Lr-Mess and GX4000 setup not working

a7mag3ddon · 11 Sept 2016, 19:46

I got the zip, there is no mention of Amstrad GX4000 at all.

edmaul69 · 9 Dec 2016, 03:04

@a7mag3ddon yes because the guy that compiled it and posted the zip doesnt use it for anything other than astrocade and channel f. You have to add the folders and files yourself. No need to recompile. The system compatability is still in the emulator. Thats why i explained adding the files for other systems.

edmaul69 · 12 Sept 2016, 02:06

Also as i stated you need to edit the es_systems.cfg to add the system you want. The roms wont show up until you add the info in there pointing to the that systems roms.

edmaul69 · 12 Sept 2016, 13:04

@a7mag3ddon i forgot. You also need to add /opt/retropie/configs/channelf/ to your system as well.

a7mag3ddon · 12 Sept 2016, 18:34

I still cant get this going, i copied everything from the ZIP like you said, created a config folder for channelf and set permissions to 777 on everything i added and im still not getting anything on the menu bar.

In the end i also replaced the top entry in my ES_config with

<system>
<name>channelf</name>
<fullname>Fairchild Channel F</fullname>
<path>/opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame/image/channelf</path>
<extension>.bin .BIN</extension>
<command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS channelf %ROM%</command>
<platform>channelf</platform>
<theme>channelf</theme>
</system>

checked there are .bin files in /opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame/image/channelf and there are about 5 sample games and still nothing.

Ive even copied exactly what you said into word and broken it down into steps, and followed them exactly.

edmaul69 · 12 Sept 2016, 18:56

@a7mag3ddon you need to rename everything from channel f to the system you are using. In the emulators.cfg you need to change it from channel f to the system you are using as well.

edmaul69 · 9 Dec 2016, 20:03

Also i dont know what the file extensions are for the roms you have so you need to change the extensions from .zip or .bin in both the es_systems.cfg and emulators.cfg to be whatever extension your roms are. But if the roms are showing up it is because you dont have the es_systems.cfg looking for your roms in the right place or .zip or .ZIP are not the correct extensions. I am going to see if i can get this working

a7mag3ddon · 12 Sept 2016, 19:10

file ext are .bin so all good, but even so, there are samples included in the ZIP files which are copied over as part of your instructions as they are in a sub folder.

even if i left everything as is, and edited my files like you said i should end up with at least CHANNEL F and icon on the menu bar but nothing.

If i could get that far i would at least know it was working, then modify the cfg's to point to my games rom folder etc.

edmaul69 · 12 Sept 2016, 19:33

Ok so an update. It is possible advmess does not support this system. I tried to get it running with no luck.

a7mag3ddon · 12 Sept 2016, 19:52

So how about lr-mess? The wiki says gx4000 is supported so should work.

Any chance of trying that? I couldn't get it picking up my games either.

edmaul69 · 12 Sept 2016, 20:10

@a7mag3ddon i got it to show the games. They just dont load.

edmaul69 · 12 Sept 2016, 20:19

Does not work in lr-mess. I created everything i needed to get it to try to boot but selecting a game just boots to the rgui. I didnt expect it to work. When you install lr-mess it adds the configs for the systems it supports.

a7mag3ddon · 12 Sept 2016, 20:24

@edmaul69 I don't understand why you would say that, I compiled it and it did create the gx4000.xml that's needed to run hose carts so it should run them. They even specifically say on the wiki that it runs bem so I am at a loss.

edmaul69 · 12 Sept 2016, 20:29

@a7mag3ddon where is this xml for lr-mess located? i cant find one on my system

a7mag3ddon · 12 Sept 2016, 20:44

@edmaul69

Check your BIOS folder after compilation and see if a folder named “mame” exists. Within it should be a folder named “hash” that includes a bunch of xml files.

If there is a .xml file then it's supported as the install only creates them if supported.

You will see a gx4000 one in there.

edmaul69 · 12 Sept 2016, 20:50

@a7mag3ddon got it. However, it doesnt make sense why it didnt create a config folder or an es_systems.cfg section for the gx4000 if it is supported in the lr-mess

a7mag3ddon · 12 Sept 2016, 20:56

It doesn't add anything into es config so you cant go by that?

I don't understand it either. NONE of the systems that mess supports is anywhere but in the BIOS/mame/hash folder.

I tried to follow this ....

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/MESS

edmaul69 · 12 Sept 2016, 21:00

@a7mag3ddon it does for several other systems. I tried some other systems including one that it did add and it boots to the rgui. I will check out your link

edmaul69 · 12 Sept 2016, 21:05

If you look in the configs folder and in es_systems.cfg you will see gameboy and game boy. gameboy is the lr-mess one. However it still just booted to the rgui after i pointed it to the correct roms folder and added the .gb to extensions.

a7mag3ddon · 12 Sept 2016, 21:16

I never noticed will take another look.

I'm pretty much stumped on this now and will probably give up unless anyone else can contribute although I'm not sure there anyone who can't help.

We both had a go and couldn't sort it. I'm no Pi expert but can work stuff out and failed. Maybe when the Emu has advanced a bit we might get a working gx4000