > That works for me. Setup the same and only shows the correct in the list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qcol Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 I'm sorry, of course correct <menu></menu> it's there. I made a mistake above. The MAME item is in the menu there even though it is empty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_da_Spike Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 can you post your xml files, zo I can test them on my cab ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qcol Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 sure! files located in D:\PinballX\Databases\MAME MAME Arcade.xml MAME.xml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_da_Spike Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 1 hour ago, qcol said: sure! files located in D:\PinballX\Databases\MAME MAME Arcade.xml 13.61 kB · 0 downloads MAME.xml 17 B · 2 downloads Tested your XMl files, and only shows the "Mame Arcade.xml" I see in your screen shots that you have 3 dots behind all your filters. Not sure how you did this. See my example: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qcol Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 The three dots certainly do not have any meaning here (they result from the translation).... in Polish nothing fits here so I wrote "..." here (currently I have this field completely empty). It's interesting that it works for you. I assume we have the same, latest version 3.38? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_da_Spike Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Ah ! ,,wasn't aware of that text field ! Learning everyday new things Yes I run 3.38 too on my cab. But the 32 bit version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scutters Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Also tried the files, only mame arcade shows for me too. Also running 32 bit v3.38. Maybe some other config option, probably worth posting the pinballx.ini file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Attaching copies of the pinballx.ini and log.txt files when first posting about an issue often result in a quicker resolution of the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qcol Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 In my case, both items are still visible in the menu. Log and ini attached. PinballX.ini log.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scutters Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Nothing in wrong the ini file that i can see. Log file shows other custom databases, the 'music' one isn't in your earlier screenshot - is that one not working, or is it one you added later? If that's not working try removing it (and maybe the kids one too) to see if that has any effect on MAME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qcol Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 "Music" and "Kids" have no meaning here. Removing it doesn't change anything. "Music" and "Kids" item work a little differently, because I want them to be visible in "all games". It works properly. Below is a screen with the location of MAME XML files.... Is everything OK here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scutters Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 That looks ok too, weird. You do have an error in log for DirectOutput PinballX Plugin, but i can't see that being a factor, so nothing much in there either. Maybe a windows locale language thing somehow?.. from your version and files your pinballx setup looks just like mine so i don't know what else is different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_da_Spike Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Agree with @scutters I even tried your pinballx.ini with the 2 xml files and the results are the same. Only different is that all my files are on c :\ but that should not make a difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scutters Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 I've also tried copying the MAME.xml to another pinballx\databases folder... that does partially recreate the issue if it was copied in error - both items appear in the Lists, but unfortunately doesn't fully match the symptoms of 1st post as MAME tables is still there after deleting the MAME.xml only from the MAME folder. Try disabling the DirectOutput plugin just in case that makes a difference. After that i don' t know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qcol Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 I found the cause! I used to experiment with groups and had previously created MAME Group in Game Manager. What appeared as "MAME" was a group. Sorry to bother you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Glad you got it sorted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_da_Spike Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Good catch ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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