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

mitu

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

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/304483

I think that's a user error here, from @roslof. Either way, I think it's just a singular occurence, not a recurring patern.

Folly

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

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

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/304483

I think that's a user error here, from @roslof. Either way, I think it's just a singular occurence, not a recurring patern.

Ok, thanks for looking at it.
Then we are all good here. ;-)

roslof

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

Ok, thanks for looking at it.
Then we are all good here. ;-)

Saw the mention. Fixed the inadvertent downvote.
Cheers

Folly

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

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

Ok, thanks for looking at it.
Then we are all good here. ;-)

Saw the mention. Fixed the inadvertent downvote.
Cheers

Thanks for restoring !

DTEAM

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

I added code for detecting here and here.
I removed the Elektronika drivers from classich.ini here.
I added elektronikah.ini here.

I think this is the way to go.

Thanks for the list, i'll create a system for those games in my theme. Most of those games have a great "MAME's artwork" such as Game & Watch.

Folly

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

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

I added code for detecting here and here.
I removed the Elektronika drivers from classich.ini here.
I added elektronikah.ini here.

I think this is the way to go.

Thanks for the list, i'll create a system for those games in my theme. Most of those games have a great "MAME's artwork" such as Game & Watch.

Indeed great artwork.
Not sure if there are backgrounds in the artwork otherwise a rename is appropriate for lr-mess compatiblility.
If so I think I will have to add elektronikah in my script for extracting backgrounds and creating game specific configs.
Well that can be done later when we know how all the games look.

I am experimenting with the command awk to see if I can build the database quicker and better.
It's basically a program for manipulating text and the basics I know but it is also a sort of program language, I never knew.
Seems much more powerful with that.
You might want to read the manual too, see link.

Here is one nice example :

#print driver/description/manufacturer from -listxml using 3 field delimiters <>", all on one line
/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -listxml atakaast|awk -F '[<>"]' '/<machine name/ || /<descr/ || /<manu/ {nlines = nlines + 1} /<machine name/ || /<descr/ || /<manu/ {if (nlines <= 3) total = total  $3 " "}END{print total}'

Output is :
Driver□atakaast□Ataka asteroidov□bootleg (Elektronika)□:

Normally I use -listdevices to get the driver and description.
I get the others, such as manufacturer, with -listxml.
With above you should be able to extract the same without using -listdevices but with more added info like explained, the manufacturer.
I think it would also be possible to add certain info as tags without even creating an ini in the first place.
After creating a list for all drivers you can sort much quicker on certain manufacturers or use it as a presort for the old method of creating ini's quicker as you don't have to check all 30000 drivers for specific ini's.
Then you do a presort on manufacturers from the created list and use these +/-25 drivers to check if they are valid which saves a lot of time.

DTEAM

@Folly

Hi Folly, I can't find these three artworks files for the wallpaper/background and system. Have you seen a place where we can download them?

Folly

@DTEAM

Will have a look at these artwork files.

BTW.
Just to let you know I have some basic awk script stuff running.
It was a bit of getting used to but until now it's awesome and I am really impressed by it.
This is what it already gives when adding the driver as option :

:~/awk$ bash awk.sh nupogodi
Driver□nupogodi□Nu, pogodi!□bootleg (Elektronika)@good@elektronikah@
:~/awk$ bash awk.sh tapollo13
Driver□tapollo13□Apollo 13 (Tiger)□Tiger Electronics@good@tigerh@
:~/awk$ bash awk.sh jak_disf
Driver□jak_disf□Disney Friends (JAKKS Pacific TV Game, Game-Key Ready) (17 MAY 2005 A)□JAKKS Pacific Inc @imperfect@jakks_gamekey_dy@jakks@
:~/awk$ bash awk.sh bassmate
Driver□bassmate□Bassmate Computer□Telko @good@gameandwatch@
:~/awk$ bash awk.sh gnw_ball
Driver□gnw_ball□Game &amp; Watch: Ball□Nintendo@good@gameandwatch@
:~/awk$ bash awk.sh kgradius
Driver□kgradius□Gradius (handheld)□Konami@good@konamih@
:~/awk$ bash awk.sh uboat
Driver□uboat□U-Boat□Bandai@good@classich@

DTEAM

@Folly

Sound issue with MAME 0.278
https://github.com/mamedev/mame/issues/13905

Supposed to be fixed on MAME 0.279. I have this issue at the moment

Folly

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

@Folly

Sound issue with MAME 0.278
https://github.com/mamedev/mame/issues/13905

Supposed to be fixed on MAME 0.279. I have this issue at the moment

I did not have any issues here.
Hopefully it will be solved.

Folly

I have also news about the drivers that use samples.
I found that the sample files found on progettosnaps have more or less different names than the drivers that use them.
So my old list did not match real drivers.
I found a way to match the samples to the drivers that use them.
So the old incorrect list was supposedly 79 drivers.
The correct and new list will be containing 312 drivers.

DTEAM

@Folly

I temporarily solved my audio problem by adding this to my /opt/retropie/configs/mame/mame.ini file. :

# OSD SOUND OPTIONS
#
sound                     portaudio
audio_latency             2

~~I'll try the other options.~~ Only portaudio works for me. The new thing on MAME is wasapi, but it doesn't work on a Pi.

FROM MAME 0.278 Documentation: