How to add, remove and sort games in THE ADM Blitzmas Pack V2 - Easily Customisable Edition

THE-ADM Blitzmas Pack V2 - Easily Customisable Edition
With pack version 2 you can quickly and easily create your own custom pack(s) from a choice of over 600 games. (optional)
Note: Packs can easily be swapped by changing the USB drive. Removing the USB drive boots the cabinet normally.
Here is a quick demonstration of THE-ADM Blitzmas Pack V2.0:
• THE ADM Blitzmas Pack ...
Downloads:
1. MysteryBlitzmas windows application to set up your cab:
mega.nz/file/O...
2. Download THE-ADM Blitzmas Pack V2.0 - Easily Customisable Edition archive.org/de...
Instructions:
(Note: If you have already softmodded your cabinet with Team Encoder's MysteryBlitzmas, you can skip straight to part 9)
1) Remove power cord from the PCB on the back of the cabinet.
2) Switch flash switch to "OFF" Position, NOTE: It won't be labeled but ON should be and it can also be hidden behind a "QC" sticker which you'll need to remove.
3) Download and launch the MysteryBlitzmas software on your PC.
4) While the application is open and waiting for the PCB to be connected, insert the USB cable to the PCB and PC.
5) Insert the power cable back into the PCB
6) Turn on the cabinet using the on switch
7) Press the install button to flash the PCB and wait till it reaches 100%.
8) Wait 2 minutes or so, and turn your cabinet off, and restore the flash switch to the "ON" position.
9) Prepare a fast, high quality USB drive (exFAT) and extract the contents of THE-ADM Blitzmas Pack V2.zip file to the root of the USB drive (This is very important. Do not create a folder to put any of this in or mess with the paths in any way or it won't work.)
10) Insert the USB, and power on the cabinet normally, The cab will boot to the SAM Blitzmas Menu if all worked well. Removing the USB drive and booting will boot the cab normally.
Video walkthrough:
• Team-Encoder's Blitzma...
Optional Steps
How to add/remove/sort games in the main SAM menu:
1) Plug your USB drive into a PC
2) Double click to open the SDL folder
3) Right click to Open the "menu-full.xml" file in a text editor. (I strongly recommend you use notepad++ for this, however it can be done in notepad too). Here you can see all the games that are available. Replacing the current menu.xml file with this file puts all 600+ games on your main SAM menu (not recommended)
4) Right click to open the "menu.xml" file in a text editor.
5) Simply right click to "copy and paste" any extra games you want from "menu-full.xml" to "menu.xml". On menu.xml you can also right click to "cut and paste" to change the order of games or to delete games
6) Safely eject the USB
Video walkthrough for adding/removing/sorting games:
• How to add, remove and...
Change log V2.0:
Easily Customisable - Make Your Own Packs - Compiled in such a way that your own selection of over 600 games can easily be added/removed/sorted by copy and paste.
More Games - There are now 31 (tested working) 3 & 4 player games on the main SAM menu by default - New games include classics like Ninja Baseball Bat Man, NBA Jam, Battle Toads, Vertua Tennis, Bomber Man World, Micro Machines 2 & The Ninja Kids.
Controls mapped better in RetroArch (Thanks go to Hungrywantbiddy for sharing his RetroArch settings .cfg file)
Cores and System BIOS updated to work better with the cabinet's PCB (Thanks go to Zoltan for his work on this and providing it to us)
NFL Open Ice are now fixed. Not sure if this is thanks to change logs 3 or 4 or both even? All that matters is that the controls now work as expected.
RetroArch has been cleaned up a bit and is even simpler to use. History tab has been added, all artwork works and it is left in Kiosk mode. If you want to remove kiosk mode use the password: 1234
Known Issues:
*Volume control doesn't work in RetroArch or any RetroArch games, so volume must be set before launching. Volume still works in the both the A1Up menu and games as normal. This is an issue with Blitzmas so it affects all packs. If a fix is made available I will update the pack, otherwise just adjust the volume before entering RetroArch.
Thanks to:
*Team Encoder, and in particular DMod, for creating Blitzmas in the first place.
Without Blitzmas this pack simply wouldn't be possible.
I want to be clear, the work I have done pales in significance.
*Team Encoder (again,) for creating the instructions which I have tweaked a little above.
*Hungrywantbiddy for sharing his RetroArch settings .cfg file.
*Zoltan for sharing his curated BIOS and Core files.
*Everyone else who has offered help and support.
Links:
Team Encoder Blitzmas
www.team-encod...
THE-ADM KZbin Channel
/ @the-adm-2
Team Encoder Discord:
/ discord
(This is the best place for advice)