Cant install cores Mame2003plus & Mame2016

Clyde

There's an issue with Retropie's building script for mame2003-plus. This hotfix (comment #385853797 from grant2258) let me build mame2003-plus on Retropie 4.4. Since it includes overwriting the original ~/Retropie-Setup/scriptmodules/libretrocores/lr-mame2003-plus.sh, you may want to make a backup of this file first:

cp ~/Retropie-Setup/scriptmodules/libretrocores/lr-mame2003-plus.sh ~/Retropie-Setup/scriptmodules/libretrocores/lr-mame2003-plus.sh.backup

After that and applying the hotfix like decribed in the link above, just choose to update mame2003-plus from source in Retropie's experimental packages menu. It should install now.

grant2258

@maxus said in Cant install cores Mame2003plus & Mame2016:

It seems that there is a typo. How could I solve it?

here is a temp solution for you. Please dont put this in as a pull req on retropie-setup its just a temp solution until the guys at retropie fix it up

here is the fix for compile

type
cd ~/RetroPie-Setup/

wget https://github.com/grant2258/mamemagic2003/raw/master/lr-mame2003-plus.sh
sudo mv lr-mame2003-plus.sh scriptmodules/libretrocores/

compile as usual your good to go

grant2258

@clyde said in Cant install cores Mame2003plus & Mame2016:

There's an issue with Retropie's building script for mame2003-plus. This hotfix (comment #385853797 from grant2258) let me build mame2003-plus on Retropie 4.4. Since it includes overwriting the original ~/Retropie-Setup/scriptmodules/libretrocores/lr-mame2003-plus.sh, you may want to make a backup of this file first:
cp ~/Retropie-Setup/scriptmodules/libretrocores/lr-mame2003-plus.sh ~/Retropie-Setup/scriptmodules/libretrocores/lr-mame2003-plus.sh.backup
After that and applying the hotfix like decribed in the link above, just choose to update mame2003-plus from source in Retropie's experimental packages menu. It should install now.

no need to worry about backing up all that is needed restore is

is a cd /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/
sudo git reset --hard
sudo git clean -f

Maxus

@grant2258 thanks, it seems that worked perfectly.

and what would be the solution for mame-2016?

mitu

@maxus What error do you have when you install mame2016 ?

Maxus

the same as with mame2003

mitu

@maxus There can't be the same problem, since the core names are different and mame2003-plus build system was recently changed. ~~You can install from binary, since mame2016 doesn't change that often~~. Otherwise, you can find the error log in /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/logs folder, maybe you can get more details from there.

markwkidd

There is an official fix to the mame2003-plus issue that only needs testers if anyone here is interested in taking a shot: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/2398

Clyde

@markwkidd I would, how do I do that?

mitu

@clyde You need to check out the PR and re-install from source the mame2003-plus core:

cd /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/
git fetch origin pull/2398/head:mame2003-plus-fix
git checkout mame2003-plus-fix
# build the core here and then test, the new package will be available as normal

Remember to get back to the normal branch of the RetroPie-Setup with

cd /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/
git checkout master
# delete the PR branch
git branch -d mame2003-plus-fix

grant2258

@maxus said in Cant install cores Mame2003plus & Mame2016:

@grant2258 thanks, it seems that worked perfectly.

and what would be the solution for mame-2016?

no idea i dont work on mame-2016 just 2003 and 2003 plus ill have a peek if i get some spare time though

ByteThis

@grant2258 What difference is there using mame2003 vs mame2003plus ? I have read numerous articles, but not too much info other than limited expanded game list compatibility . Is it limited to the Stretch image or can it be used on the former Jessie image as well ?

Darksavior

@bytethis Fixes as well. Here's the full list https://github.com/libretro/mame2003-plus-libretro/releases

grant2258

https://github.com/libretro/mame2003-plus-libretro/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md can be used on both its a libretro core so will work in retroarch as well.

Clyde

@mitu @markwkidd The mame2003-plus-fix worked for me. With it, I can build mame2003-plus from the packages menu, whereas the normal branch fails.

ByteThis

@Darksavior @grant2258 Thanks.

Edit : The mame2003-plus fix works and it compiled. Playing some games now that wouldn't run in mame2003. Thanks for all your hard work !

Clyde

@mitu said in Cant install cores Mame2003plus & Mame2016:

@maxus What error do you have when you install mame2016 ?

I can't build it either. It fails with the error

Could not successfully build lr-mame2016 - MAME emulator - MAME 0.174 port for libretro (/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/lr-mame2016/mamearcade2016_libretro.so not found).

The full log is here.

mitu

@clyde Seems like already it's already been reported in https://github.com/libretro/mame2016-libretro/issues/12 .

UDb23

How well would mame 2016 run on a Pi3 ? In other words: what roms would be playable ?
Any specific game that runs better on 2016 vs FBA or mame2003/10 ?

Used2BeRX

@markwkidd said in Cant install cores Mame2003plus & Mame2016:

There is an official fix to the mame2003-plus issue that only needs testers if anyone here is interested in taking a shot: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/2398

Hey man.

I found this thread because I had the exact same install issue as the OP.

I clicked that link and I have no idea what you'd want me to do.

If you could give me instructions, I'd like to test out whatever solution you've come up with.

Let me know.