[info] name=Multi-Nester description=A bunch of nesters!|This is on another line. dmutype=emulator readme=nester-readme.txt version=1.0 dmuversion=6 bin=3 support=1 theme=6 screenshots=1 roms=2The info section contains general information, such as the name and version of what's contained in the DMU file (and the dmu version). In the description field, a | indicates a line feed. It also contains the number of entries in the various sections (or the special number, -1, which indicates a section of this section's type is required, but not included). dmutype may be: emulator, app, demo, game, loader, theme, roms. readme points to a text file with any important information. Only 1 section -has- to be present, and more sections then are listed here may be present.
[bin] 1=NESTER53.BIN;S;NesterDC v5.0pre-3;1 2=NESTER3.BIN;S;NesterDC v3;1 3=1ST_READ.BIN;S;NesterDC v4;1The bin section contains binary files necessary to run the program, a semicolon, and either an S (for scrambled) or a U (for unscrambled), another semicolon, the description and optionally the number of a screenshots entry (see below) or -1 for default. Please note, that more then one binary may be specified (as is here). If description is left blank, the binary will not get added to the menu. Binaries should be in the root directory (unless for some reason it expects otherwise).
[screenshots] 1=nester.png;PNG;240;180The screenshots section lists filenames of screenshots to be used inside the menuing software. The screenshot type should be specified after it's filename (it'll be useful for something), and the width and height are specified too.
[support] 1=GFX\8x8.FNTThe support section contains support files for the emulator or software.
[theme] type=nester title=Default Nester 5 1=PICS\menu.bmp 2=PICS\options.bmp 3=PICS\nogamecd.bmp 4=PICS\credits.bmp 5=PICS\startup.bmp 6=PICS\menu_selection.bmpThe theme section contains graphics, and other themeable elements. The type field, if present, indicates what kind of theme it is, so that 2 theme sections, with the same type, should be freely interchangable. Title is pretty self-explanitory.
[roms] folders=1 type=Nintendo:GAMES\:NES;FDS:GAMES\:FDS:BIN 1=Nintendo;ROMS\MARIO.NES;Super Mario Brothers 2=FDS;ROMS\MARIO.FDS;FDS MarioThe type field indicates what type of roms this application requires. Folders should be set to 1 or 0, depending on if the emu in question supports them. More then one type may be listed, seperate types with a semicolon. In the above example, 2 types are listed "Nintendo" (with extensions *.NES) and "FDS" (with extensiosn *.FDS, *.BIN). Both of these filetype's roms will go into the GAMES\ folder on the finished CD layout. Extensions are seperated by colons, and come after the directory.. there can be multiple for any filetype (as in the example above). The numbers in the roms section contain ... roms. The format is the rom type (from above), a semicolon, the filename, a semicolon, and the name/description of the ROM.
[loader] in=dreaminducer.tmpl out=list.dxl screenshots=PCX;PNG bintype=U lfchar=#The template section is only needed for special DMU files that describe a front-end (dmutype = loader). The 'in' file specifies a template filename, and the 'out' file specifies the output filename. Screenshots specifies what types of screenshots are supported (if this line is not included, no screenshots are supported). lfchar is what to use as a linefeed (if empty, uses default CR+LF). bintype specifies if binaries need to be Unscrambled, or Scrambled to work. The template itself should look something like this (sample from upcoming Dream Inducer):
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <LIST ENTRIES='%%COUNT%%'> %%REPEATSTART%% <ITEM TITLE="%%TITLE%%" SCREENSHOT="/cd/%%SCREENSHOT%%" DESCRIPTION="%%DESCRIPTION%%" EXECUTABLE="/cd/%%BIN%%"/> %%REPEATEND%% </LIST>All variables are enclosed in double-precent signs, and a list follows:
| COUNT | Number of Items in the menu |
| REPEATSTART REPEATEND | Everything between these two variables (they should be on their own lines) will be looped for each item on the menu. |
| TITLE | Item Title |
| SCREENSHOT | Filename to screenshot |
| BIN | Filename to binary |
| DESCRIPTION | Item Description |