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    Arcade/Daphne question using retropie attractmode

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    • mediamogulM
      mediamogul Global Moderator @Alturis
      last edited by mediamogul

      @alturis

      Not to crash the argument

      You're about 8 months too late for that. ;)

      I was also interested in finding out if it was possible to have daphne games run from the arcade folder.

      You'll first need to add the ROM types to the arcade system entry in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg so that it reads:

        <system>
          <name>arcade</name>
          <fullname>Arcade</fullname>
          <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade</path>
          <extension>.daphne .fba .zip .DAPHNE .FBA .ZIP</extension>
          <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ arcade %ROM%</command>
          <platform>arcade</platform>
          <theme>arcade</theme>
        </system>
      

      Then, restart Emulation Station. Next, add:

      daphne = "/opt/retropie/emulators/daphne/daphne.sh %ROM%"
      

      to: /opt/retropie/configs/arcade/emulators.cfg

      From there, just change the default emulator for the ROM to "daphne" in the Runcommand window and it should be good to go.

      Edit:

      You also might want to symlink the Daphne ROMs folder into the arcade folder with something like:

      ln -s /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/daphne/roms /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/daphne-roms
      

      or you can just simply put them in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/daphne/roms as you normally would.

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      • AlturisA
        Alturis @mediamogul
        last edited by Alturis

        @mediamogul awesome thank you! I will try this out. But wont adding a link have it show up as another folder of games within the arcade list? I was trying to just make it appear like any other game in the arcade list.

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        • mediamogulM
          mediamogul Global Moderator @Alturis
          last edited by

          @alturis

          I was trying to just make it appear like any other game in the arcade list.

          If you just put the .daphne directories alongside your other arcade ROMs and don't symlink the Daphne ROMs from /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/daphne/roms, it should behave the way you want.

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          • caver01C
            caver01
            last edited by

            Cool. This has been on my todo list for a year. Thanks for laying out the steps.

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            • AlturisA
              Alturis @mediamogul
              last edited by Alturis

              @mediamogul said in Arcade/Daphne question using retropie attractmode:

              You'll first need to add the ROM types to the arcade system entry in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg

              This is actually located at /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg

              in my setup. I never moved it anywhere I think maybe it was just in a different place in a previous RetroPie vanilla install version?

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              • AlturisA
                Alturis
                last edited by Alturis

                Also to spell this out because I was unclear on it, you leave your .../roms/daphne/roms/<game>.zip where it is, you just move the .../roms/daphne/<game>.daphne video folder to .../roms/arcade

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                • mediamogulM
                  mediamogul Global Moderator @Alturis
                  last edited by mediamogul

                  @alturis said in Arcade/Daphne question using retropie attractmode:

                  This is actually located at /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg in my setup.

                  At one time, it was considered bad practice to alter anything at /etc/emulationstation/, so /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/ was made available to override the base location. I don't know if this has changed, but I continue to make all my alterations at /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/.

                  Also to spell this out because I was unclear on it, you leave your .../roms/daphne/roms/<game>.zip where it is, you just move the .../roms/daphne/<game>.daphne video folder to .../roms/arcade

                  You got it.

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                  • C
                    ChuckyP
                    last edited by

                    I believe updates overwrite the data in the ETC folder. So creating your custom configs in the other directory will save a lot of time in the long run.

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                    • AlturisA
                      Alturis @ChuckyP
                      last edited by

                      @chuckyp said in Arcade/Daphne question using retropie attractmode:

                      I believe updates overwrite the data in the ETC folder. So creating your custom configs in the other directory will save a lot of time in the long run.

                      I had heard that the problem with that is that your override will then be missing any critical updates to the normal es_systems.cfg?

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                      • mediamogulM
                        mediamogul Global Moderator @Alturis
                        last edited by mediamogul

                        @alturis

                        Neither way is perfect, but /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/ is what has always been recommended. You have to expect this kind of situation when you're looking to customize an actively updated software ecosystem in the way you're looking to do. That said, I've been maintaining my own override for over a year and haven't run into any issues.

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                          ChuckyP
                          last edited by

                          I haven’t seen any changes in over a year either. There’s not any settings that may change, only the paths to the emulators and that is rather stable.

                          If you add new emulators however you will need to refer to the ETC location and copy/ paste the new system info into your OPT override.

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