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    Development of module-script generator for lr-mess, lr-mame and mame standalone

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    • DTEAMD
      DTEAM @Folly
      last edited by DTEAM

      @folly

      I'm not able to run lr-mess-basename (doesn't work with coleco and gamate). But with coleco, lr-mess from Retropie works with BIOS in
      /home/pi/RetroPie/roms

      and hash files in /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame/hash

      working

      lr-mess = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/coleco/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
      

      not working

      lr-mess-basename = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch --config /opt/retropie/configs/coleco/retroarch.cfg -v -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so %BASENAME%"
      

      For MAME cheat code, you need to run the games with the Hash files and follow the procedure here: (SOLVED) MAME "standalone" Cheats for systems like Coleco, Arcade and more.

      Re-edit

      In Retroarch (lr-mess), cheatcodes from retroarch load but not working for now
      /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/cheats

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        Folly
        last edited by Folly

        @DTEAM

        I added your suggestion about :

        mame-basename = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -v -c gamate %BASENAME%"
        

        I have updated the script so this can/will be generated.
        Kept the old commands also in for testing, perhaps they have to be deleted.

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          Folly
          last edited by Folly

          @DTEAM

          So I understand it works oob in lr-mess if you add the cheats in :
          /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/cheats

          About the cheats in MAME standalone.
          I was aware of the thread and that it can work.
          But does it work out of the box with my module-script or do we still have to add something in the mame.ini ?

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          • DTEAMD
            DTEAM @Folly
            last edited by DTEAM

            @folly
            Not for now, cheats from retroarch load but not working for now. I'm gonna do some tests. For your script with MAME, I have to do some test for cheatcodes before.

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              Folly
              last edited by

              @DTEAM

              For the lr-mess-basename command.
              I don't have an idea about this yet.
              Future work I presume.

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              • DTEAMD
                DTEAM @Folly
                last edited by

                @folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                By @DTEAM, C64 and Atari Jaguar not working ( https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/29682/development-of-module-script-generator-for-lr-mess-and-mame-standalone/12 )

                Only for basename (Hash file)

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                • DTEAMD
                  DTEAM @Folly
                  last edited by

                  @folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                  Every systems working fine excepted C64. For system like FM Marty, you have 15 choices. It's realy nice to see all that.
                  The MAME Basename option never worked for me as it currently is.
                  It works if I replace (ex.: gamate) :
                  mame-basename = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/gamate -v -c %BASENAME%"

                  By
                  mame-basename = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -v -c gamate %BASENAME%"

                  We can try to change that to improve, agree ?

                  yes

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                    Folly @DTEAM
                    last edited by Folly

                    @dteam said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                    @folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                    Every systems working fine excepted C64. For system like FM Marty, you have 15 choices. It's realy nice to see all that.
                    The MAME Basename option never worked for me as it currently is.
                    It works if I replace (ex.: gamate) :
                    mame-basename = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/gamate -v -c %BASENAME%"

                    By
                    mame-basename = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -v -c gamate %BASENAME%"

                    We can try to change that to improve, agree ?

                    yes

                    Did a second fix, because I didn't remove the old ones.
                    I had to change the names of the old ones to *-test otherwise we had double commands with the same loader name.

                    So now you can test gamate.

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                    • DTEAMD
                      DTEAM @Folly
                      last edited by DTEAM

                      @folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                      BTW. Did you try cheats ?

                      for lr-mess in MAME UI (with hash files)

                      put cheat.7z in /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame/cheat

                      in custom-core-options.cfg

                      /opt/retropie/configs/""system"" (ex: coleco)

                      do

                      mame_cheats_enable = "enabled"
                      

                      also in retroarch-core-options.cfg

                      /opt/retropie/configs/all

                      You must have the real MESS/MAME romset to do that
                      1.jpg
                      Boulder Dash - ColecoVision (lr-Mess)

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                        Folly @DTEAM
                        last edited by Folly

                        @dteam

                        I need some more information to translate this to a proper solution.
                        I hope I can think of a way to make a good implementation ;-)

                        Did you run Boulderdash with the loader lr-mess-cmd or lr-mess-basename ?

                        The custom-core-options.cfg isn't added as config running the above loaders, but is added using, for ex., lr-mess-system-coleco-cart .
                        Does it work when you use (hash file names) with this loader, for example ?

                        The retroarch-core-options.cfg should always be loaded, perhaps an idea to add it only in this config.
                        Can you test, if this works, if you only use mame_cheats_enable = "enabled" in retroarch-core-options.cfg ?

                        Edit :
                        I have updated the script so the `install-<system>-cmd module-script will add mame_cheats_enable = "enabled" in retroarch-core-options.cfg.
                        I hope this is a good solution and that it's not conflicting with something else.

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                        • DTEAMD
                          DTEAM @Folly
                          last edited by DTEAM

                          @folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                          Did you run Boulderdash with the loader lr-mess-cmd or lr-mess-basename ?

                          lr-mess-cmd + MESS romset
                          and
                          lr-mess + MESS romset

                          lr-mess = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/coleco/retroarch.cfg %ROM%"
                          

                          I think you don't need Hash file to run cheat finally. You just need the good game rom

                          For retroarch cheat codes, I'm not able to use those. They load, but nothing happens.

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                            Folly @DTEAM
                            last edited by Folly

                            @dteam

                            Perhaps we want too much and coleco seems difficult on my end.
                            Reading your reply the cheats addon won't do much, perhaps I have to remove it again.

                            Can you check your /dev/shm/runcommand.log if you can find something about how cheats are being loaded ?

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                            • DTEAMD
                              DTEAM @Folly
                              last edited by DTEAM

                              @folly

                              @folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                              Reading your reply the cheats addon won't do much, perhaps I have to remove it again.

                              No, cheats for Coleco roms from Mess romset run well with your lr-mess-cmd. It runs in MAME UI.

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                                Folly @DTEAM
                                last edited by Folly

                                @dteam said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                                @folly

                                @folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                                Reading your reply the cheats addon won't do much, perhaps I have to remove it again.

                                No, cheats for Coleco roms from Mess romset run well with your lr-mess-cmd. It runs in MAME UI.

                                Ok , I will keep my update, for the cheats, in the script then.
                                ( mame_cheats_enable = "enabled" in /all/retroarch-core-options.cfg )

                                Does the cheat still work when you remove it from the custom-core-config and keep it in /all/retroarch-core-config.cfg ?

                                And then, when you set cheats on disabled in /all/retroarch-core-config.cfg is it disabled then ?

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                                • DTEAMD
                                  DTEAM @Folly
                                  last edited by DTEAM

                                  @folly

                                  Does the cheat still work when you remove it from the custom-core-config and keep it in /all/retroarch-core-config.cfg ?

                                  Good question. I'm gonna do a test

                                  new edit
                                  Yes, It works

                                  And then, when you set cheats on disabled in /all/retroarch-core-config.cfg is it disabled then ?

                                  No, doesn't show in MAME UI

                                  cheats = enable in custom-core-options.cfg only doesn't work also.

                                  So It runs with retroarch-core-config.cfg

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                                    Folly @DTEAM
                                    last edited by Folly

                                    @dteam

                                    Perfect !
                                    Exactly what I was thinking.
                                    Now we know it should work.

                                    Thanks for testing :-)

                                    I could have added it in the custom but then you have to append the config and the config is actually created for the Valerino scripts.
                                    So this solution is perhaps the best for now.

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                                    • DTEAMD
                                      DTEAM
                                      last edited by DTEAM

                                      @folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                                      What do you manage ?, In this way artwork is automatically loaded with MAME standalone.

                                      Yes I did, this background is then renamed and used as retroarch overlay with lr-mess.

                                      For MAME standalone I left the artwork zipped in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame/artwork/<artwork>.zip

                                      I confirm, It works great. Is It doable to get from zipped artworks in the MAME artwork folder, an unzipped copy and renamed backgroud files for your new ovelays directory (konamih, tigerh, etc).
                                      It could be done with your generate-overlay-configs.sh

                                      Maybe if you put everything in the overlay folder without subfolders, you could generate overlay .cfg files for everything in the /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame/artwork/ and copy/rename each background

                                      That way, if It's doable , It could be work for arcade games also and handheld consoles overlays!

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                                        Folly @DTEAM
                                        last edited by Folly

                                        @dteam

                                        Yes, I think so too.

                                        Indeed I could implement this in the overlays script.
                                        So then it would create the directories, create the configs and download the artwork and overlays and cheats and place them in the correct place, just in 1 run.
                                        And It would be nice if all files can be downloaded from the same source.

                                        Well I will think about it a bit, but that would be awesome.

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                                        • DTEAMD
                                          DTEAM @Folly
                                          last edited by DTEAM

                                          @folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                                          And It would be nice if all files can be downloaded from the same source.

                                          Cheat codes for MAME/MESS : Pugsy's Cheats , you must get cheat.7z and put It in /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame/cheat

                                          MAME Artworks: (Handheld systems without arcade artwork), could be moved somewhere else on another server.

                                          some observations (with your 3 days ago version):
                                          For MAME systems (TigerH, KonamiH, Jakks, etc., ) - MAME Romset

                                          • all options working well lr-mess-cmd, etc. (except -- > lr-mess-basename - It freezes)

                                          For systems like coleco, nes or others,

                                          • Lr-Mess-system and mame-system always working with No-intro, Tosec, MESS, etc. romsets
                                          • lr-mess-cmd works with mess romset
                                          • lr-mess-basename, mame-basename and mame-cmd never work

                                          For systems using a nomenclature in RetroPie different from that of MAME (e.g .: jaguar = atarijaguar)

                                          • only lr-mess-system and mame-system working with No-intro, Tosec, MESS, etc. romsets

                                          Have you the same results?

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                                            Folly @DTEAM
                                            last edited by Folly

                                            @dteam

                                            Thanks, I will read the information and see what we can do with it.

                                            I think I have similar results, but still I have to do some tests.

                                            Summarized :

                                            It seem I can remove the old :

                                            • lr-mess-basename,
                                            • mame-basename

                                            For the handhelds this should be kept :

                                            • mame-cmd
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