Sega Saturn Missing from Console List.

[T1moth]

Hi, I'm really struggling with this. By using information on the forum I managed to get Saturn running using lr-yabasanshiro. On a fresh build I loaded roms and tested them and it worked fine. Then I loaded roms for several other systems (PSX, Atari Lynx plus all the Sega and Nintendo consoles and handhelds). These all show up on the console list but no sign of Saturn. I checked the es_systems.cfg and Saturn is there. I have tried various things, setting parse gamelist only to on stopped ES from loading until I removed the gameslists from Saturn and PSX folders. It now loads but still no Saturn. I tried to use a backup es_systems.cfg. Nothing seems to work and I'm totally confused. I don't mind starting from scratch again if I've done something wrong at some stage but I don't know what I should do different. I am not at all experienced in this and everything I have tried has been as a result of much searching online for a solution. I'd be so grateful if someone could explain what is happening and how to resolve it.

[DreamcastKid]

@t1moth

make sure your Saturn console is in es_systems.cfg

/etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg

and

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

in both of those es_systems.cfg files i have the following ...

 <system>
    <name>saturn</name>
    <fullname>Sega Saturn</fullname>
    <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/saturn</path>
    <extension>.chd .cue .mdf .zip .CHD .CUE .MDF .ZIP .img .IMG</extension>
    <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ saturn %ROM%</command>
    <platform>saturn</platform>
    <theme>saturn</theme>
  </system>

[T1moth]

@dreamcastkid Thanks, yes that's what I meant by config.es. Sorry I've been working on this for hours and I wrote the file name incorrectly, I think I need a break!. I've edited my post to correct the mistake. "saturn" is in both locations of the es_systems.cfg and is exactly as you have shown. If you have any other suggestions I'd be very grateful.

[mitu]

@t1moth said in Sega Saturn Missing from Console List.:

setting parse gamelist only to on stopped ES

Disable this, it will show you only games that have already been registered in a gamelist. Restart EmulationStation and see if the missing systems are present.

[T1moth]

@mitu Thanks, I set it to on to see if that helped. I have since set it back to off and still the missing system does not show up.

[mitu]

@t1moth Post your es_systems.cfg on pastebin.com and add the link in the forums. What files do you have in your saturn folder ?

[T1moth]

@mitu Thanks, I'll sign up for paste bin and do that. If the problem recurs. I only had a couple of Roms in the Saturn folder, just to test that it worked. They were Batman forever and Exhumed both .chd. Right now I have started again from a fresh clean sd card with Retropie 4.7.1 and I'm going carefully step by step to where the systems disappeared from the ES list. As it stands I have added a few mame roms and the saturn ones I mentioned. Both these systems are showing up. It was when I added more roms and more systems that things went wrong , and I had also changed the theme. I added a load of roms for several systems in one big file transfer last time, and it was when this had finished that the systems were missing. This time I shall proceed more slowly so if it happens again I will know exactly at what point the error occurred. Should that happen I will then share the es_systems.cfg as requested. Thanks for looking at this for me. Whatever happens I will post an update here.

[mitu]

@t1moth said in Sega Saturn Missing from Console List.:

Thanks, I'll sign up for paste bin and do that

You don't need to sign up, you can submit a text without having an account.

[T1moth]

@mitu Thanks, at the moment there's no point in sharing as I deleted the faulty build and started again. As soon as it goes wrong again I'll paste and share.

[T1moth]

@mitu Progress update. I have now got all the systems present and working on the default theme. What I have learned is that it is best to take a methodical approach, add one system at a time and check everything is working at each stage. I encountered problems when I changed theme part way through the build so this time I shall leave that until everything else is up and running. I suspect now that the problem I had was that es_systems.cfg at /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg did not have all the file types in the extension tag. I am optimistic that I will be able to complete the build now without needing help. I will post again when the build is complete or if I encounter a problem that I cannot resolve. Thank you for the advice so far.

[T1moth]

@mitu Happy to report that the build is now compete and all is working. I did have an issue with games disappearing from one system after a scrape but as suspected this was because the file extensions had been lost from es_systems.cfg for some reason and all I had to do was add them again.