lr-pcsx-rearmed missing in optional packages.. what now?

mitu

@TresManoss Post a screenshot of your roms folder, as you see it (file shares ?). Did you use the image from retropie.org.uk/download to install ?

TresManoss

@mitu yes, i downloaded image from this site.

mitu

OK, if the folder doesn't show up, then install the lr-pcsx-rearmed emulator and it will show up.

TresManoss

@mitu Thx for taking time. It worked!

TresManoss

@mitu Funny thing is that, i can see the folder now and drag games into it.
THen i restart the emulationstation and even did a system reboot, there is no playstation to be found in emulators/games listing...

ReadyPlayaWon

@TresManoss

better check your es_systems.cfg file .. cus if it isn't there, it won't show up in the emulationstation games list.

here ... /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg

and here ... /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg

there should be an entry

<system>
<name>psx</name>
<fullname>PlayStation</fullname>
<path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx</path>
<extension>.cue .cbn .chd .img .iso .m3u .mdf .pbp .toc .z .znx .CUE .CBN .CHD .IMG .ISO .M3U .MDF .PBP .TOC .Z .ZNX</extension>
<command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS psx %ROM%</command>
<platform>psx</platform>
<theme>psx</theme>
</system>

in one or both of those cfg files.

TresManoss

@ReadyPlayaWon Thanks for replying! SO how do I get in etc/ folder? noob here..

ReadyPlayaWon

@TresManoss said in lr-pcsx-rearmed missing in optional packages.. what now?:

SO how do I get in etc/ folder? noob here..

i'm using WinSCP

https://winscp.net/eng/download.php

TresManoss

@ReadyPlayaWon oh lol me too.
But i cant find etc/

mitu

@TresManoss What extension have the files that you copied ? They'll need to match the list of extensions understood by the psx system - cue .cbn .chd .img .iso .m3u .mdf .pbp .toc .

TresManoss

@mitu I see what might cause the problem now. Games are rarred. I need to unpack them, there are cue and bin files in there... :)

ReadyPlayaWon

@TresManoss said in lr-pcsx-rearmed missing in optional packages.. what now?:

I need to unpack them, there are cue and bin files in there... :)

and then, personally .. i use CDmage to convert all those *bin files in a single *.bin

Then i have only a *.cue and a *.bin file ... and then compress them to a single *.chd file. (using CHDman)

saves a ton space ... and the game is one single file, and smaller (sometimes a lot, by 50% smaller or more)

P.S. etc/ folder is here (screenshot from WinSCP)

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TresManoss

Thanks guys, i got it working!

CHEERIO

stevenhurwitt

hey so i saw that this is installed by default now, but i can't get any PS2 roms to load on raspberry pi 4. was trying to follow this guide, but none of the packages show up as optional packages.

when i go to run a playstation rom the logs say everything is fine, but the game doesn't load - it just goes back to the selection screen.

is this an issue anyone else has encountered?

mitu

@stevenhurwitt said in lr-pcsx-rearmed missing in optional packages.. what now?:

hey so i saw that this is installed by default now, but i can't get any PS2 roms to load on raspberry pi 4. was trying to follow this guide, but none of the packages show up as optional packages.

Is it PS2 or PS1 ? The lr-pcsx-rearmed emulates only PS1 games. Check if you have the correct BIOS files - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Playstation-1/