@hiulit said in Runcommand shows same name for different emulators:

@mitu Could it be possible to launch a ROM without asking which emulator to use? I mean, when I select a gb game, can I know it's a gb game and consequently launch its respective emulator?

Sure, you can do that, but you'll have to basically add each game to the emulators.cfg and specify its emulator, just like when normally choosing the emulator through the Runcommand launch menu. Runcommand does not have a 'match by wildcard', but a 'match by name' based on the emulators.cfg file. The downside is that each game must be explicitly added with its emulator - you can do this through your script, but any subsequent game added in the new system will have to be processed again by your script.

Again, much easier would be to create a Collection and this will automatically taken care of by Emulationstation (i.e. launch the correct emulator). You're basically re-inventing a custom Collection from scratch, but trying to shoehorn it in the Runcommand launch sequence.

Can I have more than one default in the same emulators.cfg?

No, that's not possible.

@spudsmctoole make sure that folder has all the correct permissions. I put my screenshot folder in /home/pi/ and it works best there. Had issues in another location I tried.

@d12a13 i have all the different s3 drivers installed on my “c:” drive that i use in dosbox. Wouldnt hurt to try to install the actual drivers.

@samuelsson

What are the contents of your /opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg file?

@ericdave you should not edit that file but the autostart.sh. the file you edited is not meant to be user editable and will be overwritten.

@treaves Good idea. I have at least added .7z support information to the table at the top of the RetroPie MAME docs: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/MAME

See this topic for an explanation. Because of the update, the auto-login doesn't work. So you just have to explicitly login and then type sudo raspi-config to configure auto-login again. Reboot after the configuration and your RetroPie should start again Emulationstation on boot.

@mitu Thanks, that fixed it!

Also, for anyone else who ends up here, it's important that you run raspi-config as sudo raspi-config from the pi user. If you're already root and you run it it won't know which user to configure for autologin.

Thank you @meleu and @cyperghost

I may end up ordering another Nespi+ case to attempt the button modification. If I do, I'll certainly come back and provide an update!

@edmaul69 I've got nowhere to upload the executable to, but here are the instructions that I used that worked for me. Hopefully, they'll work for you too.

(a) Download the source from https://sourceforge.net/projects/creativisionemulator/files/src/

(b) Unzip the source file. Create the build subfolder in /home/pi/ and copy all of the contents into this folder. Then make a new subfolder in this build folder called build (again).

(c) Use Putty, go to terminal and cd build and cd build (again), so you are in the nested build folder.

(d) To compile from source, type in the command in the terminal cmake /home/pi/build. Using GNU 4.9.2, the first stage of compiling the emulator will be complete.

(e) Then type in the command make. This creates the creatiVision executable.

(f) Once completed, rename the nested build folder to creativision and move it into the opt/retropie/emulators folder. You might need to change the permissions of the emulators folder to achieve this.

(g) Once moved, using WinSCP then change the permissions of the creatiVision executable file so that it is executable.

(h) In Attract Mode's menu-art snap and wheel folders, make sure there are videos and images corresponding to the new CreatiVision emulator. Make sure also in the layouts folder that there is a "system" to go with CreatiVision (see "Super Display - Systems" - things might need to be renamed too.)

(i) Create the usual file (immediately below) in Attract Mode's emulators sub-folder, and the "romlist" file in Attract Mode's romlists sub-folder eg

In the emulators folder:

# Generated by Attract-Mode v2.3.0 # executable /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh args 0 _SYS_ crvision "[romfilename]" rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/crvision romext .rom;.ROM system CreatiVision info_source thegamesdb.net artwork flyer /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/crvision/flyer artwork marquee /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/crvision/marquee artwork snap /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/crvision/snap artwork wheel /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/crvision/wheel

In the romlists folder:

#Name;Title;Emulator;CloneOf;Year;Manufacturer;Category;Players;Rotation;Control;Status;DisplayCount;DisplayType;AltRomname;AltTitle;Extra;Buttons airsea;Air/Sea Attack;CreatiVision;;;;;;;;;;;;;; astropib;Astro Pinball;CreatiVision;;;;;;;;;;;;;; autochas;Auto Chase;CreatiVision;;;;;;;;;;;;;; chopper;Chopper Rescue;CreatiVision;;;;;;;;;;;;;; crazych;Crazy Chicky;CreatiVision;;;;;;;;;;;;;; crazychewy;Crazy Chewy;CreatiVision;;;;;;;;;;;;;; deepsea;Deep Sea Adventure;CreatiVision;;;;;;;;;;;;;; locomot;Locomotive;CreatiVision;;;;;;;;;;;;;; mousepuz;Mouse Puzzle;CreatiVision;;;;;;;;;;;;;; planetd;Planet Defender;CreatiVision;;;;;;;;;;;;;; policej;Police Jump;CreatiVision;;;;;;;;;;;;;; planetd;Planet Defender;CreatiVision;;;;;;;;;;;;;; soccer;Soccer;CreatiVision;;;;;;;;;;;;;; sonicinv;Sonic Invader;CreatiVision;;;;;;;;;;;;;; stoner;Stone Age;CreatiVision;;;;;;;;;;;;;; tankatk;Tank Attack;CreatiVision;;;;;;;;;;;;;; tennis;Tennis;CreatiVision;;;;;;;;;;;;;; tennisds;Tennis (Dick Smith Wizzard Version);CreatiVision;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

(j) Create a crvision subfolder in configs and the same in the roms folder. Add the game roms to the crvision roms folder and generate the romlist in Attract Mode in the normal way. (My romlist appears under (i) above). Make sure you have your snap and wheel sub-folders and images and videos in there.

(k) Add a Display in Attract Mode which will appear in attract.cfg:

display VTech CreatiVision layout Super Display - Systems romlist CreatiVision in_cycle yes in_menu yes filter All filter Favourites rule Favourite equals 1

(l) The emulators.cfg in the configs/crvision sub-folder will be as follows:

default = "creatiVision" creatiVision = "/opt/retropie/emulators/creativision/creatiVision -r %ROM% -b /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/crvision/bioscv.rom -f"

(m) Note that the bioscv.rom needs to go in the roms folder.

@espegael

Not without streaming it from a PC using something like Moonlight. Unfortunately, 'Dungeon Keeper 2' was a Windows only game, unlike its predecessor, which also had a DOS and Mac release.

@anakin1138 I haven't delved into the github for the core, but I believe lr-fbalpha2012 doesn't have Sample support currently, or at least from the time I messed with it. I even tried including the Samples in the ROM archive and it still didn't work.

I was afraid so... Thanks anyways!

Thanks! It was the videomodes.cfg file. I'm slowly learning where all the settings are hidden. I appreciate the assist!

@mitu that's exactly what I need thank you. Gonna design some layout images and give it a shot!

@jbodders2018 Hello, I m facing the same issue. Have you find a solution?

@helenmai FS-UAE is the best Amiga emulator for Ubuntu. It's worth checking the documentation for FS-UAE:

https://fs-uae.net/docs

The setup script will also install the FS-UAE Launcher which may be useful.

https://fs-uae.net/launcher
https://openretro.org/fs-uae-launcher

I have managed to launch SWOS 96-97 in FS-UAE from floppies using a shell script. I installed FS-UAE on my Linux Mint machine from the Software Center, not the RetroPie setup script so my method may require modification but I would be happy to share.

If you are unfamiliar with the Amiga hardware/emulation, then I would recommend using Amiberry on a Raspberry Pi. I found the process to be a far more straightforward.

@bobharris Hi, I am upgrading because I figured there will have been performance improvements that would perhaps help with various emulators.

Have decided to make a full img backup, then will try doing the upgrade within Retropie and see how I get on - if it messes up for any reason I will just write my original image back and use that version, spending ages trying to get it all up and running again seems like a lot of work.

I also have to build a zero from scratch for a handheld project so I have plenty to do at the moment - thanks for the replies guys!

@cmac said in Kernel Panic issue, want to preserve data:

I'll give that a shot. In the case that I can back up the filesys, is copying + pasting the root of the filesys into a fresh retropie installation's filesys root work, or is there any more to it?

No, that's not the way to do it. Just back up the ROMs + BIOS folders and the emulationstation's configuration folder in /home/pi/.emulationstation to save your arkwork and ROMs. You can also back-up your configurations' folder (/opt/retropie/configs/all), but I wouldn't overwrite it on a new installation unless you're sure you have the same version of RetroPie as before.