Sharp X68000 Multi-Disk games questions

spud11

@pyjamarama No worries. I've got batch files to convert 1 disk games to .m3u all the way up to 12 disk games to .m3u, if you need those too.

tobas

I've trying to figure out muti disk games as well. I forgot how to make the two disks into one file :(

tobas

@pyjamarama hey, did you manage to figure it out?

SuperFromND

You can't merge two disks into one file, but you can make an M3U playlist file and just hide everything else in es_systems.cfg. Just write the filenames of the disk into a file like this:

Disk 1.dim
Disk 2.dim

and save it as an m3u file.

fnkngrv

@supercatfooz I have tried to use dozens of m3u based files for the games and whenever I launch I get the screen flash and then just a black screen. I have tried creating my own and also have tried ones premade I found online, but I just can't get these darn files to go. If I launch the first disc of a game they do fine. I am running RetroPie 4.4.2 as of commits a few days ago.

spud11

@fnkngrv I replied to your post in my other thread. I see you are up to date with Retropie. I'll definitely have a look at which drives my 2 disk games are attached to. It sounds like there is a problem only with the second disks.

A Former User

Hello friends, for me it is working well to load disks using .m3u but only loads the .dim games and not .zip anyone have any solution to load compressed files?

GoldManSex778

@marcelosofth I came across your question a few days ago and was about to respond that lr-px68k doesn't support .zip extensions but when I looked at the documentation on GitHub (https://github.com/msheehan79/px68k-libretro) It does indeed list .zip as supported. It seems that lr-px68k doesn't recognize .zip files internally but should be able to load them from emulation station (similar to px68k).

I edited es_systems.cfg to tell emulation station to launch .zip files but couldn't get them to launch; neither from individual zips or .m3u files. I used 7zip to zip some .dim x68000 roms so that each disk was its own zip.

Are you able to get ES to boot x68000 .zip files without the .m3u? If you can, tell me how the .zip files you are using are archived (what is exactly in your zip files?). Since I may be zipping them wrong.

I can confirm that .HDM disk images work with the .m3u method outlined above

BuZz

@marcelosofth Your email address is bouncing as the email box is no longer available - please update it or I will have to remove your account.

KrinaSam

Hello. I Have problem to run mulitidisc game on lr-px68k. When i run the game i have black screen and my gamepad non stop rumble. When i hit f12 i see two floppy disks in drives fdd0 and fdd1. I must go to retroarch/quickmenu/disccontrols/eject disk and currentdiskindex change to second disk and insert disk. When i do this steps game runs. i checked m3u files and try different roms and different bios in karopi folder, i tried reinstall emulator from source- no results. Not all games will not start, but most of them. I have Rpi4 with retropie 4.7.19, lr-px68k 1.9.7(0.15+b309941).
Could someone help? Thank You.

mitu

@krinasam Please don't bump old topics, you should open a separate topic for your question.