Do you have a custom EmulationStation configuration file for systems (es_systems.cfg) ? Please add more info about your setup, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

Try lr-scummvm from experimental packages maybe is working better with your gamepad

@luckyluca I think when you update from source with scummvm now you get the latest version

Hey everyone, im having similar issues, ok so first this first im on rpi4 latest retropie 4.8.

This was the only close issue i could find.

The thing i am having is my gamepad and keyboard wont work when adding XINIT to yabasanshiro emulator.cfg i tested running retropie on desktop but gets hot so i than thought why not reverse it, now all games should be running from vulkan from my understanding and run great but notging works i have to reboot my pi from ssh.

Could this issue be the same for fullscreen or maybe i need to point my config to my key2map for yabasanshiro.

Thanks

Hello!

I used the mass add in lr-scummvm.
Before that i had made matching svm files , and they were updated by the mass add.
However loading games directly from emulationstation doesn't work, it just loads lr-scummvm and says game not found.
If I launch from within lr-scummvm it works fine.
I checked the content of the svm file for the game The 7th Guest, and it had the content 'The7thGuest' which does not match the game id listed here https://www.scummvm.org/compatibility which ought to be 't7g'.
I tried to change the content of the svm file to the id from the list above but same result..
Not really sure how to proceed from here, so any ideas would be greatly appreciated! :)

@lolonois I am really sorry. I finally got back to playing with the Pi today. I was all set to try out your hard work here. I thought I should begin with an updated ScummVM release, so I did that first. Lo and behold, TLJ works! I was able to boot and play the prologue scene.

I definitely appreciate your help, though!

@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.

@daviddraper

I hope so to the new version is great, it is possible to get it updated to the latest on retropie but not via source or binary at the moment unless you change a file to allow it.

@ecto said in Web file server for game manuals (scummvm, dosbox, ...):

Yes that's right! :D So far, when I select a pdf manual, it will be downloaded to the pad/phone for reading while I play. This way I can chack for copy protections and/or clues while I play a game on the Retropie.

At first I was thinking that you could read the manual before you were going to play. but this is indeed better.

Have you read my thread on translation ?
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28461/translate-games-on-the-fly
While thinkering with this I also discovered this :
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28345/old-computer-appreciation-thread/420

Perhaps an idea for you to tinker with.
In theory you could match the sum of a screenshot, with extra information. and output it back in speech or as an overlay in the game.

@mitu thanks for the advice, I just tested and it doesn't matter what the directory is named, you just have to launch the .svn file from within the game data folder. Which is different to the launch behaviour lr-scummvm had before but at least it runs.

For me, I'll probably just make an .sh file with /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-scummvm/romdir-launcher.sh and run the games from the launcher so it clutters the emulationstation menu up a bit less. Thanks anyway though!

@plimbs you might bend over here for a solution: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/30107/building-latest-scummvm-with-the-longest-journey-playable

@zerojay That's great news!

Looks like the binary has been created already @mitu. Installed and working like a charm.
Thank you!

@Yobiwan Deleting the file from roms/scummvm works. Did you enable the 'Parse gamelists only' option in EmulationStation by any chance ?

@retropieuser555 yeah I'm finding that works great to be honest..

I know @BuZz you said you need more info... But there's no info in the docs for the others..... So not really sure what else you'd expect me to have posted

If you mean reporting an issue... I wasn't really doing that... I just meant it narrowed my choices...

Quite happy with vrscumm.... Happy to take feedback though as you all do a great job here

May I suggest you unplug any wireless (game) controllers particularly using bluetooth. I had the same issue but the problem was resolved when I'd disconnect my XBOX One controller via bluetooth and used a wired keyboard,wired mouse and a wired controller/

@tpr Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

Please start a new topic providing details of set up and which emulator you are using - there are multiple scummvm packages in RetroPie.