Re: Just one tiny question...

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: All a nms file is, is a file that arcadeOS uses to associate game names with rom names. The name you see in the menu are associated with the REAL rom name through this file. For mame... its generated for you... for many other emulators... you have to build it. : : What are .nms files for? : : : i cant test it everywhere but on win2k you only get long names on a plain dir, but there is a switch to include both long and short at once : : : dir /x >text.txt : : : - pink. : : : : also, just using the dir command like "dir > text.txt" puts both the short & long names there. : : : : : : : : when in windows, go to a dos prompt. : : : : : go to the rom directory of the files you want to make a .nms file for : : : : : type dir >one.txt and hit enter. this will create a file one.txt with all of the long dos names of the files. : : : : : then, reboot your machine in pure DOS (hit F8 in win95 to choose dos) : : : : : do the same thing as above - go to the directory with the roms, type dir >two.txt this will create a file with all of the SHORT dos file names. : : : : : then, use microsoft excel and edit the two files - isolate the long names to one column and isolate the short file names to another column (by importing as space delimited or fixed width - play with it to get it right : : : : : then use the excel command 'concatenate' like this : : : : : =concatenate(A1,B1,C1) : : : : : where in column A you have the long names, column B you put the character | and in column C you have the short names. : : : : : copy the new column over to another column and select 'paste special' and choose 'values' : : : : : delete all but this column and save it as a text file. : : : : : Enjoy.....

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