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Jeffleyda: /* Moving ROMs */

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‎Moving ROMs

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‎Moving ROMs

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‎Moving ROMs

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Jeffleyda at 22:12, 12 August 2008

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All about batch files.
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While ROMLister wasn't designed for this purpose, it has shown to be a useful tool for anything you need to do repetitively on a set of ROM names.
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For example, a user wanted to create an .ini file for all of the vertical games on his cabinet. This ini file told MAME to display the video in a certain mode. The details are not important for this discussion, but what was needed was that the same .ini file was created for every vertical ROM on his machine.
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1) Using ROMLister, the user was able to create a list of all the vertical games available. See tutorial.
2) Then from the working list window, select batch file for the output type.
3) In the batch file text popup window, he typed in "copy c:\vertical.ini %ROM%.ini" and saved this batch file into the ini folder in his MAME setup.
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He then created a single .ini file called vertical.ini and placed it in the root folder of his C: drive.
When the batch file was executed, it repeatedly copied c:\vertical.ini and saved the file as each ROM name in his ini folder, thus creating the same vertical setup configuration for every vertical game on his machine.

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 -- By the end of all of these steps, your -find: text should now simply be: "(rotate=90 | rotate=270)" that's the keywords for vertical monitor.  <br>
 ) Hit the Go! button<br>
-) Select "batch file" from the dropdown list in the working list window and click the "save lit to file" button.<br>
+) Select "batch file" from the dropdown list in the working list window and click the "save list to file" button.<br>
 ) In the save dialog, browse to your ROMs folder and type in a filename, let's call it "moveit.bat" and press OK.<br>
 ) Edit the text in the batch file to "move %ROM%.zip c:\vertical" and press OK.<br>

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 ) Select "batch file" from the dropdown list in the working list window and click the "save lit to file" button.<br>
 ) In the save dialog, browse to your ROMs folder and type in a filename, let's call it "moveit.bat" and press OK.<br>
-) Edit the text in the batch file to "move %ROM%.zip c:\vertical"<br> and press OK.<br>
+) Edit the text in the batch file to "move %ROM%.zip c:\vertical" and press OK.<br>
 -- ROMlister will then create a batch file in your ROMs folder called "moveit.bat"<br>
 ) Browse to your C: drive and create a new folder called "vertical" that's where the ROMs are going to get moved to.<br>

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 With a simple batch file, that's pretty easy to accomplish:<br>
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-) Close the "working list" window if you have it open, so we start a new list.
+) Close the "working list" window if you have it open, so we start a new list.<br>
 ) Set the machine type to "upright"<br>
 ) Under "monitor orientation" check the vertical checkbox.<br>

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 ) Save this batch file in the folder where you have your entire snap collection stored and run it.  It should copy all the snaps for only the ROMs you have selected in your list over to your MAME folder.<br>
 ) Do the same thing for your .avi files, or any other file that you need where the name is based off the shorter ROM filename.<br>
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 <BR>
 While ROMLister wasn't designed for this purpose, it has shown to be a useful tool for anything you need to do repetitively on a set of ROM names.
 <BR>
 <br>
 He then created a single .ini file called vertical.ini and placed it in the root folder of his C: drive.
 When the batch file was executed, it repeatedly copied c:\vertical.ini and saved the file as each ROM name in his ini folder, thus creating the same vertical setup configuration for every vertical game on his machine.