new scriptmodules (lr-vice-xvic, gsplus, proper lr-mess integration!)

jamrom2

Hiya,

I'm having a heck of a time trying to get CD-i working on my build. I'm running the latest of all the posted scripts you've made, and have had no other issues with Apple II, IIgs, Arcadia and Astrocade... Adventurevision and Super Cassette Vision as well. All good...

But wow, I can't get CD-i to work. I've tried bios roms from several sources (all three required files), but all have the same byte sizes... I've tried CHD's from two difference sources... nothing.

I've also followed two separate tutorials that point to the BIOS files being placed in the ROMs folder instead of the BIOS folder.

I'm stumped as to what I'm doing wrong. All I get is the blurred "initializing" screen. I've seen this with Acradia, and finally fixed it with the correct BIOS files... but nothing seems to work with CD-i.

I'll post any info you need, just ask... but to date, I've gotten 42 systems working, so I'm pretty well versed on getting these emulators working.

Thanks in advance for any help.

JR

Folly

@jamrom2

Here are some links to get CD-I working :

jamrom2

thanks for that! I can see it was missing files in the BIOS... other than what you just posted, I have never seen those 2 files mentioned anywhere else...unless I missed it somewhere. Everything points to just the 1 BIOS file being required.

Much appreciated. I should be good from here...

jamrom2

@Folly

I posted this on that thread...

"Thanks for posting this. First I've read anywhere that those two "extra" files were required in the cdmono1 BIOS.

I have it working, however, what do you mean by getting the mouse working by booting ES into the cli? How do I do that on a consistent game for game basis. Meaning... exit one game, start another.

I've never booted into cli before."

but do you have any idea what he's talking about referencing the mouse working? Mine does the usual creep into the lower right corner act.

shift

Hi @valerino I saw that on this page: https://github.com/valerino/RetroPie-Setup/blob/master/scriptmodules/libretrocores/lr-mess-standalone.sh there is the script for the "Classic Standalone Games" emulator, but I find no mention of it anywhere. Which roms can that emulator run? Thanks

shift

@dmmarti Really very interesting! Could you share the scripts you used to install machines that are not present in @valerino's scripts?

The machines are these:

Camputers Lynx
Fujitsu FM Towns
Fujitsu FM Towns Marty
Memotech MTX
Sharp MZ-2500
VTech Laser 200
Tandy TRS-80 MC-10

Thanks!

dmmarti

@shift ..sorry, haven't been on the forum for a bit.

I'll try and get my scripts either uploaded somewhere or issue a PR against his Github repo for them.

shift

@dmmarti said in new scriptmodules (lr-vice-xvic, gsplus, proper lr-mess integration!):

I'll try and get my scripts either uploaded somewhere or issue a PR against his Github repo for them

thanks @dmmarti ! I'm sure that, besides me, you'll make many other emulation enthusiasts happy.

dmmarti

@shift and @valerino

I've created a new Pull Request (at least I hope I did it right). I've added 10 new lr-mess-xxx.sh scripts for additional systems.

Thanks,

David

TPR

Trying to launch an ADAM game and I get the following error which crashes the Pi:

I have tried both .dsk and.ddp files and made sure I'm selecting the correct option from the launch menu.

Any ideas?

TPR

@dmmarti How did you get Coleco ADAM to work? I keep getting this crash screen trying to boot a .dsk or .ddp image:

dmmarti

@tpr You need to make sure you have the BIOS file adam.zip in the RetroPie/BIOS directory.

Running "sum" against it, here's my file:

sum adam.zip
39492 53

You may have to try a few different versions of the file, but one of them will allow it to work.

TPR

@dmmarti Thank you!

Third time was the charm!
adam DK.jpg

I had all the ColecoVision BIOS files but for the life of me couldn't get Google to give me anything for ADAM until I Googled adam.zip

It's up and running now!

DTEAM

For some systems not supported by ScreenScraper or others (like Gamate or GameMaster), here .xml and downloaded_images .

See: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bfuYF7Ij_dhNc9b8bVCS6I22XiEmP7rv?usp=sharing

from : Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME

shift

@dmmarti Thank you so much!

DTEAM

I had installed a lot of system manually. Yesterday and today I installed your scripts. The two methods work in parallel without harming each other. Honestly wow !!!! great job guys your scripts are really great.

I didn't install with the hyperlinks, I downloaded the scripts and made cherry picking after. It works great!!

Folly

EDIT: Script is updated to version 1.1. Read edit below for more information.

Hi all,

Yesterday I made a script that wil bulk generate more than 2000 lr-mess-<systems>.
This is version 1 !. It's more or less a proof of concept. It's created fast and a bit dirty. I still have to improve things.
But I can confirm it works !. The idea was born in here : https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28345/old-computer-appreciation-thread/788
Just after we manually created two for P2000T(testing for cass support) and Sharp X1.

So if you are adventurous, try it at your own risk !

Install MAME first in your RetroPie-Setup, if you didn't already !!!!
Download the script from https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share
It's in "00-scripts-00"
Run it with : bash generate-lr-mess-systems.sh
It will make a libretrocores directory in the directory you started the script from and writes al the generated files in that directory.
(this will take about 6 minutes)
Choose the script you want to try and copy that to :
/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/libretrocores
Install your choosen <system> from your RetroPie-Setup

EDIT:
I did a huge updated on my script.
WOOOOOWW :-)
5500 seperate files are being generated.
If you want it all, it takes about 16 minutes (pi4) !!!

Now all system with more media (quik, cas, flop1, dump, cart) are splitted.
So for every media, we now can install multiple commandlines depending upon the media.

I also added a simple script(generate-desired-systems.sh) that can be edited.
If you run this script after editing, then it will only generate your desired systems.
(I already placed a few in there)

I did many tests. Perhaps there is still mistakes, but I am real confident.

It's already on github.

Advise( if you used my first script ):
The names are changed depending on the supported media. So I advise you to uninstall the old ones first and than remove the files also.

In the next update I can add more info about each computer in the script.
So everybody can see much more info about the system in the "package help"

From here I explain on how to run the scripts :
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28345/old-computer-appreciation-thread/924

Zering

I can also confirm that it works. It's not quite as compatible as 'normal' mess yet, but it is a first version. And on the other hand it enabled me to use systems I could never get to work in lr-mess without scripts, ie. PC6001.

shift

@folly I would create a special 3D for your initiative, so the two works do not "mix". Anyway congratulations for what you are doing, and I will definitely try it soon because I am too curious.

Folly

@shift said in new scriptmodules (lr-vice-xvic, gsplus, proper lr-mess integration!):

@folly I would create a special 3D for your initiative, so the two works do not "mix".

Yes, it should be nice if it could become 1 project.
(if that is what you mean)
But I don't know everything.
I also have to work on my knowledge in github on "pull requests".
Up till now, I find this quite difficult and frustrating.

Can you explain a little bit more about your "special 3D" idea ?

Anyway congratulations for what you are doing, and I will definitely try it soon because I am too curious.

Thanks,
I'am really proud of it. I think it's really a huge accomplishment.
Until now, it took me about 16 hours to create it.
With this script we can really save thousands of hours work.
And I have seen some pretty good results, already.
Perhaps splitting can also be done on media in the future.
So this way cass files come in a cass-rom directory and cartridge file in a cart-rom directory etc...
But for now I have done enough, so far ;-)

Do you keep me posted on your findings ?