03045: Cannot create INI for individual game when the game and the driver share the same name

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
03045	Interface	Minor	Always	Mar 20, 2009, 04:04	Oct 19, 2016, 07:44

Tester	DMala	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To	Robbbert	Resolution	Fixed	OS	Windows 2000
Status [?]	Resolved			Driver
Version	0.130	Fixed in Version	0.179	Build	Normal
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	03045: Cannot create INI for individual game when the game and the driver share the same name
Description	When a game name is the same as a driver name, MAME treats the game's INI file as a driver INI file. Settings intended only for the individual game are applied to all games supported by the driver, which may not be desirable when a driver supports multiple dissimilar games. Examples: lwings.c (Legendary Wings settings affect Avengers, Trojan, and Section Z) aerofgt.c (Aerofighters settings affect Karate Blazers, Spinal Breakers, Power Spikes, etc.) asuka.c (Asuka & Asuka settings affect Cadash, Bonze Adventure, etc.)
Steps To Reproduce	1. Create an ini file for a game that shares its name with the driver 2. Choose settings appropriate for that game 3. Launch another game supported by the same driver Result: Settings intended for the first game are applied to other games supported by the driver
Additional Information	Workaround is to create INI files for the other games supported by the driver, to override the driver level settings.
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No.13281 Robbbert Senior Tester Oct 19, 2016, 07:44	Fixed, but note that [source].ini must now be placed in the source subfolder.