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

mitu

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

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/304483

I think that's a user error here, from @roslof. Either way, I think it's just a singular occurence, not a recurring patern.

Folly

@mitu 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:

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/304483

I think that's a user error here, from @roslof. Either way, I think it's just a singular occurence, not a recurring patern.

Ok, thanks for looking at it.
Then we are all good here. ;-)

roslof

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

Ok, thanks for looking at it.
Then we are all good here. ;-)

Saw the mention. Fixed the inadvertent downvote.
Cheers

Folly

@roslof 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:

Ok, thanks for looking at it.
Then we are all good here. ;-)

Saw the mention. Fixed the inadvertent downvote.
Cheers

Thanks for restoring !

DTEAM

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

I added code for detecting here and here.
I removed the Elektronika drivers from classich.ini here.
I added elektronikah.ini here.

I think this is the way to go.

Thanks for the list, i'll create a system for those games in my theme. Most of those games have a great "MAME's artwork" such as Game & Watch.

Folly

@DTEAM 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:

I added code for detecting here and here.
I removed the Elektronika drivers from classich.ini here.
I added elektronikah.ini here.

I think this is the way to go.

Thanks for the list, i'll create a system for those games in my theme. Most of those games have a great "MAME's artwork" such as Game & Watch.

Indeed great artwork.
Not sure if there are backgrounds in the artwork otherwise a rename is appropriate for lr-mess compatiblility.
If so I think I will have to add elektronikah in my script for extracting backgrounds and creating game specific configs.
Well that can be done later when we know how all the games look.

I am experimenting with the command awk to see if I can build the database quicker and better.
It's basically a program for manipulating text and the basics I know but it is also a sort of program language, I never knew.
Seems much more powerful with that.
You might want to read the manual too, see link.

Here is one nice example :

#print driver/description/manufacturer from -listxml using 3 field delimiters <>", all on one line
/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -listxml atakaast|awk -F '[<>"]' '/<machine name/ || /<descr/ || /<manu/ {nlines = nlines + 1} /<machine name/ || /<descr/ || /<manu/ {if (nlines <= 3) total = total  $3 " "}END{print total}'

Output is :
Driver□atakaast□Ataka asteroidov□bootleg (Elektronika)□:

Normally I use -listdevices to get the driver and description.
I get the others, such as manufacturer, with -listxml.
With above you should be able to extract the same without using -listdevices but with more added info like explained, the manufacturer.
I think it would also be possible to add certain info as tags without even creating an ini in the first place.
After creating a list for all drivers you can sort much quicker on certain manufacturers or use it as a presort for the old method of creating ini's quicker as you don't have to check all 30000 drivers for specific ini's.
Then you do a presort on manufacturers from the created list and use these +/-25 drivers to check if they are valid which saves a lot of time.

DTEAM

@Folly

Hi Folly, I can't find these three artworks files for the wallpaper/background and system. Have you seen a place where we can download them?

Folly

@DTEAM

Will have a look at these artwork files.

BTW.
Just to let you know I have some basic awk script stuff running.
It was a bit of getting used to but until now it's awesome and I am really impressed by it.
This is what it already gives when adding the driver as option :

:~/awk$ bash awk.sh nupogodi
Driver□nupogodi□Nu, pogodi!□bootleg (Elektronika)@good@elektronikah@
:~/awk$ bash awk.sh tapollo13
Driver□tapollo13□Apollo 13 (Tiger)□Tiger Electronics@good@tigerh@
:~/awk$ bash awk.sh jak_disf
Driver□jak_disf□Disney Friends (JAKKS Pacific TV Game, Game-Key Ready) (17 MAY 2005 A)□JAKKS Pacific Inc @imperfect@jakks_gamekey_dy@jakks@
:~/awk$ bash awk.sh bassmate
Driver□bassmate□Bassmate Computer□Telko @good@gameandwatch@
:~/awk$ bash awk.sh gnw_ball
Driver□gnw_ball□Game &amp; Watch: Ball□Nintendo@good@gameandwatch@
:~/awk$ bash awk.sh kgradius
Driver□kgradius□Gradius (handheld)□Konami@good@konamih@
:~/awk$ bash awk.sh uboat
Driver□uboat□U-Boat□Bandai@good@classich@

DTEAM

@Folly

Sound issue with MAME 0.278
https://github.com/mamedev/mame/issues/13905

Supposed to be fixed on MAME 0.279. I have this issue at the moment

Folly

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

@Folly

Sound issue with MAME 0.278
https://github.com/mamedev/mame/issues/13905

Supposed to be fixed on MAME 0.279. I have this issue at the moment

I did not have any issues here.
Hopefully it will be solved.

Folly

I have also news about the drivers that use samples.
I found that the sample files found on progettosnaps have more or less different names than the drivers that use them.
So my old list did not match real drivers.
I found a way to match the samples to the drivers that use them.
So the old incorrect list was supposedly 79 drivers.
The correct and new list will be containing 312 drivers.