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08410 Core Feature Always Sep 7, 2022, 06:56 Sep 18, 2022, 19:59
Tester Foxhack View Status Public Platform MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To Resolution No change required OS Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
Status [?] Closed Driver
Version 0.247 Fixed in Version Build 64-bit
Fixed in Git Commit Github Pull Request #
Summary 08410: neogeo.cpp: Wrong screenshot file names in systems with multiple carts (software list)
Description This affects software list systems that can have more than one game loaded.

My example involves the neogeo. Snapname is configured to '%g/%d_cart1%i', which will output the filename correctly. So for example if I load "mame neogeo aof", the filename will go to neogeo\aofxxxx.png.

But if you load more than one cart, the screenshot will always have the name of the very first cart specified in the command line option. For example, running "mame neogeo -cart1 aof -cart2 burningf -cart3 aof3", will make screenshots be output to neogeo\aofxxxx.png.

Two more examples, "mame genesis -cart1 sk -cart2 sonic2" - the filename will be genesis\skxxxx.png. "mame genesis -cart1 ggenie -cart2 sonic2" - filename is genesis\ggeniexxxx.png.

My suggestion is that in this case, the names of all the games loaded into the system be used to create the base filename. So something like genesis\ggenie+sonic2xxxx.png in the last example above.

I only tried this with cart-based systems, I don't have much experience working with floppy based systems, but I assume there are similar problems there.
Steps To Reproduce Load a game system with more than one game.
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Affected Sets / Systems neogeo.cpp
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png file icon ggenie0000.png (90,237 bytes) Sep 7, 2022, 06:56 Uploaded by Foxhack
Example of screenshot with wrong file name
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No.20520
Tafoid
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Sep 9, 2022, 21:30
This overall seems more of a desired feature than strictly a bug in my eyes - but I'll leave it open for direction.
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No.20532
Foxhack
Tester
Sep 12, 2022, 18:26
I tried to see if I could add this on my own, but couldn't. Frankly, this would be better as a desired feature rather than a bug. I don't think anyone thought this would be necessary back in the day... so yeah, I'm okay with this being flagged as 'desired feature' instead.
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No.20541
cuavas
Administrator
Sep 18, 2022, 00:29
Trying to do this would just over-complicate things. You'll just have to organise your screenshots manually.