config
The config.yml file defines how ROMSearch will do the run. As such, it has quite a number of options.
As a note on includes, this will match something from the start of the string. So “Game Title VII” would include “Game Title VII”, “Game Title VIII”, but not “Game Title Anthology - Game Title VII”, for example.
Syntax:
dirs:
raw_dir: [raw_dir] # Raw directory to download ROM files using ROMDownloader
rom_dir: [rom_dir] # Final output directory for ROMs. Will automatically subdivide by platform
patch_dir: [patch_dir] # Directory for patch files. Will divide up by game
compress_dir: [patch_dir] # Directory for compressed files. Will subdivide by platform
ra_hash_dir: [ra_hash_dir] # Directory for parsed RA platform hashes
dat_dir: [dat_dir] # Directory to place raw .dat files
mapped_dat_dir: [mapped_dat_dir] # Directory to place old .dat files to compare against
parsed_dat_dir: [parsed_dat_dir] # Directory to place parsed .dat files, as well as clonelists
dupe_dir: [dupe_dir] # Directory to place dupe files
log_dir: [log_dir] # Directory to place logs
cache_dir: [cache_dir] # Directory to place cache files
platforms: # List of platforms to download ROMs for
- [platform]
region_preferences: # List of regions, in preference order
- [most_preferred_region]
- [next_preferred_region]
language_preferences: # List of languages, in preference order
- [most_preferred_language]
- [next_preferred_language]
include_games: # OPTIONAL. Use this to trim down the number of ROMs downloaded
[platform]:
- [game]
romsearch: # ROMSearch specific options
method: 'filter_then_download' # OPTIONAL. Method to use, option are 'filter_then_download', or
# 'download_then_filter'. Defaults to 'filter_then_download'
separate_directories: false # OPTIONAL. If false, then ROMs will be moved to a flattened directory structure
# (all ROMs in one directory). If true, will separate ROMs out based
# on their short names. Defaults to false
handle_multi_discs: false # OPTIONAL. Whether to group multi-disc games into a single .m3u file. Defaults
# to false
run_romdownloader: true # OPTIONAL. Whether to run ROMDownloader. Defaults to true
run_rahasher: false # OPTIONAL. Whether to run RAHasher. Defaults to false
run_datparser: true # OPTIONAL. Whether to run DATParser. Defaults to true
run_datmapper: false # OPTIONAL. Whether to run DATMapper. Defaults to false
run_dupeparser: true # OPTIONAL. Whether to run DupeParsed. Defaults to true
run_romchooser: true # OPTIONAL. Whether to run ROMChooser. Defaults to true
run_rompatcher: false # OPTIONAL. Whether to run ROMPatcher. Defaults to false
run_rommover: true # OPTIONAL. Whether to run ROMMover. Defaults to true
dry_run: false # OPTIONAL. Set to true to not make any changes to filesystem. Defaults to false
romdownloader: # ROMDownloader specific options
dry_run: false # OPTIONAL. Set to true to not make any changes to filesystem. Defaults to false
remote_name: 'rclone_remote' # Rclone remote name
use_absolute_url: false # OPTIONAL. If true, will assume the path is an absolute URL for the rclone
# remote. Set to false if using an HTTP remote!
sync_all: false # OPTIONAL. If true, will download everything that rclone finds. Set to false to
# use the include_games above
rahasher: # RAHasher specific options
username: "user" # RA username
api_key: "1234567890abcde" # RA API key
cache_period: 1 # Cache period for GameList in days. Since this is a heavy API operation, RA
# suggests caching this aggressively. Defaults to 1
dupeparser: # DupeParser specific options
use_retool: true # OPTIONAL. Whether to use retool clonelists or not. Defaults to true
gamefinder: # GameFinder specific options
filter_dupes: true # OPTIONAL. Whether to filter dupes or not. Defaults to true
romparser: # ROMParser specific options
use_filename: true # OPTIONAL. Whether to parse properties from filename. Defaults to true
use_dat: true # OPTIONAL. Whether to parse properties from .dat files. Defaults to true
use_retool: true # OPTIONAL. Whether to parse properties from retool files. Defaults to true
use_ra_hashes: false # OPTIONAL. Whether to parse achievements from RA. Defaults to false
romchooser: # ROMChooser specific options
dry_run: false # OPTIONAL. Set to true to not make any changes to filesystem. Defaults to false
exclude_modern: false # OPTIONAL. If true, will not include ROMs flagged as modern versions in the
selection. Defaults to false
use_best_version: true # OPTIONAL. Whether to choose only what ROMChooser decides is the best version.
# Defaults to true
filter_regions: true # OPTIONAL. Whether to filter by region or not. Defaults to true
filter_languages: true # OPTIONAL. Whether to filter by language or not. Defaults to true
bool_filters: "all_but_games" # OPTIONAL. Can filter out non-games by various dat categories. If you want to
# include e.g. just games and applications, set to
# ['games', 'applications']. Defaults to 'all_but_games', which will
# remove everything except games
rommover: # ROMPatcher specific options
use_es_friendly_names # Whether to use ES-DE friendly names for the output folders
rompatcher: # ROMPatcher specific options
xdelta_path: [path_to_xdelta] # OPTIONAL. This is where xdelta is located on your filesystem
rompatcher_js_path: [path_to_rompatcher] # OPTIONAL. This is where RomPatcher.js is located on your filesystem
romcompressor: # ROMCompressor specific options
chdman_path: [path_to_chdman] # OPTIONAL. This is where chdman.exe is located on your filesystem
discord: # OPTIONAL. If defined, supply a webhook URL so that ROMSearch can post Discord
webhook_url: [webhook_url] # notifications
logger:
level: info # OPTIONAL. If defined, can set the log level to be printed to terminal and
# logs
Sample
dirs:
raw_dir: F:/Emulation/raw
rom_dir: F:/Emulation/ROMs
patch_dir: F:/Emulation/romsearch/patches
ra_hash_dir: F:/Emulation/romsearch/ra_hash
dat_dir: F:/Emulation/romsearch/dats
parsed_dat_dir: F:/Emulation/romsearch/dats_parsed
dupe_dir: F:/Emulation/romsearch/dupes
cache_dir: F:/Emulation/romsearch/cache
log_dir: F:/Emulation/romsearch/logs
platforms:
- Nintendo - Super Nintendo Entertainment System
region_preferences:
- USA
language_preferences:
- English
include_games:
SNES:
- "Chrono Trigger"
romsearch:
method: filter_then_download
handle_multi_discs: false
run_romdownloader: true
run_rahasher: true
run_datparser: true
run_dupeparser: true
run_romchooser: true
run_rompatcher: true
run_rommover: true
dry_run: false
romdownloader:
remote_name: 'rclone_remote'
sync_all: true
use_absolute_url: false
dry_run: false
dupeparser:
use_retool: true
gamefinder:
filter_dupes: true
romparser:
use_dat: true
use_retool: true
use_ra_hashes: true
use_filename: true
romchooser:
use_best_version: true
exclude_modern: false
filter_regions: true
filter_languages: true
dry_run: false
dat_filters:
- add-ons
- applications
- audio
- bad_dumps
- console
- bonus_discs
- coverdiscs
- demos
- educational
- manuals
- multimedia
- pirate
- preproduction
- promotional
- unlicensed
- video
rahasher:
username: "user"
api_key: "1234567890abcde"
cache_period: 1
rompatcher:
xdelta_path: F:/Emulation/xdelta3-3.1.0-x86_64.exe
rompatcher_js_path: F:\Emulation\RomPatcher.js\index.js
discord:
webhook_url: "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/discord_url"
logger:
level: info