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

TPR

This is what I see in my log after I try to load a game with lr-mess-apple2gs:

341s0632-2.bin NOT FOUND (tried in apple2gs)
341-0232a.bin NOT FOUND (tried in apple2gs)
341-0124a.bin NOT FOUND (tried in apple2gs)
341-0728 NOT FOUND (tried in apple2gs)
341-0748 NOT FOUND (tried in apple2gs)
341-0132-d.e12 NOT FOUND (tried in apple2gs)
Fatal error: Required files are missing, the machine cannot be run.

I'm not sure what that means or what I am missing.

Folly

@tpr

Most are already in MESS 0.151 ROMs .
You have to have apple2gs.zip containing those roms in the BIOS directory.
341-0132-d.e12 is in apple2ee.zip
Use the old 341-0748 from the apple mirror ftp.
Repack to zip.

Use sha1sum to check the sums.

sha1sum *

58fbf770d3801a02d0944039829f9241b5279013  341-0124a.bin
8e14e85c645187504ec9d162b3ea614a0c421d32  341-0132-d.e12
e8744180075182849d431fd8023a52a062a6da76  341-0232a.bin
c0f4704233ead14cb8e1e8a68fbd7063c56afd27  341-0737
c70576869deec92ca82c78438b1d5c686eac7480  341-0748.bin
2784cdd7ac7094b3e494409db3e72b4e6d2d9e81  341-0748.bin -> new <- do not use
41d18c36a617ab9dce668445440d34354be0672  341s0632-2.bin
34e2443e2ef960a36c047a09ed5a93f471797f89  apple2gs.chr

TPR

@folly THANK YOU! Just got it working. Yep, I was missing files. I had the ROM.01 file but not those others.

I'll test more tomorrow!

TPR

Is there a list out there somewhere for what BIOS is needed for all these lr-mess- scripmodules and where those files should be placed? My Googling around has brought up so many different answers and sometimes not correct for these specific modules. For example, my above issue with Apple IIgs. My Googlefu brought up that I needed ROM or ROM.01 in my BIOS directory, but I never found any reference to needing apple2gs.zip in that directory until someone told me about it.

I plan on installing a few more of these scriptmodules and having a list of what BIOS files are needed to get them all running would be very helpful.

Thank you!

DTEAM

@tpr
All BIOSes are in the MAME romset. To know the MAME/lr-Mess systems names , see .xml files in the MAME hash folder or use the search tool here

TPR

@dteam Where is the "MAME Hash" folder? This is what I'm talking about. People keep mentioning things, but don't say where things can be found. I just looked through every single MAME, MESS or lr-mame folder I have on my pi and I don't see a "hash" folder anywhere.

Please help.

TPR

@dteam Googling around it looks like I'm supposed to have a "hash" folder in my BIOS folder? This is all I have in my mame folder under BIOS:

I even just did a "Re-install (from pre-build binary) for lr-mess and it is the same. Obviously I have lr-mess installed as many of the scriptmodules are working.

Is there someplace I can manually download this "hash" folder so I can add it?

Thank you.

DTEAM

@tpr

In

/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/hash

You don't need this list to run your lr-mess games. It's just as a reference for system names.

Zering

@tpr My mess installation did not have the hash directory initially, you can safely download it and put it there manually.

TPR

@dteam @Zering Yeah, I don't even have a "mame" directory in that folder. And I do have lr-mess installed.
no mame.jpg
Where can I downloading it manually from?

Zering

@tpr I'm not sure I can tell you, even if I remembered.
It's been a while but as I recall it's easy to find.
Also the name directory is not supposed to be in that folder. It's in home/pi/BIOS

TPR

@zering Yeah, that's what I thought. See my previous photo. It's not there either. I can't seem to find anywhere to download the hash directory even googleing for it. I'm finding lots of references to it, but no repository to actually download it from. Weird.

TPR

@zering Wait... I think I may have found it...

For future reference: https://github.com/mamedev/mame

Folly

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

@zering Wait... I think I may have found it...

For future reference: https://github.com/mamedev/mame

Earlier on, the hash tables were automatically installed on the computer in :
/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame/hash
But with lr-mess they don't anymore, i think.
So thats why people didn't discribe much earlier about these hash tables.
Because they where already there.
I think thats changed now but I don't know why, either.

Zering

@folly Tell me if I'm wrong - but if installing mess modules from scripts (*whether yours or valerino's) I don't think hash tables are necessary, or even useful.

Folly

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

@folly Tell me if I'm wrong - but if installing mess modules from scripts (*whether yours or valerino's) I don't think hash tables are necessary, or even useful.

Indeed, you are correct.

These hash tables are only used when the core option is configured like this :

mame_softlists_enable = "enabled"

Because the scripts are now configuring like this :

mame_softlists_enable = "disabled"

hash tables for this purpose are not used anymore.

DTEAM

@folly
Quick question.
Can we set frameskip = auto by default in the core option file (for all systems) or It's somewhere else ?

TPR

How can I get the 2nd controller working in lr-mess-astrocade? Games like Bally Pin require both controllers and in the MAME Menu I only see settings and re-mapping options for controller 1.

Any ideas? Thank you.

Folly

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

@folly
Quick question.
Can we set frameskip = auto by default in the core option file (for all systems) or It's somewhere else ?

I will have a look at that.

I think the command is mame/mess specific.
Can't find it in the normal retroarch.cfg/retroarch-core-options.cfg

Here we have the commands we can use :
https://docs.mamedev.org/commandline/commandline-all.html#mame-commandline-frameskip

In this case it should be :
-autoframeskip

I tested it I am confident it can be added in the script.
But I am not so sure if it will improve much by adding this.

Perhaps more or something else can be added to improve stuff.
Would you like to test this manually before I change the script ?

For example, I did this with a500 :

/opt/retropie/configs/a500/emulators.cfg :
lr-mess-a500-flop = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/a500/retroarch.cfg a500 /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -numprocessors 3 -autoframeskip -flop %ROM%"

We can also do something like this, instead :
-frameskip 2

I noticed that many systems require mouse to be enabled.
I would also like to enable it for all the systems.
But we have to test this too, if mouse enable-ing breaks systems.
Do you agree ?

ps. I have also been experimenting with the -autoboot option and a sort of .cmd file to boot games.
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28345/old-computer-appreciation-thread/1025
What do you think of this ?

DTEAM

@folly

For the mouse, I always used "enabled" and I never had issue with that. If It cause problems, It's for specific systems.

For auto Frameskip = auto. With MAME standalone, It solved a lot of sound and speed issues. I talked about that here - bullet point 12. When I used this option in the MAME menu with Lr-MESS, It not seem to work. I don't now if It's a problem with Lr-Mess or It really doesn't affect the drivers. I Think It's the first option.

If the real effect of Frameskip = auto is like with MAME standalone, It will be spectacular for some machine. Also, I don't believe setting this option to default will slow down systems.