[Solved] ES shows both Genesis and Mega Drive logos

Clyde

Hi,

today, I noticed that Emulation Station shows both the Genesis and the Mega Drive logos. It didn't do that before, though I don't know when it happened exactly. The only things I did in the last couple of days were updating all installed packages and creating a new custom collection with all Gauntlet versions from multiple systems including the Mega Drive. Removing this collection doesn't change anything.

I'm from Europe, so I prefer the Mega Drive logo.

I don't have any custom config files for ES that it didn't create by itself, i.e. there is no /opt/retropie/configs/all/platforms.cfg or ~/.emulationstation/es_systems.cfg which could cause this effect (if they could at all). edit: Changing the logo to Genesis like it's described in https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Mega-Drive-Genesis/#switching-emulation-station-to-the-genesis-logo has no effect, both logos are still there.

Pi Model or other hardware: Raspberry Pi 3b (not plus)
RetroPie Version Used (eg 3.6, 3.8.1, 4.1 - do not write latest): 4.5.1 recently updated
Built From: official image
USB Devices connected: 2 DragonRise zero delay encoders, Samsung EVO 840 ssd, PAC-Drive led controller, 2 Ultimarc AimTrak light guns, Mayflash Wii U Pro wireless gamepad adapter
Controller used: 2 Ultimarc Mag-Stiks Plus, Qumox Wii U Pro bluetooth controller
Error messages received: none

Any help would be appreciated. I know that I could just remove the genesis symlink in the roms directory or use a custom es_systems.cfg without a genesis entry, but I would like to know how this could happen and how I can fix it with as little customisation as possible.

Cheers
Clyde

mitu

Each folder has a folder backing it up. Do you have both genesis and megadrive systems added in your es_systems.cfg (wherever it may me) ?
Run Emulationstation with emulationstation --debug, make sure you still see the issue, then upload the log file (es_log.txt) to pastebin.com to take a look at it.

Clyde

@mitu Thanks and sorry, I don't understand your statement that each folder has a folder backing it up. Could you please rephrase or explain that?

Both systems show up in my es_systems.cfg.

  <system>
    <name>genesis</name>
    <fullname>Sega Mega Drive / Genesis</fullname>
    <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/genesis</path>
    <extension>.smd .bin .gen .md .sg .zip .SMD .BIN .GEN .MD .SG .ZIP</extension>
    <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ megadrive %ROM%</command>
    <platform>genesis</platform>
    <theme>genesis</theme>
  </system>

  <system>
    <name>megadrive</name>
    <fullname>Sega Mega Drive</fullname>
    <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/megadrive</path>
    <extension>.7z .smd .bin .gen .md .sg .zip .7Z .SMD .BIN .GEN .MD .SG .ZIP</extension>
    <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ megadrive %ROM%</command>
    <platform>megadrive</platform>
    <theme>megadrive</theme>
    <directlaunch/>
  </system>

The log file is available here: https://pastebin.com/Jy0iBNpB

mitu

@Clyde said in ES shows both Genesis and Mega Drive logos:

Both systems show up in my es_systems.cfg.

That's because you have 2 entries there. What I meant is that every system has a backing folder - in your case you have 2 systems backed by the same folder (even if one is a symlink). Remove the genesis system, it shouldn't be there.

Clyde

@mitu Ah okay, thanks again. I thought that it's normal for both to be there and that ES will only display one of them – Mega Drive by default, Genesis if selected by a custom platforms.cfg. I was wrong.

Any guess how both could end up in the es_systems.cfg by normal use of Retropie only? (as far as I remember)

mitu

@Clyde said in ES shows both Genesis and Mega Drive logos:

Any guess how both could end up in the es_systems.cfg by normal use of Retropie only? (as far as I remember)

I can't find anything related in the RP script. The only reference is when the megadrive folder is created and genesis is symlinked to it, but that's all.

Clyde

@mitu So, the universe has been enriched by one more mystery. But as far as I'm concerned, this thread is solved. 😊