[SOLVED] lr-ppsspp emulator does not work, please help !!

darthlink

@herb_fargus said in lr-ppsspp emulator does not work, please help !!:

@darthlink you shouldn't be recommending people edit es_systems.cfg if they don't know what the repercussions are especially when if psp was installed properly it should be generated by default. There is no reason it shouldn't be generating unless it either didn't install properly or user error.

it is not too hard to do in a comand prompt: sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh

then go in manage packages then optional packages and just choose either ppsspp or lr-ppsspp and it does install all with no error

Probleme is that even after a reboot, it was still not in retropie and not in es_systems.cfg

i have a backup of es_systems.cfg and a full backup of my raspberry pi 3 so i dont know why the fuss about giving and receiving help that may solve an issue but i am appreciating all help because this is what this is about right, helping each other.

dankcushions

@darthlink said in lr-ppsspp emulator does not work, please help !!:

@dankcushions said in lr-ppsspp emulator does not work, please help !!:

that must be some sort of bug if true. there's nothing special about psp that would make it not appear. editing es_systems.cfg is generally a bad idea.

It was installed properly. why is it a bad idear ? I also had to edit the es_systems.cfg to add kodi

kodi also automatically appears in ES once installed (in the ports menu). and raspbian/pixel i expect (i don't use it)

dankcushions

@darthlink my guess, you have turned 'parse gamelists only' on, in the emulationstation options. you should have it turned off.

DarkWolf

@dankcushions yes, thats true, but if you want it as a "own" system on the system carousel you have to add them to the es_systems.cfg

DarkWolf

@dankcushions well, I completely forgot about that one...

However it was turned off when I installed ppsspp and it didn't show up

darthlink

@dankcushions said in lr-ppsspp emulator does not work, please help !!:

@darthlink my guess, you have turned 'parse gamelists only' on, in the emulationstation options. you should have it turned off.

do you mean there: sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh ?

i just went there and i cant find parse gamelist only ??

DarkWolf

@darthlink No, in Emulationstation press Start and go to Other Settings

darthlink

@dankcushions

kodi also automatically appears in ES once installed (in the ports menu). and raspbian/pixel i expect (i don't use it)

When i installed kodi, i did not even know about the port menu, i only found that out 2 days ago. i originally went there because i was looking for a way to add more scrapper and i found that here: https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/scraper it is where i saw that there was also the ppsspp and lr-ppsspp emulator that i could install so i did it and you know the rest loll

But editing the es_systems.cfg was good for me to add both kodi and raspbian with pixel to emulationstation ;)

darthlink

@DarkWolf said in lr-ppsspp emulator does not work, please help !!:

@darthlink No, in Emulationstation press Start and go to Other Settings

@DarkWolf said in lr-ppsspp emulator does not work, please help !!:

@darthlink No, in Emulationstation press Start and go to Other Settings

haaa ok, then i will only be able to try that later this evening unless there is a way to get there through ssh ?

DarkWolf

@darthlink There is:
cat /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_settings.cfg

it contains something like that:

<bool name="ParseGamelistOnly" value="false" />

darthlink

@DarkWolf said in lr-ppsspp emulator does not work, please help !!:

cat /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_settings.cfg

thx ;) so yes my pasre gamelist only value is: false

darthlink

Now my emulation wont start because its telling me that es_systems.cfg cant be loaded.

So i removed the part i changed witch was the psp part and then everything is working back again.

Can you please tell me what is wrong with my psp part that make emulationstation not loading ?

there it is:

<system>
<name>psp</name>
<fullname>playstation portable</fullname>
<path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psp</path>
<extension>.iso .ISO .cso .CSO .pbp .PBP .zip .ZIP .rar .RAR .7z .7Z</extension>
<command>bash %ROMS%</ROMS>
<plateform>psp</plateform>
<theme>psp</theme>
</system>

herb_fargus

@darthlink not sure what a plateform is and tags have to match command does not match with ROMs.

Might just be easiest for you to delete your es_systems config and do a full install

darthlink

@herb_fargus said in lr-ppsspp emulator does not work, please help !!:

@darthlink not sure what a plateform is and tags have to match command does not match with ROMs.

Might just be easiest for you to delete your es_systems config and do a full install

i do not need to delete my es_systems.cfg because it is working right now with the psp part removed.

if that line does not match <command>bash %ROMS%</ROMS> then what should it be?

darthlink

yeesss a new advance, now psp is finally showing in emulationstation.

i added back the psp part but i changed this <command>bash %ROMS%</ROMS> to <command>bash %ROMS%</command>

the only problem now is that the rom i have in it witch is little big planet does show but it does not start. i get the error:

bash %ROM% no such file or directory

so anyone can help me to be able to start a rom in psp please ?

darthlink

now i changed: <command>bash %ROMS%</ROMS> to <command>bash %ROM%</ROMS>

and it still does not start but i get a new error when i start little big planet.

the error point to the .iso of the game but it says: cannot execute binary file

so i added .bin in the extensions but i still get the same error ???

how can i start the game ?

DarkWolf

@darthlink
I posted the code for the system above

<system>
    <name>psp</name>
    <fullname>PlayStation Portable</fullname>
    <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psp</path>
    <extension>.iso .ISO. cso .CSO .pbp . PBP</extension>
    <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ psp %ROM%</command>
    <platform>psp</platform>
    <theme>psp</theme>
  </system>

Some side notes:
XML tags starting with a word/tag name between <...> and end with the same between </...> so you can't just write another word/tag name at the end, they have to match

bash %ROMS%

And what should this execute? your iso file is no bash script

darthlink

@DarkWolf said in lr-ppsspp emulator does not work, please help !!:

@darthlink
I posted the code for the system above
<system>
    <name>psp</name>
    <fullname>PlayStation Portable</fullname>
    <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psp</path>
    <extension>.iso .ISO. cso .CSO .pbp . PBP</extension>
    <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ psp %ROM%</command>
    <platform>psp</platform>
    <theme>psp</theme>
  </system>
Some side notes:
XML tags starting with a word/tag name between <...> and end with the same between </...> so you can't just write another word/tag name at the end, they have to match

bash %ROMS%

And what should this execute? your iso file is no bash script

Thank you very much, its finnally all working. The worst is that i had put that command line earlier but i think i had make a mistake in it and it mau have been why it was not working.

So now little big planet does start but not grand thef auto vice city, i ear the music but i get a black screen so i think it is the rom because LBP works fine.

Thank you so much for all your help, you are really great ;)

DarkWolf

@darthlink
Haha, glad it finally worked!

so i think it is the rom because LBP works fine

No, doesn't have to! But I don't know if the emulator supports it... You might have seen this on other systems to, some games work, some don't.
If that makes sense.

darthlink

@DarkWolf

Its ok, i am not a such a big fan of Grand thef auto anyway loll

May i stretch your help still on my other post about the PS4 controller please ?

I still cant play quake2 :( witch is a great game. I also saw quake 3 in ports and i had installed it but i could not see it anywhere so i uninstalled it. I dont know if it was only the engine and i was suppose to get the game and install it after that but in any case, i still would not have been able to play it if i cant get bot analog stick to work.