AttractMode Databases

[djvj]

Anyone have any filled databases for this FE? I recently started playing with it, linked to RL, and I'm kind of barren in terms of DBs. Or has anyone written a tool to convert RL/HS DBs to AM format?

 

[agent47]

I may have written something to convert them back when I was messing with Attract Mode before I settled on a different frontend, I'll have to check.

 

[djvj]

Ok great. I have the internal scraper working alongside RL system naming. But it leaves a db with just rom names and nothing else. Also can't scrape pc-game style systems.

 

[brolly]

If anyone wants to write a RLUI plugin for it all your problems would soon be solved

 

[brolly]

djvj, seems you can already convert HS databases to AM ones, looking at their docs:

You can also import romlists from mame listxml files as well as gamelists for
other frontends. Supported source files include: *.lst (MameWah lists), *.txt
(Attract-Mode lists) and *.xml (Mame listxml, listsoftware and HyperSpin lists):
attract --import-romlist <source_file> [emulator name]

 

[djvj]

Lol yea another buddy told me about that. This works great:

attract.exe --import-romlist "D:\RocketLauncher\RocketLauncherUI\Databases\Super Nintendo Entertainment System\Super Nintendo Entertainment System.xml" "Super Nintendo Entertainment System"

That can be easily looped in AHK to convert an entire set of RLUI DBs to AM format.

 

[agent47]

Well that's good because I just checked and it looks like I got rid of my script when I trashed all my HyperSpin related scripts a while back.

 

[brolly]

So there's not only one but two of you that don't bother reading the docs.

 

[agent47]

Reading is for nerds, brolly.

 

[djvj]

Men don't read manuals! :hmpf:

 

[brolly]

You're right (modern) men watch YouTube videos of some "expert" explaining you how to do it. A 1 hour video is much better than a 5 minutes read