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Title: Grabbing game "Overview" for MAME
Post by: RoughDuck on December 29, 2016, 10:17:31 PM
Hello with other frontends I previously used the history.dat file to grab game summary for arcade games in Mame.  How do we do this with mGalaxy, or is there an alternative?
Title: Re: Grabbing game "Overview" for MAME
Post by: mgalaxy on December 30, 2016, 04:31:12 AM
'History.dat' was to be added to v6.2..unfortunately, as I wanted to release this version at the end of the year, I didn't had time to do it...it'll be part of the next update, sorry !
Title: Re: Grabbing game "Overview" for MAME
Post by: jmd on January 02, 2017, 04:19:03 AM
it'll be part of the next update
Nice! Do you intend to display all info available for a game or only overview info?

@ROUGHDUCK: what would you like to see displayed: only overview....or overview & technical & trivia & ... ?
Title: Re: Grabbing game "Overview" for MAME
Post by: mgalaxy on January 02, 2017, 02:21:28 PM
RoughDuck,

I've worked on history.dat implementation and am able to send you a Mame database with history info added..if you want me to?
Title: Re: Grabbing game "Overview" for MAME
Post by: RoughDuck on January 07, 2017, 01:10:07 AM
RoughDuck,

I've worked on history.dat implementation and am able to send you a Mame database with history info added..if you want me to?

Sure! That'd be awesome!
Title: Re: Grabbing game "Overview" for MAME
Post by: mgalaxy on January 07, 2017, 02:49:35 AM
I will relay this question

@ROUGHDUCK: what would you like to see displayed: only overview....or overview & technical & trivia & ... ?

Ideally, what would you, mGalaxy users, like to have imported from "history.dat"...the overview only..or all available info?
Title: Re: Grabbing game "Overview" for MAME
Post by: Causbrite on January 07, 2017, 05:55:13 AM
I will relay this question

@ROUGHDUCK: what would you like to see displayed: only overview....or overview & technical & trivia & ... ?

Ideally, what would you, mGalaxy users, like to have imported from "history.dat"...the overview only..or all available info?

All available, seems right to use it all.
Title: Re: Grabbing game "Overview" for MAME
Post by: RoughDuck on January 09, 2017, 02:04:10 AM
I agree may as well use it all.
Title: Re: Grabbing game "Overview" for MAME
Post by: RoughDuck on June 26, 2017, 12:58:41 AM
Any update on this?  Been awhile but yeah would like those descriptions!