Getting Started Tips

[Ego-X]

HyperSpin doesn't appear to have a manual yet, which is fair enough it's still beta afterall.

Although HyperSpin is reasonably intuitive I don't think it would hurt if we could all contribute How To tips here to help others get started, it would probably be useful when HyperSpin is complete enough in helping someone create an official manual.

I'll start the ball rolling if I may.

Set Emulator Paths

First thing you wiill probably need to do is change the paths for the emulator you want to configure and use..

The config files are located in the \HyperSpin\Settings directory.

Open the config file for the emulator you want to configure in a text editor.

Edit Path to point to the directory your emulator resides.
Edit Rompath to point to your roms directory.

Don't forget the trailing backslash!

Edit a Game List

To create or edit a non-MAME gamelist browse to \HyperSpin\Databases\System, where system is the name of the system you want to create a list for. EG Sega Genesis.

To edit this file you will need to open the file with an application capable of editing and formatting XML correctly I use Notepad++ which is freely available.

Copy the details for the default game that is in the list.

EG

<game name="Adventures of Batman & Robin, The (Europe)">
<description>Adventures of Batman & Robin, The</description>
<crc></crc>
<manufacturer></manufacturer>
<year></year>
<genre></genre>
</game>

Insert this just before the closing menu tag at the bottom of the file.
Edit this by replacing the existing details with the details of the game you wish to add.

Add a Game Image to the Wheel

Navigate to \HyperSpin\Media\System\Images\Wheel

Again substitute system in the path for the name of the machine you are editing the settings for EG \HyperSpin\Media\Sega Genesis\Images\Wheel.

Right click default.png and select edit from your context menu.

Edit select all in your image editor then delete.

Create or paste an image into the remaining canvas.

File>>Save as "name of the rom it relates to".png

ASCII table for use in HyperSpin Settings (http://www.asciitable.com/)

Having only had the program for around 30 mins that's all I have currently, hopefully others will contribute and turn this thread into something useful.

P.S.
Hope this isn't too pretentious for a first post here :questionmark: , just looking to help out where I can.

[brian_hoffman]

Thanks! we appreciate all the help we can get.

[Dazz]

Don't forget that we also have a Wiki setup (http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/wiki/) with some documentation. Not everything is in there just yet, but hopefully we can get some going soon.

[Dazz]

<game name="Adventures of Batman & Robin, The (Europe)">
<description>Adventures of Batman & Robin, The</description>
<crc></crc>
<manufacturer></manufacturer>
<year></year>
<genre></genre>
</game>


I just want to add, the game name is the actual ROM name without the extension. The description is what HyperSpin will show within the front end when the game is selected. Manufacturer and Year will also appear while CRC and Genre are for future use.

[Ego-X]

Doh it says wiki on the lefthand menu didn't see that, makes far more sense to edit that. thanks for the heads up!

Going to read it now

[casalej]

Another tip for getting rid of games that you don't want from a pre-created database xml file. Instead of deleting all the lines that correspond to an unwanted game you can just comment them out with <!-- at the beginning and -->at the end. This way if you ever want the game to work again you can just un-comment it .

[Ego-X]

Another tip for getting rid of games that you don't want from a pre-created database xml file. Instead of deleting all the lines that correspond to an unwanted game you can just comment them out with <!-- at the beginning and -->at the end. This way if you ever want the game to work again you can just un-comment it .

Cool tip I'll use that!