07497: pcfx: PC-FX doesn't initialize its software list XML file.

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
07497	Media Support	Major	Always	Nov 23, 2019, 02:40	Nov 23, 2019, 20:43

Tester	VasiliyFamiliya	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To		Resolution	Suspended	OS	Windows 10 (64-bit)
Status [?]	Closed			Driver	nec/pcfx.cpp
Version	0.215	Fixed in Version		Build	64-bit
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	07497: pcfx: PC-FX doesn't initialize its software list XML file.
Description	When you will select the PC-FX machine, before the start you'll find out that software list is absolutely empty, even in unfiltered mode.
Steps To Reproduce	Just select the PC-FX machine, then switch software list to unfiltered mode
Additional Information
Github Commit

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Regression Version
Affected Sets / Systems	pcfx

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No.17192 Tafoid Administrator Nov 23, 2019, 03:07	The machine doesn't work nor is the softlist hooked up to the driver to allow it to be used. There are many softlists in the HASH folder which are not hooked up to be used by machines for various reasons, most notably those machines which do not have any expectation of working and are clearly flagged as such. The images are indexed and will be hooked up if/when someone begins serious work on the machine. Until then, as with all MACHINE_NOT_WORKING flagged entries, there is nothing to log. If you want to try any entries, you'll need to use the File Manager and navigate to your .CHD location, or launch it with the -CDRM (where_the/file/is.chd). Closing
No.17196 Haze Senior Tester Nov 23, 2019, 18:25	I'd still say orphaned softlists were a bug, it means MAME doesn't verify them.
No.17199 Tafoid Administrator Nov 23, 2019, 20:43	I've pushed for this in the past and generally nothing is done about them. Like I said, we have a lot of different unhooked softlists waiting for an emulation to handle them.