Newsgroup: it.comp.software.emulatori
Titolo: GoodTools

Sto provando per "cultura personale sugli emulatori" i famosi GoodTools che,
se non ho capito male, sono una sorta di versione semplificata del
ClrMamePro creati per catalogare le ROM delle console.
Ecco i primi piccolissimi problemini (forse sono io che sono fesso, ma non
ho trovato nemmeno un readme decente):
1) Come si fa a indicare, ad esempio al GoodGBX, la directory in cui ho
messo le ROM?
Sono riuscito a farlo funzionare solo se lo metto nella directory delle ROM,
ma per pignoleria vorrei tenere separati i GoodTools dalle relative ROM.
2) Supponiamo che ho le ROM in archivi Zip. Il comando "rename" mi rinomina
correttamente l'archivio, ma non mi modifica il nome del file contenuto
nell'archivio. Si può indicare al Goodxxx di rinominare anche quest'ultimo?
3) Qual è il sito ufficiale dei GoodTools?
Grazie.

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 3) Qual è il sito ufficiale dei GoodTools?
non c'è. Gli ultimi good si trovano nel canale #rareroms (di EFNet?), sono
però raccolti nelle sez. di emuita e retrogames.
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 Ma i readme li leggete ????????????
Mai letto uno :), leggo ice da una vita e tanto trovo sempre i soliti 
problemi, ed i soliti thread "lamer leggiti il readme" da qualche parte, e 
qualcun'altro che da la soluzione in qualche post piu' in basso :)
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 Ma i readme li leggete ????????????
Ho chiaramente specificato che non ho trovato queste info nel ReadMe
allegato.
Nè con il GoodGBX nè con il GoodGBA.

 però raccolti nelle sez. di emuita e retrogames.
Ok, guardo su EmuIta se trovo un po' di documenti.
Grazie.


Riporto qui le istruzioni delle good utilities che avevo trovato in un sito,
forse zophar domain.
E' un mero copia-incolla di una pagina web che mi ero salvato, comunque è
ancora leggibile.
Confermo che il file delle util deve stare nella stessa cartella delle rom.
C'è anche un comodo ed efficiente frontend per lavorare da windows e una dll
che permette di gestire gli zip.
Non so, perche non l'ho provato, se il frontend permette di tenere le rom in
una directory diversa da quella dei file good.
Ciao
    Good Util Guide
updated for the 1.00 good utils
august 21, 2001.
intro.
cowering's good utilities are the most comprehensive rom collecting
utilities. they contain databases on all known roms for most console and
handheld systems. they are also difficult to master. this page explains how
to effectively use these programs. the good utils are updated frequently so
check the following archives for updated versions:
zophar
retrogames
darkmazda
rom collectors anonymous
files.
goodXXXX.exe - executable file
Goodinfo.cfg - configuration file for directory structures (shared by all
good utils)
the following files are output files created by the good programs:
XXXXDupes.txt - list of duplicate roms found
XXXXHave.txt - list of known roms found
XXXXMiss.txt - list of missing roms
XXXXScan.txt - list of found roms and their checksums
XXXXLog.txt - log of renamed files
Good_ZIP.txt - log of zip errors
GoodXXXX.db - database of your roms. stored in binary format (for internal
usage by good utils).
directory structure.
the easiest way to use these utilities is by downloading all roms for all
systems into one directory which contains the good utilities. when properly
configured the good utilities can automatically sort your roms into the
proper subdirectories. this diagram should clear it up.
-roms       (put good utils here. download new roms here)
  |
  +-SNESRen (goodSNES sorts known snes roms here)
  |  |
  |  +-USA
  |  |
  |  +-Japan
  |  |
  |  `-...
  |
  +-GBRen   (goodGB sorts known game boy roms here)
  |
  +-SMSRen  (goodSMS sorts known master system roms here)
  |
  `-...     (etc.)
operation.
good utils must be started from the dos command line. a command must always
be given, and the command's behavior may be modified with options like so:
goodxxxx command option
commands:
you must specify one (and only one) of the following commands
list[d] - updates XXXXDupes.txt, XXXXHave.txt, XXXXMiss.txt, Goodxxxx.db
with all roms in current directory. use this command if you want your roms
indexed, but you don't want them to be copied or renamed.
move - does list plus moves files into folders specified by Goodinfo.cfg.
does not rename files. use this command to sort and index your roms without
renaming them.
rename - does move plus renames files to proper file names. use this option
to give your roms the proper file names.
scan[d] & scannew[d] - creates xxxxScan.txt file. it doesn't care if rom
names are correct. if you keep doing scan, you end up with a huge
xxxxScan.txt file so do scannew instead.
audit[2] - finds roms that don't match any lines in goodinfo.cfg. use this
option to test your goodinfo.cfg file.
options:
options modify the behavior of a command
changes[-] & changesnew[-] - log all renamed files to xxxxlog.txt (only
works with rename)
quiet - only display error messages
dirs - use goodinfo.cfg information when moving files (only works with move
and rename). use this option if you have a lot of roms and you want to
organize their directory structure.
inplace - rename files without moving them into the XXXXRen\ directory.
(only works with rename)
deep - add more detail to scan & scannnew output (only works with scan &
scannew)
sep_ - use any character in file names instead of space (only works with
rename)
force63 - truncate file names into joilet file format if filename is too
long (only works with rename). use this option if you want to burn your
files to cd.
advanced configuration.
the goodinfo.cfg file is the only configuration file. it specifies which
directories roms go into and which file name extensions they are given.
the good utils come with a goodinfo.cfg file which already does a good job
of sorting roms. all good utils can share a single goodinfo.cfg file.
this file is not needed. without the goodinfo.cfg file, all of a good util's
roms end up in the same directory. for example, all snes roms would end up
in SNESRen. The goodinfo.cfg configuration file allows you to sort all roms
into directories according to their file names and extensions.
the goodinfo.cfg file has three types of statements:
[XXXX] - indicates which good utility the section of the config file is
intended for. for example, the section under [SNES] will only be read by
goodSNES
[search string in file name]:[directory name];[extension] - this matches any
file name with the search string, and changes the extension to [extension]
when the file is moved to another directory, IE it can change all .bin to
.a26 (For A2600 files)
example:
snafu:foo\bar;dmx
all files with 'snafu' in the filename get the extension 'dmx' after being
moved to another directory
# - lines beginning with '#' are ignored as comments
addendum.
if you feel overwhelmed by having to use a dos command line you may have
better luck trying out goodwindows, a windows frontend for the good utils.

 e una dll che permette di gestire gli zip.
Questa ce l''ho :-)