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

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      Folly @jamrom2
      last edited by Folly

      @jamrom2

      Thanks for the compliment ;-)

      Nice to hear you worked it out.
      It isn't that difficult anymore when you know how it works.

      Btw. I did a discovery yesterday :
      The speedup key for mame is the "page down" key, that works the same like using the hotkey "space" with retroarch.

      I am also testing an "emulators.cfg runcommand line" for mame.
      This has something to do with the "mame-cmd/mame basename" line.
      These lines do not directly work with systems that load media.
      That is because, when only software is loaded, it tries to match it with a system which cannot be found.
      Summarized : Someone is loading software not a system, that is the issue.

      So adding the Driver and the -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/<system> makes this work when both BIOS files and SOFTWARE files are in the same /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/<system> directory.
      Then it will use the "software lists/hash tables" which will have the advantage that, if the game has more media,
      lets say disk 1 and disk 2, then many times both are loaded in one go.

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        DTEAM @Folly
        last edited by DTEAM

        @folly
        For AFP MP-1000 fans, I did a gamelist.xml file with videos, 2d boxes and logos for each official game.

        I put that on the google drive ready for the script!

        2.jpg

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          jamrom2 @Folly
          last edited by

          @folly
          Sounds great.

          The only issue I see with this is purely visual. You would have to name the bios files something other than the same extension as the game files...otherwise the BIOS files will display as games in the game list. I hope that makes sense.

          Normally it's not good to have both the BIOS and Games in the same location just for that reason.

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            Folly @jamrom2
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            @jamrom2 said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

            @folly
            Sounds great.

            The only issue I see with this is purely visual. You would have to name the bios files something other than the same extension as the game files...otherwise the BIOS files will display as games in the game list. I hope that makes sense.

            Normally it's not good to have both the BIOS and Games in the same location just for that reason.

            Yes, indeed that's a problem.
            That's why I don't add it right away.

            I would be nice if we could add 2 paths somehow, not sure if that is possible.
            Perhaps we can find a solution on the way.

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              Folly @DTEAM
              last edited by Folly

              @dteam

              Great work you have done for the apfm1000.
              I will install it soon ;-)

              Edit :
              You have a typo in the system name, it should be :
              apfm1000
              (Looking at the logo, very strange name indeed)

              Probably this filename is incorrect :
              Baseball (MG1006) for the APF MP-1000 videogame system (1978)-DDhWqyq4-eg

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                DTEAM @Folly
                last edited by DTEAM

                @folly

                I think apfm1000 is for M-1000 and MP-1000
                and apfimag_cass is for computer extension APF Imagination Machine

                On wiki we can read :
                The console is often referred to M-1000 or MP-1000, which are the two model numbers of the console. The APF-MP1000 comes built-in with the game Rocket Patrol. The APF-MP1000 is a part of the APF Imagination Machine.

                Cartridge list

                Some APF-M1000 games
                MG1008 Backgammon
                MG1006 Baseball
                MG1007 Blackjack
                MG1004 Bowling/Micro Match
                MG1012 Boxing
                MG1005 Brickdown/Shooting Gallery
                MG1009 Casino I: Roulette/Keno/Slots
                MG1001 Catena
                MG1003 Hangman/Tic Tac Toe/Doodle
                MG1011 Pinball/Dungeon Hunt/Blockout
                Built-In Rocket Patrol
                MG1013 Space Destroyers
                MG1010 UFO/Sea Monster/Break It Down/Rebuild/Shoot

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                  Folly @DTEAM
                  last edited by

                  @dteam

                  Ok, so I got the wrong system installed then ?

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                    DTEAM @Folly
                    last edited by

                    @folly
                    No , I think M-1000 and MP-1000 are the same machine.

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                      Folly @DTEAM
                      last edited by Folly

                      @dteam

                      But your files are going to afpm1000.
                      That system doesn't exist.

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                        DTEAM @Folly
                        last edited by DTEAM

                        @folly
                        Sorry, you are right, typo error. Corrected. I thought you were talking about MP-1000 vs M-1000.

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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
                          Sorry, you are right, typo error. Corrected.

                          Haha, No problem.
                          Perfect !
                          After it has finished I will download again.
                          I think it's going to look great.

                          Btw. did you test all those games ?
                          I have trouble with finding the right keys on how to play them.
                          The one you posted worked though, just shooting with "enter".

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                            DTEAM @Folly
                            last edited by DTEAM

                            @folly
                            No, I didn't tested yet. I'll do it today or tomorrow. I will also try with the basename option.

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                              Folly @DTEAM
                              last edited by Folly

                              @dteam

                              Forgive me !

                              I found that the path is incomplete in gamelist.xml so the pictures and mp4 isn't loaded.
                              It's missing emulationstation.

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                                DTEAM @Folly
                                last edited by DTEAM

                                @folly
                                It's missing for the other gamelist files also. I thought It was for your script and at the end you put the gamelist.xml and the media folder directly in your roms system folder without emulationstation folder.

                                I'm downloading the game list folder from Google drive to see if all gamelist are like that. If yes, is it a good option to delete the emulationstation folder or you prefer the file path modification.

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                                  Folly @DTEAM
                                  last edited by Folly

                                  @dteam

                                  Yes indeed, that is what we did, and we should keep it that way.

                                  I think you don't understand me.

                                  ./media/
                                  has to be
                                  ./media/emulationstation/
                                  in the gamelist.xml

                                  Agreed ?

                                  Just fixed it in my gamelist and it's looking great in ES !

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                                    DTEAM @Folly
                                    last edited by

                                    @folly

                                    I'll fix that on google drive

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                                      DTEAM @DTEAM
                                      last edited by DTEAM

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

                                      @folly
                                      I'll fix that on google drive

                                      done. Sorry for that mistake. All other files are ok.

                                      NEW EDIT
                                      I found two errors. name error for UFO in the list has been changed and for catenaa. I recommend another download. fixed on Google drive

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                                        Folly @DTEAM
                                        last edited by Folly

                                        @dteam

                                        I just added apfimag_cass to the special systems with slotdevices.

                                        To load a cassette file :
                                        Just press "enter" to go into basic.
                                        Then "CLOAD"
                                        Use key "]" for enter (goto tape menu and press play)
                                        Then "RUN" and use key "]" for enter.

                                        https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/commit/f8f2debe9388f9896a86a5d5ad6999629bc9d609

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                                          Folly @DTEAM
                                          last edited by

                                          @dteam

                                          Btw. we could add a dummy file on google-drive for loading the bios only of apfm1000 so it will run Rocket Patrol.

                                          We could name it "rocketp.bin" for example and add it into the gamelist.xml.

                                          What do you think, good idea ?

                                          2021-10-07-205608_800x600_scrot.png

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                                            isidoro80 @jamrom2
                                            last edited by

                                            @jamrom2 I had a bios.7 version mame merged 0.236 in which some files were missing. now i have downloaded the bios.zip files and they are complete. now everything works. thanks a lot

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