Is there a way to sort favourites alphabetically?

[pinballdude89]

We now have over 50 favourites and it's increasingly time-consuming to quickly find the games we want. Is there a way to sort the global favourites list alphabetically?   

[ronaldvg]

You could make a playlist with an sql command that does this. You could also limit the number of favorites in that list. I am not at a PC now to look it up for you but you could Google it. 

[pinballdude89]

Thank you. I googled it and I see SQL examples here:

https://www.nailbuster.com/wikipinup/doku.php?id=playlists_sql_examples
 

But I'm not sure what column and value flags a game record as a favourite? I get that I could make a custom list from scratch and manually maintain it, but I want to retain the simple UI to add and remove games from favorites so anyone can do it. Then I guess I could have a list that says "Favorites Alphabetical" that queries for records tagged for this list, but I'm unsure what that SQl command would look like since I don't know where that data is stored. 

 

It would be great if the author added a global option for this but I don't know if that's ever going to happen. Personally, I'd think most everyone would want their favorites alphabetically sorted.

 

[ronaldvg]

Hi, to accomplish what you want, you need to make a new playlist and give it a name. Then select the new playlist, select the tab that says "Settings" and select the checkmark "Playlist is Active SQL Query". Now paste the following into the "Active SQL Command":

 

select games.* from games where games.GameID in(select playlistdetails.GameID from playlistdetails where playlistdetails.isFav=2) order by games.GameName

 

That should give you a Global favorites list ordered on the name of the game as it is entered into the Games Manager.

Edited March 31, 2023 by ronaldvg

[Ouduk3]

Hello. How can we get a list of favorites only in the VPX list (pl_Visual Pinball X) (EmuID = 1). Thanks

Edited July 7, 2024 by Ouduk3