Development of module-script generator for lr-mess, lr-mame and mame standalone
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@Folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess, lr-mame and mame standalone:
I tried to improve the filter on the deco_cassette
I never heard about that one, i'll try it this week! Is it arcade games on cassette?
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I saw a post about it on the mamedev forum, just recently.
This is the wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DECO_Cassette_SystemI added it in version 0251.01
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@Folly
Those games are already in my Arcade folder. They also run well with lr-mame 2016. The 2 minutes counter is a pain in the ass . -
Indeed, they are not new but now they are now categorised.
There are a few new multigame ones that will work without loading time :
decodark
decomultI think most slow loadable games are in there.
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@Folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess, lr-mame and mame standalone:
Indeed, they are not new but now they are now categorised.
I agree, it reminds me "Playchoice 10". I will not add the gamelist on the drive because we can scrape that system with Skraper (ScreenScraper) or other .
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Hi @Folly, quick update on the import into retroscraper of lr-mess roms. I've imported all the roms from 'standard' systems (such as c64, msx, etc..) and all roms for about 200 lesser know systems (still 150 to go). In total, I've added around 300k roms (totaling over a million now) and created around 30k new software references.
Everything should be available by tomorrow morning after the API refresh.
Once the whole thing is done, I'll start (if you guys are ok with it) importing the images from your gamelists.
If everything goes ok, the gamelists that you have pregenerated could be done on the fly with retroscraper.
Bye!
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That's great news ;-)
Really curious. -
I have implemented the retroscraper option into my script.
I solved all problems I faced.
Hopefully there are no issues.
There is some room for improvements in the future like :- scraping recursively
- scraping all folders in one go
- perhaps use the retroscraper-rpie when someone has installed it
Overall I am quite happy with it.
Please test and let my know if you like it and if it works for you.
https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/commit/a6847628c25808c06fbc9dd1f12986dc3107fdf6
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@Folly Ohm some info, if you want to add paremeters to retroscraper:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zayamatias/retroscraper-remote/main/retroscraper.py |python3 - --PARAM
Where param is any of these:
-h, --help show this help message and exit --systemsfile SYSTEMSFILE location of the es_systems.cfg file) --nobackup Do not backup gamelist.xml file --relativepaths Use relative paths instead of full paths --recursive Search subdirctories in systems paths --mediadir MEDIADIR Single media dir wwhere all media is going to be stored, strat with '/' for absolute path (this will append the system name autoamtically), otherwise relative to system path --keepdata Keep favorites and play count of your games --preferbox Prefer boxes instead of screenshots --novideodown Do not download videos --nodb Do not use a local DB to store file hashes (might impact performance nagatively) --language LANGUAGE Select language for descriptions --google Use google translate if description not found in your language --country Add country decorator from filename [Sonic (es)] --disk Add disk decorator from filename [Sonic (disk 1/2)] --version Add version decorator from filename [Sonic V1.10] --hack Add hack decorator from filename [Sonic (madhedgehog hack)] --brackets Add brackets decorator from filename (Sonic [TT]) --bezels Download bezels for games --sysbezels Download system bezel if game bezel is not found --cleanmedia Clean media directroies before downloading --systems SYSTEMS List of systems to scan (comma separated values) --debug Use for debugging purposes --listsystems Return a list of available systems --listlangs List available languages --appver Display retroscraper version and stop --sort ORIG DEST Sort your roms by system, put all your roms in one directory and output structure to second directory
As you see there's the recursive flag to go into subidrs, and by default retroscraper will scan all systems found in es_systems.cfg.
Let me know if this helps!
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Thanks, though I am aware of the help/parameters.
Just haven't added--recursive
or an other optional option to the command just yet.
First I want to see how it works without it before moving a step further. -
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Thanks for this tutorial.
I have done all the steps, but didn't manage to get it working.
I have used the script generator and did all the steps.
I have put the roms in the gameandwatch folder, the artwork in the suggested folder
( \bios\mame\artwork )But it doesn't show up between my other systems in the Retropie home menu.
I thought maybe it's because in the etc\emulationstation\es_systems.cfg file
under gameandwatch, -> extension it says .mgw .MGW
So I've added .zip to the mix, but no joy.Or do I need to add the gameandwatch also here in this file :
/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation\es_systems.cfgOr is it simply because there's no gamelist under
/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists ?Can you help me with this.
Probably a simple solution, I guess.
Thanks in advance.Greetings,
Soxbrother -
Or do I need to add the gameandwatch also here in this file :
/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfgYou should look at /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg , unless you installed the emulationstation-dev version then the es_systems.cfg could be somewhere else.
Or is it simply because there's no gamelist under
/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists ?A gamelist is not directly required.
I thought maybe it's because in the etc\emulationstation\es_systems.cfg file
under gameandwatch, -> extension it says .mgw .MGW
So I've added .zip to the mix, but no joy.I discovered that when installing lr-gw it will remove extensions that already are in the es_systems.cfg.
So I have converted the order of installing lr-gw and installing it before the runcommands of mame and lr-mess.
i updated my version to 251.07.
After installing lr-gw will be the default emulator.
So If you want to use mame or lr-mess change that when running a rom.So you can update my script now and install gameandwatch again.
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@Folly Hi, I've updated your script and installed lr-gw again.
(it said already installed from source, but I next choose install from precompiled binary )after that it says,
"you have a custom override of the EmulationStation system config in :/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_system.cfg
You will need to copy the updated gameandwatch config from /etc/emulationstation/es_system.cfg to your custom config for gameandwatch to show up in Emulationstation.
Now I think of it, somethinh like that came on the screen yesterday as well.
I'm going to try that now.
I'll let you know, if it works.
Update:
It works now !!
I've only tested "ball" so far, I need to set up the controls first.It's not full screen, is there a way to zoom in or make it bigger ?
Thanks for your help so far.
Greetings,
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@Soxbrother said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess, lr-mame and mame standalone:
@Folly Hi, I've updated your script and installed lr-gw again.
(it said already installed from source, but I next choose install from precompiled binary )My script installs lr-gw from source and then installs the mame / lr-mess runcommands so there is no need to install lr-gw from the optional packages.
Installing the binary again from the optional packages will remove the necessary extensions for mame/lr-mess in the es_systems.cfgafter that it says,
"you have a custom override of the EmulationStation system config in :/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_system.cfg
You will need to copy the updated gameandwatch config from /etc/emulationstation/es_system.cfg to your custom config for gameandwatch to show up in Emulationstation.
If it says this then you have installed the emulationstation developers version.
Indeed, then you need to copy stuff otherwise systems aren't found correctly.Now I think of it, somethinh like that came on the screen yesterday as well.
I'm going to try that now.
I'll let you know, if it works.
Good luck.
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@Folly Got it working, thanks !!!
Only need a way to maybe zoom in or make it larger or maybe fullscreen.
Would be great if you could make it larger but still see the handheld, instead of fullscreen and only see the playfield. -
Depending on which emulator you use you can zoom in with all.
With lr-mess we don't use artwork but retroarch overlays for the background.
If installed/created with my script then they will show up with the game in fullscreen.With mame/lr-mess you can use the "tab" key to open the mame-ui then select
video options -> screen#0 -> your choice
.With lr-gw you can use "right-shift" and press until you see
zoom
then press "enter".Btw.
The combination mame and lr-gw is not ideal in my script.
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@Folly Thanks !!!
I didn't test all of them, but for now a few games say that "there are known problems with this system" or something like that. But seems that they can be played, so I don't know what problems they have.
The few games I saw with that message for now, were :
climber ( only displayed the gamefield, no other graphics ), game worked
black jack, worked ,
bomb sweeper worked
cgrab didn't display graphics, only playfield, game worked, it complained about not having the graphics.
Is it true that there are titles that have known problems then ?
or has it something to do with the roms itself ? (usinf 0.251 roms)Greetings,
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@Soxbrother said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess, lr-mame and mame standalone:
I didn't test all of them, but for now a few games say that "there are known problems with this system" or something like that. But seems that they can be played, so I don't know what problems they have.
You can query 'em here in the Arcade Database, even if the datfile lists emulation/driver/etc. as good, I bet there are some rom-files marked as missing/bad dump/or_similar (at least for climber dr-802.melody and dr-802.program are marked as bad dump).
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@Ashpool I see, I've searched the games I mentioned and they all have bad dumps.
With all of them the melody files are bad dumps apparently.So if my assumption is correct, the only thing wrong with them would be the sound/melody in the game ?
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