100% noob trying to be a geek, begging for help with Roms. Please......
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Btw, I really appreciate all of your patience with me on this. It's really something to have ppl willing to help a unlearned noon here.
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First of all, forget
lr-mame2000. The 0.78 ROM set is forlr-mame2003and you should make sure it's always used. Copy your ROMs to thearcadefolder, it will be easier to keep count, don't hop folders just to change emulators. Use the Runcommand launch menu when launching a ROM and make sure the default emulator forarcadeislr-mame2003.
To diagnose a non-running ROM, use the same Runcommand launch menu to enable Verbose Logging when launching the ROM, then get the/dev/shm/runcomman.logfile from the PI and upload it to pastebin.com to note the error.Note that if you don't use the full ROM set (i.e. you delete some of the ROMs), you might have a problem with 'child' ROMs when you delete their 'parent' ROM (see https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Arcade/#step-2-select-the-right-rom-set). If you want to keep only some ROMs - and delete the others- , then make sure you're using a Full or Non-Merged ROM set.
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@ucald4amarine said in 100% noob trying to be a geek, begging for help with Roms. Please......:
I took notes on what emulators they worked in for future reference.
Why? That guide I linked you to is really specific. You don't go trying roms in different emulators. All you do is put the 0.78 set in the Arcade folder and you are done. The 0.78 set is not for any other emulators, only the default lr-mame2003. The problem is that some roms will work in other emulators but that is not by design. You should only ever deal in complete sets to prevent madness.
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@mitu said in 100% noob trying to be a geek, begging for help with Roms. Please......:
If you want to keep only rom ROMs, then make sure you're using a Full or Non-Merged ROM set.
I think you meant some ROMs. Just a quick note to avoid confusion on @ucald4amarine's side. :)
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@Clyde Thanks, corrected.
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@mitu well, these are ROMs that have been working earlier, and only stopped working recently. But I just thought of sleeping right as I woke up. I don't know if this has anything to do with anything. But last night I did rename some of the rom titles for my own ease of access. (Renameing mslugx to Metal Slug X, and dino to Dinosaurs and Cadillacs.) I have no idea if this could affect the boot sequence. But as soon as I can test it I'll let you know. Or, perhaps you already know the answer?
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Renaming a ROM file is not supported by any MAME emulator. The filenames are specifically assigned by MAME so it knows what the ROM should contain. So if you renamed dino.zip to Cadillacs and Dinosaurs.zip, that will not work. Keep the original filename, Emulationstation already knows how to translate the short zip file name to the 'real' game name (and you can always scrape for information from Emulationstation if you'd like more information and images added to the game).
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Each ROM the emulator is capable of running has its own internal configuration that is tied to the name of the ROM .zip file. It MUST have the correct filename, and also must not be unzipped.
Your best bet is to run the ROMS through CLRMamePro with the 0.78 dataset and it will figure out how to create the proper .zip file with the ROM data you actually have. There is a tutorial video for CLRMamePro in the MAME FAQ page pinned in the gaming discussion forum HERE https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2859/how-to-use-mame-with-retropie-help-guide/30
One thing that guide doesn't mention is BACK UP YOUR ROMS before letting CLRMamePro loose on them, if you choose the wrong options it can easily corrupt or erase your original ROM data.
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honestly i would advise against going down the clrmamepro route at this point. just redownload the full romset if you haven't kept a copy.
just do the absolute basics. put the full 0.78 romset in the mame-libretro folder, and set the default emulator to lr-mame2003. that's essentially all you need to do.
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@dankcushions True, not the best option for a noob now that I think about it. My ROMS were from a massive virutally every rom in existence torrent that was a complete cluster$%&* and absolutely needed sorthing out with CLRMamePro.
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@dankcushions
Sheesh... The more I learn from you all, the more of an idiot I feel... Thanks for all of your time and patience with me. I know this is hard to believe, but I am learning from my mistakes. -
@rbaker you suggested putting the game files in the arcade section. As far as I'm currently understanding this, it seems to me that the arcade section may be the best place to put everything, as it gives me all the emulations needed. Could you explain please why I would(or should) use the rest of them? (Mame, neo-geo, etc. Perhaps for game specific platforms such as snes?)
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If you want all the 'good' stuff in one place, mark it as a Favorite, and it will show up in your Favorites list regardless of the platform. Putting everything in one directory is going to create a navigational nightmare.
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@VictimRLSH
I was only planning on putting about 50 games on the Pi, as growing up, my brothers and I didn't have much access to games or computers of any kind until about 2008, when we moved out of our families farm. So, really, there are a very small number of games that we had ever played when we snuck out to the movies or something. Given that it's a small list, would leaving it all in arcade be wise, or should I still plan to sort out which one goes in which? -
@ucald4amarine The console games need to be in their respective directories for the emulators to find them, but you CAN put all your MAME games in the Arcade directory. If you have console or computer games as well, you'll need to use the Favorites to get everything in one place anyway.
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@ucald4amarine said in 100% noob trying to be a geek, begging for help with Roms. Please......:
@rbaker you suggested putting the game files in the arcade section. As far as I'm currently understanding this, it seems to me that the arcade section may be the best place to put everything,
Everything arcade, as @VictimRLSH already explained. I just wanted to strengthen that information.
as it gives me all the emulations needed. Could you explain please why I would(or should) use the rest of them? (Mame, neo-geo, etc. Perhaps for game specific platforms such as snes?)
One scenario would be that you have games in multiple versions for different emulators. You could put the mame2003 versions in one directory and the mame2010 versions (edit)of the same games(/edit) in another. You'd have multiple MAME systems in Emulation station that way.
I keep the Neo Geo ROMs I bought from gog.com separate from the rest of my arcade ROMs this way.
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Copy all. That's good to know then. Doesn't necessarily simplify my task, but it will be a good learning experience for me. (Which this whole thing has been) I'll have to put up a pic of the finished cabinet. Show that I do have some talents here.
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@ucald4amarine Look at this post from me how to extract the roms from the GOG installer files. There also is a link to the ROMs on gog.com. All of them work on my RetroPie 4.4 with the standard emulator for the
roms/neogeodirectory, lr-fbalpha. (edit: As far as I tested them, but at least as far as some minutes into the game.)You may also want to look at the opening post of that thread, where @BenMcLean has collected many legal sources for various ROMs.
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Im back! And... Once again, I have been running searches and attempting to fix on my own. But... Once again, Im stumped...
Ive built one cabinet. And it doesnt look half bad. Some things to improve on the next build, but its not all that bad. The software though... There is a issue with the sound, (I still have to go into the boot menu and delete the # sign and Get it to go through the headphone jack. So I think I may have the solution worked out on that.) But even though Ive gone through the retroarch section for setting up the 2nd set of controls, it hasnt fully worked out. Ill explain.
I go through the retroarch control settings, go to the 2nd player controls, and everything appears to automatically copy itself correctly. I am not able to make any changes to the controls anyways. But when I go In game to test, I find that the emulator now just takes imputs for both players through the player one controls, and only responds to a couple of imputs from the 2nd player. This is something that I havent been able to find a similar issue with through the forums at all.And 2ndly, whenever I boot up a fresh copy of retropie, everything seems to work great. (Excepting sound and the 2nd set of controls. ) But the moment I go into settings and try to set sound to anything different from stock, I lose all control in game. Outside in menu still great. But in game, I cant do anything at all...
Again, I thank you all for your time and efforts.
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