new mame2010 folder structure

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

estefan3112

@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!

markwkidd

@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.

estefan3112

@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

dankcushions

@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.

TillmanZ

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

TillmanZ

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

markwkidd

@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?

TillmanZ

@markwkidd Sure, here we go:

https://pastebin.com/uEAdmUMu

Best,

Tillman

markwkidd

@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

TillmanZ

@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

markwkidd

@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?

TillmanZ

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

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.

markwkidd

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.

markwkidd

@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.

dankcushions

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

markwkidd

@estefan3112 and @TillmanZ I have updated mame2010 and I hope I have fixed the issue for you -- I think it was an inconsistency in how slashes were handled in the content path.

I have also added some more logging, which I hope will be helpful in case its still not working.

maxbeanz

Does cheat support now work ? I have just built lr-mame2010 from source, I looked in the 'roms/arcade/mame2010' folder but there is no 'cheat.zip'. Do we have to manually add it now ?

markwkidd

@maxbeanz said in new mame2010 folder structure:

Does cheat support now work ? I have just built lr-mame2010 from source, I looked in the 'roms/arcade/mame2010' folder but there is no 'cheat.zip'. Do we have to manually add it now ?

You will have to manually place cheat.zip.

I have honestly never used MAME cheats and I don't know if they're working in mame2010. I do know that mame2010 now has a valid path to load them from :)

Post your results with cheats and if they aren't working we can start a github issue for it.

Edit - I have placed a mame0.139-compatiblecheat.zip at this URL if you find it useful: https://github.com/libretro/mame2010-libretro/blob/master/metadata/cheat.zip