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

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      Folly
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      I had a bad connection so my post was tripled.
      That's why I removed above posts.

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

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

        @folly,

        Can I recommend moving the location of the run_mess file away from the home directory and into something like /opt/retropie/scripts? I moved it because I don't like having rom dependencies in the home folder.

        RussellB

        I understand what you mean, but there problems doing it that way.

        The problem is, the run_mess.sh script is within the fork of @valerino of the RetroPie-Setup.
        So when you clone the repository the run_mess.sh script is already there.
        In the github Repositories you don't have the directories /opt/retropie/...... .
        If you want it there you have to "install/copy" it.
        So that is why it's in that place.

        If we really want this, all the 30+ valerino scripts have to be changed by hand.
        And you have to make an installer part for the run_mess.sh.
        I don't think Valerino has time for that.

        I could change my script, but then it isn't compatible anymore with the Valerino fork.
        An other reason not put in /opt/retropie/...... is, you have to be "root" to copy it in that folder.
        My generator script, the one without the front-end gui, can be run without root user.
        I like to keep it that way.

        So overall, it is better to keep it this way to avoid problems.

        I hope you understand.

        Got it. Thanks.

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          Folly @DTEAM
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          @dteam

          Here a small update on the progress on the front-end module script :

          I am working on the front-end module-script add-mamedev-systems-test5.sh.
          I have made some progress in rebuilding and building stuff into the front-end.
          I can now generate sub-menu's for #,A,B,C etc .
          But I can't show the systems already in there, this seems quite difficult at the moment.
          Progress is really slow at the moment.

          I have to leave it for a while and re-think my approach again.
          I hope I can find some better/easier ways.

          Another idea is to make this script in such a way that I can just copy and paste my generate-systems-lr-mess_mame-2v0-alpha.sh into the front-end module-script.
          That way I can just maintain the 2v0 script and paste it into the front-end each time when I update it.

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

            Another idea is to make this script in such a way that I can just copy and paste my generate-systems-lr-mess_mame-2v0-alpha.sh into the front-end module-script.
            That way I can just maintain the 2v0 script and paste it into the front-end each time when I update it.

            This is what I am doing at the moment with V1.8.

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              Folly @DTEAM
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              @dteam

              Ok, yes indeed you can do that too.
              Btw. I have been keeping 2.0 and 1.8 both up to date.

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                DTEAM @Folly
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                @folly
                I know. I updated my cdimono1 with v1.8 to see what RussellB did.

                I'm running adam for coleco_sgm with MAME. I created a separate folder for that (coleco_sgm). Everything goes well exepted the MAME UI menu. I'm not able to go in. Have you a solution for that. It's the first time I met this problem.

                mame-system-adam-cart1 = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -v -c adam -cart1 %ROM%"
                
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                  Folly @DTEAM
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                  @dteam

                  You should use the scroll-lock key to toggle between FULL and PARTIAL emulation.
                  With PARTIAL the UI should be enabled.

                  If this doesn't work we have to look further.

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                    Folly
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                    @RussellB

                    I added your edited code to my repository.
                    I also added it to my standalone scripts :
                    generate-systems-lr-mess_mame-1v8-alpha.sh
                    generate-systems-lr-mess_mame-2v0-alpha.sh
                    When running above script, the run_mess.sh script is always updated by the script.

                    https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/tree/main/00-scriptmodules-00

                    This shows the difference betweem the original and yours :
                    https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/commit/5f915ca6d2e05f3ff6f0dc7fe6b8ff21ca1d6677

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                      Folly
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                      @DTEAM @RussellB

                      I did one test.
                      Can you both do some tests too ?

                      I like to know if it still works ok.

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

                        @dteam
                        You should use the scroll-lock key to toggle between FULL and PARTIAL emulation.
                        With PARTIAL the UI should be enabled.
                        If this doesn't work we have to look further.

                        Fixed. It was a simple problem with my default.cfg file in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame/cfg
                        Not a real issue

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                          Folly @DTEAM
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                          @dteam

                          Indeed, I was thinking you knew about the scroll-lock part ,so indeed it had to be something else.
                          Nice to have that one fixed !

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                            DTEAM @Folly
                            last edited by DTEAM

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

                            I did one test.
                            Can you both do some tests too ?
                            I like to know if it still works ok.

                            Nothing happens for me. Is It supposed to generate a .cmd (per game) file in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/cdimono1 when we load a game?

                            It works

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                              Folly @DTEAM
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                              @DTEAM

                              Nice to hear it works !
                              I think @RussellB will test it with some bezels, don't you think too ?

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                                Folly
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                                For those who are reading these posts and really don't know what the run_mess.sh does :

                                The run_mess.sh makes a temporary <game>.cmd file to start the game with lr-mess and adds all the necessary things in this .cmd file to start the game correctly .
                                The original version of run_mess.sh always made the same <game>.cmd named tmpmess.cmd .
                                After you have played the game, this tmpmess.cmd file is removed again.

                                The edited version of run_mess.sh now makes the <game>.cmd named after the game.
                                That way it's unique per rom/game.
                                This allows us to specify custom configs, including bezels and screen locations, etc. per rom/game that wasn't possible with the original run_mess.sh.

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                                  DTEAM @Folly
                                  last edited by DTEAM

                                  @folly
                                  SOLVED : For Coleco_sgm, I'm trying set scroll-lock automaticly when we the system load.

                                  Any idea you need -ui_active

                                  mame-system-adam-cart1-autoframeskip = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -v -c -autoframeskip adam -ui_active -cart1 %ROM%"
                                  
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                                    Folly @DTEAM
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                                    @dteam

                                    I tried this :

                                    mame-system-adam-cart1-ui = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -v -c adam -uimodekey TAB -cart1 %ROM%"
                                    

                                    Now the TAB works as (SCRLOCK + UI) button at the same time.
                                    Seems quite nice, you preserve FULL keyboard emulation until TAB is pressed.

                                    Edit :
                                    I will try that -ui_active too.
                                    OK, that works too, nice finding !

                                    It looks like you boot in PARTIAL keyboard emulation.
                                    Don't know if that could be a problem.

                                    We should do some more tests.
                                    This would be nice function to add, it could make things much simpler..

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                                      DTEAM @Folly
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                                      @folly
                                      It works also for Lr-Mess .

                                      lr-mess-system-adam-cart1 = "/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/coleco_sgm/retroarch.cfg \adam /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame -autoframeskip -ui_active -cart1 %ROM%"
                                      
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                                        DTEAM
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                                        @folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                                        Could be nice to add one of these functions.

                                        Absolutely

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                                          Folly @DTEAM
                                          last edited by Folly

                                          @dteam

                                          Great to hear that this also works on lr-mess !
                                          Did you try "-uimodekey TAB" too ?
                                          What do you think?

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                                            DTEAM @Folly
                                            last edited by DTEAM

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

                                            Great to hear that this also works on lr-mess !
                                            Did you try "-uimodekey TAB" too ?
                                            What do you think?

                                            It changes Scroll lock for TAB. Same problem if you don't have a keyboard.

                                            -ui_active is the best option for me. I don't see problems. Most of the time, It's already activated.

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