Auto MGL Creation Tool

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Auto MGL Creation Tool

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I'm not a coder by any means, I only delve into it when I must so please go easy on me but here's a dirty .bat that will clone an entire core game directory as .mgl, SD card ready.

I hope someone smarter than me finds this useful.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1txa9eJ ... sp=sharing

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Re: Auto MGL Creation Tool

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These are the MGL settings I've pulled from the cores sv files, if anyone has more they would like me to add or edit please let me know.

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ATARI2600        1 F 0 *
ATARI7800        1 F 1 A78 A26 BIN
ATARILYNX        1 F 0 LNX
C64              1 F 1 PRG CRT REU TAP
COLECO           1 F 0 COL BIN ROM SG
GAMEBOY          1 F 1 GBC GB    
GBA              1 F 0 GBA
GENESIS          1 F 0 BIN GEN MD    
JAGUAR           1 F 0 JAG
MEGACD           1 S 0 CUE CHD
NEOGEO           1 F 1 NEO ZIP
                 1 S 1 ISO BIN
NES              1 F 0 NES FDS NSF
PSX              1 S 1 CUE CHD
SMS              1 F 1 SMS SG
                 1 F 2 GG
SNES             2 F 0 SFC SMC BIN BS
TGFX16           1 F 0 PCE BIN
                 1 F 1 SGX
                 1 S 0 CUE CHD
VECTREX          1 F 1 OVR VEC BIN ROM
WONDERSWAN       1 F 1 WSC WS

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Re: Auto MGL Creation Tool

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Thanks for creating this! This should be a handy way to create a folder with direct links to favorite games.
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Re: Auto MGL Creation Tool

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Cheers :)
Just don't run it twice in the same place or it will add a _ to every MGL folder and mess that folder up, not that it really matters as it takes seconds to make another one.
Atari2600 will create a MGL for every single file it finds also, so watch that one.
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Re: Auto MGL Creation Tool

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Sounds good, looking forward to trying it.
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Where do the mgl files go? I'm still a little confused by these
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They go on the root of the card/usb just like a core.
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Re: Auto MGL Creation Tool

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Never mind. Notice that I should do this with a SD-card reader

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Hey, this sounds great :)

Can you give some pointers on how to use the script? I tried connecting over SMB and run the script in the root of the folder like this "Y:\games\PSX\USA\MGL_Maker_Cloner_V3.bat". However all I get is access denied after selecting PSX in the menu. It probably has to with file permissions.
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Re: Auto MGL Creation Tool

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Can you add NeoGeo CD to this tool? TIA

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