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    • wsamh
      wsamh last edited by

      I want to hide some of the console in emulationstation. When I go to the rom folders, there are no roms to remove. just the default txt files.

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        Zing Global moderator Translator @wsamh last edited by

        @wsamh https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/24727/gametitles-twice-mostly-the-stock-freebee-games-and-cd-based-games/2

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        • wsamh
          wsamh @Zing last edited by

          @zing I don't want to hide all of them. only some of the consoles.

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          • RustyMG
            RustyMG @wsamh last edited by RustyMG

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            • RustyMG
              RustyMG @wsamh last edited by

              @wsamh Im not following......
              Im doing some Mame testing just now.
              Mame is the only game system showing in my setup.

              No games in a system folder means the system doesnt show.

              But, Recalbox will create a folder for each on your storage device.

              So, do you not want systems showing on screen when Recalbox boors up, or, you dont want empty folders created on your storage device?

              Oh, you HAVE ticked the "hide pre installed games" option? (cant remember exact title or location).

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              • recalboxfan1
                recalboxfan1 @wsamh last edited by recalboxfan1

                @wsamh said in Hide consoles?:

                there are no roms to remove. just the default txt files.

                Even if there are no actual ROM files, the presence of gamelist.xml is enough for Recalbox to show games in the list. Try deleting that file if you haven’t and restart EmulationStation and/or the whole system.

                If you meant the readme txt files, those don’t matter. If this doesn’t work, it’s also possible to overload es_systems.cfg and comment out a particular console’s code block.

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                • Bkg2k
                  Bkg2k Staff @wsamh last edited by

                  @wsamh There is some hidden key to ignore some systems.

                  Just add:
                  <system>.ignore=1
                  at the end of your recalbox.conf, reboot and that's all.

                  <system> being the short system's name. For example:

                  • snes.ignore=1
                  • c64.ignore=1

                  Short names are pretty easy to guess, but the full list of short names is available in the file /recalbox/share_init/system/.emulationstation/systemlist.xml in name="..." attributes of system nodes.

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                  • syborfical
                    syborfical @Bkg2k last edited by

                    @bkg2k said in Hide consoles?:

                    snes.ignore=1
                    c64.ignore=1

                    dosn't appear to work

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                    • extracoconut
                      extracoconut @syborfical last edited by

                      @syborfical Ain't that a kick in the teeth. I was looking to try that at some point, too, so that's a shame.
                      Have you tried, perhaps, renaming the system you don't want to be shown as say "snes_" and then creating a new empty folder called "snes" so that you keep all the roms (etc) but Recalbox will look for a gamelist in an empty folder???

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                      • Bkg2k
                        Bkg2k Staff @syborfical last edited by

                        @syborfical What's your Recalbox version?

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                        • extracoconut
                          extracoconut @Bkg2k last edited by

                          @bkg2k Hi. I just tried that <system>.ignore=1 on my build (Recalbox 8.0) and it works on mine, so thanks. It's something that I needed, also.

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                          • Atlos
                            Atlos last edited by Atlos

                            Im replaying to this old topic, because its the first that comes up with google search and is not giving me the complete answer.... first you need to login over ssh to get the systemlist.xml then you have to make a list of the consoles that are listed and then you have to lookup the "short" names for the console.ignore=1 List.

                            Im a Nintendo and Gamegear Guy.... this should reduce my List to the needed ones. This is for version 8.1.1 of recalbox for Raspberry Pi3 i hope this will save you guys some time.

                            tic80.ignore=1
                            oricatmos.ignore=1
                            msx1.ignore=1
                            msx2.ignore=1
                            gx4000.ignore=1
                            apple2gs.ignore=1
                            apple2.ignore=1
                            atari2600.ignore=1
                            atari5200.ignore=1
                            atari7800.ignore=1
                            atari800.ignore=1
                            atarist.ignore=1
                            sg1000.ignore=1
                            colecovision.ignore=1
                            vectrex.ignore=1
                            sinclair.ignore=1

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                            • Mozzelex
                              Mozzelex last edited by

                              There's an option to hide all pre-installed games, after that it will only show systems that have your games in them. Just in case you didn't know.

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                              • Atlos
                                Atlos @Mozzelex last edited by

                                @Mozzelex

                                I did not know ... and im somehow not able to find where this option is located 😄

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                                • Alvin
                                  Alvin Banned @Atlos last edited by Alvin

                                  @Atlos said in Hide consoles?:

                                  @Mozzelex

                                  I did not know ... and im somehow not able to find where this option is located 😄

                                  In Main Menu (EmulationStation) -> Game Settings -> Hide preinstalled games (allows you to hide pre-installed games from your system.)

                                  It's described here
                                  https://wiki.recalbox.com/en/basic-usage/getting-started/emulationstation

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