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    Any way to show TurboGrafx 16 instead of PC Engine?

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      Agrajag @YFZdude
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      @yfzdude Looks like I missed a step. Great news! Now I just need to figure out which ones they use. Off to go check. Thanks!

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        Agrajag @YFZdude
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        @yfzdude Went in and found each of the emulators (under Manage Main Packages) one for Genesis (lr-genesis-plus-gx) and one for TurboGrafx-16 (lr -beetle-pce-fast), and updated both of them. Then I rebooted.

        No change in Showcase.

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          mitu Global Moderator @Agrajag
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          @agrajag said in Any way to show TurboGrafx 16 instead of PC Engine?:

          No change in Showcase.

          Post your platforms.cfg file, with the modifications you've made. Also, please make sure you're not using a custom es_systems.cfg, the modifications from platform.cfg are not applied there.

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            Agrajag @mitu
            last edited by Agrajag

            @mitu I followed the first few posts in this thread which specifically alter just es_systems.cfg.

            It sounds like from your response that that's not good enough (any longer)?

            I'll give the platforms file approach a shot tomorrow.

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              mitu Global Moderator @Agrajag
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              @agrajag said in Any way to show TurboGrafx 16 instead of PC Engine?:

              @mitu I followed the first few posts in this thread which specifically alter just es_systems.cfg.
              It sounds like from your response that that's not good enough (any longer)?

              A lot of things changed in 5 years. A reply from @edale shows the documented way of changing the theme/system name in current versions.

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                Agrajag @mitu
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                @mitu Mitu, well I completed the steps and still no love. I do have a slight hiccup I wanted to ask about.

                Here's the contents of my "platforms.cfg" file which is currently located in my /opt/retropie/configs/all folder:

                pcengine_theme="tg16"
                pcengine_platform="tg16"
                megadrive_theme="genesis"
                megadrive_platform="genesis"

                After I created this (via Filezilla while I happened to be outside ES at a command prompt) I then jumped into Retropie Setup without ES loaded and went to Manage Main Packages where I scrolled down to lr -beetle-pce-fast and lr-genesis-plus-gx. Neither had the option to Update (which struck me as odd). I chose the option to Reinstall both of them from Binary, which I assumed would be the same as updating them in the end. Then I restarted ES/Retropie and neither Mega Drive or PC Engine were different in Showcase.

                Thoughts?

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                  mitu Global Moderator @Agrajag
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                  @agrajag said in Any way to show TurboGrafx 16 instead of PC Engine?:

                  Thoughts?

                  Also, please make sure you're not using a custom es_systems.cfg, the modifications from platform.cfg are not applied there.

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                    Agrajag @mitu
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                    @mitu Well, I thought you found the issue, but sadly, no luck.

                    I checked my es_systems.cfg file and it was clean. no "tg16" or "genesis" entries. However, after rebooting I now note that they're back:

                    <system>
                    <name>pcengine</name>
                    <fullname>PC Engine</fullname>
                    <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pcengine</path>
                    <extension>.7z .pce .ccd .chd .cue .zip .7Z .PCE .CCD .CHD .CUE .ZIP</extension>
                    <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS pcengine %ROM%</command>
                    <platform>tg16</platform>
                    <theme>tg16</theme>
                    </system>

                    <system>
                    <name>megadrive</name>
                    <fullname>Sega Mega Drive</fullname>
                    <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/megadrive</path>
                    <extension>.7z .smd .bin .gen .md .sg .zip .7Z .SMD .BIN .GEN .MD .SG .ZIP</extension>
                    <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS megadrive %ROM%</command>
                    <platform>genesis</platform>
                    <theme>genesis</theme>
                    </system>

                    So, I'm assuming I have something else going on, or the changes to platforms.cfg makes these changes for me each session. However, Showcase still shows tabs and graphics for PC Engine and Sega Megadrive.

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                      mitu Global Moderator @Agrajag
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                      @agrajag said in Any way to show TurboGrafx 16 instead of PC Engine?:

                      I checked my es_systems.cfg file and it was clean.

                      Which file exactly ? What happens if you switch the theme to Carbon ?

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                        Agrajag @mitu
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                        @mitu The es_systems.cfg that I've checked (and that's being updated automatically) is in /etc/emulationstation

                        When I switch to Carbon it still says PC Engine and Megadrive. Grrr.

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                          mitu Global Moderator @Agrajag
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                          @agrajag Do you have a custom es_systems.cfg in $HOME/.emulationstation ? Delete it if you have it and then restart EmulationStation.

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                            Agrajag @mitu
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                            @mitu SUCCESS!

                            Thank you SO MUCH for working with me through all that. Phew. I feel like we gave birth.

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