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    • TPRT
      TPR @Folly
      last edited by

      @folly THANK YOU! Just got it working. Yep, I was missing files. I had the ROM.01 file but not those others.

      I'll test more tomorrow!

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      • TPRT
        TPR @TPR
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        Is there a list out there somewhere for what BIOS is needed for all these lr-mess- scripmodules and where those files should be placed? My Googling around has brought up so many different answers and sometimes not correct for these specific modules. For example, my above issue with Apple IIgs. My Googlefu brought up that I needed ROM or ROM.01 in my BIOS directory, but I never found any reference to needing apple2gs.zip in that directory until someone told me about it.

        I plan on installing a few more of these scriptmodules and having a list of what BIOS files are needed to get them all running would be very helpful.

        Thank you!

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        • DTEAMD
          DTEAM @TPR
          last edited by DTEAM

          @tpr
          All BIOSes are in the MAME romset. To know the MAME/lr-Mess systems names , see .xml files in the MAME hash folder or use the search tool here

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          • TPRT
            TPR @DTEAM
            last edited by TPR

            @dteam Where is the "MAME Hash" folder? This is what I'm talking about. People keep mentioning things, but don't say where things can be found. I just looked through every single MAME, MESS or lr-mame folder I have on my pi and I don't see a "hash" folder anywhere.

            Please help.

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            • TPRT
              TPR @DTEAM
              last edited by TPR

              @dteam Googling around it looks like I'm supposed to have a "hash" folder in my BIOS folder? This is all I have in my mame folder under BIOS:
              131398229_1355733964769700_9198574270058734846_n.jpg

              I even just did a "Re-install (from pre-build binary) for lr-mess and it is the same. Obviously I have lr-mess installed as many of the scriptmodules are working.

              Is there someplace I can manually download this "hash" folder so I can add it?

              Thank you.

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              • DTEAMD
                DTEAM @TPR
                last edited by DTEAM

                @tpr

                In

                /opt/retropie/emulators/mame/hash

                You don't need this list to run your lr-mess games. It's just as a reference for system names.

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                  Zering @TPR
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                  @tpr My mess installation did not have the hash directory initially, you can safely download it and put it there manually.

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                  • TPRT
                    TPR @DTEAM
                    last edited by

                    @dteam @Zering Yeah, I don't even have a "mame" directory in that folder. And I do have lr-mess installed.
                    no mame.jpg
                    Where can I downloading it manually from?

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                      Zering @TPR
                      last edited by Zering

                      @tpr I'm not sure I can tell you, even if I remembered.
                      It's been a while but as I recall it's easy to find.
                      Also the name directory is not supposed to be in that folder. It's in home/pi/BIOS

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                      • TPRT
                        TPR @Zering
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                        @zering Yeah, that's what I thought. See my previous photo. It's not there either. I can't seem to find anywhere to download the hash directory even googleing for it. I'm finding lots of references to it, but no repository to actually download it from. Weird.

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                        • TPRT
                          TPR @Zering
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                          @zering Wait... I think I may have found it...

                          For future reference: https://github.com/mamedev/mame

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                            Folly @TPR
                            last edited by Folly

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

                            @zering Wait... I think I may have found it...

                            For future reference: https://github.com/mamedev/mame

                            Earlier on, the hash tables were automatically installed on the computer in :
                            /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame/hash
                            But with lr-mess they don't anymore, i think.
                            So thats why people didn't discribe much earlier about these hash tables.
                            Because they where already there.
                            I think thats changed now but I don't know why, either.

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                              Zering @Folly
                              last edited by

                              @folly Tell me if I'm wrong - but if installing mess modules from scripts (*whether yours or valerino's) I don't think hash tables are necessary, or even useful.

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                                Folly @Zering
                                last edited by Folly

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

                                @folly Tell me if I'm wrong - but if installing mess modules from scripts (*whether yours or valerino's) I don't think hash tables are necessary, or even useful.

                                Indeed, you are correct.

                                These hash tables are only used when the core option is configured like this :

                                mame_softlists_enable = "enabled"
                                

                                Because the scripts are now configuring like this :

                                mame_softlists_enable = "disabled"
                                

                                hash tables for this purpose are not used anymore.

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                                • DTEAMD
                                  DTEAM @Zering
                                  last edited by DTEAM

                                  @folly
                                  Quick question.
                                  Can we set frameskip = auto by default in the core option file (for all systems) or It's somewhere else ?

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                                  • TPRT
                                    TPR @DTEAM
                                    last edited by

                                    How can I get the 2nd controller working in lr-mess-astrocade? Games like Bally Pin require both controllers and in the MAME Menu I only see settings and re-mapping options for controller 1.

                                    Any ideas? Thank you.

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                                      Folly @DTEAM
                                      last edited by Folly

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

                                      @folly
                                      Quick question.
                                      Can we set frameskip = auto by default in the core option file (for all systems) or It's somewhere else ?

                                      I will have a look at that.

                                      I think the command is mame/mess specific.
                                      Can't find it in the normal retroarch.cfg/retroarch-core-options.cfg

                                      Here we have the commands we can use :
                                      https://docs.mamedev.org/commandline/commandline-all.html#mame-commandline-frameskip

                                      In this case it should be :
                                      -autoframeskip

                                      I tested it I am confident it can be added in the script.
                                      But I am not so sure if it will improve much by adding this.

                                      Perhaps more or something else can be added to improve stuff.
                                      Would you like to test this manually before I change the script ?

                                      For example, I did this with a500 :

                                      /opt/retropie/configs/a500/emulators.cfg :
                                      lr-mess-a500-flop = "/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/a500/retroarch.cfg a500 /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -numprocessors 3 -autoframeskip -flop %ROM%"
                                      

                                      We can also do something like this, instead :
                                      -frameskip 2

                                      I noticed that many systems require mouse to be enabled.
                                      I would also like to enable it for all the systems.
                                      But we have to test this too, if mouse enable-ing breaks systems.
                                      Do you agree ?

                                      ps. I have also been experimenting with the -autoboot option and a sort of .cmd file to boot games.
                                      https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28345/old-computer-appreciation-thread/1025
                                      What do you think of this ?

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                                      • DTEAMD
                                        DTEAM @Folly
                                        last edited by DTEAM

                                        @folly

                                        For the mouse, I always used "enabled" and I never had issue with that. If It cause problems, It's for specific systems.

                                        For auto Frameskip = auto. With MAME standalone, It solved a lot of sound and speed issues. I talked about that here - bullet point 12. When I used this option in the MAME menu with Lr-MESS, It not seem to work. I don't now if It's a problem with Lr-Mess or It really doesn't affect the drivers. I Think It's the first option.

                                        If the real effect of Frameskip = auto is like with MAME standalone, It will be spectacular for some machine. Also, I don't believe setting this option to default will slow down systems.

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                                          Folly @DTEAM
                                          last edited by Folly

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

                                          @folly

                                          For the mouse, I always used "enabled" and I never had issue with that. If It cause problems, It's for specific systems.

                                          For auto Frameskip = auto. With MAME standalone, It solved a lot of sound and speed issues. I talked about that here - bullet point 12.

                                          This is on my bucket list.
                                          But where to find al those games......

                                          When I used this option in the MAME menu with Lr-MESS, It not seem to work. I don't now if It's a problem with Lr-Mess or It really doesn't affect the drivers. I Think It's the first option.

                                          If the real effect of Frameskip = auto is like with MAME standalone, It will be spectacular for some machine. Also, I don't believe setting this option to default will slow down systems.

                                          Ok, I will add mouse support and -autoframeskip to the 1.3alpha script.
                                          Then we can see if there are any issues or improvement.

                                          For those who don't know.
                                          If you want to test this.
                                          Update the system(s), you use, from this 1.3alpha script !

                                          EDIT : It's added to my script now.

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                                          • DTEAMD
                                            DTEAM @Folly
                                            last edited by DTEAM

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

                                            This is on my bucket list.
                                            But where to find al those games......

                                            In the complete MAME romset 0.224 or later. Some games are in older version but It's unusual.

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