Is it possible to run Super Cassette Vision games?
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@edmaul69 Oh I read the post, but I actually need to install the emulator first before I do anything with the retroarch config
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@supercatfooz i just changed it as you posted. so it is different from what i posted previously. i edited the entire post. but since you havent gotten that far yet not really an issue
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@edmaul69 Nice, but I'm already having problems from just installing the emulator. It says that it needs gcc 5.0, and frankly I have no idea how to install that. According to this thread, this appears to be something that's common with lr-mess.
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@supercatfooz so i havent updated lr-mess as it is a source and i need a question answered so i might have an older version. not sure. first backup up your lr-mess. you need to log in as root, then overwrite your lr-mess folder in /opt/retropie/libretro/lr-mess with this one and see if it works.
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@edmaul69 Okay, so I just downloaded and installed the lr-mess core that you posted.
After trying to boot into a game, it goes into the RetroArch GUI immediately. It states that I'm running the Mame 0.174 core instead of MESS (which is probably due to the fact that MESS is a part of MAME), and the Quick Menu is completely empty. (it simply has the words "No items".)Could you perhaps send me your retroarch.cfg file?
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@supercatfooz you actually are somewhere. That means the emulator works. Now you need to find the correct mess 0.151 bios and/or roms. The bios zip file called scv.zip goes in the scv roms folder with the games.
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@edmaul69 Could you fetch me a CRC32 sum for scv.zip?
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@supercatfooz i have no clue how to get a crc sum on the file
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@edmaul69 If you have 7-Zip on Windows, simply right-click a file and go to CRC-SHA -> CRC32. (There's also likely some online CRC summers.)
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@supercatfooz i do not use 7-zip. I use winrar. So i will have to download it
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@supercatfooz 4073 bytes crc32: C2F0462D
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@edmaul69 Alright, so I have the correct file size and correct CRC32 sum for the BIOS.
It still quits out, so perhaps my ROMs have the wrong hash?
What's the CRC32 for "astrwrs.zip", just as an example? -
@supercatfooz if you hit reply on my post it will send me a notification. So i just remembered, did you give all the roms and bios 0777 permissions? It says you need to. Anyways the crc is E9B7F0DB. AND YOUR BIOS IS WITH YOUR ROMS CORRECT? Sorry for caps.
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@supercatfooz you did reply to my last post. The site didnt notify me. Weird...
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@supercatfooz also, did you create a retroarch file for the scv?
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@edmaul69 okay, so I just booted into a game after adding these three lines into
/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch_core_options.cfg:mame_softlists_enable = "enabled" mame_softlists_auto_media = "enabled" mame_boot_from_cli = "enabled"and suddenly it booted into the game
...strange, but I don't care, I GOT IT TO BOOT.
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@supercatfooz ok. In the core options you were in you need to set the alternate render method to enabled. Otherwise you will have video issues. And yeah you need all those enabled so awesome!
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@edmaul69 oh yeah, one more quick question:
I probably shouldve just made another thread for this, but what would be required to run a system that doesn't require a BIOS file? (for example, the Emerson Arcadia 2001) -
@supercatfooz nothing special. Just create an entry in es_systems.cfg and the emulators.cfg and add the correct roms. You have to remember in the emulators.cfg to identify the system correctly with the link i posted earlier. Then make sure you have the 0.151 romset for that system. However, systems that you can use in advmess will run better in that and the roms can be renamed. So i would first follow the guide i posted above for advmess. Dont rename roms until you know you have it working. I know astrocade and channel f work in advmess and im pretty sure the arcadia does as well.
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@edmaul69 Hrm, strange. I've tried running Arcadia 2001 games on lr-mess, and even after setting up the emulators.cfg, the properly-named-and-CRC32-summed rom files, the retroarch configs, the es_systems.cfg, adding the nine lines I posted in post #34, and giving
chmod 777perms to all the files listed above and it still won't boot into the game. (the emulator itself does work though, as it does briefly flash a MAME initializing screen)If you wanna try it out yourself in LR-Mess, here's my ROMs and their CRC32 sums:
breakawy.zip - 2413 bytes, CRC32: 53946E24 nibblem.zip - 3019 bytes, CRC32: EDB41F9B robtkllr.zip - 3196 bytes, CRC32: 1EAEC8AC
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