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Lr-Mess and GX4000 setup not working

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    a7mag3ddon @edmaul69
    last edited by 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.

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      edmaul69 @a7mag3ddon
      last edited by 12 Sept 2016, 20:29

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

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        a7mag3ddon @edmaul69
        last edited by 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.

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          edmaul69 @a7mag3ddon
          last edited by 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

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            a7mag3ddon
            last edited by 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

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              edmaul69 @a7mag3ddon
              last edited by 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

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                edmaul69
                last edited by 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.

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                  a7mag3ddon
                  last edited by 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

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                    edmaul69
                    last edited by 12 Sept 2016, 21:25

                    I cant get it to boot. I downloaded the mess bios set and stuck gameboy one in my roms directory and my gb roms directory and nothing. It is really confusing what they wrote on where to place the bios file.

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                      a7mag3ddon
                      last edited by 12 Sept 2016, 21:34

                      Yeah I know, I assumed by BIOS they meant for the system your trying to run, given gx doesn't have one I didn't bother. My main issue was I couldn't get it to list a cart, if I got that going I could play with commandlines until I fot it going but nothing.

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                        edmaul69
                        last edited by 12 Sept 2016, 21:48

                        Ok so i changed the name of a few of the roms i had to their mess name in the xml file for gx4000. After this they show a red screen with my scanlines i have set for the emulator before it goes the rgui. So somewhere out there there must be a mess rom set for these systems. Now to try to hunt them down.

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                          a7mag3ddon
                          last edited by a7mag3ddon 12 Sept 2016, 22:04

                          Yes there is a romset. Well a DAT unused to create a software list cart set which I'm using.

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                            edmaul69 @a7mag3ddon
                            last edited by 12 Sept 2016, 22:43

                            @a7mag3ddon can you please remove the site name. Forum rules and stuff.

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                              vesne
                              last edited by 27 May 2017, 16:56

                              Heys folks! Im trying to put to work the GX4000 but with no success... I can get the AM to read the roms, but when i try to play it, it kicks me out as soon as i press the button...any updates from you guys? did you manage to get to work:?
                              ive already pu the filex and roms exactly like xml that is located in mame folder(bios)...
                              When i added the emulator at AM, i ve put... 0 SYS lr-mess2016 "rom......etc
                              TAKE CARE

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                                edmaul69 @vesne
                                last edited by 27 May 2017, 17:59

                                @vesne i couldnt get it to work either. I gave up a while ago.

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                                  Gavlarr1
                                  last edited by 16 Aug 2017, 11:22

                                  I’m looking at doing a similar thing for Archimedes through mess, it looks and sounds messy (excuse the pun). Where do I even start?

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                                    Sid1968
                                    last edited by Sid1968 16 May 2020, 13:20

                                    Hi folks,
                                    I have that problem too. The Amstrad GX4000 with its roms is shown in the Menue of RetroPie 4.6. I start the roms with lr-mess or lr-mame but dont have success. The gx4000.xml exists in the folder "/BIOS/mame/hash". My rom files are cpr-files. Did anyone of you get the Armstrad 4000 run on RetroPie (after 4 years...)?

                                    I use this in my es_systems.cfg


                                    <system>
                                    <name>gx4000</name>
                                    <fullname>Amstrad GX4000</fullname>
                                    <path>/mnt/hdd/roms/gx4000</path>
                                    <extension>.cpr .CPR</extension>
                                    <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS gx4000 %ROM%</command>
                                    <platform>gx4000</platform>
                                    <theme>gx4000</theme>
                                    </system>


                                    Cheers
                                    Sid1968

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                                      Sid1968 @Sid1968
                                      last edited by Sid1968 16 May 2020, 15:02

                                      Ok I found the solution myself.

                                      First of all, I am now using bin-files. I named this exactly as it is called in the gx4000.xml from the "/ BIOS / mame / hash" folder.
                                      After that I packed every single renamed bin-file with zip. These files are now used in the "... / roms / gx4000" folder.

                                      Now I have created the file emulators.cfg in the folder "/ opt / retropie / configs / gx4000" and have written it here:

                                      2.jpg

                                      After that i copied the file "retroarch.cfg" from the folder "/ opt / retropie / configs / coleco" to the folder "/ opt / retropie / configs / gx4000".

                                      My entry in the es_systems.cfg now looks like this:

                                      <system>
                                      <name>gx4000</name>
                                      <fullname>Amstrad GX4000</fullname>
                                      <path>/mnt/toshiba/roms/gx4000</path>
                                      <extension>.bin .cpr .zip .BIN .CPR .ZIP</extension>
                                      <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS gx4000 %ROM%</command>
                                      <platform>gx4000</platform>
                                      <theme>gx4000</theme>
                                      </system>

                                      I now start the programs with lr-mame sucessfully. :-))

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                                      • CyborgbobC
                                        Cyborgbob
                                        last edited by 29 Jun 2020, 20:00

                                        Folks I have been working hard to make this work, and I am unsure of where I may have dropped the ball.

                                        I am running this on a PC and not a Pi. I am also not a Ubuntu Guru by any means. That being said I followed your instructions, and I am able to see my games, but they are not lunching. I get the following in my Logs.

                                        code_textParameters: 
                                        Executing: SYS
                                        /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1251: SYS: command not found
                                        

                                        Any ideas what I have done wrong?

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