Did some updates as it turned out that a more recent ScummVM core (2.5+) in lr-scummvm does use the scummvm.ini.

My scummvm_helper.py does apply also again for the lr-scummvm, and: When a Add Game or Mass Add... is done in lr-scummvm UI it follows the same logic as the native ScummVM: Make unique game id entries in scummvm.ini by chopping of any variant suffix. It creates *.svm files, if missing. The *.scummvm extension should only be used by the rom-launcher.sh internally as it might produce doubles in the gamelist if these would be enabled in es_systems.cfg.

For those who want to testdrive:

Create a dedicated <folder>, change to that <folder>. Run a git clone with the URL mentioned above at [1]. Run retropie_setup.sh / retropie_package.sh as usual in the <folder>/RetroPie-Setup

@ctrueden said in EmulationStation, ScummVM, and .svm files:

The documentation says to nest each .svmfile inside its respective directory, and EmulationStation sees that, but it exposes that folder structure in the GUI. E.g.: "Day of the Tentacle" is in the ScummVM list, and when you click on it, there is then another "Day of the Tentacle" alone

Forgive me if this post is too old, but I just wanted to share that I was very confused by this behavior when I installed lr-scummvm yesterday. In fact, I was certain that I must have found a bug in EmulationStation, but I couldn't find any open issues about other games disappearing when launching. Through luck, I eventually found this thread and finally understood what was actually happening -- I have not previously used directories for any of my other systems so I had no idea EmulationStation behaved this way.

If anyone else stumbles upon this, you can workaround the issue for lr-scummvm by also naming the ROM directory itself with a .svm extension.

Using the example from the documentation:

/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/scummvm/Day of the Tentacle.svm/Day of the Tentacle.svm /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/scummvm/Day of the Tentacle.svm/MONSTER.SOU /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/scummvm/Day of the Tentacle.svm/TENTACLE.000 /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/scummvm/Day of the Tentacle.svm/TENTACLE.001

I am not sure if this works for regular scummvm though.

@UDb23 said in Micro PC - i5: best OS & Launcher for emulation ?:

Update on windows testing: latest Dolphin version slightly improves performance (option to use multiple cores seems to help).
P.N.03 and Gauntlet Dark Legacy at 2xIR (720p) without any noticeable slowdown.

How does the original arcade version of GDL run?

Thank you very much!