Is it possible to run Super Cassette Vision games?
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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 -
@supercatfooz i can confirm that it does indeed work in advmess
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@edmaul69 But does it also work in lr-mess? I'd like to keep with that emulator if possible, due to the convenience of RetroArch configurations and for the sake of emulator consistency.
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@supercatfooz it doesnt work in lr-mess. it does work in adv mess. here are my settings:
es_systems.cfg
<system> <name>arcadia</name> <fullname>Emerson Arcadia 2001</fullname> <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcadia</path> <extension>.bin .zip .BIN .ZIP</extension> <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ arcadia %ROM%</command> <platform>arcadia</platform> <theme>arcadia</theme> </system>here is my emulators.cfg that goes in /opt/retropi/configs/arcadia/ . just so you know my advmess in this might not go to the same location as yours so edit this if it isnt linked correctly. this is advmess 3.4 that i am using.
default = "advmess" advmess="/opt/retropie/emulators/advmame/bin/advmess arcadia -cart %ROM%" -
@edmaul69 yep, just checked, works in Advmame.
As much as this is gonna bother my emulator OCD, it's good enough for me -
@supercatfooz if this makes you feel any better all games playable in advmess run at full speed unlike lr-mess.
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@edmaul69 Okay, one final question: is it possible to boot into the BIOS of the system using lr-mess? I've been trying to boot into the Super Cassette Vision's test screen, and more importantly, the BIOS for some Plug & Play systems like the Chintendo Vii & the Jakks Pacific games.
It can find the file no problem, but it errors out because it thinks the BIOS file I'm attempting to boot is a cartridge, and thus treats it as such, inevitably errors, and crashes back to the rGui screen.
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@supercatfooz for advmess if you have the bios in the correct folder, if you make a fake file with a file extension that that system would recognize, like .bin, .zip, etc., that fake file when selected to play it will go straight to the bios. for lr-mess this is how i did it to play hockey and tennis on the channel f which is on the bios. you can easily just make these core option changes and it will work on any of the roms you have in the folder:
mame_boot_from_cli = "disabled" mame_media_type = "rom" mame_boot_to_bios = "enabled"but to make it permanent for the one file only and not every game file, do this. create configs just for the bios/bios game. so i created fake file in my channel f roms called "Hockey and Tennis.zip". (does not have to be a .zip file. you can just use the bios file too if you would prefer) so then in my roms folder i created a file called "Hockey and Tennis.zip.cfg" note it has the .zip extension then the .cfg extension. it is named identical plus the .cfg extension. so in that file i added this:
# Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/channelf/" core_options_path = "/opt/retropie/configs/channelf/retroarch-core-options.cfg" #include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"note that i am pointing the core options to my channel f config folder. now you need to open up your systems config folder and create i file called "retroarch-core-options.cfg". now inside that file you want to add these lines:
mame2003-skip_warnings = "disabled" mame2003-dialsharexy = "enabled" mame_softlists_enable = "enabled" mame_softlists_auto_media = "enabled" mame_boot_from_cli = "disabled" mame_read_config = "disabled" mame_write_config = "disabled" mame_saves = "game" mame_auto_save = "disabled" mame_mouse_enable = "disabled" mame_throttle = "disabled" mame_cheats_enable = "disabled" mame_hide_nagscreen = "enabled" mame_hide_gameinfo = "enabled" mame_hide_warnings = "enabled" mame_alternate_renderer = "enabled" mame_media_type = "rom" mame_boot_to_bios = "enabled" mame_boot_to_osd = "disabled" mame_current_mouse_enable = "enabled" mame_current_videoapproach1_enable = "disabled" mame_current_skip_nagscreen = "enabled" mame_current_skip_gameinfo = "enabled" mame_current_skip_warnings = "enabled"now when you boot this file it will go straight to the bios.
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