Thomson Computers - Emulator

drhoemmal

Sorry, but how do I add a Core to Retroarch in Retropie?
In the Menu with e Emulator Packages I cant find Thomson Emulator "Theodore".

Thank you for your instruction

mitu

@drhoemmal said in Thomson Computers - Emulator:

Sorry, but how do I add a Core to Retroarch in Retropie?
In the Menu with e Emulator Packages I cant find Thomson Emulator "Theodore".

It has to be added to the RetroPie Script in order to appear in the menu.
If you'd like to do it manually, then you'll have to create a scriptmodule similarly to ones already available (see here for a list).
Since this is also a new system, you'll have to modify the platforms.cfg and add the new system to Emulationstation, before installing this new core.

Zlika

Hi all!
Any update on the integration of the theodore core in retropie? How can I help?
Regards,
Thomas

mitu

@Zlika For now, the main dev branch is focusing on support for the Pi4 Raspberry model, so any new additions will probably happen after that.

That being said, the integration should be straightforward, like any Libretro cores it works with a minimal scriptmodule - I already tested it.

spud11

@mitu I agree. I installed the Thomson libretro core manually and I think that it works very well on my Pi3B Jessie based system.

Moulinex

@drhoemmal Hello

I confirm this is possible. Maybe I could write a little tutorial about this as I succeeded to do it yesterday. Please let me know where to put it since I am not experienced with RetroPie.

The idea as @spud11 said is to create a script manually.

Here are the steps (if someone wants I will do a detailed explanation later, please let me know)

Create a thomson folder in the roms folder and put a few in there. This is necessary otherwise Emulation Station will not display it in the menu. Do the same for the configs folder (you can copy an existing one and rename it "thomson")
Manually edit the es_systems.cfg by adding a "Thomson" entry. For possible extensions, add .sap .fd .k7 since these are the usual ones. Back up before any change and update the files both in /etc/emulationstation and /opt/retropie/. Since Thomson is not a default entry, you can use "hacks" for the theme tag.
Update the platforms.cfg in /home/pi and add a thomson entry as specified before
Restart everything. If all is normal, you should see the Thomson Entry with the games you put. We can not start them yet but now they are recognized by Emulation station
in the script folder that @spud11 mentionned above. Create a lr_thomson.sh script by copying an existing one (take for example the one for another computer such as Sharp X68000 which is basic enough). In this one update all entries (I can provide one example later if you request) and replace the Git URL with the one provided by @Zlika, the author of the emulator. Please use "exp" for the domain to make sure it is added to the experimental packages sections (I think it's better since it's actually the case)
Once done, restart your Retropie and go to the Retropie Setup, Manage packages and Experimental packages. Your new script should appear. Run it. If you see it takes some time it's good, it means it is downloading and packaging the SO file into your emulators.
In the emulators.cfg script which is in the configs/thomson folder, edit the file to update the command line.

Cheers

Zlika

Hi @mitu! Now that a new release with rpi4 support is out, would it be possible to add this new core?
Thanks.

mitu

@Zlika I have it on my list, next week I'll flesh it out and submit a module PR.

Zlika

@mitu thanks!

drhoemmal

@Moulinex
Thank you for the instructions.
I cant find the platforms.cfg in /home/pi .. so I'll wait til the next update, when the Theodore-Emulator will be in the expermintal or optional section to install.

mitu

@Zlika The theodore core is not part of RetroPie, along with a new moto system. Anyone can install it now from the experimental packages section, after they update their RetroPie-Setup script.

I will add a wiki/doc page for the new system.

drhoemmal

Great! Thank you very much

Zlika

@mitu great news!

Zlika

@mitu I see that you use the libretro fork of theodore instead of the upstream repo. The libretro fork is not up to date (it is only used from time to time by libretro dev to send me pull requests). Please use the upstream repo: https://github.com/Zlika/theodore
Even the libretro buildbot uses the upstream repo.

Moulinex

@drhoemmal Will it ?

Moulinex

I know it's in the personal files but don't remember from top of my head

shift

@Zlika Is it possible to have all the steps to install the current version of theodore on Retropie? Thanks

mitu

@shift You just install it like any other RetroPie emulator - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Updating-RetroPie/#manage-packages - from the experimental section.

shift

@mitu Thank you. I had probably installed the previous version, the one present on Retropie 4.6.1

mitu

@shift You can always choose to install from source, it will install the most recent version available at https://github.com/Zlika/theodore.