XM7 Fujitsu FM-7 Emulator Not Working

NowArrivingHere

Hello,

EDIT: Buzz fixed the broken installation package. I can't be certain if all the features are working, but I have been able to install the emulator and load a disk (.d77) game and a tape (.t77) game.

I am currently using
Raspberry Pi 3B
Retropie 4.2.18
2.4A power supply

Retropie-Setup claims that the emulator was successfully installed. However, it seems that something has gone wrong with the setup script. Whenever I attempt to run a game, this shows up in runcommand.log.

Parameters: 
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/xm7/bin/xm7 "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/fm7/Galaga (1985)(Dempa)(JP).t77"
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1005: /opt/retropie/emulators/xm7/bin/xm7: No such file or directory

I found this in the Retropie-Setup log attached to the installation around line 5762

[100%] Linking CXX executable xm7
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -luim-scm
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -luim
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
sdl/CMakeFiles/xm7.dir/build.make:603: recipe for target 'sdl/xm7' failed
make[2]: *** [sdl/xm7] Error 1
CMakeFiles/Makefile2:476: recipe for target 'sdl/CMakeFiles/xm7.dir/all' failed
make[1]: *** [sdl/CMakeFiles/xm7.dir/all] Error 2
Makefile:127: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

I suspect that the makefile has an error that prevents the required binary from being created.

I have also posted the entire log here: https://pastebin.com/FtFhQm1k

MtKiddy

Any revelations with this? I am trying to get the FM-7 working as well with no success. I have the correct BIOS, I have the correct game file in the correct spot, and I've updated XM-7.
One thing that I needed to do was change /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg to make sure the SF-7 entry has the correct extensions:
<extension>.d77 .t77 .d88 .2d</extension>
I am getting the same error as you, stating that .../xm7/bin/xm7: No such file or directory exists.
Let me know if you figure anything out, and I will do the same.

NowArrivingHere

Well. I read the logs again, and saw that reference to -luim, and wondered if there was some library called uim that the emulator depended on. Turns out, it exists. Not sure whey the install script didn't handle that itself, as these usually handle dependencies. So, I installed it via sudo apt-get install uim.

However, if that was a problem, it was only part of it. I now have the same error when launching a game, but a different installation log. It seems that the emulator can't find one it's own include libraries, core.h

It's mostly just this over and over again.

compilation terminated.
config.c:32:28: fatal error: agar/core/core.h: No such file or directory
 #include <agar/core/core.h>
                            ^

Log is here: https://pastebin.com/7hZHjLFv
Might just end up running to lr-mess, as I think it has an FM-7 emulator that is listed as working.

mitu

@nowarrivinghere The compile log linked shows the error before you installed the uim meta-package, the 2nd error - related to core.h - means that the compilation is incomplete, since it's missing it's 1st step (compiling the agar library, which succeeded in your the 1st try).

Try cleaning up the tmp/build folder inside the ~/Retropie-Setup and install again from source.

NowArrivingHere

@mitu

Sorry it took so long to reply. I got busy with other things. Unfortunately, cleaning the build zone did not help.

https://pastebin.com/E935fryg

I did find a webpage on manual installation of agar. Might try that next.

Okay, I followed the official agar installation guide on: http://libagar.org/docs/inst/linux.html

And the "make depend all" failed with the same error as above.

That's not supposed to happen. I think the official agar makefile may be busted. That would explain alot.

BuZz

@nowarrivinghere The module is broken and needs work. It was contributed by someone and had limited testing - looks like it needs some cleanup (I'm working on it)

NowArrivingHere

@BuZz

Awesome. Best of luck Buzz. Looks like the problems go back to that agar library.

I was able to get "make depend all" to work by replacing SUBDIR= core \ with SUBDIR= ${SUBDIR_core} \
It was just a stab in the dark. Unfortunately, "make install" still fails.

mkdir -p /usr/local/include
mkdir -p /usr/local/include/agar
/bin/sh: 1: cd: can't cd to include/agar
Makefile:59: recipe for target 'install-includes' failed
make: *** [install-includes] Error 2

BuZz

@nowarrivinghere there are a number of problems.

BuZz

@nowarrivinghere You can retry the build now after updating RetroPie-Setup - make sure you clean the source folder before trying. Required lots of fixes - https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/commit/af49cdc0822f82638ac8c085722d04cdc28e757b

NowArrivingHere

@buzz

0_1506261402390_XM7 Working.jpg

There we go. Thank you, Buzz! The installation succeeded and I was able to reach the BASIC prompt. Still trying to work out how to launch the games.

dakota

Hi,
@nowarrivinghere
where I must insert the bios for FUJITSU emulator in retropie?
which path?

thanks
dak

darknior

@nowarrivinghere said in XM7 Fujitsu FM-7 Emulator Not Working:

There we go. Thank you, Buzz! The installation succeeded and I was able to reach the BASIC prompt. Still trying to work out how to launch the games.

Woaw excellent, i don't began to try this emulator for now, but i really want :)
Can you tell us i you test some games, and if it works fine or not ?
Thanks

incunabula

@dakota this info is from the install script:

ROM Extensions: .d77 .t77 .d88 .2d
Copy your FM-7 games to to $romdir/xm7
Copy bios files DICROM.ROM, EXTSUB.ROM, FBASIC30.ROM, INITIATE.ROM, KANJI1.ROM, KANJI2.ROM, SUBSYS_A.ROM, SUBSYS_B.ROM, SUBSYSCG.ROM, SUBSYS_C.ROM, fddseek.wav, relayoff.wav and relay_on.wav
to $biosdir/xm7

More at: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/master/scriptmodules/emulators/xm7.sh

NowArrivingHere

@darknior

Okay, so I have had some time to play around with the XM7 emulator. I have a few thoughts.
First, as far as standard joystick and single button games, such as Galaga, the numpad is used for joystick controls and the ESC key shoots. Bizarre choice, but that probably has something to do with mapping the original Japanese keyboard to a US keyboard. I can't figure out how to change this.

Another point of interest is a constant clicking noise. It is easily drowned out by game music, but it is always there. Don't know what happened there.

I have successfully loaded Galaga from tape (.t77). Unfortunately, if there is an autoload, it does not work. Whenever I select a tape or disk in RetroPie, it starts the machine empty. To load a tape, I had to go to Tape at the top, go to Open, and then find my file. Thankfully, most of the emulator is in English.

Once this is done, I had to type LOAD and press ENTER. Once it found the game, I had to type RUN and hit ENTER. Then after about a minute and a half to two minutes later, the game was loaded.

I have also successfully loaded Tetris from disk (.d77). Once again, any autoloader failed. I had to go to Disk 0 on the top, go to Open, and then find my file. Once this was done, I had to go to File, select Cold Reboot. Then, the game loaded. From what I have read, some disks and tapes may need additional commands. Can't say much there yet though. I will just paste some info I found on a site that I am not allowed to link to. I will also show screenshots of the two games below. Unfortunately, the forums turned my Galaga screenshot upside-down

=== Running software ===
Tapes:
Boot into BASIC mode and simply type
LOAD
RUN

Games written entirely in machine code need the loadm command.
LOADM"",,R <-- use double quotes, two commas

Floppies:
Most floppies run automatically, simply insert the disk and boot/reset.

Otherwise, you can use regular BASIC commands:
FILES <-- list files on disk
RUN"GameName" <-- load and run game

If a game is labeled [req FBASIC disk], you need to boot from a system disk, such as [OS] F-BASIC v3.0 L10. Boot from the F-BASIC disk, then swap disks and run the program.

The d77 floppy file format is a multi-image format, so multiple floppies can be merged into one file. These are labeled [merged] in this set. After loading a merged d77 file in an emulator, you can select each floppy disk from the drop-down menu.

XM7 files:
XM7 files are memory dump images (basically savestates). They are convenient for quickly loading cassette tape software in the emulator XM7. But you will still need the original tapes/floppies when the game needs to load additional data.

=== Controls ===
The directional keys are almost always numpad 4,6,2,8.
Many early games used the BREAK key as an action button (maps to ESC in XM7).

In early FM-7 games, the controls may seem weird. If you press a direction, the game will keep moving in that direction even after you let go. This is because the FM-8 and the FM-7 did not support real-time keyscan, so the computer can't detect key releases, only key presses. Simultaneous key presses aren't supported either (except for the BREAK key). As a workaround, many games used the numpad 5 key as a Stop button. FM77AV games don't have this problem.

On the other hand, the FM77AV had three(!) space keys, and some games use all of them, so you'll need to map the other two to something in the emulator (keys #57 and #58 on the XM7 keyboard map).

darknior

Thanks for your explanation, now we know it's working :D
It is really cool, one more emulator to work on ...

dakota

@incunabula
I inserted all bios file in /home/pi/RetroPie/bios/fm7
in /opt/retropie/emulators/xm7/bin there are the simbolic link to bios file(created by script xm7.sh)
but it still doesn't work...
the bios files are correct..because I tried it xm7 emulator in windows system and works fine.
all filename are in uppercase?
can you make a screenshot of bios directory?

NowArrivingHere

@dakota
Okay, here's a screenshot of my directory

dakota

@nowarrivinghere
I had some filename wrong
Now, it works!
thanks!! :)))
please, another question...there are a possibility lo load a game directly in command line?

darknior

Hi
@nowarrivinghere Do you know is it possible to select a little best of pack with all the cool games of this system, try and configure them, and wish the most part will works fine on PI ?
If you do it i can help to make MEDIA pack for gamelist.xml ;)

MtKiddy

Can somebody share with me the es_systems.cfg entry for the FM7? Whenever I install the emulator it does not add an entry, actually it deletes everything in the file, but I have a backup, that does not have the FM7.