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

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      Folly @DTEAM
      last edited by Folly

      @DTEAM

      I had a look at our cygnus-blue-flames theme and found the next directories :
      -> pce-cd
      -> neogeo-cd

      I will change the script so :

      • "pcecd"(not a real driver) will install as pce-cd
      • neocd,neocdz and neocdj will install as neogeo-cd

      Done, all updated to 253.10

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        DTEAM @Folly
        last edited by DTEAM

        @Folly

        Nice!, I'll try your script today . Is It in the Extra section?
        The last "CD add on" to try could be Megadrive/Genesis CD

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          Folly @DTEAM
          last edited by Folly

          @DTEAM

          pce-cd is in the extra.
          neocd,neocdz and neocdzj are just regular system drivers, so they are in the default.

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            Folly @DTEAM
            last edited by Folly

            @DTEAM

            I want to make these changes in 253.11 for matching next system drivers with better names :

            Detect as sega32 (cartridge only):
            Driver 32x (Genesis with 32X (USA, NTSC)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade
            Driver 32xe (Mega Drive with 32X (Europe, PAL)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade
            Driver 32xj (Mega Drive with 32X (Japan, NTSC)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade

            Detect as sega32-cd (cdrom and cartridge):
            Driver 32x_mcd (Mega-CD with 32X (Europe, PAL)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade
            Driver 32x_mcdj (Mega-CD with 32X (Japan, NTSC)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade
            Driver 32x_scd (Sega CD with 32X (USA, NTSC)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade
            (sega32-cd isn't in the cygnus-blue-flames theme yet !)

            Detect as segacd (cdrom and cartridge):
            Driver megacd (Mega-CD (Europe, PAL)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade
            Driver megacd2 (Mega-CD 2 (Europe, PAL)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade
            Driver megacd2j (Mega-CD 2 (Japan, NTSC)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade
            Driver megacda (Mega-CD (Asia, PAL)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade
            Driver megacdj (Mega-CD (Japan, NTSC)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade

            You see that all drivers have no @good tag so they can have issues.
            I have tested megacd2 ok with 1 game.

            Are you comfortable with detecting them as these RetroPie names ?

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              DTEAM @Folly
              last edited by

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

              @DTEAM

              I had a look at our cygnus-blue-flames theme and found the next directories :
              -> pce-cd
              -> neogeo-cd

              I will change the script so :

              • "pcecd"(not a real driver) will install as pce-cd
              • neocd,neocdz and neocdj will install as neogeo-cd

              Done, all updated to 253.10

              I installed them with your script and pce-cd works well but NeoCd doesn't . The problem seems to be my BIOS. I'll try to found another neocdz.zip file

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                DTEAM @Folly
                last edited by

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

                @DTEAM

                I want to make these changes in 253.11 for matching next system drivers with better names :

                Detect as sega32 (cartridge only):
                Driver 32x (Genesis with 32X (USA, NTSC)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade
                Driver 32xe (Mega Drive with 32X (Europe, PAL)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade
                Driver 32xj (Mega Drive with 32X (Japan, NTSC)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade

                Detect as sega32-cd (cdrom and cartridge):
                Driver 32x_mcd (Mega-CD with 32X (Europe, PAL)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade
                Driver 32x_mcdj (Mega-CD with 32X (Japan, NTSC)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade
                Driver 32x_scd (Sega CD with 32X (USA, NTSC)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade
                (sega32-cd isn't in the cygnus-blue-flames theme yet !)

                Detect as segacd (cdrom and cartridge):
                Driver megacd (Mega-CD (Europe, PAL)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade
                Driver megacd2 (Mega-CD 2 (Europe, PAL)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade
                Driver megacd2j (Mega-CD 2 (Japan, NTSC)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade
                Driver megacda (Mega-CD (Asia, PAL)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade
                Driver megacdj (Mega-CD (Japan, NTSC)): @game_console@home_videogame@lightgun@non-arcade

                You see that all drivers have no @good tag so they can have issues.
                I have tested megacd2 ok with 1 game.

                Are you comfortable with detecting them as these RetroPie names ?

                Too many options! , we should forget it . The actual lr- options in Retropie seem to be better. Are you agree?

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                  Folly @DTEAM
                  last edited by Folly

                  @DTEAM

                  I agree for these Sega CD/Mega CD/Genesis CD systems there are better options in RetroPie.

                  Indeed quite some options but basically it comes down to a few drivers.
                  Somehow I need to add recognition otherwise they will be installed somehow in the wrong place, when installed.
                  So I still want to add this recognition.
                  I think the sorting will be a good choice once implemented.

                  Edit : updated to 253.11

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                    Folly @DTEAM
                    last edited by

                    @DTEAM

                    How is it going with the other systems ?

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                      DTEAM @Folly
                      last edited by DTEAM

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

                      @Folly

                      How is it going with the other systems ?

                      PCE-CD and NEO-CD working well now. I tried also your new script with NES and it works well!

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                        Folly @DTEAM
                        last edited by Folly

                        @DTEAM

                        PCE-CD and NEO-CD working well now

                        Perfect !
                        Thanks

                        I tried also your new script

                        Which one do you use now ?

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                          DTEAM @Folly
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                          @Folly
                          The one from the hyperlink in your first post (253.11)

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                            Folly @DTEAM
                            last edited by Folly

                            @DTEAM

                            I made some rigorous changes to the way systems are displayed when installing.
                            Can you do some tests for me ?

                            https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/commit/43355c6efd3549d07ee8c44242f3b2ec2427a31f

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                              Folly @DTEAM
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                              @DTEAM

                              Another improvement to test :
                              https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/commit/1b4a5b038d4e105c4f87b3585b1ccad4a948dfb3

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                                Folly @DTEAM
                                last edited by

                                @DTEAM

                                MAME 0.255 is out.

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                                  DTEAM @Folly
                                  last edited by DTEAM

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

                                  @DTEAM

                                  MAME 0.255 is out.

                                  Yes! Many good systems for us in their list

                                  FROM MAME 0.255:

                                  New working systems

                                  TMBASKB Basketball (Tomy) [hap, Sean Riddle]
                                  KTMNT3 Konami Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Shredder's Last Stand (handheld) [algestam, Sean Riddle, Mr. Do]
                                  KTMNTBB Konami Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Basketball [algestam, Sean Riddle, Mr. Do]
                                  TRSGKEEP Tronica Super Goal Keeper [algestam]
                                  TMVOLLEYB Volleyball (Tomy) [hap, Sean Riddle]

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                                    Folly @DTEAM
                                    last edited by

                                    @DTEAM

                                    Yes indeed, quite some nice stuff ;-)
                                    If I can then I will update the database next month.

                                    For the libretro cores :
                                    I don't expect the libretro syncing for lr-mess/lr-mame with mame come any soon.
                                    And more problems are arising with lr-mess/lr-mame ;-(

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                                    • duglorD
                                      duglor
                                      last edited by

                                      Does the lr-mess-apple2 or lr-mame-apple2 --- need specific bios(es) and in a certain location for that to work? Currently not launching games for me. Be well! Thanks for everything! KudoS!

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                                        Folly @duglor
                                        last edited by Folly

                                        @duglor

                                        If you run apple2 with mame in the command prompt and not having any bios files installed it will show this :

                                        pi@raspberrypi:~ $ /opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame apple2 -ui_active
                                        a2.chr NOT FOUND (tried in apple2)
                                        OPTIONAL 341-0016-00.d0 NOT FOUND (tried in apple2)
                                        341-0001-00.e0 NOT FOUND (tried in apple2)
                                        341-0002-00.e8 NOT FOUND (tried in apple2)
                                        341-0003-00.f0 NOT FOUND (tried in apple2)
                                        341-0004-00.f8 NOT FOUND (tried in apple2)
                                        sc01a.bin NOT FOUND (tried in votrax apple2)
                                        341-0027-a.p5 NOT FOUND (tried in a2diskiing apple2)
                                        341-0028-a.rom NOT FOUND (tried in d2fdc apple2)
                                        

                                        So you need to find all bios roms from above, which means :

                                        • apple2.zip
                                        • votrax.zip
                                        • a2diskiing.zip
                                        • d2fdc.zip

                                        My runcommands will force the rompath into using BIOS/mame so the bios files need to go there when using this project and it's runcommands.
                                        Otherwise, with above command, it will depend on what rompaths there are in your /opt/retropie/configs/mame/mame.ini.

                                        After adding the files the apple2 should be able to run.

                                        P.s.
                                        Be aware that I am not talking about lr-mess here but if it works for mame it will ultimately work with my lr-mess runcommands.

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                                        • duglorD
                                          duglor @Folly
                                          last edited by

                                          @Folly thank you

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                                          • AshpoolA
                                            Ashpool @Folly
                                            last edited by Ashpool

                                            @Folly Even if it took me somewhat longer, maybe it is time to open a separated topic for vm(ware) and retropie ... [even if it is just being used once in some while].?.
                                            As I never tried pure Debian (always used Distros based on Debian) for now, this questions of mine could/should(?) belong in such a new thread, but just to mentioning 'em (here 1st, as examples of eventually Q's to be A'd):

                                            • what debian iso/version to be used for retropie? (currently I've started with 11.7.0, but maybe the 10.# branche would be better suited? [as of June 23])
                                            • what desktop environment? (I've choosen LXDE, as the Raspion OS Desktop is based/derived from that (afair/?))
                                            • I was totally flabberghasted when the installer asked me about a domainname/url ending thereof... so what is common practice, or best choice: <.yourchoice>/<.locale>/[empty] ?
                                            • haven't tried it, but is leaving the admin pw blank an option to auto-add the created user to group sudoers?

                                            (a basic retropie install went fine on that (11.7), but I wanted to raise those concerns/questions before I going on ;]

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