new scriptmodules (lr-vice-xvic, gsplus, proper lr-mess integration!)

dmmarti

@DTEAM Once I got one system working .. and the process "clicked" in my head....then it was just a matter of keep adding more and more. LOL

I love older computer systems and I've had a great time playing some of the games from them.

jamrom2

Hi. I'm enjoying this lr-mess addition real well. It's easy to add each "emulator" to Retropie. So far, I've got 6 new systems added in. Thanks for all your work!

Now.. for the issues... lol.

Apple II - no response from the emulator when I press "tab" to get into the emulator. I have no joystick control. I added in the statement you suggest above to my emulators.cfg file in both Apple IIGS and Apple II. Nothing.

I noticed Apple IIGS is crazy slow. I have shaders and a custom overlay added in as well. Not sure if that's slowing it down, but it's unplayable.

Either way... how do I get joysticks enabled in these 2 emulators?

Thanks!

JR

roslof

@jamrom2 said in new scriptmodules (lr-vice-xvic, gsplus, proper lr-mess integration!):

Your lucky day!

Apple II - no response from the emulator when I press "tab" to get into the emulator. I have no joystick control. I added in the statement you suggest above to my emulators.cfg file in both Apple IIGS and Apple II. Nothing.

Tab isn't working because you have to switch from Keyboard Full Emulation to Partial. Hit "Scroll Lock" (or "ScrLock") first. Then try Tab.

...how do I get joysticks enabled in these 2 emulators?

For Apple Joystick, add -gameio joy to your emulator.cfg line(s).
For Apple Paddles, add -gameio paddles to your emulator.cfg line(s).

Working examples I've configured and use right now , using different "emulators" for different disk types and game requirements:

AppleIIe_Enhanced_Joystick_nib = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/apple2/retroarch.cfg apple2ee /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -gameio joy -sl6 diskii -flop1 %ROM%"
AppleIIe_Enhanced_Paddles_nib = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/apple2/retroarch.cfg apple2ee /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -gameio paddles -sl6 diskii -flop1 %ROM%"
AppleIIe_Enhanced_Joystick = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/apple2/retroarch.cfg apple2ee /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -gameio joy -flop1 %ROM%"
AppleIIe_Enhanced_Paddles = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/apple2/retroarch.cfg apple2ee /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -gameio paddles -flop1 %ROM%"
AppleIIGS_3.5 = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/apple2gs/retroarch.cfg apple2gsr1 /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -gameio joy -flop3 %ROM%"
AppleIIGS_5.25 = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/apple2gs/retroarch.cfg apple2gsr1 /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -gameio joy -flop1 %ROM%"

roslof

@jamrom2 said in new scriptmodules (lr-vice-xvic, gsplus, proper lr-mess integration!):

I noticed Apple IIGS is crazy slow. I have shaders and a custom overlay added in as well. Not sure if that's slowing it down, but it's unplayable.

For GS, I do something... unusual that took about a week to set up.

Important to know:

lr-mess won't work with all games (either not compatible or too slow)
lr-mess2016 is MUCH faster, but compatible with even less games and virtual hard drives require .chd format.
gsplus is stand-alone (boo) but is blazing fast and works with just about everything -- but it has bugs (eg. Zany Golf -- try to hit the ball -- or Thexder - try to perform a diagonal jump)

So... I use all of them :) I default to lr-mess. If it works, but is too slow, I use lr-mess2016. If it doesn't work, I use gsplus (via a .gsp file). NEVER launch an apple disk with gsplus or it freakin' wipes it out, treating it like a .cfg/txt file...

If you want to try gsplus and ONLY LAUNCH .gsp files, here is a link to my collection. You'll need to create a hard drive image for several games, but that's also the case for lr-mess/lr-mess2016.

Lastly, here are a few emulators I created (for emulators.cfg) that could help, if you want to try some of these ideas.

default = "lr-mess-apple2gs"
gsplus = "/opt/retropie/emulators/gsplus/gsplus.sh %ROM%"
lr-mess2016-apple2gs = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess2016/mess2016_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/apple2gs/retroarch.cfg apple2gsr1 /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -flop3 %ROM%"
lr-mess-apple2gs = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/apple2gs/retroarch.cfg apple2gsr1 /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -gameio joy -flop3 %ROM%"
lr-mess-apple2gs-OS = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/apple2gs/retroarch.cfg apple2gsr1 /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -gameio joy -sl7 cffa2 -hard1 /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/apple2gs/GSOS6.0.1.hdv -flop3 %ROM%"
lr-mess-apple2gs-HD = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/apple2gs/retroarch.cfg apple2gsr1 /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -gameio joy -sl7 cffa2 -hard1 %ROM%"

I admit, I'm a little insane/crazy and want everything perfect and as easy to launch games as possible... In an unorthodox way, I've leveraged emulators.cfg for "special case" combinations of floppy/hard drives to remove pain of disk swapping...

...I mean, my micro keyboard doesn't have a ScrLock key, so I can't disk swap with lr-mess*... Unless I get a full-sized keyboard hooked up.

Examples:

lr-mess-apple2gs-special-ancglry   = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/apple2gs/retroarch.cfg apple2gsr1 /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -gameio joy -flop3 /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/apple2gs/special/ancglry-2.zip -sl7 cffa2 -hard1 %ROM%"
lr-mess-apple2gs-special-aloys     = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/apple2gs/retroarch.cfg apple2gsr1 /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -gameio joy -flop3 /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/apple2gs/special/aloys-2.zip -sl7 cffa2 -hard1 %ROM%"
lr-mess-apple2gs-special-brdtale   = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/apple2gs/retroarch.cfg apple2gsr1 /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -gameio joy -flop3 /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/apple2gs/special/brdtale-2.zip -sl7 cffa2 -hard1 %ROM%"
lr-mess-apple2gs-special-brdtale2  = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/apple2gs/retroarch.cfg apple2gsr1 /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -gameio joy -flop3 /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/apple2gs/special/brdtale2-2.zip -sl7 cffa2 -hard1 %ROM%"
lr-mess-apple2gs-special-bcauldrn  = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/apple2gs/retroarch.cfg apple2gsr1 /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -gameio joy -flop3 /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/apple2gs/special/bcauldrn-2.zip -sl7 cffa2 -hard1 %ROM%"
lr-mess-apple2gs-special-chsm2100  = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/apple2gs/retroarch.cfg apple2gsr1 /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -gameio joy -flop3 /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/apple2gs/special/chsm2100-2.zip -sl7 cffa2 -hard1 %ROM%"
lr-mess-apple2gs-special-crylnmsn  = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/apple2gs/retroarch.cfg apple2gsr1 /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -gameio joy -flop3 /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/apple2gs/special/crylnmsn-3.zip -flop4 /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/apple2gs/special/crylnmsn-4.zip -sl7 cffa2 -hard2 /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/apple2gs/special/crylnmsn-2.zip -hard1 %ROM%"
lr-mess-apple2gs-special-darkcstl  = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/apple2gs/retroarch.cfg apple2gsr1 /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -gameio joy -sl7 cffa2 -hard1 /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/apple2gs/GSOS6.0.1.hdv -flop4 /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/apple2gs/special/darkcstl-2.zip -flop3 %ROM%"

Hope this is helpful!

-Ros

jamrom2

@roslof whoa! That's cool. That's a good idea. Thanks for posting all that.

Did you have to add/load/compile lr-mess-2016 separately? It took my Rpi3b+ a full 24hours to compile lr-mess...

I'd like to do the same, even if I loose the overlay and shading, I still want games to run right.

How did you do all this?

Thanks!

JR

roslof

@jamrom2 said in new scriptmodules (lr-vice-xvic, gsplus, proper lr-mess integration!):

Did you have to add/load/compile lr-mess-2016 separately? It took my Rpi3b+ a full 24hours to compile lr-mess...

I did, but I'm using a Pi 4B. Takes about 3-4 hours for the older MESS.

I'd like to do the same, even if I loose the overlay and shading, I still want games to run right.

You won't lose the overlay or shading. Those are the two main reasons why I stick with the libretro cores as much as possible -- unless performance suffers or the games do not run. GSplus stand-alone is where you'd lose the libretro benefit, but it has a decent scan-line function that is more than passable.

How did you do all this?

For the IIGS, one game at a time and individual testing. It required reading the manuals for several games to learn how many disks were included, which required hard drives, etc.

For the original Apple II, linapple is still default for me, since it's where I initially set everything up. It supports more disk formats, so I didn't flag archives with NIB files vs. DSK or 2mg... So it would be a long time to go through every Apple II game. I've done a few.

This nasty thing here is that no system has a great disk-swapping method. You now know about ScrLock... I mean, I can handle this, but for friends who I gift the project to, I can't easily instruct them how to do this.

...so started with IIGS and figured out how to leverage multiple disks and a virtual hard drive. For the Apple II... If it's not PRODOS, hard to manage multi-disk games. And LinApple practically freezes (if you have a large collection of Apple Games) as it slowly scans the pi media for every single game before providing a list. :)

Let me know if you get things hummin'. The joystick change I mentioned should work without you needing to enter the MAME GUI.

jamrom2

Hiya,

I'm having a heck of a time trying to get CD-i working on my build. I'm running the latest of all the posted scripts you've made, and have had no other issues with Apple II, IIgs, Arcadia and Astrocade... Adventurevision and Super Cassette Vision as well. All good...

But wow, I can't get CD-i to work. I've tried bios roms from several sources (all three required files), but all have the same byte sizes... I've tried CHD's from two difference sources... nothing.

I've also followed two separate tutorials that point to the BIOS files being placed in the ROMs folder instead of the BIOS folder.

I'm stumped as to what I'm doing wrong. All I get is the blurred "initializing" screen. I've seen this with Acradia, and finally fixed it with the correct BIOS files... but nothing seems to work with CD-i.

I'll post any info you need, just ask... but to date, I've gotten 42 systems working, so I'm pretty well versed on getting these emulators working.

Thanks in advance for any help.

JR

Folly

@jamrom2

Here are some links to get CD-I working :

jamrom2

thanks for that! I can see it was missing files in the BIOS... other than what you just posted, I have never seen those 2 files mentioned anywhere else...unless I missed it somewhere. Everything points to just the 1 BIOS file being required.

Much appreciated. I should be good from here...

jamrom2

@Folly

I posted this on that thread...

"Thanks for posting this. First I've read anywhere that those two "extra" files were required in the cdmono1 BIOS.

I have it working, however, what do you mean by getting the mouse working by booting ES into the cli? How do I do that on a consistent game for game basis. Meaning... exit one game, start another.

I've never booted into cli before."

but do you have any idea what he's talking about referencing the mouse working? Mine does the usual creep into the lower right corner act.

shift

Hi @valerino I saw that on this page: https://github.com/valerino/RetroPie-Setup/blob/master/scriptmodules/libretrocores/lr-mess-standalone.sh there is the script for the "Classic Standalone Games" emulator, but I find no mention of it anywhere. Which roms can that emulator run? Thanks

shift

@dmmarti Really very interesting! Could you share the scripts you used to install machines that are not present in @valerino's scripts?

The machines are these:

Camputers Lynx
Fujitsu FM Towns
Fujitsu FM Towns Marty
Memotech MTX
Sharp MZ-2500
VTech Laser 200
Tandy TRS-80 MC-10

Thanks!

dmmarti

@shift ..sorry, haven't been on the forum for a bit.

I'll try and get my scripts either uploaded somewhere or issue a PR against his Github repo for them.

shift

@dmmarti said in new scriptmodules (lr-vice-xvic, gsplus, proper lr-mess integration!):

I'll try and get my scripts either uploaded somewhere or issue a PR against his Github repo for them

thanks @dmmarti ! I'm sure that, besides me, you'll make many other emulation enthusiasts happy.

dmmarti

@shift and @valerino

I've created a new Pull Request (at least I hope I did it right). I've added 10 new lr-mess-xxx.sh scripts for additional systems.

Thanks,

David

TPR

Trying to launch an ADAM game and I get the following error which crashes the Pi:

I have tried both .dsk and.ddp files and made sure I'm selecting the correct option from the launch menu.

Any ideas?

TPR

@dmmarti How did you get Coleco ADAM to work? I keep getting this crash screen trying to boot a .dsk or .ddp image:

dmmarti

@tpr You need to make sure you have the BIOS file adam.zip in the RetroPie/BIOS directory.

Running "sum" against it, here's my file:

sum adam.zip
39492 53

You may have to try a few different versions of the file, but one of them will allow it to work.

TPR

@dmmarti Thank you!

Third time was the charm!
adam DK.jpg

I had all the ColecoVision BIOS files but for the life of me couldn't get Google to give me anything for ADAM until I Googled adam.zip

It's up and running now!

DTEAM

For some systems not supported by ScreenScraper or others (like Gamate or GameMaster), here .xml and downloaded_images .

See: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bfuYF7Ij_dhNc9b8bVCS6I22XiEmP7rv?usp=sharing

from : Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME