The documentation - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/ - has the information you need.

@abj said in Import ROMs into Mame:

@jak75

This message is the runcommand launch menu, it's not an error message. It's appearing every time you start a game. More info here : https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Runcommand/.

Ok regarding the message I saw, but I can't get the audio, I reset the audio to default settings but nothing to do, it works well with other operating systems, any advice?

@mitu

Thank you all for this information, it is most appriciated.

With what games do you have this issue ? Can you try with lr-scummvm (experimental packages) to see if the games are working here ? I suggest also to update your system if you haven't done it.

Edit: I just remember something from the day that was using RPi3. Can you change the Graphic mode to OpenGL in the ScummVM gui and try again the games that don't run?

@windg thank you very much

You shouldn't feel bad. It is just my first time with RPi and gaming.
I am pretty sure the game pad is very good. If there is timeout, then it must be the reason I could not complete the configuration.
Both my game pads are working now. Now it is time for me to learn how to play various games.
Thanks. :)

@berlinhimmel Unfortunately not, quite a lot of games on consoles have different memory processes for the NTSC and PAL versions, so the saves aren't swappable.

@mitu sorry I’m not sure, I switched to bsnes core for K Griffey in the launch menu and that’s when the issue started. I assumed that if KGJr didn’t launch, it wasn’t compatible with the core so I switched back to SNES9X. However I decided to re-image retropie, everything is working now, including KGJr in bsnes (MLB season now works). This was after I removed and reinstalled the core packages to no avail.

Your post breaks the 1st rule of the forums - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2/forum-rules.

If the Pi has internet access, you can use wget on RetroPie's command line to download files directly to the sd card. See here for one of the countless wget guides on the web.

To go to the command line, pressF4 in Emulation Station. To go back to Emulation Station, enter exitor press Ctrl+d.

[libretro ERROR] retro_load_game: couldn't read WAD header from '/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/doom/doom2/DOOM2.WAD' [INFO] [Environ]: SET_MESSAGE: ROM loading failed... [ERROR] Failed to load content

Looks like it doesn't like your WAD. Try using another source. I've found one that works; I can't tell you where to get it but I can probably get away with sharing the crc32 and md5sum to help you determine if you've found the right one:

pi@retropie:~/RetroPie/roms/ports/doom/doom2 $ crc32 DOOM2.WAD ec8725db pi@retropie:~/RetroPie/roms/ports/doom/doom2 $ md5sum DOOM2.WAD 25e1459ca71d321525f84628f45ca8cd DOOM2.WAD

@mitu
I have now managed to get the test script to read the following data.

mame-libretro lr-mame2016 /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/galaga.zip /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2016/mamearcade2016_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro/galaga.zip"

Test script:

system=$1 emulator=$2 path=$3 commandline=$4 echo $system > /home/pi/test.txt echo $emulator >> /home/pi/test.txt echo $path >> /home/pi/test.txt echo $commandline >> /home/pi/test.txt

Where do I enter the option Y for the game and how do I read this option into my script?

E.g:
if type = Y then ./script1.sh
if type = X then ./script2.sh

Edit:
Now I have a solution.
My script:

############################################################### # 4 oder 8 Wege Joystick von runcommand-onstart.sh aufgerufen # # (C) 2021 treki # ############################################################### # Namen der 4-Wege Games in /home/pi/4way.games eintragen #system=$1 #emulator=$2 #path=$3 commandline=$4 echo $commandline > /home/pi/game.name.txt #Name des 4-Wege ROMs in diesem File, welches in 4way.games geschrieben werden muss var=$(echo $commandline | grep -o -f /home/pi/4way.games) if [ -z "$var" ] then echo "8-Wege Joystick" > /home/pi/test.txt else echo "4-Wege Joystick" > /home/pi/test.txt fi

In the file /home/pi/4way.games are the names (.zip) of 4-way games.
My 4way.games file looks like this:

asteroid1 astdelux bzonec pbobble2u dkong dkong3b dkongjrb fantsia2 galaga galaxian mspacman pacman pengo phoenixt popeyebl qbert qixb spacedx supertnk tankfrce atetrisa tetrisp tron4 uniwars

Entry in /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh :

bash "/home/pi/4or8way.sh" "$@"

@jason ES backgrounds itself during game launch and disables the video output during this time.

Please add a better title for your post and some details about your setup, as asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

@Zering
yep
asked help there
thanks :)

@dankcushions I just played through the entire first mission without it crashing. This definitely fixed the problem. Thanks a lot!

I just want to say grats and I am a little jealous of your bartop. I am a Campbell, too.

Can you add more details about your system - as explained in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first ?

Did you follow https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Transferring-Roms/#usb-stick to transfer your ROM file(s) ?