Why Doesn't ROMs in Folders option ever work??

[moparmaniac]

Ok, I just got a fairly complete download of Visual Pinball Tables.

Each Pinball Game came in it's own folder..ie Baywatch is in Baywatch, Back to the Future is in Back to the Future and so on.

Problems is whenever I set up my emulation settings in the Config and set the ROMS in Folders to Yes (true)...GameEx never Picks up on the .vpt files.

Is there anyone who can help me troubleshoot this problem...I really don't want to have to put everything into one folder as I spent most of Sunday sorting and cleaning and updating these individual folders.

Tom?? Any Ideas?

I've had problems with N64 with individual folders too...dunno what is going on.

Other than that issue...GameEx is fantastic...exactly what I was looking for...If I can get this issue resolved, that would be much appreciated!

[Tom Speirs]

Ok, I just got a fairly complete download of Visual Pinball Tables.

Each Pinball Game came in it's own folder..ie Baywatch is in Baywatch, Back to the Future is in Back to the Future and so on.

Problems is whenever I set up my emulation settings in the Config and set the ROMS in Folders to Yes (true)...GameEx never Picks up on the .vpt files.

Is there anyone who can help me troubleshoot this problem...I really don't want to have to put everything into one folder as I spent most of Sunday sorting and cleaning and updating these individual folders.

Tom?? Any Ideas?

I've had problems with N64 with individual folders too...dunno what is going on.

Other than that issue...GameEx is fantastic...exactly what I was looking for...If I can get this issue resolved, that would be much appreciated!

Its not implemented. It does not work for anyone. Sorry.

[djrobx]

You could, however, make a map file and use that to present the list of tables.

You can look in the C:\Program Files\GameEx\Data for the cached .MAP files to get an idea of how it should be formatted.

To get a list of dir names and make a map file out of them, go to a cmd prompt and try:

cd \dir_with_tables

dir /b *. > baredir.txt

for /F %s in (baredir.txt) do echo %s %s >> tables.map

del baredir.txt

In the gameex config, set the map file to point ot tables.map

Assuming the VPT is exactly the same as the DIR name, you could use a command line like

vpinball -play -[ROMFile]\[ROMFile].vpt