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    Retropie not showing two emulators I just installed (RESOLVED)

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    • ShizzmoneyS
      Shizzmoney
      last edited by Shizzmoney

      Pi Model: 3B
      RetroPie Version Used: 4.1
      Built From: Source via Pre made SD Image via RetroPie website
      USB Devices connected: PS4 Controller, inland MK100 USB Keyboard
      Controller used: PS4 Controller
      Error messages received: None that I know of.
      Guide(s) used: https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Colecovision; https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/intellavision
      File: N/A
      Emulators: coolcv, jzintv
      Attachment of config files:
      http://pastebin.com/6TyPCqNq /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg
      http://pastebin.com/jBEM75rU /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_input.cfg
      http://pastebin.com/FLPFdrMU /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_settings.cfg
      http://pastebin.com/aAX3ghVL /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_systems.cfg
      http://pastebin.com/6XsWccwL /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_temporaryinput.cfg
      How to replicate the problem: N/A

      Hey all, I have just installed these two emulators on RetroPie and can't seem to find a way to get them to pop up in the menu.

      I've placed the appropriate BIOS in the bios folders for both, and have roms for both in their prospective rom folders.

      I ran "ls -lah /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/<insert rom here>" for both systems and the roms populated. I also have ParseGamelistOnly set to "false" in the es_systems.cfg file.

      Is there a certain set of roms (ex: header, no header) I need to use for both? Should I be using zip files instead of .col/.bin/.int etc. in the roms folder? I installed both of these at the same time; did that screw things up? I notice in my /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_systems.cfg file that colecovision and intellavision aren't in there, do they need to be?

      Thanks for all of your help

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      • BuZzB
        BuZz administrators @Shizzmoney
        last edited by

        @Shizzmoney you have a /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_systems.cfg file - this is not created by default so I assume you copied the system one from /etc/emulationstation to customise it ? You will need to keep it up to date if overriding the system one in /etc/emulationstation

        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        • ShizzmoneyS
          Shizzmoney
          last edited by

          BOOM! That worked. Somewhat of a linux noob obv, and I did update that file to add some extensions for the fds emulator. I matched these up, and now colecovision and intellavision have populated. Thanks BuZz!

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          • BuZzB
            BuZz administrators @Shizzmoney
            last edited by

            @Shizzmoney you don't need to copy it to add extensions. Just create a file /opt/retropie/configs/all/platforms.cfg with a line fds_exts=".nes .fds .zip" (with your extensions and update the emulator in question.

            If we have a missing extension though it should be reported back to me :-)

            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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