[RESOLVED] Adding Games to Lightgun List in GameEx?

[Games001]

After some searching I don't seem to have found an answer to the basic question of:  Since my default Lightgun Games List in GameEx does not automatically include MAME Roms such as Area 51, Alien 3, etc.. how does one add games to that list in the menu without having to Favorites List those games?

[Draco1962]

You could setup MAME as a separate emulator - display name Lightgun Games or the like, with a ROM path to a location with only lightgun  game ROMs in it. 

[Games001]

2 hours ago, Draco1962 said:

You could setup MAME as a separate emulator - display name Lightgun Games or the like, with a ROM path to a location with only lightgun  game ROMs in it. 

This would be a setup separate from the base MAME config in the GameEx configuration > Emulator Setup (#1 in this case), specifically laid out to go to lightgun roms, snaps, etc only?

[Draco1962]

Correct with the exception that you just point to the snaps, vids, etc for your base/integrated MAME setup. Only the ROM path would point to lightgun games. So same MAME exe, etc. GameEx will only display the logos and other image files for the games in that ROM path.

[Games001]

Finding each and every lightgun rom and moving them to a separate folder... Gods save us. o.0

[Draco1962]

The only other way I can think of would be to page through Genres until you get to Lightgun Games.

[Games001]

1 hour ago, Draco1962 said:

The only other way I can think of would be to page through Genres until you get to Lightgun Games.

Does seem to be the 'easy' way.  Will give it a try and advise.  TY.

[Draco1962]

6 hours ago, Games001 said:

Finding each and every lightgun rom and moving them to a separate folder... Gods save us. o.0

Actually easier than you might think -- look in the \GameEx\DATA\PINBALLX or \GameEx Arcade Edition\DATA\PINBALLX folder for a file called LIGHTGUN ALL.XML is created by GameEx or GameEx AE (Using Notepad++ works great) to see what the specific ROM names you have within your collection - see screen cap below: