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

hhtien1408

@dmmarti
It just bring me to NES system, I should choose Datach and insert cart 2 manually. If I paste the command line (nes datach -cart2) into official mame, it should work.
Maybe enabling the softlist of lr-mame/mess does not allow my code line to pass to assign cart 1 (datach) and cart 2 (game like dtc_dbz). Your method does not use softlists, so no hash folder located at /BIOS/mame is not needed? Right?
Could you explain step by step to use your method if I am using lr-mame (opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame/mame-libretro.so)? Thanks.
P.S. Success with mame standalone as I told in my guide above but no RA.

DTEAM

@folly @hhtien1408

All supracan games work wells also with (emulators.cfg):

mame-basename = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -v -c supracan %BASENAME%"
mame-basename-autoframeskip = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -v -c -autoframeskip supracan %BASENAME%"
lr-mess-cmd = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch --config /opt/retropie/configs/supracan/retroarch.cfg -v -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so %ROM%"
mame-system-supracan-cart = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -v -c supracan -cart %ROM%"
mame-system-supracan-cart-autoframeskip = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -v -c -autoframeskip supracan -cart %ROM%"

for Basename you need to add this rom path in opt/retropie/configs/mame/ mame.ini (for people who want to use the hashfiles (gamelist))

/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/supracan

I deleted my supracan folder and regenerated it with the script. Everything is fine now. I don't know why only the first game loaded before reinstalling everything.

The non-working options are :

lr-mess-basename = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch --config /opt/retropie/configs/supracan/retroarch.cfg -v -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so %BASENAME%"
lr-mess-system-supracan-cart = "/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/supracan/retroarch.cfg \supracan /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame -autoframeskip -cart %ROM%"
mame-cmd = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/supracan -v -c %BASENAME%"
mame-cmd-autoframeskip = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/supracan -v -c -autoframeskip %BASENAME%"

sometime, with those last options, the emulator load but not the game

Folly

@dteam

Confusing, but yes indeed, with the normal -cart lines they do load properly.
I have had that working too, earlier on.
But some games don't work as they should and sound is missing too.
Do you have that same problem ?
I was thinking the lr-mame_libretro.so way booted them better.
Btw. I also tried with the mame-basename without succes, and yes I added /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/supracan in mame.ini .
It seems it is not loading the rompath from the mame.ini.
Forcing it in the commandline is working now using this :

/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -hash /opt/retropie/emulators/mame/hash -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/supracan -v -c supracan sangofgt

I will test this part again on where it is going wrong.

I did have a go again with with the lr-mame_libretro.so.
No luck with the lr-mame_libretro.so nightly on pi4, it seems a 64bit one, and I run 32bit OS.
So tried on my x86_64 ubuntu 20.04.
Well boomzoo loaded, but others, no.

DTEAM

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

No luck with the lmame_libretro.so nightly on pi4, it seems a 64bit one, and I run 32bit OS.
So tried on my x86_64 ubuntu 20.04.
Well boomzoo loaded, but others, no.

Like you, It doesn't work on my side for all games. I played with UI parameters and everything stopped working ! The 5 options above are the best ones for me.

For

mame-basename = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -v -c supracan %BASENAME%"

It works well for me. It's strange if it doesn't work on your side
Seems to be a picky emulator.

I'll retry hhtien1408 solution

Folly

@dteam

Seems the mame basename line doesn't work on both x86_64 and the pi4.
But it works if I force the rompath.

Where is your mame.ini located ?
Mine is in :
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame/mame.ini

DTEAM

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

Seems the mame basename line doesn't work on both x86_64 and the pi4.

It works on my Pi4

Where is your mame.ini located ?

in
opt/retropie/configs/mame

new edit:
I added the location in my comment above

Folly

@dteam

Perfect !
That works !

Just tried the lr-mame_libretro.so nightly on my x86_64 renaming it as /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so
It just runs trough the runmess.sh script just like mess_libretro.so does.
The file-size is a bit different but other than that it's looks the same package but just the name is different.

DTEAM

@folly

Just tried the lr-mame_libretro.so nightly on my x86_64 renaming it as /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so
It just runs trough the runmess.sh script just like mess_libretro.so does.
The file-size is a bit different but other than that it's looks the same package but just the name is different.

Good to know

hhtien1408

@dteam Ok. Because I use softlists and cart type so I do not need -cart. All roads lead to Roma in the end. Different methods, same result. All supracan games should work as they are.

hhtien1408

@folly Sound weird. Do you download the suggested lr-mame nightly I gave you download link? Do you use the same method with me via softlist and cart type chosen? I do not use automatic script just do manually. It should work under Ubuntu. Maybe you miss some points on the road.

hhtien1408

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

@folly

Just tried the lr-mame_libretro.so nightly on my x86_64 renaming it as /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so
It just runs trough the runmess.sh script just like mess_libretro.so does.
The file-size is a bit different but other than that it's looks the same package but just the name is different.

Good to know

Thanks for letting me know. I will try run_mess.sh when I have free time later.

hhtien1408

@Folly @DTEAM @dmmarti
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Folly

@hhtien1408 said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

@folly Sound weird. Do you download the suggested lr-mame nightly I gave you download link? Do you use the same method with me via softlist and cart type chosen? I do not use automatic script just do manually. It should work under Ubuntu. Maybe you miss some points on the road.

I tried as you suggested, but it seems i am missing something here.
Not sure what though.

Don't have that much time to try every time, I will try again later.

Btw. how good are you games running ?

hhtien1408

@folly perfect as it used to be in official MAME. Tested! See some pictures above for fun!

Folly

@hhtien1408

Pictures are looking good :-)

Can you check your sha1sums with mine ?

pi@raspberrypi:~/RetroPie/roms/supracan $ sha1sum *
d642db0ff9bb4986d62b4676da31e536e9595058  boomzoo.zip
7cc99d26a1a3062fe8869d6d99eb1bd914fb54b0  gamblord.zip
56e71e6f6f8a7ab0eb1af44dbe0eaf9aad8e75a2  jttlaugh.zip
3c3f5ba50a3e3062eb7536168341b8866de858ab  magipool.zip
5588e33b23d61781428a9bb953b1d07a3b274501  monopoly.zip
ca92963db119fe94455532c2fcb9c76f98ef0eb5  sangofgt.zip
113fc81d6f46a822d73c759dba3dda58397797d8  slghtsag.zip
42e48389323247d9e3806c2fdcbe2aaa1a34a946  sonevil.zip
d6712a946b80cb22c4c49b78bb2a29f4408f8ec6  speedyd.zip
0b5ca6c00d9040918afdb60a5af446718426f9d3  staiwbbl.zip

hhtien1408

@folly If you download from MAME Softlist 0.202 archive, they should be the same. I will check SHA later and tell you results soon.

DTEAM

hhtien1408 about 4 hours ago
@folly If you download from MAME Softlist 0.202 archive, they should be the same. I will check SHA later and tell you results soon.

@hhtien1408
You don't need to download the softlist. It's already in / opt / retropie / emulators / mame / hash with the latest standalone version of MAME if you updated it.

The problem is that MAME points there but not Lr-Mess and maybe also lr-MAME. You need to force them to go there or "cut and paste" the hash files into the appropriate folders for lr-Mess and / or lr-mame (only if you want to use softlists - not an obligation - advantage = cheat codes and MAME artworks).

Do you have sound with your Supracan games.
I have no sound on my side

hhtien1408

@dteam Could you share me your compiled mame standalone you are using to test?
I would like to use script run_mess.sh without using softlist just for my trial.
No sound with all games of supracan system due to emulator even with the lastest official MAME 0.232.
Thanks!

DTEAM

@hhtien1408 said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

@dteam thanks a lot. Could you share me your compiled mame standalone you are using to test? Thanks!

Now, I'm using MAME 0.229 on my Pi4 (usually, I update it from source). If I do the update, it will be ~~0.332~~ 0.232 probably.

hhtien1408

@dteam 232 not 332. Could you share me your current version?