[Wintermute0110]

Hi and thanks for a great add-on.

Could somebody please confirm the command line argument that passes the rom name without file extension to the emulator? I think it used to be %romname% under Advanced Launcher but this doesn't appear to be working in AEL. So if my rom file is "3countb.zip", I need AEL to send "3countb" to the emulator. This is necessary for using the MESS core in Retroarch with softlists.

Many thanks.

This is the most up-to-date argument keywords:

Code:

Emulator: /usr/games/mednafen
ROM file name example: /home/kodi/ROMs/Genesis/Sonic The Hedgehog (Rev A).zip

Standard argument substitution keywords:

$categoryID$   --> AEL category fingerprint
$launcherID$   --> AEL launcher fingerprint
$romID$        --> AEL ROM fingerprint
$rom$          --> /home/kodi/ROMs/Genesis/Sonic The Hedgehog (Rev A).zip
$romfile$      --> Alias for $rom$
$rompath$      --> /home/kodi/ROMs/Genesis
$rombase$      --> Sonic The Hedgehog (Rev A).zip
$rombasenoext$ --> Sonic The Hedgehog (Rev A)
$romtitle$     --> Depends on AEL scanner settings
$apppath$      --> /usr/games

For compatibility with Advanced Launcher (and deprecated):

%rom% --> Alias for $rom$
%ROM% --> Alias for $rom$

In your case I think you will need $rombasenoext$, so MAME arguments will be something like:

Code:

smspal -cart $rombasenoext$

Also, in a Software List probably you will need to use different machines for different regions (for example, for the Sega Master System you have sms, smspal, smsj). You can use AEL Additional Arguments for this: configure the machine you use most in the main arguments and other machines as additional arguments. You can access the Additional Arguments feature in Edit Launcher -> Advanced Modifications context menu.