i30817/libretro-mkscumm

Creates libretro scummvm playlists from the scummvm.ini file.

THIS PROGRAM IS OUTDATED BECAUSE THE SCUMMVM CORE HAS A EQUIVALENT EXCEPT FILTERING\MULTIPLE PLAYLISTS

START THE CORE IN RETROARCH, ADD GAMES AND CHECK THE GLOBAL OPTIONS BACKEND TAB

Retroarch scummvm playlist creator

Creating playlists for the scummvm core in retroarch is complicated.

1. Add the games, by loading, then starting the core from retroarch, then 'mass add' all the games (note this isn't the retroarch scanner - it's a functionality of the core GUI - click the arrow next to 'Add Game...' in the classic theme - the retroarch scan directory function should not be used for scummvm games, and the manual scanner is unneeded with this program).

2. Download the required engine files and extract them to the right dir. I recommend installing the scummvm required files with 'core system files downloader' in retroarch.

3. Setup the paths to the required files in the scummvm core GUI options.

4. Create .scummvm files for each and every game entry in the created scummvm.ini, in the game dir so the manual scanner can scan the .scummvm files and assign it a playlist entry.

libretro-scummvm-playlist removes the need for step 3 and 4 if you did step 1 and 2.

To update this program to the latest release with pip installed, type:

pip install --force-reinstall libretro_scummvm_playlist

If you'd like to try to download missing coverart until a PR with scummvm names is added to the thumbnail server try to install and use libretro-fuzz:

pip install --force-reinstall libretrofuzz

libretro-scummvm-playlist [OPTIONS] [CFG]

CFG:	Path to the retroarch cfg file. If not default, asked from the user. Linux default: ~/.config/retroarch/retroarch.cfg Windows default: %APPDATA%/RetroArch/retroarch.cfg MacOS default: ~/Library/Application Support/RetroArch/config/retroarch.cfg Android default: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.retroarch/files/retroarch.cfg

--playlist TEXT
	Playlist name to create. If not provided, ScummVM.lpl is created or recreated if it exists. [default: ScummVM.lpl]
--filter TEXT	Filter for game paths, you can add this option more than once. If the option is used, only game entries in scummvm.ini whose paths start with one of these create a .scummvm file or get added to the playlist, use it if you want multiple playlists.
--install-completion
	Install completion for the current shell.
--show-completion
	Show completion for the current shell, to copy it or customize the installation.
--help	Show this message and exit.

To install the program, type on the cmd line

Latest release	pip install --force-reinstall libretro_scummvm_playlist
Current code	pip install --force-reinstall https://github.com/i30817/libretro-mkscumm/archive/master.zip

In windows, you'll want to check the option to “Add Python to PATH” when installing python, to be able to install and execute the script from any path of the cmd line.

In android, first install termux from F-Droid (play store version is out of date and can't be updated), then run in termux pkg install python3 termux-tools ; termux-setup-storage.

The first command installs python3 (and pip3) and some termux scripts, the second command will make a symlink to the shared storage of android so it's easier to pass a retroarch.cfg file if necessary.