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    Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

    Pro tip for anyone thinking of installing MESS

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    • mediamogulM
      mediamogul Global Moderator @SpudsMcToole
      last edited by mediamogul

      @spudsmctoole

      There's also AdvanceMESS that installs from binary almost instantly alongside AdvanceMAME. It has the additional benefit of being much more stable and has a wider variety of working systems, as well as full analog controls for the systems that need it.

      RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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      • lostlessL
        lostless
        last edited by

        That’s standard for anything your downloading from source. The heat icon is just telling you that the pi is over heating and clocking down to 600mhz. It won’t hurt it. Jut your compile will take longer.

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          SpudsMcToole Banned @mediamogul
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          @mediamogul This is actually lr-mess2016, which I thought WAS AdvanceMess. (Ordinary lr-mess refused to install.)

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            SpudsMcToole Banned @lostless
            last edited by SpudsMcToole

            @lostless Didn't know that, cheers. The fan's keeping it cool anyway. Still not done...

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            • mediamogulM
              mediamogul Global Moderator @SpudsMcToole
              last edited by mediamogul

              @spudsmctoole said in Pro tip for anyone thinking of installing MESS:

              which I thought WAS AdvanceMess.

              They're two different beasts. To my knowledge, all the libretro version of MESS have very low system compatibility, along with the other shortcomings mentioned above. Plus, the 2016 version is likely to run pretty slow on top of everything else, being so new. AdvanceMESS isn't perfect either, but it's currently the best we have on the Pi.

              RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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              • edmaul69E
                edmaul69 @mediamogul
                last edited by

                @mediamogul yup. The many systems i got running in lr-mess are slow and stuttery.

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                  SpudsMcToole Banned @mediamogul
                  last edited by

                  @mediamogul Turns out I had several versions of AdvanceMESS already installed, according to Retropie Setup. Not a clue what to do now, though, as the install instructions I had were for lr-mess :(

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                  • pjftP
                    pjft
                    last edited by

                    Out of curiosity, slightly tangential, what would you be using MESS or AdvanceMESS for that other emulators don't allow for?

                    I never used it and never really heard a lot about it hence my question.

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                      SpudsMcToole Banned @pjft
                      last edited by SpudsMcToole

                      @pjft Tons of stuff - Bally Astrocade, BBC Micro, ZX81 and quite a few more.

                      I think I'm going to give up early, though. Everything written about it is just completely incomprehensible gibberish. As far as I can tell I now have at least four versions of MESS successfully installed on my Pi, and not the tiniest idea how to use any of them.

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                      • herb_fargusH
                        herb_fargus administrators @SpudsMcToole
                        last edited by

                        @spudsmctoole they call it MESS for a reason ;)

                        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                        • mediamogulM
                          mediamogul Global Moderator @SpudsMcToole
                          last edited by

                          @spudsmctoole

                          I use it for Bally Astrocade and Fairchild Channel F. For their time, they were both very impressive systems. The version of Pac-Man for Astrovision is especially mind-blowing when you look at the other home alternatives.

                          RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                            SpudsMcToole Banned @mediamogul
                            last edited by

                            @mediamogul How did you get the Astrocade to work?

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                            • mediamogulM
                              mediamogul Global Moderator @SpudsMcToole
                              last edited by mediamogul

                              @SpudsMcToole

                              I used AdvanceMESS, which is installed alongside AdvanceMAME and I in-turn installed the Astrocade BIOS (astrocde.zip) to /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/advmess/rom/. Afterwards, I createad a directory named 'astrocade' at /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ for the ROMs and then another directory named 'astrocade' at /opt/retropie/configs/ where I copied /opt/retropie/mame-advmame/advmess.rc, so the system could have its own unique config file. Also, in /opt/retropie/configs/, I created a emulators.cfg file with the following contents:

                              astrocade-advmess = "/opt/retropie/emulators/advmame/bin/advmess astrocde -cfg /opt/retropie/configs/astrocade/advmess.rc -cart %ROM%"
                              default = "astrocade-advmess"
                              

                              Finally, I edited /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg to include:

                                  <name>astrocade</name>
                                  <fullname>Bally Astrocade</fullname>
                                  <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/astrocade</path>
                                  <extension>.bin .BIN</extension>
                                  <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ astrocade %ROM%</command>
                                  <platform>astrocade</platform>
                                  <theme>astrocade</theme>
                                </system>
                              

                              That should do it, but below I'll also include my /opt/retropie/configs/astrocade/advmess.rc as a reference. There, you'll see a few settings that refine the picture and also setup analog control for the games that need it. All in all though, it's not too dissimilar from the settings you find in AdvanceMAME.

                              debug_crash no
                              debug_rawsound no
                              debug_speedmark no
                              device_alsa_device default
                              device_alsa_mixer channel
                              device_color_bgr15 yes
                              device_color_bgr16 yes
                              device_color_bgr24 yes
                              device_color_bgr32 yes
                              device_color_bgr8 yes
                              device_color_palette8 yes
                              device_color_yuy2 yes
                              device_dpi_pclock_low 31250000
                              device_hdmi_pclock_low 0
                              device_joystick auto
                              device_keyboard raw
                              device_mouse auto
                              device_raw_firstkeyhack no
                              device_raw_mousedev[0] auto
                              device_raw_mousedev[1] auto
                              device_raw_mousedev[2] auto
                              device_raw_mousedev[3] auto
                              device_raw_mousetype[0] pnp
                              device_raw_mousetype[1] pnp
                              device_raw_mousetype[2] pnp
                              device_raw_mousetype[3] pnp
                              device_sdl_samples 512
                              device_sound auto
                              device_video auto
                              device_video_cursor auto
                              device_video_doublescan yes
                              device_video_fastchange no
                              device_video_interlace yes
                              device_video_output auto
                              device_video_overlaysize auto
                              device_video_singlescan yes
                              dir_artwork /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/advmess/artwork
                              dir_crc /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/advmess/crc
                              dir_diff /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/advmess/diff
                              dir_hi /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/advmess/hi
                              dir_image /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/advmess/image
                              dir_inp /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/advmess/inp
                              dir_memcard /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/advmess/memcard
                              dir_nvram /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/advmess/nvram
                              dir_rom /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/advmess/rom
                              dir_sample /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/advmess/sample
                              dir_snap /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/advmess/snap
                              dir_sta /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/advmess/sta
                              display_adjust none
                              display_antialias yes
                              display_artwork_backdrop yes
                              display_artwork_bezel no
                              display_artwork_crop yes
                              display_artwork_overlay yes
                              display_aspect auto
                              display_beam 1
                              display_brightness 1
                              display_buffer no
                              display_color auto
                              display_expand 1.0
                              display_flicker 0
                              display_flipx no
                              display_flipy no
                              display_frameskip auto
                              display_gamma 1
                              display_intensity 1.5
                              display_interlaceeffect none
                              display_magnify auto
                              display_magnifysize 640
                              display_mode auto
                              display_pausebrightness 1
                              display_resize integer
                              display_resizeeffect none
                              display_restore yes
                              display_rgbeffect none
                              display_rol no
                              display_ror no
                              display_scanlines no
                              display_skipcolumns auto
                              display_skiplines auto
                              display_translucency yes
                              display_vsync yes
                              include 
                              input_hotkey yes
                              input_idleexit 0
                              input_map[event10] auto
                              input_map[event11] auto
                              input_map[event12] auto
                              input_map[event13] auto
                              input_map[event14] auto
                              input_map[event1] auto
                              input_map[event2] auto
                              input_map[event3] auto
                              input_map[event4] auto
                              input_map[event5] auto
                              input_map[event6] auto
                              input_map[event7] auto
                              input_map[event8] auto
                              input_map[event9] auto
                              input_map[key_0] auto
                              input_map[key_1] auto
                              input_map[key_2] auto
                              input_map[key_3] auto
                              input_map[key_4] auto
                              input_map[key_5] auto
                              input_map[key_6] auto
                              input_map[key_7] auto
                              input_map[key_8] auto
                              input_map[key_9] auto
                              input_map[key_a] auto
                              input_map[key_again] auto
                              input_map[key_alt] auto
                              input_map[key_asterisk] auto
                              input_map[key_b] auto
                              input_map[key_back] auto
                              input_map[key_backquote] auto
                              input_map[key_backslash] auto
                              input_map[key_backspace] auto
                              input_map[key_break] auto
                              input_map[key_c] auto
                              input_map[key_capslock] auto
                              input_map[key_closebrace] auto
                              input_map[key_colon] auto
                              input_map[key_comma] auto
                              input_map[key_copy] auto
                              input_map[key_ctrl] auto
                              input_map[key_cut] auto
                              input_map[key_d] auto
                              input_map[key_del] auto
                              input_map[key_diesis] auto
                              input_map[key_doublequote] auto
                              input_map[key_down] auto
                              input_map[key_e] auto
                              input_map[key_edit] auto
                              input_map[key_end] auto
                              input_map[key_enter] auto
                              input_map[key_equals] auto
                              input_map[key_esc] auto
                              input_map[key_f10] auto
                              input_map[key_f11] auto
                              input_map[key_f12] auto
                              input_map[key_f13] auto
                              input_map[key_f14] auto
                              input_map[key_f15] auto
                              input_map[key_f16] auto
                              input_map[key_f17] auto
                              input_map[key_f18] auto
                              input_map[key_f19] auto
                              input_map[key_f1] auto
                              input_map[key_f20] auto
                              input_map[key_f21] auto
                              input_map[key_f22] auto
                              input_map[key_f23] auto
                              input_map[key_f24] auto
                              input_map[key_f2] auto
                              input_map[key_f3] auto
                              input_map[key_f4] auto
                              input_map[key_f5] auto
                              input_map[key_f6] auto
                              input_map[key_f7] auto
                              input_map[key_f8] auto
                              input_map[key_f9] auto
                              input_map[key_f] auto
                              input_map[key_fctn] auto
                              input_map[key_find] auto
                              input_map[key_forward] auto
                              input_map[key_g] auto
                              input_map[key_graph] auto
                              input_map[key_h] auto
                              input_map[key_help] auto
                              input_map[key_hold] auto
                              input_map[key_home] auto
                              input_map[key_i] auto
                              input_map[key_ins] auto
                              input_map[key_j] auto
                              input_map[key_k] auto
                              input_map[key_l] auto
                              input_map[key_lalt] auto
                              input_map[key_lctrl] auto
                              input_map[key_left] auto
                              input_map[key_less] auto
                              input_map[key_lshift] auto
                              input_map[key_m] auto
                              input_map[key_menu] auto
                              input_map[key_minus] auto
                              input_map[key_move] auto
                              input_map[key_n] auto
                              input_map[key_numlock] auto
                              input_map[key_o] auto
                              input_map[key_open] auto
                              input_map[key_openbrace] auto
                              input_map[key_p] auto
                              input_map[key_pad_0] auto
                              input_map[key_pad_1] auto
                              input_map[key_pad_2] auto
                              input_map[key_pad_3] auto
                              input_map[key_pad_4] auto
                              input_map[key_pad_5] auto
                              input_map[key_pad_6] auto
                              input_map[key_pad_7] auto
                              input_map[key_pad_8] auto
                              input_map[key_pad_9] auto
                              input_map[key_pad_asterisk] auto
                              input_map[key_pad_colon] auto
                              input_map[key_pad_diesis] auto
                              input_map[key_pad_enter] auto
                              input_map[key_pad_minus] auto
                              input_map[key_pad_plus] auto
                              input_map[key_pad_slash] auto
                              input_map[key_paste] auto
                              input_map[key_pause] auto
                              input_map[key_period] auto
                              input_map[key_pgdn] auto
                              input_map[key_pgup] auto
                              input_map[key_play] auto
                              input_map[key_plus] auto
                              input_map[key_pound] auto
                              input_map[key_print] auto
                              input_map[key_q] auto
                              input_map[key_quickload] auto
                              input_map[key_quote] auto
                              input_map[key_r] auto
                              input_map[key_ralt] auto
                              input_map[key_rctrl] auto
                              input_map[key_record] auto
                              input_map[key_restore] auto
                              input_map[key_rew] auto
                              input_map[key_right] auto
                              input_map[key_rshift] auto
                              input_map[key_s] auto
                              input_map[key_scrlock] auto
                              input_map[key_semicolon] auto
                              input_map[key_shift] auto
                              input_map[key_slash] auto
                              input_map[key_space] auto
                              input_map[key_stop] auto
                              input_map[key_store] auto
                              input_map[key_t] auto
                              input_map[key_tab] auto
                              input_map[key_u] auto
                              input_map[key_undo] auto
                              input_map[key_up] auto
                              input_map[key_v] auto
                              input_map[key_w] auto
                              input_map[key_x] auto
                              input_map[key_y] auto
                              input_map[key_z] auto
                              input_map[p1_dialx] auto
                              input_map[p1_dialy] auto
                              input_map[p1_lightgunx] auto
                              input_map[p1_lightguny] auto
                              input_map[p1_mousex] auto
                              input_map[p1_mousey] auto
                              input_map[p1_paddlex] mouse[0,x] mouse[1,x] mouse[2,x]
                              input_map[p1_paddley] mouse[0,x] mouse[1,x] mouse[2,x]
                              input_map[p1_pedalbrake] auto
                              input_map[p1_pedalgas] auto
                              input_map[p1_pedalother] auto
                              input_map[p1_stickx] auto
                              input_map[p1_sticky] auto
                              input_map[p1_stickz] auto
                              input_map[p1_trackballx] auto
                              input_map[p1_trackbally] auto
                              input_map[p2_dialx] auto
                              input_map[p2_dialy] auto
                              input_map[p2_lightgunx] auto
                              input_map[p2_lightguny] auto
                              input_map[p2_mousex] auto
                              input_map[p2_mousey] auto
                              input_map[p2_paddlex] mouse[0,y] mouse[1,y] mouse[2,y]
                              input_map[p2_paddley] mouse[0,y] mouse[1,y] mouse[2,y]
                              input_map[p2_pedalbrake] auto
                              input_map[p2_pedalgas] auto
                              input_map[p2_pedalother] auto
                              input_map[p2_stickx] auto
                              input_map[p2_sticky] auto
                              input_map[p2_stickz] auto
                              input_map[p2_trackballx] auto
                              input_map[p2_trackbally] auto
                              input_map[p3_dialx] auto
                              input_map[p3_dialy] auto
                              input_map[p3_lightgunx] auto
                              input_map[p3_lightguny] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_a] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_b] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_bet] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_c] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_chance] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_chi] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_d] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_double_up] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_e] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_f] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_flip_flop] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_g] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_h] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_i] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_j] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_k] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_kan] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_l] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_m] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_n] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_pon] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_reach] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_ron] auto
                              input_map[p3_mahjong_score] auto
                              input_map[p3_mousex] auto
                              input_map[p3_mousey] auto
                              input_map[p3_paddlex] auto
                              input_map[p3_paddley] auto
                              input_map[p3_pedalbrake] auto
                              input_map[p3_pedalgas] auto
                              input_map[p3_pedalother] auto
                              input_map[p3_stickx] auto
                              input_map[p3_sticky] auto
                              input_map[p3_stickz] auto
                              input_map[p3_trackballx] auto
                              input_map[p3_trackbally] auto
                              input_map[p4_dialx] auto
                              input_map[p4_dialy] auto
                              input_map[p4_lightgunx] auto
                              input_map[p4_lightguny] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_a] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_b] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_bet] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_c] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_chance] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_chi] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_d] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_double_up] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_e] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_f] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_flip_flop] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_g] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_h] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_i] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_j] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_k] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_kan] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_l] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_m] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_n] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_pon] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_reach] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_ron] auto
                              input_map[p4_mahjong_score] auto
                              input_map[p4_mousex] auto
                              input_map[p4_mousey] auto
                              input_map[p4_paddlex] auto
                              input_map[p4_paddley] auto
                              input_map[p4_pedalbrake] auto
                              input_map[p4_pedalgas] auto
                              input_map[p4_pedalother] auto
                              input_map[p4_stickx] auto
                              input_map[p4_sticky] auto
                              input_map[p4_stickz] auto
                              input_map[p4_trackballx] auto
                              input_map[p4_trackbally] auto
                              input_map[safequit] auto
                              input_map[service_coin5] auto
                              input_map[service_coin6] auto
                              input_map[service_coin7] auto
                              input_map[service_coin8] auto
                              input_steadykey no
                              lcd_server none
                              lcd_speed 4
                              lcd_timeout 500
                              misc_bios default
                              misc_cheat no
                              misc_cheatfile /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/advmess/misc/cheat.dat
                              misc_difficulty none
                              misc_eventdebug no
                              misc_eventfile /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/advmess/misc/event.dat
                              misc_freeplay no
                              misc_hiscorefile /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/advmess/misc/hiscore.dat
                              misc_lang none
                              misc_languagefile /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/advmess/misc/english.lng
                              misc_mutedemo no
                              misc_quiet yes
                              misc_ramsize auto
                              misc_safequit no
                              misc_smp yes
                              misc_timetorun 0
                              record_sound yes
                              record_sound_time 15
                              record_video yes
                              record_video_interleave 2
                              record_video_time 15
                              script_coin1 
                              script_coin2 
                              script_coin3 
                              script_coin4 
                              script_emulation 
                              script_event1 
                              script_event10 
                              script_event11 
                              script_event12 
                              script_event13 
                              script_event14 
                              script_event2 
                              script_event3 
                              script_event4 
                              script_event5 
                              script_event6 
                              script_event7 
                              script_event8 
                              script_event9 
                              script_knocker on(kdb, 0b100); wait(!event()); off(kdb, 0b100);
                              script_led1 on(kdb, 0b1); wait(!event()); off(kdb, 0b1);
                              script_led2 on(kdb, 0b10); wait(!event()); off(kdb, 0b10);
                              script_led3 
                              script_play 
                              script_safequit 
                              script_start1 
                              script_start2 
                              script_start3 
                              script_start4 
                              script_turbo while (event()) { toggle(kdb, 0b100); delay(100); } off(kdb, 0b100);
                              script_video wait(!event()); set(kdb, 0);
                              sound_adjust auto
                              sound_equalizer_highvolume 0
                              sound_equalizer_lowvolume 0
                              sound_equalizer_midvolume 0
                              sound_latency 0.05
                              sound_mode auto
                              sound_normalize yes
                              sound_samplerate 44100
                              sound_samples yes
                              sound_volume -3
                              sync_fps auto
                              sync_resample auto
                              sync_speed 1
                              sync_startuptime auto
                              sync_turbospeed 3
                              ui_color[help_other] 000000 808080
                              ui_color[help_p1] 000000 ffff00
                              ui_color[help_p2] 000000 00ff00
                              ui_color[help_p3] 000000 ff0000
                              ui_color[help_p4] 000000 00ffff
                              ui_color[interface] 000000 ffffff
                              ui_color[select] 000000 afffff
                              ui_color[tag] 247ef0 ffffff
                              ui_font auto
                              ui_fontsize auto
                              ui_helpimage auto
                              ui_translucency 0.8
                              input_map[ui_pause] keyboard[0,w] keyboard[0,a]
                              input_map[ui_reset_machine] keyboard[0,w] keyboard[0,b]
                              input_map[ui_snapshot] keyboard[0,w] keyboard[0,y]
                              input_map[ui_save_state] keyboard[0,w] keyboard[0,q]
                              input_map[ui_load_state] keyboard[0,w] keyboard[0,l]
                              input_map[ui_configure] keyboard[0,tab] or keyboard[0,w] keyboard[0,x]
                              input_map[ui_up] keyboard[0,up]
                              input_map[ui_down] keyboard[0,down]
                              input_map[ui_left] keyboard[0,left]
                              input_map[ui_right] keyboard[0,right]
                              input_map[ui_select] keyboard[0,enter] or keyboard[0,a]
                              input_map[ui_cancel] keyboard[0,esc] or keyboard[0,w] keyboard[0,t]
                              input_map[p1_up] keyboard[0,up]
                              input_map[p1_down] keyboard[0,down]
                              input_map[p1_left] keyboard[0,left]
                              input_map[p1_right] keyboard[0,right]
                              input_map[p1_doubleright_up] 
                              input_map[p1_doubleright_down] 
                              input_map[p1_doubleright_left] 
                              input_map[p1_doubleright_right] 
                              input_map[p1_doubleleft_up] 
                              input_map[p1_doubleleft_down] 
                              input_map[p1_doubleleft_left] 
                              input_map[p1_doubleleft_right] 
                              input_map[p1_button1] keyboard[0,b]
                              input_map[p1_button2] 
                              input_map[p1_button3] 
                              input_map[p1_button4] 
                              input_map[p1_button5] 
                              input_map[p1_button6] 
                              input_map[p1_button7] 
                              input_map[p1_button8] 
                              input_map[p1_button9] 
                              input_map[p1_button10] 
                              input_map[p1_start] 
                              input_map[p1_select] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_a] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_b] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_c] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_d] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_e] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_f] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_g] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_h] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_i] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_j] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_k] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_l] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_m] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_n] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_kan] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_pon] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_chi] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_reach] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_ron] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_bet] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_chance] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_score] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_double_up] 
                              input_map[p1_mahjong_flip_flop] 
                              input_map[p2_up] keyboard[0,3_pad]
                              input_map[p2_down] keyboard[0,4_pad]
                              input_map[p2_left] keyboard[0,1_pad]
                              input_map[p2_right] keyboard[0,2_pad]
                              input_map[p2_button1] keyboard[0,6_pad]
                              input_map[p2_button2] 
                              input_map[p2_button3] 
                              input_map[p2_button4] 
                              input_map[p2_button5] 
                              input_map[p2_button6] 
                              input_map[p2_button7] 
                              input_map[p2_button8] 
                              input_map[p2_button9] 
                              input_map[p2_button10] 
                              input_map[p2_start] 
                              input_map[p2_select] 
                              astrocde/input_setting[p1_paddlex] keydelta:20,centerdelta:20,sensitivity:20,reverse:1
                              astrocde/input_setting[p2_paddlex] keydelta:20,centerdelta:20,sensitivity:20,reverse:0
                              astrocde[home_pi_retropie_roms_astrocade_bally_pinball]/input_map[p1_button1] keyboard[0,l]
                              astrocde[home_pi_retropie_roms_astrocade_bally_pinball]/input_map[p2_button1] keyboard[0,q]
                              astrocde[home_pi_retropie_roms_astrocade_bally_pinball]/input_map[p2_down] keyboard[0,b]
                              
                              

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                                SpudsMcToole Banned @mediamogul
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                                @mediamogul Cheers for that, but it's not working for me - I get dumped straight back to the Retropie menu for every ROM, not even going through the MESS splash screens first.

                                I'd already figured most of it out for a couple of other systems, as noted here:

                                https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/19816/getting-control-inputs-to-work-in-advmess

                                ...but for the Astrocade with your files above I'm not even getting as far as I did with those - the BBC and Astrovision do at least both boot to their respective systems, I just can't get any sort of input to register.

                                I've got every conceivable BIOS file and variant in the directory you specified, called ASTROCADE.ZIP, ASTROCDE.ZIP, ASTROCDW.ZIP, ASTRO.BIN and BIOSWHIT.BIN. I've got all the game files in .BIN format in the usual ROMS directory in a folder called ASTROCADE.

                                Can I just check a couple of things quickly to see if I can get to the bottom of it?

                                (1) When you say "in /opt/retropie/configs/, I created a emulators.cfg file with the following contents:", do you mean just in the root CONFIGS folder, or inside the CONFIGS/ASTROCADE folder? (I've tried both with no discernible difference, but it'd be good to rule it out as the possible problem source.)

                                (2) In the line astrocade-advmess = "/opt/retropie/emulators/advmame/bin/advmess astrocde -cfg (etc), is that spelling at the end ("astrocde" with no "a") correct? (Same again, have tried both ways but just trying to narrow things down.)

                                (3) When you say to put the BIOS files in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/advmess/rom/, is that right? I've been putting the other ones in /opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame/rom. (Once again, have tried both.)

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                                  mediamogul Global Moderator @SpudsMcToole
                                  last edited by mediamogul

                                  @SpudsMcToole said in Pro tip for anyone thinking of installing MESS:

                                  (1)

                                  The files should be located at /opt/retropie/configs/astrocade/emulators.cfg and /opt/retropie/configs/astrocade/advmess.rc

                                  (2)

                                  It is spelled right there. That argument is meant to specify the driver that AdvanceMESS will use. It also means that I made a typo when referencing the BIOS name, which should be astrocde.zip. I'll correct it above.

                                  (3)

                                  The path that AdvanceMAME will check for its BIOS files is specified in the advmess.rc. You should check yours to see what it's set to, but I would advise the path be different than your MAME files so that it's easier to manage separately.

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                                    SpudsMcToole Banned @mediamogul
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                                    @mediamogul said in Pro tip for anyone thinking of installing MESS:

                                    The path that AdvanceMAME will check for its BIOS files is specified in the advmess.rc. You should check yours to see what it's set to, but I would advise the path be different than your MAME files so that it's easier to manage separately.

                                    Which path? dir_image? dir_rom?

                                    Otherwise I'm perplexed. I'm doing everything you say and I've got all the files where they should be and I'm still getting dumped straight back to the menu. I can't find anything different that I'm doing to what I'm doing with the BBC and Arcadia setups, but those are working except for inputs.

                                    For clarity:

                                    (1) I've copied your emulator.cfg file and put it in /opt/retropie/configs/astrocade/

                                    (2) I've copied your advmess.rc file and put it in the same folder.

                                    (3) I've copied your lines for es_systems.cfg and added them into mine.

                                    (4) I've got astrocde.zip, containing astro.bin, in /opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame/rom (and also in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/advmess/rom)

                                    (5) I've got my game ROMs as unzipped BIN files in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/astrocade

                                    But I don't even get as far as the MESS warning screens.

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                                      mediamogul Global Moderator @SpudsMcToole
                                      last edited by mediamogul

                                      @SpudsMcToole said in Pro tip for anyone thinking of installing MESS:

                                      Which path? dir_image? dir_rom?

                                      dir_rom

                                      But I don't even get as far as the MESS warning screens.

                                      After it fails to launch, post the contents of your /dev/shm/runcommand.log to pastebin.com and let's see if we can't find where the breakdown is happening.

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                                        SpudsMcToole Banned @mediamogul
                                        last edited by SpudsMcToole

                                        @mediamogul Okay, huge breakthrough, thanks to the tried and tested "flail around hitting buttons at random and see what happens" method.

                                        When I use this as the .RC file:

                                        debug_crash no
                                        debug_rawsound no
                                        debug_speedmark no
                                        
                                        device_alsa_device default
                                        device_alsa_mixer channel
                                        device_color_bgr15 yes
                                        device_color_bgr16 yes
                                        device_color_bgr24 yes
                                        device_color_bgr32 yes
                                        device_color_bgr8 yes
                                        device_color_palette8 no
                                        device_color_yuy2 no
                                        
                                        device_joystick auto
                                        device_keyboard sdl
                                        device_mouse auto
                                        
                                        device_raw_firstkeyhack no
                                        device_raw_mousedev[0] auto
                                        device_raw_mousedev[1] auto
                                        device_raw_mousedev[2] auto
                                        device_raw_mousedev[3] auto
                                        device_raw_mousetype[0] pnp
                                        device_raw_mousetype[1] pnp
                                        device_raw_mousetype[2] pnp
                                        device_raw_mousetype[3] pnp
                                        
                                        device_sdl_samples 512
                                        device_sound auto
                                        
                                        device_video sdl
                                        device_video_cursor auto
                                        device_video_doublescan yes
                                        device_video_fastchange yes
                                        device_video_interlace no
                                        device_video_output overlay
                                        device_video_overlaysize 0
                                        device_video_singlescan no
                                        device_video_clock 10 - 150 / 30.5 - 60 / 55 - 130
                                        
                                        dir_artwork /home/pi/.advance/artwork:/usr/local/share/advance/artwork:/opt/retropie/emulators/advmame/share/advance/artwork
                                        dir_crc /home/pi/.advance/crc
                                        dir_diff /home/pi/.advance/diff
                                        dir_hi /home/pi/.advance/hi
                                        dir_image /home/pi/.advance/image:/usr/local/share/advance/image:/opt/retropie/emulators/advmame/share/advance/image:/opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame/image:/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/bbcmicro
                                        dir_inp /home/pi/.advance/inp
                                        dir_memcard /home/pi/.advance/memcard
                                        dir_nvram /home/pi/.advance/nvram
                                        dir_rom /home/pi/.advance/rom:/usr/local/share/advance/rom:/opt/retropie/emulators/advmame/share/advance/rom:/opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame/rom
                                        dir_sample /home/pi/.advance/sample:/usr/local/share/advance/sample:/opt/retropie/emulators/advmame/share/advance/sample
                                        dir_snap /home/pi/.advance/snap
                                        dir_sta /home/pi/.advance/sta
                                        
                                        display_adjust none
                                        display_antialias no
                                        display_artwork_backdrop no
                                        display_artwork_bezel no
                                        display_artwork_crop no
                                        display_artwork_overlay no
                                        display_beam 1
                                        display_brightness 1
                                        display_buffer no
                                        display_color auto
                                        
                                        # Below widens the screen to 16:9
                                        # display_expand 1.35
                                        
                                        display_flicker 0
                                        display_flipx no
                                        display_flipy no
                                        display_frameskip auto
                                        display_gamma 1
                                        display_intensity 1.5
                                        display_interlaceeffect none
                                        display_magnify auto
                                        display_magnifysize 640
                                        display_mode auto
                                        display_pausebrightness 1
                                        display_resize fractional
                                        display_resizeeffect none
                                        display_restore no
                                        display_rgbeffect none
                                        display_rol no
                                        display_ror no
                                        display_scanlines no
                                        display_skipcolumns auto
                                        display_skiplines auto
                                        display_translucency no
                                        display_vsync yes
                                        
                                        include 
                                        input_hotkey yes
                                        input_idleexit 0
                                        input_map[event10] auto
                                        input_map[event11] auto
                                        input_map[event12] auto
                                        input_map[event13] auto
                                        input_map[event14] auto
                                        input_map[event1] auto
                                        input_map[event2] auto
                                        input_map[event3] auto
                                        input_map[event4] auto
                                        input_map[event5] auto
                                        input_map[event6] auto
                                        input_map[event7] auto
                                        input_map[event8] auto
                                        input_map[event9] auto
                                        
                                        input_map[key_0] joystick_button[0,18] or keyboard[0,0]
                                        input_map[key_1] joystick_button[0,8]  or keyboard[0,1]
                                        input_map[key_2] joystick_button[0,9]  or keyboard[0,2]
                                        input_map[key_3] joystick_button[0,10] or keyboard[0,3]
                                        input_map[key_4] joystick_button[0,11] or keyboard[0,4]
                                        input_map[key_5] joystick_button[0,12] or keyboard[0,5]
                                        input_map[key_6] joystick_button[0,13] or keyboard[0,6]
                                        input_map[key_7] joystick_button[0,14] or keyboard[0,7]
                                        input_map[key_8] joystick_button[0,15] or keyboard[0,8]
                                        input_map[key_9] joystick_button[0,16] or keyboard[0,9]
                                        
                                        input_map[key_a] auto
                                        input_map[key_again] auto
                                        input_map[key_alt] auto
                                        input_map[key_asterisk] auto
                                        input_map[key_b] auto
                                        input_map[key_back] auto
                                        input_map[key_backquote] auto
                                        input_map[key_backslash] auto
                                        input_map[key_backspace] auto
                                        input_map[key_break] auto
                                        input_map[key_c] auto
                                        input_map[key_capslock] joystick_digital[0079_0006_3,0,1,1] or keyboard[0,capslock]
                                        input_map[key_closebrace] auto
                                        input_map[key_colon] auto
                                        input_map[key_comma] auto
                                        input_map[key_copy] auto
                                        input_map[key_ctrl] auto
                                        input_map[key_cut] auto
                                        input_map[key_d] auto
                                        input_map[key_del] joystick_button[0,17] or keyboard[0,del] or keyboard[0,backspace]
                                        input_map[key_diesis] auto
                                        input_map[key_doublequote] auto
                                        input_map[key_down] auto
                                        input_map[key_e] auto
                                        input_map[key_edit] auto
                                        input_map[key_end] auto
                                        input_map[key_enter] joystick_button[0,19] or keyboard[0,enter]
                                        input_map[key_equals] auto
                                        input_map[key_esc] auto
                                        input_map[key_f10] auto
                                        input_map[key_f11] auto
                                        input_map[key_f12] auto
                                        input_map[key_f13] auto
                                        input_map[key_f14] auto
                                        input_map[key_f15] auto
                                        input_map[key_f16] auto
                                        input_map[key_f17] auto
                                        input_map[key_f18] auto
                                        input_map[key_f19] auto
                                        input_map[key_f1] auto
                                        input_map[key_f20] auto
                                        input_map[key_f21] auto
                                        input_map[key_f22] auto
                                        input_map[key_f23] auto
                                        input_map[key_f24] auto
                                        input_map[key_f2] auto
                                        input_map[key_f3] auto
                                        input_map[key_f4] auto
                                        input_map[key_f5] auto
                                        input_map[key_f6] auto
                                        input_map[key_f7] auto
                                        input_map[key_f8] auto
                                        input_map[key_f9] auto
                                        input_map[key_f] auto
                                        input_map[key_fctn] auto
                                        input_map[key_find] auto
                                        input_map[key_forward] auto
                                        input_map[key_g] auto
                                        input_map[key_graph] auto
                                        input_map[key_h] auto
                                        input_map[key_help] auto
                                        input_map[key_hold] auto
                                        input_map[key_home] auto
                                        input_map[key_i] auto
                                        input_map[key_ins] auto
                                        input_map[key_j] auto
                                        input_map[key_k] auto
                                        input_map[key_l] auto
                                        input_map[key_lalt] auto
                                        input_map[key_lctrl] auto
                                        input_map[key_left] auto
                                        input_map[key_less] auto
                                        input_map[key_lshift] keyboard[0,lshift] or joystick_button[0079_0006_3,2]
                                        input_map[key_m] auto
                                        input_map[key_menu] auto
                                        input_map[key_minus] auto
                                        input_map[key_move] auto
                                        input_map[key_n] auto
                                        input_map[key_numlock] auto
                                        input_map[key_o] auto
                                        input_map[key_open] auto
                                        input_map[key_openbrace] auto
                                        input_map[key_p] auto
                                        input_map[key_pad_0] auto
                                        input_map[key_pad_1] auto
                                        input_map[key_pad_2] auto
                                        input_map[key_pad_3] auto
                                        input_map[key_pad_4] auto
                                        input_map[key_pad_5] auto
                                        input_map[key_pad_6] auto
                                        input_map[key_pad_7] auto
                                        input_map[key_pad_8] auto
                                        input_map[key_pad_9] auto
                                        input_map[key_pad_asterisk] auto
                                        input_map[key_pad_colon] auto
                                        input_map[key_pad_diesis] auto
                                        input_map[key_pad_enter] auto
                                        input_map[key_pad_minus] auto
                                        input_map[key_pad_plus] auto
                                        input_map[key_pad_slash] auto
                                        input_map[key_paste] auto
                                        input_map[key_pause] auto
                                        input_map[key_period] auto
                                        input_map[key_pgdn] auto
                                        input_map[key_pgup] auto
                                        input_map[key_play] auto
                                        input_map[key_plus] auto
                                        input_map[key_pound] auto
                                        input_map[key_print] auto
                                        input_map[key_q] auto
                                        input_map[key_quickload] auto
                                        input_map[key_quote] auto
                                        input_map[key_r] auto
                                        input_map[key_ralt] auto
                                        input_map[key_rctrl] auto
                                        input_map[key_record] auto
                                        input_map[key_restore] auto
                                        input_map[key_rew] auto
                                        input_map[key_right] auto
                                        input_map[key_rshift] keyboard[0,rshift]
                                        input_map[key_s] auto
                                        input_map[key_scrlock] auto
                                        input_map[key_semicolon] auto
                                        input_map[key_shift] auto
                                        input_map[key_slash] auto
                                        input_map[key_space] auto
                                        input_map[key_stop] auto
                                        input_map[key_store] auto
                                        input_map[key_t] auto
                                        input_map[key_tab] auto
                                        input_map[key_u] auto
                                        input_map[key_undo] auto
                                        input_map[key_up] auto
                                        input_map[key_v] auto
                                        input_map[key_w] auto
                                        input_map[key_x] auto
                                        input_map[key_y] auto
                                        input_map[key_z] auto
                                        input_map[p1_dialx] auto
                                        input_map[p1_dialy] auto
                                        input_map[p1_lightgunx] auto
                                        input_map[p1_lightguny] auto
                                        input_map[p1_mousex] auto
                                        input_map[p1_mousey] auto
                                        input_map[p1_paddlex] auto
                                        input_map[p1_paddley] auto
                                        input_map[p1_pedalbrake] auto
                                        input_map[p1_pedalgas] auto
                                        input_map[p1_pedalother] auto
                                        input_map[p1_stickx] auto
                                        input_map[p1_sticky] auto
                                        input_map[p1_stickz] auto
                                        input_map[p1_trackballx] auto
                                        input_map[p1_trackbally] auto
                                        input_map[p2_dialx] auto
                                        input_map[p2_dialy] auto
                                        input_map[p2_lightgunx] auto
                                        input_map[p2_lightguny] auto
                                        input_map[p2_mousex] auto
                                        input_map[p2_mousey] auto
                                        input_map[p2_paddlex] auto
                                        input_map[p2_paddley] auto
                                        input_map[p2_pedalbrake] auto
                                        input_map[p2_pedalgas] auto
                                        input_map[p2_pedalother] auto
                                        input_map[p2_stickx] auto
                                        input_map[p2_sticky] auto
                                        input_map[p2_stickz] auto
                                        input_map[p2_trackballx] auto
                                        input_map[p2_trackbally] auto
                                        input_map[p3_dialx] auto
                                        input_map[p3_dialy] auto
                                        input_map[p3_lightgunx] auto
                                        input_map[p3_lightguny] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_a] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_b] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_bet] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_c] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_chance] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_chi] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_d] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_double_up] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_e] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_f] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_flip_flop] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_g] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_h] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_i] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_j] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_k] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_kan] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_l] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_m] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_n] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_pon] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_reach] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_ron] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mahjong_score] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mousex] auto
                                        input_map[p3_mousey] auto
                                        input_map[p3_paddlex] auto
                                        input_map[p3_paddley] auto
                                        input_map[p3_pedalbrake] auto
                                        input_map[p3_pedalgas] auto
                                        input_map[p3_pedalother] auto
                                        input_map[p3_stickx] auto
                                        input_map[p3_sticky] auto
                                        input_map[p3_stickz] auto
                                        input_map[p3_trackballx] auto
                                        input_map[p3_trackbally] auto
                                        input_map[p4_dialx] auto
                                        input_map[p4_dialy] auto
                                        input_map[p4_lightgunx] auto
                                        input_map[p4_lightguny] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_a] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_b] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_bet] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_c] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_chance] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_chi] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_d] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_double_up] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_e] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_f] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_flip_flop] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_g] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_h] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_i] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_j] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_k] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_kan] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_l] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_m] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_n] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_pon] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_reach] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_ron] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mahjong_score] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mousex] auto
                                        input_map[p4_mousey] auto
                                        input_map[p4_paddlex] auto
                                        input_map[p4_paddley] auto
                                        input_map[p4_pedalbrake] auto
                                        input_map[p4_pedalgas] auto
                                        input_map[p4_pedalother] auto
                                        input_map[p4_stickx] auto
                                        input_map[p4_sticky] auto
                                        input_map[p4_stickz] auto
                                        input_map[p4_trackballx] auto
                                        input_map[p4_trackbally] auto
                                        input_map[safequit] auto
                                        input_map[service_coin5] auto
                                        input_map[service_coin6] auto
                                        input_map[service_coin7] auto
                                        input_map[service_coin8] auto
                                        input_map[ui_cancel] joystick_button[0079_0006_3,8] joystick_button[0079_0006_3,10] or keyboard[0,f7]
                                        input_map[ui_mode_next] keyboard[0,f24]
                                        input_map[ui_mode_pred] keyboard[0,f24]
                                        input_map[ui_reset_machine] joystick_button[0079_0006,4] or joystick_button[0079_0006_2,4] or keyboard[0,f9]
                                        input_map[ui_toggle_debug] keyboard[0,f24]
                                        
                                        input_steadykey no
                                        
                                        lcd_server none
                                        lcd_speed 4
                                        lcd_timeout 500
                                        
                                        misc_bios default
                                        misc_cheat no
                                        misc_cheatfile cheat.dat
                                        misc_difficulty none
                                        misc_eventdebug no
                                        misc_eventfile event.dat
                                        misc_freeplay no
                                        misc_hiscorefile hiscore.dat
                                        misc_lang none
                                        misc_languagefile english.lng
                                        misc_mutedemo no
                                        misc_quiet yes
                                        misc_ramsize auto
                                        misc_safequit no
                                        misc_smp no
                                        misc_timetorun 0
                                        
                                        record_sound no
                                        record_sound_time 15
                                        record_video no
                                        record_video_interleave 2
                                        record_video_time 15
                                        
                                        script_coin1 
                                        script_coin2 
                                        script_coin3 
                                        script_coin4 
                                        script_emulation 
                                        script_event1 
                                        script_event10 
                                        script_event11 
                                        script_event12 
                                        script_event13 
                                        script_event14 
                                        script_event2 
                                        script_event3 
                                        script_event4 
                                        script_event5 
                                        script_event6 
                                        script_event7 
                                        script_event8 
                                        script_event9 
                                        script_led1 on(kdb, 0b1); wait(!event()); off(kdb, 0b1);
                                        script_led2 on(kdb, 0b10); wait(!event()); off(kdb, 0b10);
                                        script_led3 
                                        script_play 
                                        script_safequit 
                                        script_start1 
                                        script_start2 
                                        script_start3 
                                        script_start4 
                                        script_turbo while (event()) { toggle(kdb, 0b100); delay(100); } off(kdb, 0b100);
                                        script_video wait(!event()); set(kdb, 0);
                                        
                                        sound_adjust auto
                                        sound_equalizer_highvolume 0
                                        sound_equalizer_lowvolume 0
                                        sound_equalizer_midvolume 0
                                        sound_latency 0.05
                                        sound_mode auto
                                        sound_normalize yes
                                        sound_samplerate 44100
                                        sound_samples yes
                                        sound_volume 0
                                        
                                        sync_fps auto
                                        sync_resample auto
                                        sync_speed 1
                                        sync_startuptime auto
                                        sync_turbospeed 3
                                        
                                        ui_color[help_other] 000000 808080
                                        ui_color[help_p1] 000000 ffff00
                                        ui_color[help_p2] 000000 00ff00
                                        ui_color[help_p3] 000000 ff0000
                                        ui_color[help_p4] 000000 00ffff
                                        ui_color[interface] 000000 ffffff
                                        ui_color[select] 000000 afffff
                                        ui_color[tag] 247ef0 ffffff
                                        ui_font auto
                                        ui_fontsize auto
                                        ui_helpimage auto
                                        ui_translucency 0.8
                                        
                                        280x210/display_resize fractional
                                        320x192/display_mode sdl_1824x984
                                        320x192/display_resize fractional
                                        320x192x59/display_mode sdl_1824x984
                                        320x192x59/display_resize fractional
                                        336x225/display_mode sdl_416x288
                                        336x225/display_resize fractional
                                        320x204/display_mode sdl_1920x1080
                                        320x204/display_resize fractional
                                        800x300x50/display_mode generate-double
                                        
                                        bbcbp128[home_pi_retropie_roms_bbcmicrochuckieegg_chuckie]/script_play delay(750); simulate_key(key_scrlock,75); simulate_key(key_c,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_h,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_a,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_i,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_n,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_space,75); delay(200); simulate_key(key_lshift,200); simulate_key(key_2,50); delay(200); simulate_key(key_c,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_h,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_u,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_c,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_k,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_i,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_e,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_space,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_e,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_g,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_g,75); delay(200); simulate_key(key_lshift,200); simulate_key(key_2,50); delay(200); simulate_key(key_enter,75); delay(75);
                                        
                                        bbcbp128[home_pi_retropie_roms_bbcmicroelite_elite]/script_play delay(750); simulate_key(key_scrlock,75); simulate_key(key_c,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_h,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_a,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_i,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_n,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_space,75); delay(200); simulate_key(key_lshift,200); simulate_key(key_2,50); delay(200); simulate_key(key_l,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_o,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_a,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_d,75); delay(200); simulate_key(key_lshift,200); simulate_key(key_2,50); delay(200); simulate_key(key_enter,75); delay(75);
                                        
                                        bbcbp128[home_pi_retropie_roms_bbcmicroplanetoid_planetoid]/script_play delay(750); simulate_key(key_scrlock,75); simulate_key(key_c,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_h,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_a,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_i,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_n,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_space,75); delay(200); simulate_key(key_lshift,200); simulate_key(key_2,50); delay(200); simulate_key(key_l,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_o,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_a,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_d,75); delay(200); simulate_key(key_lshift,200); simulate_key(key_2,50); delay(200); simulate_key(key_enter,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_scrlock,75); delay(75);
                                        
                                        bbcbp128[home_pi_retropie_roms_bbcmicrothrust_thrust]/script_play delay(750); simulate_key(key_scrlock,75); simulate_key(key_c,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_h,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_a,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_i,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_n,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_space,75); delay(200); simulate_key(key_lshift,200); simulate_key(key_2,50); delay(200); simulate_key(key_t,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_h,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_r,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_u,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_s,75); delay(75); simulate_key(key_t,75); delay(200); simulate_key(key_lshift,200); simulate_key(key_2,50); delay(200); simulate_key(key_enter,75); delay(75);
                                        
                                        input_map[p1_up] joystick_digital[0079_0006_3,0,0,0] or keyboard[0,up]
                                        input_map[p1_down] joystick_digital[0079_0006_3,0,0,1] or keyboard[0,down]
                                        input_map[p1_left] joystick_digital[0079_0006_3,0,1,1] or keyboard[0,left]
                                        input_map[p1_right] joystick_digital[0079_0006_3,0,1,0] or keyboard[0,right]
                                        input_map[p1_start] joystick_button[0079_0006_3,7] or keyboard[0,1]
                                        input_map[p1_select] joystick_button[0079_0006_3,7] or keyboard[0,5]
                                        input_map[p2_up] joystick_digital[0079_0006,0,0,0] or keyboard[0,r]
                                        input_map[p2_down] joystick_digital[0079_0006,0,0,1] or keyboard[0,f]
                                        input_map[p2_left] joystick_digital[0079_0006,0,1,1] or keyboard[0,d]
                                        input_map[p2_right] joystick_digital[0079_0006,0,1,0] or keyboard[0,g]
                                        input_map[p2_button1] joystick_button[0079_0006,1] or keyboard[0,a]
                                        input_map[p2_button2] joystick_button[0079_0006,3] or keyboard[0,s]
                                        input_map[p2_button3] joystick_button[0079_0006,5] or keyboard[0,q]
                                        input_map[p2_button4] joystick_button[0079_0006,0] or keyboard[0,w]
                                        input_map[p2_button5] joystick_button[0079_0006,2]
                                        input_map[p2_button6] 
                                        input_map[p2_button7] 
                                        input_map[p2_button8] 
                                        input_map[p2_button9] 
                                        input_map[p2_button10] 
                                        input_map[p2_start] joystick_button[0079_0006,4] or joystick_button[0079_0006_3,10] or keyboard[0,2]
                                        input_map[p2_select] joystick_button[0079_0006,4] or joystick_button[0079_0006_3,10] or keyboard[0,6]
                                        input_map[ui_up] joystick_digital[0079_0006_3,0,0,0] or keyboard[0,up]
                                        input_map[ui_down] joystick_digital[0079_0006_3,0,0,1] or keyboard[0,down]
                                        input_map[ui_left] joystick_digital[0079_0006_3,0,1,1] or keyboard[0,left]
                                        input_map[ui_right] joystick_digital[0079_0006_3,0,1,0] or keyboard[0,right]
                                        input_map[ui_select] joystick_button[0079_0006_3,2] or keyboard[0,enter]
                                        input_map[ui_record_start] 
                                        input_map[ui_record_stop] 
                                        
                                        

                                        ...(almost) everything miraculously works! I have keyboard access on BBC, and it also works for the Arcadia and Astrocade (although not, bizarrely, Fairchild Channel F).

                                        The only tiny problem left with the BBC is that because Tab is a key on the BBC keyboard, MESS doesn't recognise it for accessing the menu, and I can't figure out how to fix it because the keyboard map code is all incomprehensible bollocks like this:

                                        input_map[key_tab] joystick_button[0079_0006_3,1]
                                        

                                        Which is annoying, because if I could figure out the maps I could either enable Tab and set controls via the menu, or just set the joystick directly in the RC file to Z, X, /, : and Return and take care of about 90% of BBC games straight away.

                                        (I've tried pasting in the line from the Astrocade RC file after I've mapped Tab to a joystick button, which is this:

                                        input_map[ui_configure] keyboard[0,tab] or joystick_button[0079_0011_2,7]
                                        

                                        but that doesn't seem to do anything in the BBC file.)

                                        But yeah, otherwise that RC file is the Rosetta Stone and I have no clue why.

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                                          mediamogul Global Moderator @SpudsMcToole
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                                          @SpudsMcToole said in Pro tip for anyone thinking of installing MESS:

                                          The only tiny problem left with the BBC is that because Tab is a key on the BBC keyboard, MESS doesn't recognise it for accessing the menu

                                          You might try something like:

                                          input_map[key_tab] keyboard[0,tab]
                                          input_map[ui_configure] keyboard[0,lalt] keyboard[0,tab] or keyboard[0,ralt] keyboard[0,tab]
                                          

                                          In theory that would allow the BBC environment to use the 'Tab' key as its own, while the config menu would be invoked by either 'LeftAlt+Tab' or 'RightAlt+Tab'.

                                          RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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                                            SpudsMcToole Banned @mediamogul
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                                            @mediamogul Hmm, nope. Adding those lines has no discernible effect - pressing either Alt with Tab just acts like a normal BBC tab.

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