retropie not recognizing a special rom

naddel81

hi there,

I have a fan-translated ROM that does just not show up on the rom-list. is it that retroarch only recognizes roms on a database checksum or something? how can I manually add new translated-roms?

best wishes.

wmcclelion

@naddel81 Please give us a little more info. What system? What is the full filename of the ROM. It could be that the name does not match the file mask for that system. It might be as easy as renaming the file, but we need more details.

naddel81

I already tried renaming the SNES rom to "Clock Tower.smc", but it is still not recognized. It is a custom translated rom and therefore does not match the internal rdb (retroarch database) for roms as I learned thanks to google :)

But how to add those custom roms? And why is there a database to begin with? why not just add all the found .smc files to a list?

wmcclelion

@naddel81 It will pick up roms that are not in the DB. The DB exists to load metadata about known games, including box art. Have you restarted emulationstation after placing the rom on your Pi? I am guessing this is a Sega ROM based on the .smc, what directory do you have the file in?

naddel81

I put the file into /roms/snes as the other snes roms.
it loads fine on my PC using snes9x and I already played a few hours. it is a vaild snes rom, but retropie just does not show it on the list even after several restarts.

I even tried to rename it to another rom that is already in the list and therefore force it to play it, but it won't.
the rom is fine, but custom.

BuZz

please post the output of this from a terminal cat ~/.emulationstation/es_settings.cfg (Please format the output by using a code block - http://commonmark.org/help/)

naddel81

this here came from it:

"<?xml version="1.0"?>
<bool name="BackgroundJoystickInput" value="false" />
<bool name="DrawFramerate" value="false" />
<bool name="EnableSounds" value="true" />
<bool name="ParseGamelistOnly" value="false" />
<bool name="QuickSystemSelect" value="true" />
<bool name="SaveGamelistsOnExit" value="true" />
<bool name="ScrapeRatings" value="false" />
<bool name="ShowHelpPrompts" value="true" />
<int name="ScraperResizeHeight" value="0" />
<int name="ScraperResizeWidth" value="400" />
<int name="ScreenSaverTime" value="300000" />
<string name="Scraper" value="TheGamesDB" />
<string name="ScreenSaverBehavior" value="dim" />
<string name="ThemeSet" value="carbon" />
<string name="TransitionStyle" value="fade" />
"

BuZz

yes. via ssh - https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/ssh

naddel81

thanks! output is posted above.

BuZz

@naddel81 Where ?

naddel81

this here came from it:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<bool name="BackgroundJoystickInput" value="false" />
<bool name="DrawFramerate" value="false" />
<bool name="EnableSounds" value="true" />
<bool name="ParseGamelistOnly" value="false" />
<bool name="QuickSystemSelect" value="true" />
<bool name="SaveGamelistsOnExit" value="true" />
<bool name="ScrapeRatings" value="false" />
<bool name="ShowHelpPrompts" value="true" />
<int name="ScraperResizeHeight" value="0" />
<int name="ScraperResizeWidth" value="400" />
<int name="ScreenSaverTime" value="300000" />
<string name="Scraper" value="TheGamesDB" />
<string name="ScreenSaverBehavior" value="dim" />
<string name="ThemeSet" value="carbon" />
<string name="TransitionStyle" value="fade" />

BuZz

I have formatted your post - please format posts as I mentioned in my previous post.

config looks ok - I suspected `ParseGamelistOnly" might be set, which would mean new roms don't show up - but it's fine.

If your rom has the correct extension it should show up in the list - what shows and doesn't show is based on the file extension.

naddel81

it is a simple .smc file. I uploaded it above to my dropbox. would be great if you could give it a try.

BuZz

Please email me the details - buzz [at] exotica.org.uk and I will test when I get a moment - It is against the forum rules to post links to roms - even for debugging issues.

naddel81

will do. thanks for your help!

naddel81

@ BuZz: did you find the time to test the rom, yet?

best wishes!

BuZz

Not yet.

naddel81

ok, but you got the mail, right?
best wishes!

BuZz

I did. thanks.

BuZz

Shows up and work fine here.