Simple way to omit uneeded/double roms?

[avisioncame]

Can someone walk me through a way to simply remove games from my hyperspin wheel that are either doubles/or games that just don't have art.

I am setting up my MAME wheel in Hyperspin, and I get this;

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As you can see, the XML is listing doubles, and in general, roms that I don't have artwork for.

Typically I would want to have every ROM available. But in MAME, I think over 9,000 games is a bit overkill, and just don't need them all.

Some of the titles I see that DO NOT have artwork, have ROMS, I just don't feel like messing with finding art, or renaming art to use them.

So is there a simple method of just removing all of the games on the wheel without artwork?

If you can provide links to tutorials I would be grateful, I'm still kinda new at this stuff. Thank you.

[volumetric]

I'm not sure if there is a "wheel art only" setting, but in HyperHQ you can filter out roms you dont have, and clone roms. Which may cut your list down a bit.

[rfancella]

Can someone walk me through a way to simply remove games from my hyperspin wheel that are either doubles/or games that just don't have art.

I am setting up my MAME wheel in Hyperspin, and I get this;

|[ATTACH=CONFIG]41224[/ATTACH]

As you can see, the XML is listing doubles, and in general, roms that I don't have artwork for.

Typically I would want to have every ROM available. But in MAME, I think over 9,000 games is a bit overkill, and just don't need them all.

Some of the titles I see that DO NOT have artwork, have ROMS, I just don't feel like messing with finding art, or renaming art to use them.

So is there a simple method of just removing all of the games on the wheel without artwork?

If you can provide links to tutorials I would be grateful, I'm still kinda new at this stuff. Thank you.

Volumetric is correct.

If you have the newest HyperHQ, you can select the Wheel Settings tab. Then MAME in the dropdown.

Select the Navigation/Themes tab. Turn on Roms Only, Parents Only, Wheels Only and if you would like, Themes Only also.

Thanks,

Ron

[relic]

Volumetric is correct.

If you have the newest HyperHQ, you can select the Wheel Settings tab. Then MAME in the dropdown.

Select the Navigation/Themes tab. Turn on Roms Only, Parents Only, Wheels Only and if you would like, Themes Only also.

rfan that actually crashes hyperspin if you turn on all 4 i couldent belive it either or it dont let you in the system theme either way if you have all 4 ticked only 2 most you can tick i think. or does the new version fix that problem now.

[rfancella]

rfan that actually crashes hyperspin if you turn on all 4 i couldent belive it either or it dont let you in the system theme either way if you have all 4 ticked only 2 most you can tick i think. or does the new version fix that problem now.

Relic,

Yes, the new version fixes that. So long as you have your "Rom Path:" and "Extensions:" set in HyperHQ.

Thanks,

Ron

[relic]

Relic,

Yes, the new version fixes that. So long as you have your "Rom Path:" and "Extensions:" set in HyperHQ.

Thanks,

Ron

thanks i tested it just then it works like a charm with the new one

[rfancella]

thanks i tested it just then it works like a charm with the new one

Sweet!!! Forgot to mention... A bug in HyperHQ prevents it from spanning sub-directories, so your roms need to be in the same directory for this to work. Even if you tell it to search directories, it doesn't.

Thanks,

Ron

[avisioncame]

Hey guys, thanks for the help! Found the setting, everything looks great now! Too bad I only have 4,000 Arcade roms to play now. I am going to get bored quick!

[Turranius]

One thing I can also recommend is replacing the database xml file for mame with one that does not contain casino/mahjong games (and mature games if you have kids playing on it).

brolly made some excellent ones. Select the one you need for your version of mame.

On hyperspin FTP: /Upload Here/brolly/MAME/

Then just make a backup of your Hyperspin\Databases\MAME\MAME.xml and rename the one you download to MAME.xml instead. Should bring it down a lot further.

Before I did that, I had it idling in the mame wheel, randomly selecting games when my family was over. All of a sudden a big moan and it sounded like a porno started. Very funny.

Edit: Here is brollys post on it. Thanks brolly! =)

http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/showthread.php?34291-Mame-0-153