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

jamrom2

@isidoro80 said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

@folly ok later i post the log. i read https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AQ28J9OUKg55R3d-TZkWO3GH50KjC2hHteCP1Bx59Ns/edit#gid=0
in third column rom extension... apple 2 does not work with zip files? for play dark logic e beyond pinball you use zip file or other?

This is just a typo. Just about everything in Retropie supports zip, and 7z file structure. The emulator decompresses the file first, puts it in a temp directory, then runs it. All my Apple II games are zipped.

isidoro80

@jamrom2 ok i have only bios apple2gsr1
do you recommend me to download all bios? they are really many

jamrom2

@isidoro80 no. find a good archive that has mame.231 files. Scroll through them and pick out the files you need. The whole download is over 65G...no need for that unless you're going full Arcade machine MAME or all out lr-MAME on your Retropie.

That's all I can say about finding the BIOS files... honestly, I'm borderline getting in trouble here and I don't want that.

Folly

This is just a typo. Just about everything in Retropie supports zip, and 7z file structure. The emulator decompresses the file first, puts it in a temp directory, then runs it. All my Apple II games are zipped.

@dmmarti
Can you fix the typo in your spreadsheet ?
Thanks

isidoro80

@jamrom2 ok all right

isidoro80

@jamrom2 for first game apple2ee now all right. For second game apple2gsr1 no work
What are the bios that contain the files 341-0232a.bin and 341-0124a.bin?

jamrom2

@isidoro80 did you add these BIOS files?

a2diskiing.7z(zip)
d2fdc.7z(zip)

If not, you need to. Might have to try a few variations of them. But .231 should work. If not, go with a lower MESS/MAME version.

isidoro80

@jamrom2 yes i add this bios and now apple2ee work but for play with alle2gsr1 are require another bios. You can see this in second photo i post yesterday

[libretro INFO] MANUFACTURER: Apple Computer
341-0232a.bin NOT FOUND (tried in apple2gsr1 apple2gs)
341-0124a.bin NOT FOUND (tried in apple2gsr1 apple2gs)
Fatal error: Required files are missing, the machine cannot be run.
[libretro INFO] RES:1

jamrom2

@isidoro80 what apple BIOS files do you presently have loaded?

jamrom2

@folly just tossing it out there.. I don't know if you are but it's probably not worth doing Apple II version since you already have the Apple IIe working. I've been playing around with some games for testing... Battle Chess, Beach Head and Archon... and there is no difference between the two as far as game graphics go. The difference is mostly in the design of the internals and the ability to use lower case ASCII code additions.

So how you have it now, is probably the best set up.

Folly

@jamrom2

I thinks so too, I will keep those in the "other systems section".
Perhaps I should rename it to "thread systems section".

Sometimes I still struggle on what keys from the keyboard I have to use. ;-)

Also tried a few more apple2gs games, they are really nice and the sound is very good !

Battle-Chess-apple2ee VS Battle-Chess-apple2gsr1
( What a difference )

jamrom2

@folly After doing more testing, you got this one locked-up. It's smooth, easy to setup and works great. I added in my overlays and shader settings... so everything is back to what is was but now using your script for the install.

Works great. Nice job on this!

Folly

@jamrom2

Thanks for the compliment ;-)

Nice to hear you worked it out.
It isn't that difficult anymore when you know how it works.

Btw. I did a discovery yesterday :
The speedup key for mame is the "page down" key, that works the same like using the hotkey "space" with retroarch.

I am also testing an "emulators.cfg runcommand line" for mame.
This has something to do with the "mame-cmd/mame basename" line.
These lines do not directly work with systems that load media.
That is because, when only software is loaded, it tries to match it with a system which cannot be found.
Summarized : Someone is loading software not a system, that is the issue.

So adding the Driver and the -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/<system> makes this work when both BIOS files and SOFTWARE files are in the same /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/<system> directory.
Then it will use the "software lists/hash tables" which will have the advantage that, if the game has more media,
lets say disk 1 and disk 2, then many times both are loaded in one go.

DTEAM

@folly
For AFP MP-1000 fans, I did a gamelist.xml file with videos, 2d boxes and logos for each official game.

I put that on the google drive ready for the script!

jamrom2

@folly
Sounds great.

The only issue I see with this is purely visual. You would have to name the bios files something other than the same extension as the game files...otherwise the BIOS files will display as games in the game list. I hope that makes sense.

Normally it's not good to have both the BIOS and Games in the same location just for that reason.

Folly

@jamrom2 said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

@folly
Sounds great.

The only issue I see with this is purely visual. You would have to name the bios files something other than the same extension as the game files...otherwise the BIOS files will display as games in the game list. I hope that makes sense.

Normally it's not good to have both the BIOS and Games in the same location just for that reason.

Yes, indeed that's a problem.
That's why I don't add it right away.

I would be nice if we could add 2 paths somehow, not sure if that is possible.
Perhaps we can find a solution on the way.

Folly

@dteam

Great work you have done for the apfm1000.
I will install it soon ;-)

Edit :
You have a typo in the system name, it should be :
apfm1000
(Looking at the logo, very strange name indeed)

Probably this filename is incorrect :
Baseball (MG1006) for the APF MP-1000 videogame system (1978)-DDhWqyq4-eg

DTEAM

@folly

I think apfm1000 is for M-1000 and MP-1000
and apfimag_cass is for computer extension APF Imagination Machine

On wiki we can read :
The console is often referred to M-1000 or MP-1000, which are the two model numbers of the console. The APF-MP1000 comes built-in with the game Rocket Patrol. The APF-MP1000 is a part of the APF Imagination Machine.

Cartridge list

Some APF-M1000 games
MG1008 Backgammon
MG1006 Baseball
MG1007 Blackjack
MG1004 Bowling/Micro Match
MG1012 Boxing
MG1005 Brickdown/Shooting Gallery
MG1009 Casino I: Roulette/Keno/Slots
MG1001 Catena
MG1003 Hangman/Tic Tac Toe/Doodle
MG1011 Pinball/Dungeon Hunt/Blockout
Built-In Rocket Patrol
MG1013 Space Destroyers
MG1010 UFO/Sea Monster/Break It Down/Rebuild/Shoot

Folly

@dteam

Ok, so I got the wrong system installed then ?

DTEAM

@folly
No , I think M-1000 and MP-1000 are the same machine.