Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing

[incunabula]

Check /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg and see if there are entries for amiga and pc. This file needs entries for both if they are to appear in emulation station.

[gordonfreemanjr]

@incunabula said in Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing:

Check /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg and see if there are entries for amiga and pc. This file needs entries for both if they are to appear in emulation station.

Apparently I dont have such file in this folder. What do I do?

[incunabula]

That's not the right folder. Check the path I typed above.

[gordonfreemanjr]

@incunabula said in Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing:

That's not the right folder. Check the path I typed above.

OMG, you're right. Thank you! I have been looking elsewhere for the whole time. The Amiga and PC entries are not there. What lines and where should I put it and can I do it from the File Manager?

[incunabula]

This page should get you most of the way there: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Add-a-New-System-in-EmulationStation/
I don't have any experience with 'File Manager' but you can certainly use nano to edit that file. I personally prefer to SSH into the Pi with PuTTY and edit with Notepad++, but that would require network connectivity in your case.

[dmmarti]

If the systems aren't in the es_systems.cfg file ..... it sounds like the emulators are not already installed.

You're gonna have to install them from the RetroPie setup > Manage Packages screen. By doing that, the systems will be auto-entered into the es_systems.cfg file.

Just manually adding the systems in .... still won't work if the emulators themselves are not already installed.

[gordonfreemanjr]

@dmmarti said in Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing:

If the systems aren't in the es_systems.cfg file ..... it sounds like the emulators are not already installed.

You're gonna have to install them from the RetroPie setup > Manage Packages screen. By doing that, the systems will be auto-entered into the es_systems.cfg file.

Just manually adding the systems in .... still won't work if the emulators themselves are not already installed.

Appears you're right. I have modified the .cfg file according to the instructions - I have copied the file onto a flashdrive, added the amiga lines on my pc and replaced the original, though I still have the previous version - and still no Amiga emulator visible. I'll try managing packages. Do I need the Internet connection for that?

[gordonfreemanjr]

@dmmarti said in Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing:

If the systems aren't in the es_systems.cfg file ..... it sounds like the emulators are not already installed.

You're gonna have to install them from the RetroPie setup > Manage Packages screen. By doing that, the systems will be auto-entered into the es_systems.cfg file.

Just manually adding the systems in .... still won't work if the emulators themselves are not already installed.

As I supposed, I'm not able to install the packages. The option: "Install from source" takes me to the terminal, then the installation process is attempted and failed. It's the same for all packages: amiga, dosbox, scumm. "Could not install packages; ...".

[herb_fargus]

@gordonfreemanjr you need to be connected to the internet

[gordonfreemanjr]

@herb_fargus said in Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing:

@gordonfreemanjr you need to be connected to the internet

Damn. How do I connect this little guy (check the pic out) to the Internet with no web interface installed?

[Tesla6]

No ethernet connection to the outside?
Then you could open the module and connect an ethernet cable or use WiFi.

[gordonfreemanjr]

@tesla6 OK guys, I have managed to connect the thing to the Internet via an USB adapter. I have also installed all missing emulators. And... still nothing. :) I have:

• the emulators installed,
• the kickstart roms in the bios folder,
• few .adf's in the roms/amiga directory,
• the amiga lines in the .cfg file.
  What else do I need to do?

[space cadet]

I'd just start over from scratch. Easy peasy

[maxbeanz]

@gordonfreemanjr Your kickstart roms need to be named kick13.rom, kick20.rom , kick31.rom

[gordonfreemanjr]

@maxbeanz said in Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing:

@gordonfreemanjr Your kickstart roms need to be named kick13.rom, kick20.rom , kick31.rom

Holy shit. Testing ASAP.

[gordonfreemanjr]

@maxbeanz
Done that. Still nothing. It's getting ridiculous.

[dankcushions]

@gordonfreemanjr it's case sensitive. k not K

[gordonfreemanjr]

@dankcushions said in Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing:

@gordonfreemanjr it's case sensitive. k not K

Thanks. Uncapitalized the K's, copied over again, restarted. Still no Amiga emulator.

[edmaul69]

@gordonfreemanjr why do they have an asterisk * in front of them?

[gordonfreemanjr]

@edmaul69 said in Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing:

@gordonfreemanjr why do they have an asterisk * in front of them?

I have noticed that all roms have it, not only Amiga roms (and they work), even those that were there originally (as in: not inserted by me).