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    Missing game inside emulation station

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      magostinelli
      last edited by

      Hello, I have last version of retropie (updated from retroie setup).

      I want to play a nes game: North & South, but there isn't inside the emaulation station menu.

      Inside gamelist.xml (nes) I have:
      <game id="1979" source="theGamesDB.net">
      <path>./North & South.zip</path>
      <name>North and South</name>
      <desc>Chaaarge!!! The bugle is calling you to the battle field, and your troops are awaiting your orders. Demonstrate your brilliant strategy skills: move entire armies, surround the enemy, attack forts, intercept gold laden trains, and thus re-write the history of the American Civil War!</desc>
      <image>~/.emulationstation/downloaded_images/nes/North & South-image.jpg</image>
      <rating>0.6</rating>
      <releasedate>19900921T000000</releasedate>
      <developer>Seika</developer>
      <publisher>Kemco</publisher>
      <genre>Strategy</genre>
      <players>2</players>
      </game>

      I also have the rom file:
      pi@retropie:~/RetroPie/roms/nes $ ll North*
      -rwxrwxrwx 1 pi pi 109K Dec 24 2016 North & South.zip

      Maybe the problem was the "&" in the file name?

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      • TMNTturtlguyT
        TMNTturtlguy @magostinelli
        last edited by

        @magostinelli the path in your gamelist does not match the redicolouse and long rom name. The path needs to match the rom name exactly.

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          magostinelli
          last edited by magostinelli

          The path name is right, it's genereted by the scraper (sselph), the same that has added all other roms.

          With vi editor I see:
          <path>./North & amp; South.zip</path>
          (I added a space because the forum convert the & amp; in &)

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          • TMNTturtlguyT
            TMNTturtlguy @magostinelli
            last edited by

            @magostinelli said in Missing game inside emulation station:

            pi@retropie:~/RetroPie/roms/nes $ ll North*
            -rwxrwxrwx 1 pi pi 109K Dec 24 2016 North & South.zip

            According to your post your rom name is pi@retropie:~/RetroPie/roms/nes $ ll North*-rwxrwxrwx 1 pi pi 109K Dec 24 2016 North & South.zip

            So the rom name does not match the gamelist path. Did you enter the rom name incorrectly in your post?

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            • edmaul69E
              edmaul69
              last edited by

              @magostinelli , @TMNTturtlguy is correct. You need to rename your rom to North & South.zip or change the gamelist to match the ridiculous stupid long name you have your rom named for whatever reason.

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                dudleydes
                last edited by

                He he. The "ridiculous rom name" is the output from the ll command. I'm not familiar with the command. I assume it's a variation of ls -l.

                With markdown, it should read

                pi@retropie:~/RetroPie/roms/nes $ ll North*
                -rwxrwxrwx 1 pi pi 109K Dec 24 2016 North & South.zip
                

                @magostinelli It doesn't matter if you have & or &amp; in your gamelists. I have both and the roms appear fine either way. The other suggestion I would make is to check that Parse Gamelists Only setting in ES is set to Off but that shouldn’t matter as you have an entry in your gamelist. It's worth a try. You will need to restart ES for the setting to take effect.

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                  magostinelli
                  last edited by

                  @dudleydes I confirm that ll is and alias of ls -l.

                  @TMNTturtlguy, @edmaul69 the file name is: North & South.zip

                  I will try with Parse Gamelists Only, just for a test.

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                  • BuZzB
                    BuZz administrators @magostinelli
                    last edited by

                    @magostinelli said in Missing game inside emulation station:

                    The path name is right, it's genereted by the scraper (sselph), the same that has added all other roms.

                    With vi editor I see:
                    <path>./North & amp; South.zip</path>
                    (I added a space because the forum convert the & amp; in &)

                    You should use a code block - http://commonmark.org/help/

                    To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                    • pjftP
                      pjft
                      last edited by

                      I wouldn't be shocked if it's indeed the "&" in the name. Have you tried renaming the file and retesting?

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                      • M
                        magostinelli
                        last edited by

                        There is nobody that has this rom and can do a test? I'm the only one with this problem?

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                        • pjftP
                          pjft @magostinelli
                          last edited by

                          @magostinelli Have you tried renaming it?

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                            magostinelli @pjft
                            last edited by

                            @pjft No, I'm out from my house, I will try this evening. With rename, i must change the gamelist.xml file manually, because I think that the scraper doesn't detect the rom if the file name is different.

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                            • pjftP
                              pjft
                              last edited by

                              If it's not in the gamelist, it will show up in ES, but without metadata.

                              Did you scrape it in the command line or in ES?

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                                magostinelli
                                last edited by

                                @BuZz said in Missing game inside emulation station:

                                sselph

                                I use sselph scraper, this evening I will do the test.

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                                • pjftP
                                  pjft @magostinelli
                                  last edited by

                                  @magostinelli ES also uses sselph's scraper, hence the question.

                                  If you don't want to manually edit the gamelist to see if there's anytihng there that might be causing problems to ES, my best bet would be renaming it, seeing if it shows up in ES, and then go from there.

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                                    retrorod
                                    last edited by

                                    Hi , has the rom inside the zip file got the same name 'North & South'

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                                    • M
                                      magostinelli
                                      last edited by

                                      Renamed the file and now it's working!
                                      So the bug was the "&" in the name.

                                      There are some other tests I must do?

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                                      • pjftP
                                        pjft
                                        last edited by

                                        Not really. Just avoid names with a "&" then. It's a tricky character.

                                        Best.

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                                          magostinelli
                                          last edited by

                                          I think it's a retropie/emulationstation bug, I want to report it to the developer. How it's possible?

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                                          • pjftP
                                            pjft
                                            last edited by

                                            https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/issues

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