MAME emulator selection not appearing upon startup
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Good morning!
First, the details:
Pi Model or other hardware: RPi 3, model B
Power Supply used: 5.4v
RetroPie Version Used: 4.1
Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website
USB Devices connected: 32GB SanDisk USB pen drive
Controller used: PS3 Controller (via USB cable)
Error messages received:
Log found in /dev/shm/runcommand.log (if relevant):
Guide used: (Mention if you followed a guide)
File: (File with issue - with FULL path)
Emulator: mame2003 (using mame-libretro folder)I've written the retropie-4.1-rpi2_rpi3.img to a FAT32 formatted 32GB microSD card, and created an empty "retropie" folder on a FAT32 formatted 32GB USB pen drive. When I turn on the RPi with just the microSD card in place, RetroPie comes up and I'm able to configure my controller. I then connect my USB drive, and validate shortly afterwards that the appropriate folders and subfolders have been added.
ROMs (v 0.78) are added to the /retropie/roms/mame-libretro folder on the USB drive, and I plug the USB drive back into the RPi. After a reboot, the only selection available is RetroPie. I don't see MAME as a selection.
FWIW, I have noted that the ~/.emulationstation/es_log.txt file shows the following entry:
lvl2: Parsing XML file "/home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists/mame-libretro/gamelist.xml"...
lvl1: System "mame-libretro" has no games! Ignoring it....and the only entry in the gamelist.xml file is:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<gameList />Not sure if this is relevant or not...
Thanks in advance for any assistance that can be rendered!
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@beteljuice How may roms? and did you wait long enough? (Was the usb still blinking?) It is far easier in my experience to transfer roms directly from your pc, especially as you have a pi3 with wireless. Just go to your file explorer and if you have configured your pi for wireless, just type
\\RETROPIEand you will get access to the bios, configs, roms and splashscreens folders. You can now edit configs, drag and drop roms very easily. -
Only a few ROM files. I've validated that the ROMs were copied to the /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro directory on the SD card. Interestingly, the USB stick was not showing as mounted when I performed a "mount" command. Should it be?
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Okay...here's an update:
I've determined that the USB drive is not supposed to be mounted, and that the MAME ROMs are where they need to be on the SD card (as cited previously). I took the extra step of adding GameBoy ROMs to my installation, and the GameBoy selection appeared on the RetroPie home page for me to choose. So, this issue appears to be MAME emulator specific.
So...how does RetroPie determine which MAME emulator should be used? Is there a configuration I can look into to ensure that the emulator I'd like to use (lr-mame2003) is enabled to look for my ROMs?
Thanks!
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@beteljuice Put your roms in the Arcade Folder. Do you have the correct romset?
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ROMs were placed into the "arcade" folder, but still no MAME selection on the RetroPie start page. The ROMs are v.78.
I have also tried using v0.37b5 ROMs that I've validated on another RetroPie installation, to no avail.
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@beteljuice said in MAME emulator selection not appearing upon startup:
but still no MAME selection on the RetroPie start page
There will be no MAME. There will be ARCADE. You launch games from there.
I have also tried using v0.37b5 ROMs
In what folder? If Arcade, you will need to change the default emulator to MAME4ALL.
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No "Arcade" selection available, either. With respect to the v0.37b5 ROMs: I placed them in mame-libretro, but no MAME selection was available.
Let me pose this question: If the ROM was the wrong version, would that keep the "Arcade" (or "MAME" selection) from appearing? Meaning, does RetroPie validate the ROM prior to making the selection available?
Also: Thanks for the link. When I do manage to figure this out, that page will help immensely.
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You have probably switched "parse gamelists only" on in Emulation Station.
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Didn't think of that, BuZz...but I checked that option and it is set to "off".
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@beteljuice said in MAME emulator selection not appearing upon startup:
With respect to the v0.37b5 ROMs: I placed them in mame-libretro
That folder is reserved for roms from the 0.78 set. See the details here:
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/MAMEFor the 0.37b5 roms, you must place them in mame-mame4all folder then choose a libretro or non-libretro emulator.
If no emulators are showing, I would suggest that there are no roms present. Have you typed
\\RETROPIEyet into your windows network? Much easier to browse the folders and see if the roms are there and if not drag and drop them. -
@beteljuice said in MAME emulator selection not appearing upon startup:
If the ROM was the wrong version, would that keep the "Arcade" (or "MAME" selection) from appearing?
I don't think so, as wrong romsets just boot you back to the gamelist.
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Here's a screenshot of what's in the arcade folder (using my Mac's Terminal program to connect):
Is that how you would expect to see the directory structure?
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@beteljuice No, it looks to me like you have unzipped the roms into folders for some reason.
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@beteljuice you should not be unpacking anything - mame uses zip files
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/MAME
[edit] sorry @rbaker - I will leave it in your hands ;-)
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Ah-hah! To get the zipped ROM files into the RPi, I've been saving the files to my USB stick from my Mac, then inserting it into the RPi. I do see what you're pointing out (that the files aren't labeled something similar to "elevator.zip" in the directory, as they should be). Is it possible that the migration process from the USB stick to the RPi is doing an extraction?
I'm going to FileZilla the zipped files directly to that directory, and we'll see what happens.
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@beteljuice said in MAME emulator selection not appearing upon startup:
Is it possible that the migration process from the USB stick to the RPi is doing an extraction?
I have never heard of that happening.
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The ROM files I was downloading to my Mac were showing up as folders. I had to right click on them and select "Compress..." to change them back to .zip files. Once I loaded those .zip files into the mame-libretro folder, all was good with the world.
Thanks so much for your assistance!
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By the way, I'm using v0.37b5 ROMs on a v4.1 build of RetroPie (for RPi 1) in the mame-libretro folder in order to address an "insert coin" issue I was having with the select button on my XBox 360 wireless controller. The solution posted here...
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/879/mame-and-coin-up
...is what corrected my problem.
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