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:

What is your all over first impression now using the new script ?

The new script is easier to use and is really intuitive, I added the new machine in a second!

Folly

Thanks for the feedback.
Good to hear that you find it intuitive, that is one of my main goals.
A guide should not be necessary.

bbilford83

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

@DTEAM @bbilford83

I have added standalone mame version detection 265.17.
So the database will be more in sync with mame.

Can you both test it and let me know if you find this an improvement.

Hi @Folly. Correct me if I'm wrong but won't it not work for me unless I update my overall OS? I thought 265 was the crossover point.

Folly

@bbilford83 said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess, lr-mame and mame standalone:

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

@DTEAM @bbilford83

I have added standalone mame version detection 265.17.
So the database will be more in sync with mame.

Can you both test it and let me know if you find this an improvement.

Hi @Folly. Correct me if I'm wrong but won't it not work for me unless I update my overall OS? I thought 265 was the crossover point.

It's an update that you still can use older mame versions.
The script will check what version you have and will enable that database if present.
If not you have to pick a close database version.
That version is shown in the right corner.
Then the script will only show and install drivers that were on that version of mame.

Do you understand it now ?

Edit :
Earlier on you were able to switch between databases manually.
So you had to know what version you were running and switch it by yourself.
That is still possible though.

Folly

@bbilford83 said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess, lr-mame and mame standalone:

I thought 265 was the crossover point.

Only if you want to use the newer mame 265 version.

Edit :
The newer script will still work on older OSes but newer mame versions will not.

DTEAM

@Folly

MAME 0.266 is released. No new stuff for us.

Folly

@DTEAM

Yes I saw, nice !
Have build my first x86_64 binary.
Computer is now busy with creating the inis.
Would like to be completely independent from progettosnaps in the future but that is probably too much work.

Ps.
Have you had the chance to look at the script updates or is it too much for you ?

DTEAM

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

Have you had the chance to look at the script updates or is it too much for you ?

Yes, it's working well ! I installed 0.255 with your script
New games from Gameking III doesn't work. don't know why

Folly

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

I installed 0.255 with your script

Is it a typo or is 255 correct.
255 is quite old or was it a test on your side to test the script.

Which games do not work ?

DTEAM

@Folly

(MAME file names) diamond and hemic. All gameking3 games working well excepted those 2 new games

Problem with CDI, All CD systems work excepted CDI. Maybe it's on my side for that one.

For CDI and GAMEKING3, i used your script.

Folly

@DTEAM

Do you use RPI3 or 4

DTEAM

@Folly
Pi4

Folly

@DTEAM

It's likely due to the version/binary of mame you use.

Folly

I stopped updating the database ini files for 266 and decided that I will skip this version update.
It might be that I will also skip several more version updates that will save me a lot of time.

Seems to me that a large number of users cannot or will not play with mame 265 or higher yet as most are still using older OSes and the users of PI5's seem also limited.
Therefor it makes no real sense to do the version updates.

If someone thinks differently about it then let me know and I can reconsider.

DTEAM

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

Problem with CDI, All CD systems work excepted CDI. Maybe it's on my side for that one.

CDI works with 0.264 but not with 0.265. I used mame0.265 binary (line 12) from your script. 0.265 has some bugs for some system. For exemple for VIS, I cant use MAME alocated buttons , like exit. but for some systems, everything working well. I came back to 0.264.

Does it exist another precompiled 0.265 compatible with a Pi4?

Folly

@DTEAM

Ok interesting that you could somehow use 265 partly.
Did you make a new 64 bits Bookworm image for yourself and installed RetroPie-Setup on top of it ?

No there is not another 265 binary for the PI4.
You should make it yourself.

Folly

@DTEAM

Just tested cdimono1 (philips cdi) and it does work on my PI4 and PI5 with the mame 265 stickfreaks binary.

Will test VIS too, will let you know.

Edit :
Tested VIS with "Americas National Parks (1992)(Multicom)(US)" on my PI4 and the shown EXIT buttons in the game do work.
Which game did you try ?

Folly

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

I used mame0.265 binary (line 12) from your script.

Line 12 is a totally different binary, see here :

If possible then you should use :

DTEAM

@Folly

Links Golf

For MAME I made a mistake, I used 0.255. It was line 12 on your main download page (Experimental one, at risk ) Sorry. I read too fast. Stupid mistake from me. Sorry for wasting your time.

The stickfreaks file you have is for a 64bit Raspberry Pi OS

see :
https://stickfreaks.com/mame/_README.TXT

I think I need the "armhf"/"armv7l" version for 32bit Rasbperry Pi OS......
It doesn't exist for 0.265. He has stopped to share this option with MAME 0.260. With retropie, the official 32 bit binary file stop at 0.264.

Well, I'll have to go with my Pi5 to continue

Folly

@DTEAM

Ok now I understand,indeed that binary is for RPI1.
Indeed the stickfreaks website dropped the 32bits/rpi2 versions.

The 32 bit's 264 mame binary should still be available from the RetroPie-Setup when you install mame from the original mame module-script.
It is linked in my script or go to experimental packages and install/update from binary instead of source.

I have never added that one to my gdrive.
I will see if I still can.