Lr-Mess and GX4000 setup not working

a7mag3ddon

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.

edmaul69

@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

a7mag3ddon

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

edmaul69

@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

edmaul69

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.

a7mag3ddon

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

edmaul69

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.

a7mag3ddon

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.

edmaul69

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.

a7mag3ddon

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

edmaul69

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

vesne

Heys folks! Im trying to put to work the GX4000 but with no success... I can get the AM to read the roms, but when i try to play it, it kicks me out as soon as i press the button...any updates from you guys? did you manage to get to work:?
ive already pu the filex and roms exactly like xml that is located in mame folder(bios)...
When i added the emulator at AM, i ve put... 0 SYS lr-mess2016 "rom......etc
TAKE CARE

edmaul69

@vesne i couldnt get it to work either. I gave up a while ago.

Gavlarr1

I’m looking at doing a similar thing for Archimedes through mess, it looks and sounds messy (excuse the pun). Where do I even start?

Sid1968

Hi folks,
I have that problem too. The Amstrad GX4000 with its roms is shown in the Menue of RetroPie 4.6. I start the roms with lr-mess or lr-mame but dont have success. The gx4000.xml exists in the folder "/BIOS/mame/hash". My rom files are cpr-files. Did anyone of you get the Armstrad 4000 run on RetroPie (after 4 years...)?

I use this in my es_systems.cfg

<system>
<name>gx4000</name>
<fullname>Amstrad GX4000</fullname>
<path>/mnt/hdd/roms/gx4000</path>
<extension>.cpr .CPR</extension>
<command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS gx4000 %ROM%</command>
<platform>gx4000</platform>
<theme>gx4000</theme>
</system>

Cheers
Sid1968

Sid1968

Ok I found the solution myself.

First of all, I am now using bin-files. I named this exactly as it is called in the gx4000.xml from the "/ BIOS / mame / hash" folder.
After that I packed every single renamed bin-file with zip. These files are now used in the "... / roms / gx4000" folder.

Now I have created the file emulators.cfg in the folder "/ opt / retropie / configs / gx4000" and have written it here:

After that i copied the file "retroarch.cfg" from the folder "/ opt / retropie / configs / coleco" to the folder "/ opt / retropie / configs / gx4000".

My entry in the es_systems.cfg now looks like this:

<system>
<name>gx4000</name>
<fullname>Amstrad GX4000</fullname>
<path>/mnt/toshiba/roms/gx4000</path>
<extension>.bin .cpr .zip .BIN .CPR .ZIP</extension>
<command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS gx4000 %ROM%</command>
<platform>gx4000</platform>
<theme>gx4000</theme>
</system>

I now start the programs with lr-mame sucessfully. :-))

Cyborgbob

Folks I have been working hard to make this work, and I am unsure of where I may have dropped the ball.

I am running this on a PC and not a Pi. I am also not a Ubuntu Guru by any means. That being said I followed your instructions, and I am able to see my games, but they are not lunching. I get the following in my Logs.

code_textParameters: 
Executing: SYS
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1251: SYS: command not found

Any ideas what I have done wrong?