DIY Folder Organisation Clean Up Unwanted Cores?

[Max-fpga]

Pleased to say I just got my MiSTer this week. Just gradually leaning my way but can I organise/edit folders with the sd card in windows to change folders around - ie create a sub-folder in say 'ARCADE' of Favourites or shooters etc? Can I do this for individual console cores too simply by cutting/pasting/copying etc or am I opening up problems?

Or is there a better way?

There are so many arcade cores, computers, consoles I will never use and I'd rather hide these ones to make things simpler and cleaner to navigate.

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[akeley]

You can move/organise the unwanted cores (.rbf files) into directories, as long as they are within the media/fat/ space (I think). Eg I have /other/ directories within my media/fat/computer and /console dirs, where I shove all the lesser-used cores.

The problem is that the next time you run update_all, they will be redownloaded and reappear in the default dirs and OSD. To alleviate this it's possible to edit update_all ini file and mark the cores you're not interetsed in, so they won't be updated anymore.

Another thing to consider is to use wizzo's Favourites script and pick the cores/games you use most. They will appear in OSD in the main Menu (under "Utility").

Also, Arcade cores can be organised using Arcade Organiser in update_all.

[KSzy]

https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Downloa ... filters.md

You can use the filter system to download only the cores that you would like to have available. This is just a start, but I'm not sure how to do favorites. Hope this helps point you in the right direction

[limi]

There are so many arcade cores, computers, consoles I will never use and I'd rather hide these ones to make things simpler and cleaner to navigate.

Add filters for Computer/Console cores, add names.txt for better/simpler naming, and accept that the Arcade folder will always be a mess, but use the favorites script to pull out the ones you actually play. Here’s an example of how I have my filter configured to only download and update specific cores:

downloader.ini

filter = arcade-cores service-cores all_filters Presets cheats ao486 Archie AtariST C64 Minimig MSX X68000 ZX-Spectrum Atari7800 AtariLynx Gameboy SGB GBA Genesis GnW MegaCD NeoGeo NES PSX S32X Saturn SMS SNES TurboGrafx16 WonderSwan !alternatives !hbmame

(Note that this will also exclude Homebrew MAME and alternative arcade cores)

names.txt

Code: Select all

Amstrad: Amstrad CPC
ao486: Intel 486 PC
Apple-I: Apple I
Apple-II: Apple II+
Archie: Archimedes
Atari800: Atari 5200/800XL
AtariLynx: Atari Lynx
AtariST: Atari ST
Atom: Acorn Atom
BBCMicro: BBC Micro B
C64: Commodore 64
C128: Commodore 128
Electron: Acorn Electron
MacPlus: Macintosh Plus
Minimig: Minimig
MSX: MSX
PDP1: PDP-1
QL: Sinclair QL
SS: SparcStation
X68000: X68000
ZX-Spectrum: ZX Spectrum

Atari5200: Atari 5200
Atari7800: Atari 2600/7800
ColecoVision: ColecoVision
GnW: Game & Watch
Gameboy: Game Boy Color
Gameboy2P: Game Boy (2 Player)
GBA: Game Boy Advance
GBA2P: Game Boy Advance (2 Player)
Genesis: Mega Drive
Intellivision: Intellivision
MegaCD: Mega CD
NeoGeo: Neo Geo
NES: Nintendo
PSX: PlayStation
PSX_unstable: PlayStation (Beta)
S32X: Mega Drive 32X
SGB: Game Boy (Super)
SMS: Master System
SNES: Super Nintendo
TurboGrafx16: PC Engine
Vectrex: Vectrex

memtest: SDRAM Tester
ADCTest: Audio/Tape Input Tester
edid: EDID Display Details (Shell)
InputTest: Input Tester```

[Xbytez]

The list of available filters and descriptions are here: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Distrib ... ME.md#list

[Max-fpga]

Thanks guys - two more Q's:

If I have understood correctly I can do the basic install/update all but run filters later to remove unwanted cores etc?

And can someone explain briefly what the favourites script allows exactly and how it works on Mister - cannot find much on this?

[Xbytez]

If I have understood correctly I can do the basic install/update all but run filters later to remove unwanted cores etc?

Yes, correct.

And can someone explain briefly what the favourites script allows exactly and how it works on Mister - cannot find much on this?

MiSTer Favorites Script:
viewtopic.php?t=4470

[Max-fpga]

Thanks very much.

[bazza_12]

I didn't really want to open a new thread for this.. it might seem like a really silly question.. so apologies up front.. regarding the organiser script as seen in the update all options.. is there a stand alone version that can be used without being online?