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

mitu · 13 Oct 2020, 09:05

@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 · 13 Oct 2020, 09:16

@mitu yes, i downloaded image from this site.

mitu · 13 Oct 2020, 09:29

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

TresManoss · 13 Oct 2020, 09:38

@mitu Thx for taking time. It worked!

TresManoss · 13 Oct 2020, 09:58

@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 · 13 Oct 2020, 10:07

@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 · 13 Oct 2020, 10:08

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

ReadyPlayaWon · 13 Oct 2020, 10:09

@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 · 13 Oct 2020, 20:52

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

mitu · 14 Oct 2020, 03:02

@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 · 14 Oct 2020, 09:33

@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 · 14 Oct 2020, 10:27

@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)

TresManoss · 21 Oct 2020, 09:32

Thanks guys, i got it working!

CHEERIO

stevenhurwitt · 19 Nov 2020, 16:26

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 · 19 Nov 2020, 16:36

@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/