Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing
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Check /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg and see if there are entries for amiga and pc. This file needs entries for both if they are to appear in emulation station.
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@incunabula said in Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing:
Check /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg and see if there are entries for amiga and pc. This file needs entries for both if they are to appear in emulation station.
Apparently I dont have such file in this folder. What do I do?
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That's not the right folder. Check the path I typed above.
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@incunabula said in Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing:
That's not the right folder. Check the path I typed above.
OMG, you're right. Thank you! I have been looking elsewhere for the whole time. The Amiga and PC entries are not there. What lines and where should I put it and can I do it from the File Manager?
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This page should get you most of the way there: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Add-a-New-System-in-EmulationStation/
I don't have any experience with 'File Manager' but you can certainly use nano to edit that file. I personally prefer to SSH into the Pi with PuTTY and edit with Notepad++, but that would require network connectivity in your case. -
If the systems aren't in the es_systems.cfg file ..... it sounds like the emulators are not already installed.
You're gonna have to install them from the RetroPie setup > Manage Packages screen. By doing that, the systems will be auto-entered into the es_systems.cfg file.
Just manually adding the systems in .... still won't work if the emulators themselves are not already installed.
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@dmmarti said in Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing:
If the systems aren't in the es_systems.cfg file ..... it sounds like the emulators are not already installed.
You're gonna have to install them from the RetroPie setup > Manage Packages screen. By doing that, the systems will be auto-entered into the es_systems.cfg file.
Just manually adding the systems in .... still won't work if the emulators themselves are not already installed.
Appears you're right. I have modified the .cfg file according to the instructions - I have copied the file onto a flashdrive, added the amiga lines on my pc and replaced the original, though I still have the previous version - and still no Amiga emulator visible. I'll try managing packages. Do I need the Internet connection for that?
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@dmmarti said in Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing:
If the systems aren't in the es_systems.cfg file ..... it sounds like the emulators are not already installed.
You're gonna have to install them from the RetroPie setup > Manage Packages screen. By doing that, the systems will be auto-entered into the es_systems.cfg file.
Just manually adding the systems in .... still won't work if the emulators themselves are not already installed.
As I supposed, I'm not able to install the packages. The option: "Install from source" takes me to the terminal, then the installation process is attempted and failed. It's the same for all packages: amiga, dosbox, scumm. "Could not install packages; ...".
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@gordonfreemanjr you need to be connected to the internet
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@herb_fargus said in Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing:
@gordonfreemanjr you need to be connected to the internet
Damn. How do I connect this little guy (check the pic out) to the Internet with no web interface installed?
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No ethernet connection to the outside?
Then you could open the module and connect an ethernet cable or use WiFi. -
@tesla6 OK guys, I have managed to connect the thing to the Internet via an USB adapter. I have also installed all missing emulators. And... still nothing. :) I have:
- the emulators installed,
- the kickstart roms in the bios folder,
- few .adf's in the roms/amiga directory,
- the amiga lines in the .cfg file.
What else do I need to do?
RPi 4 4GB
Retropie v 4.7.1 -
I'd just start over from scratch. Easy peasy
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@gordonfreemanjr Your kickstart roms need to be named kick13.rom, kick20.rom , kick31.rom
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@maxbeanz said in Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing:
@gordonfreemanjr Your kickstart roms need to be named kick13.rom, kick20.rom , kick31.rom
Holy shit. Testing ASAP.
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@maxbeanz
Done that. Still nothing. It's getting ridiculous.
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@gordonfreemanjr it's case sensitive. k not K
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@dankcushions said in Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing:
@gordonfreemanjr it's case sensitive. k not K
Thanks. Uncapitalized the K's, copied over again, restarted. Still no Amiga emulator.
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@gordonfreemanjr why do they have an asterisk * in front of them?
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@edmaul69 said in Amiga and DosBox emulators not showing:
@gordonfreemanjr why do they have an asterisk * in front of them?
I have noticed that all roms have it, not only Amiga roms (and they work), even those that were there originally (as in: not inserted by me).
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