lr-bluemsx doesn't work at all.

Blerkotron

Okay, I solved my own problem - although I'm not quite sure how.

Looking at the config files in the bios/machines folders I noticed they were all pointing to 'shared roms' so I went back to the original plan of having all the BIOS ROMs in there. But this time I just grabbed ALL of the BIOS ROMs rather than just the ones for the machines I was actually interested in (i.e. every variant, every regional variation) and dumped the whole lot in there. Voila - games working fine.

Did I mess up there? Is it not possible to just pick and choose the BIOS configs I want? I'd copied over everything for MSX, MSX2 and MSX2+ from the docs/config files, but it seems that wasn't enough.

mitu

@blerkotron OK, so I tried the same ROM (Arkanoid) immediately after installing the lr-bluemsx emulator and got the same sefgault error.
But after I copied the BIOS files to the proper folder, game started and there were no errors. What I did was follow the doc from Libretro site and unzipped the BlueMSX full distro, then copied the Machines/Shared Roms contents (the .rom BIOS files) to /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/Machines/Shared Roms (or \\retropie\BIOS\Machines\Shared Roms via file shares).
Make sure the files are properly named, ending in .rom and not .ROM. The config.ini files for each machine type references them with BIOSNAME.rom, so if you copy the files as BIOSNAMEM.ROM, they might not work.
@godgd Can you try and copy the BIOS files as I tried above and re-launch the game to see if it works ?

darknior

@mitu Thanks a lot :D
It solve my problem for MSX and Colecovision ... so excellent to use this emulator on my pi <3

I try many MSX2 games and they works fine, BUT i have a video problem on some of them.
It is strange because on PC with the same emu, i test and all my set without any problem, all is working fine.
Is some one has an idée why i have problems on PI ?

For exemple with Vampire Killer Akumajo Dracula.

Thanks

edmaul69

@darknior i have my bios all directly in the bios folder. (Never used other folders) and i dont appear to have any glitches in vampire killer. Can you explain in more detail how and where you have video glitches?

edmaul69

@darknior when in game did you go into the retroarch gui, quick menu, options and change your system from msx1 to msx2+ Then exit the game and go back in?

darknior

@edmaul69 said in lr-bluemsx doesn't work at all.:

@darknior when in game did you go into the retroarch gui, quick menu, options and change your system from msx1 to msx2+ Then exit the game and go back in?

I have try it, and it works better than with reset emulator. I see a difference.

But it not fix my problems with some games :(
Games that working fine on PC and on xBox (first one black)

Options :

MSX Mode : MSX2+
MSX Video Mode : NTSC
MSX Mapper Type mode : Type A
MSX Main memory : Auto
MSX Video memory : Auto

I don't found any option to choose a specific BIOS file ?

Vampire Killer - Akumajo Dracula (Cart) (Japan) [Dynamic vsync patch 1.0].zip
Vampire Killer - Castlevania (Cart) (Japan) [Upgrade Patch].zip
I try MSX 1 2 2+ and it stop at the blue first MSX screen with MSX BASIC ... OK
Valis 2, The Fantasm Soldier 2 (Disc) (Japan)
Impossible to use with a ZIP file because i can't swap Disc A to B :(
I don't found any menu to make swap and with zip file i think the emu don't see the multi files ?
Twinkle Star (Disc) (Japan) [Homebrew]
Stop after the title screen whith vertical black and white lines ... In the read me it's write it works fine on MSX2 with 64ko of RAM or MSXTurbo.
R-Type (Cart) (Japan)
Crash before MSX BASIC screen with a multicolor screen and after un dark screen with vertical blue lines.
Lupin the 3rd - Legend of the Gold of Babylon (Cart) (Japan) : screen flickering
Lupin the 3rd - The Castle of Cagliostro (Cart) (Japan) : black screen
Lupin the 3rd - The Golden Legend of Babylon (Cart) (Japan) [T-En 1.0 by Django 100%] : screen flickering
Lupin the 3rd - The Golden Legend of Babylon (Cart) (Japan) [T-Fre 1.0 by Django 100%] : screen flickering
Ikari (Cart) (Japan) : freeze a first blue screen
Gradius 3 - Legend (Disc) (Europe) [Homebrew] : Freeze or i can't move at Power Selector Screen
Gradius 3 - The Eve of Destruction (Cart) (Japan) : Working fine
Duck Tales (Disc) (Europe) [Homebrew] : Black Screen
Bubble Bobble (Cart) (Japan) : Black screen
Bombaman - Extra Ammo (Disc) (Europe) (En,Fr,Ge,It,Sp,Po,Jp) [Homebrew] : Launching fine, i can see the team logo, and after i have a black screen because i think the emulator launch the bad disc file in my zip file, i have this problem with many games, so bad if we can't fix it.
Aleste (MSX 2) (Cart) (Japan) [T-En 1.0 by Tsunami 100%] : Black Screen

Many other working fine : 1942, Dragon Quest, Kikikaikai, Metal Gear, Out Run, Puyo Puyo, King Kong 2, Goonies, etc ...

darknior

Nobody to explain me why all these games are not working ?
Maybe it's an option i don't know ?
thanks

edmaul69

@darknior i dont have discs but i can confirm aleste and bubble bobble work fine. Are your roms zipped? I had to unzip mine because there was other junk in the zips i had.

darknior

Yes all my games are zipped. And works fine like this on PC.
But i will try them unzipped, maybe it can fix some problems.

But how to try to change the BIOS file the emulator use ? i can't found any options ?

So bad if you don't have these games, there are really excellent and come from my personal MSX best of.

edmaul69

@darknior in the retroarch gui, quick menu, options when you change your system between msx, msx2 and msx2+ it changes the bios.

darknior

@edmaul69 Ok i understand, if it's enough.
Because there is 3 choices, and i have 30 Bios lol

edmaul69

@darknior i think the language bios’ have to be loaded as carts on an msx. There has been discussions on doing this on the pi