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    Lr-Mess and GX4000 setup not working

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    • edmaul69E
      edmaul69 @a7mag3ddon
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      @a7mag3ddon you need to rename everything from channel f to the system you are using. In the emulators.cfg you need to change it from channel f to the system you are using as well.

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      • edmaul69E
        edmaul69
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        Also i dont know what the file extensions are for the roms you have so you need to change the extensions from .zip or .bin in both the es_systems.cfg and emulators.cfg to be whatever extension your roms are. But if the roms are showing up it is because you dont have the es_systems.cfg looking for your roms in the right place or .zip or .ZIP are not the correct extensions. I am going to see if i can get this working

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          a7mag3ddon
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          file ext are .bin so all good, but even so, there are samples included in the ZIP files which are copied over as part of your instructions as they are in a sub folder.

          even if i left everything as is, and edited my files like you said i should end up with at least CHANNEL F and icon on the menu bar but nothing.

          If i could get that far i would at least know it was working, then modify the cfg's to point to my games rom folder etc.

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          • edmaul69E
            edmaul69
            last edited by

            Ok so an update. It is possible advmess does not support this system. I tried to get it running with no luck.

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              a7mag3ddon
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              So how about lr-mess? The wiki says gx4000 is supported so should work.

              Any chance of trying that? I couldn't get it picking up my games either.

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              • edmaul69E
                edmaul69 @a7mag3ddon
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                @a7mag3ddon i got it to show the games. They just dont load.

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                • edmaul69E
                  edmaul69
                  last edited by

                  Does not work in lr-mess. I created everything i needed to get it to try to boot but selecting a game just boots to the rgui. I didnt expect it to work. When you install lr-mess it adds the configs for the systems it supports.

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                    a7mag3ddon @edmaul69
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                    @edmaul69 I don't understand why you would say that, I compiled it and it did create the gx4000.xml that's needed to run hose carts so it should run them. They even specifically say on the wiki that it runs bem so I am at a loss.

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                    • edmaul69E
                      edmaul69 @a7mag3ddon
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                      @a7mag3ddon where is this xml for lr-mess located? i cant find one on my system

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                        a7mag3ddon @edmaul69
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                        @edmaul69

                        Check your BIOS folder after compilation and see if a folder named “mame” exists. Within it should be a folder named “hash” that includes a bunch of xml files.

                        If there is a .xml file then it's supported as the install only creates them if supported.

                        You will see a gx4000 one in there.

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                        • edmaul69E
                          edmaul69 @a7mag3ddon
                          last edited by

                          @a7mag3ddon got it. However, it doesnt make sense why it didnt create a config folder or an es_systems.cfg section for the gx4000 if it is supported in the lr-mess

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                            a7mag3ddon
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                            It doesn't add anything into es config so you cant go by that?

                            I don't understand it either. NONE of the systems that mess supports is anywhere but in the BIOS/mame/hash folder.

                            I tried to follow this ....

                            https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/MESS

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                            • edmaul69E
                              edmaul69 @a7mag3ddon
                              last edited by

                              @a7mag3ddon it does for several other systems. I tried some other systems including one that it did add and it boots to the rgui. I will check out your link

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                              • edmaul69E
                                edmaul69
                                last edited by

                                If you look in the configs folder and in es_systems.cfg you will see gameboy and game boy. gameboy is the lr-mess one. However it still just booted to the rgui after i pointed it to the correct roms folder and added the .gb to extensions.

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                                  a7mag3ddon
                                  last edited by

                                  I never noticed will take another look.

                                  I'm pretty much stumped on this now and will probably give up unless anyone else can contribute although I'm not sure there anyone who can't help.

                                  We both had a go and couldn't sort it. I'm no Pi expert but can work stuff out and failed. Maybe when the Emu has advanced a bit we might get a working gx4000

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                                  • edmaul69E
                                    edmaul69
                                    last edited by

                                    I cant get it to boot. I downloaded the mess bios set and stuck gameboy one in my roms directory and my gb roms directory and nothing. It is really confusing what they wrote on where to place the bios file.

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                                      a7mag3ddon
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                                      Yeah I know, I assumed by BIOS they meant for the system your trying to run, given gx doesn't have one I didn't bother. My main issue was I couldn't get it to list a cart, if I got that going I could play with commandlines until I fot it going but nothing.

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                                      • edmaul69E
                                        edmaul69
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                                        Ok so i changed the name of a few of the roms i had to their mess name in the xml file for gx4000. After this they show a red screen with my scanlines i have set for the emulator before it goes the rgui. So somewhere out there there must be a mess rom set for these systems. Now to try to hunt them down.

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                                          a7mag3ddon
                                          last edited by a7mag3ddon

                                          Yes there is a romset. Well a DAT unused to create a software list cart set which I'm using.

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                                          • edmaul69E
                                            edmaul69 @a7mag3ddon
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                                            @a7mag3ddon can you please remove the site name. Forum rules and stuff.

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