Development of module-script generator for lr-mess, lr-mame and mame standalone

DTEAM

@folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

I think that should be the approach.
But we have to keep in mind that we can only use these filters on systems that are without (-media) and use the bios as the game, sort of speek.
Are we spot on ?

Yes.

DTEAM

@folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

Point 2, I will have a look at that. I can't tell for sure how we can manage this, at this point.

If feasible, the result should be pretty close to what we expect. You have 33672 arcade games/sytem in arcade.ini in your list 38000.

Folly

@dteam

Yes indeed, we subtract the mechanical's we can't use.

DTEAM

@folly
Mechanichal arcade is included in arcade.ini

In mess.ini, you have 4377 systems, so method 2 works with arcade.ini only . We dont need more files

Folly

@dteam said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

@folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

Point 2, I will have a look at that. I can't tell for sure how we can manage this, at this point.

If feasible, the result should be pretty close to what we expect. You have 33672 arcade games/sytem in arcade.ini in your list 38000.

You have to know my list isn't perfect due to imperfect code.
There are empty systems and lettes only, so the count isn't correct.

DTEAM

@folly

mess.ini = 4377
arcade.ini = 33672
total = 38049

You are not far !!

Folly

@dteam said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

@folly
Mechanichal arcade is included in arcade.ini

In mess.ini, you have 4377 systems, so method 2 works with arcade.ini only . We dont need more files

We keep that in mind and use it when we are ready to do so.
There is still much work to get the basics working.
But it's good to talk about it so we will be prepared a bit.

Folly

@dteam said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

@folly

mess.ini = 4377
arcade.ini = 33672
total = 38049

You are not far !!

Ok that's nice to know.
Just summarizing again :
Basically we want to categorize the arcade into sections and subsections and we keep the mess systems as they are.

DTEAM

@folly @valerino

@folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

Just summarizing again :
Basically we want to categorize the arcade into sections and subsections and we keep the mess systems as they are.

Final result could be something like that (similar to the previous sketch) . For # to Z = 4377 systems. Are you agree with that?
New edit: I forgot something, It's not A to Z but # to Z. Some systems start by a number.

Folly

@dteam

Nice schematic.

My idea is to share the code so we all can see how this evolves.

Agreed, I hope we can make it like this.

DTEAM

@folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

Agreed, I hope we can make it like this.

I hope also. I hope what @valerino proposed could help for the menu part.

Folly

@dteam @valerino

Here you can see the changes I made to the docsview.sh and trying to convert it to a base for our front-end.
https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/commit/07daf2f032dbdd3a06fb030ae2443151bf28e14a

You will see :

I just changed the page string and the pages array into system and systems.
I changed the command to get the mame system information into the array.
I turned of some docsview choices.

Folly

@DTEAM @valerino

Perhaps very premeture, but we can already create with the front-end script.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/main/00-workdir-00/add-mamedev-systems.sh

Download to RetroPie-Setup :
( Edit : renamed the file on github as add-mamedev-systems-test1.sh which is saved with this command as add-mamedev-systems.sh )

wget -q -nv -O /home/$(ls /home)/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/add-mamedev-systems.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/main/00-workdir-00/add-mamedev-systems-test1.sh

Go to -> configuration / tools -> select (192) add (wait 20 sec.) -> view systems -> select a system -> it will generate and install (and will go back to the systems list again)
~~Then you still have to restart the RetroPie-Setup to see the new module-scripts.~~
Refresh added in third commit.

Commit 1 :
This is what I changed to fix the ownership problem :
Perhaps a bit unconventional but I changed the generate-systems-lr-mess_mame-2v0-alpha.sh so it will create in /home/<user> .
(many times it will become the normal /home/pi though)
It will also change the ownership to the normal <user> .
https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/commit/6fa291756f11611204d2ce3262b52e203f0737e4

Commit 2 :
Perhaps I also have to fix also the created directory in line 84.
I have to check this (fixed this too) :
https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/commit/53265236288a829382dfa6820313c23bb1215b12

Edit : I will search for a better user/ownership solution.
It works for now, but it's not the perfect solution, I think.

Commit 3 :
Added refresh, so no need to restart RetroPie-Setup :
https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/commit/8a3c7d6487b7371652f41a956733e989d158e93f

Commit 4 :
Moved refresh to somewhere else, added clear, added unconventional way of installing the generated module-scripts directly :
https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/commit/debe1edd0fae83e8572ff9678a1fc2295ebff1ea
It is obvious to see I have to get the module_id with the ls command.
If the generated-script is within the front-en module we can just use those strings to install the generated-script.

DTEAM

@folly
Wow, you are fast. I don't have time to test it right now, but I will do it ASAP. Great job!

Folly

Yesterday I used the retropie_packages.sh within the front-end-module.
It was possible to directly install the generated module-scripts after generation.
So that is nice to know.

I see the possibilities here :

show systems in dialog menu
select systems
refresh modules after generation
install generated modules directly after generation

But I also encounter some limits with the approach, that I took, with running the generation-script with curl from the front-end-test module,
because strings can't be exchanged easily between the front-end and the generator-script back and forth.
So perhaps it's better to implement the generator-script within the front-end module-script.

I also have some concern about the filling of the array's.
I would like to display the systems descriptions instead of the systems names to get a better idea on what we choose/install.
Integrating the generation-script could be the better approach in this case.
Along with filtering can take more time as we build more things into it.
So I have to think about that.
Perhaps there is a way of doing this one time, making fixed array's that are faster, once created.
And then add a refresh option, so things can be refreshed/updated on demand.

Well I have to think that a bit, hopefully I don't make it too difficult for myself and others.

DTEAM

@folly
I Folly, normally I'm fast to reply, but now, I'm busy with real life stuff. I’ll check what you did this tuesday. It looks awesome. regards

Folly

@dteam

No problem, I understand.

Folly

@DTEAM @valerino

As a test-2, I integraded the generation-script within the front-end module-script.

I already notice, that this approach will probably will be much better.

I saved the file on github as add-mamedev-systems-test2.sh.
With this command it is saved/overwritten as add-mamedev-systems.sh

wget -q -nv -O /home/$(ls /home)/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/add-mamedev-systems.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/main/00-workdir-00/add-mamedev-systems-test2.sh

Here you can see most changes of test-1 vs test-2 :
https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/commit/a53ebf77ff2f556558785469e2a1220e6ae5f56c

DTEAM

@folly

I did Test-2 with astrocde and It works! It's alot of systems when Arcade and MESS are togheter .

I also have some concern about the filling of the array's.
I would like to display the systems descriptions instead of the systems names to >get a better idea on what we choose/install.

A site like Arcade Database is able to connect systems descriptions and the systems names. They have a Mame Dat Editor

A database probably exist to match that. I'll try to found It.

Folly

@dteam

To scroll faster you can use the home,page-up, page down and end keys too.

In the future it should become more easy when we filter it.
And we could also add a choice menu of systems that are already tested and working like we did with the desired-script.

But for now I an focusing on the basic structure things before I add more.
That way I can improve some stuff an reduce the size a bit so it becomes more easy to add stuff later. (I hope)

Do you understand the changes I made ?

A site like Arcade Database is able to connect systems descriptions and the systems names. They have a Mame Dat Editor

A database probably exist to match that. I'll try to found It.

Perhaps, we can use your suggested site.
Let me know what you find.
But first I want to try and get the most information out of mame standalone.

Here you can see, there is already a lot of info in mame already :

/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -listdevices svision      
Driver svision (Super Vision):
   <root>                         Super Vision
     cart_list                    Software List
     cartslot                     Generic Cartridge Slot
     custom                       Super Vision Custom Sound @ 4.00 MHz
     lspeaker                     Speaker
     maincpu                      WDC W65C02 @ 4.00 MHz
     palette                      palette
     rspeaker                     Speaker
     screen                       Video Screen