Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing

[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).

[dankcushions]

@gordonfreemanjr is 'parse gamelist only' turned on in ES options? turn it off if so, and restart.

[gordonfreemanjr]

@dankcushions said in Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing:

@gordonfreemanjr is 'parse gamelist only' turned on in ES options? turn it off if so, and restart.

It's off and 'save metadata' is on.

[gordonfreemanjr]

Any ideas left, guys?

[BuZz]

@gordonfreemanjr what files do you have in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation ?

[gordonfreemanjr]

@buzz said in Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing:

@gordonfreemanjr what files do you have in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation ?

6 files, 1 folder. Here they are:

[BuZz]

@gordonfreemanjr you have a custom es_systems.cfg there. This overrides the RetroPie one. Delete it and the new systems will show up. You or whoever set this up must have copied it there to customise the systems list.

[gordonfreemanjr]

@buzz

And it... WORKS FINALLY, after 8 days! Amiga, Scumm and DosBox have all popped up instantly after restart. Thank you guys. I'd never make it work without your help.

To recap the procedure:

• YES, create the 'amiga' folder if nonexistent;
• NO, do not create amiga lines in the .cfg file, leave it be;
• YES, check the 'retropie setup' section if the necessary emulators are installed, if not - install from source;
• YES, remember the kickstart roms correct placing and filename format;
• YES, move a few .adf's to the 'amiga' folder.