Lil theme install prog

[URZU]

Sup HS. Great FE. Just started working with it.

idk if something is already available or if I have just been installing the game themes the hard way (open each folder, copy to HS folders, open next folder... )?

So I put together a very small batch file to do it for me and thought I would share it for anyone as lazy as me -.-zzZ

Just edit the first line of the file with notpad to reflect the path of the system you're installing themes for atm. (prolly MAME right now XD) Then after DLing the theme(s), just throw this .bat in the extracted folder and run it. Done. Next Theme.

For those of you who don't want to hassle with the attachment:

set cpath=D:\HyperSpin\Media\MAME

xcopy /e .\Images %cpath%\Images
xcopy /e .\Themes %cpath%\Themes
xcopy /e .\Video %cpath%\Video
xcopy /e .\Sound %cpath%\Sound

Hope this helps someone d-_-b

[Aabra]

Well, you still have to manually extract the files with this batch file.... when you're extracting them - why not simply extract to the media/mame directly? You also need to add the database entries after this which is the painful part. :(

What would be nice is a program that looked at *every* zip file in a single directory... extracted them all, copied all the files to the right directories, and added the database entries for you.

[cathaldub]

I just highlight all the zips with and click extract here using winrar as the default program with preferences set to extract and update files only

[URZU]

lol.

What do I look like? A guy whos not lazy?

Never tried thos ways. Told ya I've prolly been doin it the hard way.

O well. So much for another "helpful" app.

[brian_hoffman]

Thaks for the app... I too find myself doing things the hard way most of the time... Thnaks for sharing.

Brian Hoffman

[Visitor Q]

I will give it a try when I get home today.

FYI Bill is planning on a theme installer this week, maybe you guys want to compare notes?

Also, this does not add anything to the mame.xml files does it?

[URZU]

No, no xml edit. Just a basic copy everything in all the subfolders to the theme directory :(

I didn't know there was an official installer almost out. I look forward to a more solid way of doing this.

[BadBoyBill]

It will be a bit on the theme installer, I have lots of bugs to fix in HT and I been getting HyperLaunch more ready so that will take care of some other probs people been having.