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Hide non working roms on EmulationStation DE
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| from xml.etree import ElementTree as et | |
| # gamelist.xml generated by emulationstation desktop | |
| # ~/.emulationstation/gamelists/mame/gamelist.xml | |
| gamelist_path = r"./gamelist.xml" | |
| # http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/download.php (mame246-gamelist.xml.zip) | |
| mameXXX_gamelist_path = r"./mame246-gamelist.xml" | |
| # list of games to hide | |
| to_hide_roms = [] | |
| for _, elem in et.iterparse(mameXXX_gamelist_path, events=("end",)): | |
| if elem.tag == "machine": | |
| # filters | |
| is_bios = True if elem.get("isbios") is not None and elem.get("isbios") == "yes" else False | |
| is_device = True if elem.get("isdevice") is not None and elem.get("isdevice") == "yes" else False | |
| not_runnable = True if elem.get("runnable") is not None and elem.get("runnable") == "no" else False | |
| is_mahjong = elem.find("./input/control[@type='mahjong']") is not None | |
| has_harddisk = elem.find("./device[@type='harddisk']") is not None | |
| has_cdrom = elem.find("./device[@type='cdrom']") is not None | |
| status_preliminary = elem.find("./driver[@status='preliminary']") is not None | |
| emulation_preliminary = elem.find("./driver[@emulation='preliminary']") is not None | |
| if ( | |
| is_bios or | |
| is_device or | |
| is_mahjong or | |
| not_runnable or | |
| has_harddisk or # NO CHD | |
| has_cdrom or # NO CHD | |
| status_preliminary or | |
| emulation_preliminary | |
| ): | |
| print("To hide", elem.get('name'), " - ", elem.find("description").text) | |
| to_hide_roms.append("./" + elem.get('name') + ".zip") | |
| gamelist_tree = et.parse(gamelist_path) | |
| for current_game in gamelist_tree.findall('.//game'): | |
| path = current_game.find("path") | |
| if path is not None and path.text in to_hide_roms: | |
| print("Hidding", current_game.find('name').text) | |
| if current_game.find("hidden") is not None: | |
| current_game.find("hidden").text = "true" | |
| else: | |
| hidden_element = et.SubElement(current_game, 'hidden') | |
| hidden_element.text = 'true' | |
| et.indent(gamelist_tree, space="\t", level=0) | |
| gamelist_tree.write("./gamelist_edited.xml", encoding="utf-8", xml_declaration=True) | |
| print("\n\gamelist_edited.xml created") |
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Created this python3 script to edit the gamelist.xml generated on EmulationStation DE on Steam Deck.
It will add a
<hidden>true</hidden>tag on the filtered games.Filters:
After replacing the gamelist.xml you need to disable the setting Show hidden games (requires restart) from the Other settings menu to make them disappear entirely on emulationstation desktop.