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

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

shift

@dmmarti Thank you so much!

DTEAM

I had installed a lot of system manually. Yesterday and today I installed your scripts. The two methods work in parallel without harming each other. Honestly wow !!!! great job guys your scripts are really great.

I didn't install with the hyperlinks, I downloaded the scripts and made cherry picking after. It works great!!

Folly

EDIT: Script is updated to version 1.1. Read edit below for more information.

Hi all,

Yesterday I made a script that wil bulk generate more than 2000 lr-mess-<systems>.
This is version 1 !. It's more or less a proof of concept. It's created fast and a bit dirty. I still have to improve things.
But I can confirm it works !. The idea was born in here : https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28345/old-computer-appreciation-thread/788
Just after we manually created two for P2000T(testing for cass support) and Sharp X1.

So if you are adventurous, try it at your own risk !

Install MAME first in your RetroPie-Setup, if you didn't already !!!!
Download the script from https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share
It's in "00-scripts-00"
Run it with : bash generate-lr-mess-systems.sh
It will make a libretrocores directory in the directory you started the script from and writes al the generated files in that directory.
(this will take about 6 minutes)
Choose the script you want to try and copy that to :
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/libretrocores
Install your choosen <system> from your RetroPie-Setup

EDIT:
I did a huge updated on my script.
WOOOOOWW :-)
5500 seperate files are being generated.
If you want it all, it takes about 16 minutes (pi4) !!!

Now all system with more media (quik, cas, flop1, dump, cart) are splitted.
So for every media, we now can install multiple commandlines depending upon the media.

I also added a simple script(generate-desired-systems.sh) that can be edited.
If you run this script after editing, then it will only generate your desired systems.
(I already placed a few in there)

I did many tests. Perhaps there is still mistakes, but I am real confident.

It's already on github.

Advise( if you used my first script ):
The names are changed depending on the supported media. So I advise you to uninstall the old ones first and than remove the files also.

In the next update I can add more info about each computer in the script.
So everybody can see much more info about the system in the "package help"

From here I explain on how to run the scripts :
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28345/old-computer-appreciation-thread/924