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    • markwkiddM
      markwkidd
      last edited by markwkidd

      Closed at least one elderly issue, woohoo! https://github.com/libretro/mame2010-libretro/issues/31

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      • mediamogulM
        mediamogul Global Moderator @markwkidd
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        @markwkidd

        Very informative. Thanks.

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        • markwkiddM
          markwkidd
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          I submitted a new PR to automatically generate and place a shortened mame.ini if there is not one in the ini folder: https://github.com/libretro/mame2010-libretro/pull/94

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          • markwkiddM
            markwkidd
            last edited by markwkidd

            That PR is approved. From here on, if the user doesn't have a mame.ini, a minimal one will be generated in the ini folder. I hope that it has the necessary settings to keep things functional for everyone while not 'stepping on the toes' of the core options.

            I also discovered a pretty fundamental bug that somehow doesn't seem to be causing problems in general. It does however throw up an annoying speedbump to implementing 'hiscore' support in mame2010: https://github.com/libretro/mame2010-libretro/issues/95

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            • estefan3112E
              estefan3112
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              @markwkidd Hello there, MAME2010 now compiles in Ubuntu 16.04, but MAME does not start any game. Retroarch crashes and Ubuntu just reports back that This package does not seem to be installed correctly." It was a fresh install of the core in Retropie/Ubuntu. On the same machine, this core works in Retroarch for Linux, as precompiled under the Nightly Core Builds. Would an install log help or shall I provide anything else? Cheers!

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              • markwkiddM
                markwkidd @estefan3112
                last edited by

                @estefan3112 said in new mame2010 folder structure:

                @markwkidd Hello there, MAME2010 now compiles in Ubuntu 16.04, but MAME does not start any game. Retroarch crashes and Ubuntu just reports back that This package does not seem to be installed correctly." It was a fresh install of the core in Retropie/Ubuntu. On the same machine, this core works in Retroarch for Linux, as precompiled under the Nightly Core Builds. Would an install log help or shall I provide anything else? Cheers!

                If you can please post a pastebin link to the install log as well as the retroarch log when it crashes.

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                • estefan3112E
                  estefan3112 @markwkidd
                  last edited by

                  @markwkidd Unfortunately the logfile seems to be too large for pastebin. It is 3.6 MB.
                  You can download it from there:
                  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1C779_P_o5kk2kr6WhIAMg2JXv0jDaK4g

                  This is interesting:
                  https://pastebin.com/2pf3uPRH
                  The error tells me that no files are there, but the files are there, they all run e.g. with MAME2003, whily MAME2010 does not find them (in the Arcade folder).

                  Will dig further

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                  • dankcushionsD
                    dankcushions Global Moderator @estefan3112
                    last edited by

                    @estefan3112 mame2010 uses a different romset to mame2003. what works in mame2003 will almost certainly NOT work in mame2010. you need to get the right romset.

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                      TillmanZ
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                      Seems like I have the same issue with a newly build lr-mame2010 on an Odroid XU4.
                      I definitely have a matching 0.139 10yard.zip rom but still the core complains that it allegedly cannot find any of the modules (which definitely are inside the ZIP).
                      With lr-mame2014 (and a matching rom obviously) it works without any issues.

                      Any idea what might be causing this?

                      Best,

                      Tillman

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                        TillmanZ @TillmanZ
                        last edited by

                        I can confirm that the issue is definitely caused by the new build.
                        I have replaced the core with a known-to-be-working build from a couple of weeks ago and all roms work flawlessly.
                        Only the new build complains about the missing files (all of them) inside the zip.

                        Best,

                        Tillman

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                        • markwkiddM
                          markwkidd @TillmanZ
                          last edited by

                          @tillmanz said in new mame2010 folder structure:

                          I can confirm that the issue is definitely caused by the new build.
                          I have replaced the core with a known-to-be-working build from a couple of weeks ago and all roms work flawlessly.
                          Only the new build complains about the missing files (all of them) inside the zip.

                          Best,

                          Tillman

                          Thanks. Could you post a log?

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                            TillmanZ @markwkidd
                            last edited by

                            @markwkidd Sure, here we go:

                            https://pastebin.com/uEAdmUMu

                            Best,

                            Tillman

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                            • markwkiddM
                              markwkidd @TillmanZ
                              last edited by

                              @tillmanz said in new mame2010 folder structure:

                              @markwkidd Sure, here we go:

                              https://pastebin.com/uEAdmUMu

                              Best,

                              Tillman

                              That seems like an ordinary missing file type of log. Until these updates mame2010 was looking for files in unpredictable places. Could you make absolutely sure that you have a file with this path and name? /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/10yard.zip

                              If you have that file in that location do, could you open up that zip file and confirm it contains these files?

                              yf-a-3p-b NOT FOUND
                              yf-a-3n-b NOT FOUND
                              yf-a-3m-b NOT FOUND
                              yf-s.3b NOT FOUND
                              yf-s.1b NOT FOUND
                              yf-s.3a NOT FOUND
                              yf-s.1a NOT FOUND
                              yf-a.3e NOT FOUND
                              yf-a.3d NOT FOUND
                              yf-a.3c NOT FOUND
                              yf-b.5b NOT FOUND
                              yf-b.5c NOT FOUND
                              yf-b.5f NOT FOUND
                              yf-b.5e NOT FOUND
                              yf-b.5j NOT FOUND
                              yf-b.5k NOT FOUND
                              yard.1c NOT FOUND
                              yard.1d NOT FOUND
                              yard.1f NOT FOUND
                              yard.2h NOT FOUND
                              yard.2n NOT FOUND
                              yard.2m NOT FOUND
                              
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                                TillmanZ @markwkidd
                                last edited by

                                @markwkidd I can 100% and absolutely confirm that not only this file 10yard.zip is exactly in that folder but also that it includes all of the mentioned modules.

                                Just to re-confirm - as soon as I replace the core with a core that was build several weeks ago it just works fine.

                                Best,

                                Tillman

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                                • markwkiddM
                                  markwkidd @TillmanZ
                                  last edited by

                                  @tillmanz said in new mame2010 folder structure:

                                  @markwkidd I can 100% and absolutely confirm that not only this file 10yard.zip is exactly in that folder but also that it includes all of the mentioned modules.

                                  Just to re-confirm - as soon as I replace the core with a core that was build several weeks ago it just works fine.

                                  Best,

                                  Tillman

                                  Well dang, it's always nice when the answer is that simple for everyone. This problem hasn't shown up yet so you'll pardon me if I keep making some shots in the dark while I try to narrow things down.

                                  The next most common source of issues in general has been from mame.ini files so I want to check on that. (Next might be .cfg files.)

                                  • Do you currently have a mame.ini file in a folder called `libretro saves folder/mame2010/ini ?
                                  • If so, is it one you placed there, or was it autogenerated once you updated your core?
                                  • If you do have a mame.ini, could you make a backup copy, delete the mame.ini, and try to start 10yard.zip again?
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                                    TillmanZ
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                                    Actually I don't see the libretro saves folder. Where should it actually be?
                                    I do have a mame.ini in /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2010 but I have put it there (trying to fix the loading issue) using a mame.ini from an earlier build.
                                    Because this current build script apparently does not generate a mame.ini file in this folder anymore.
                                    The install_lr-mame2010() function in the lr-mame2010.sh script only copies the mame2010_libretro.so and a README.md file.

                                    Best,

                                    Tillman

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                                    • estefan3112E
                                      estefan3112 @dankcushions
                                      last edited by estefan3112

                                      @dankcushions I forgot to mention that my Romsets work perfectly in Retroarch with the new MAME 2010 Core, but that the same Roms do not work in the Retropie reincarnation! I also was suspicious of a different romset needed, but since it works perfectly in Upstream Retroarch, this cannot be the case.

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                                      • markwkiddM
                                        markwkidd
                                        last edited by

                                        Somehow there must indeed be a path issue. I'm working to add more logging to the game loading process to see if we can narrow this down.

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                                        • markwkiddM
                                          markwkidd @TillmanZ
                                          last edited by

                                          @tillmanz said in new mame2010 folder structure:

                                          Actually I don't see the libretro saves folder. Where should it actually be?

                                          I'm not so familiar with RetroPie's path structure, but I believe for RetroPie this is the same folder where the ROMs are stored. Theoretically that means you should find a subfolder called mame2010 within that folder where you will in turn find the ini folder.

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                                          • dankcushionsD
                                            dankcushions Global Moderator @markwkidd
                                            last edited by

                                            @markwkidd bingo! by default, retropie save folder is the content (rom) folder for the core in question.

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