AdvanceMAME no longer working

saccublenda

Hello,
It was working fine before, but since AdvanceMAME has been split in three (0.94, 1.4 and 3) I'm not able to make it run any rom. I tried 0.94, 1.4 and 3 but always with the same result. Looking at runcommand.log it looks like it can't find the relevant files, but all these files are present in the zip archive. I tried lr-mame2003 and it does work, so I am a bit confused. Any help?
Thanks.

Pi Model or other hardware: 3
Power Supply used: USB3.0
RetroPie Version Used: 4.1.18
Built From: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/releases/download/4.1/retropie-4.1-rpi1_zero.img.gz
USB Devices connected: 1x Keyboard / 1x Controller
Controller used: 8bitdo sfc30 (USB plugged)
Log found in /dev/shm/runcommand.log:

Parameters:
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/advmame-1.4/bin/advmame "1942"
AdvanceMAME - Copyright (C) 1999-2003 by Andrea Mazzoleni
MAME - Copyright (C) 1997-2003 by Nicola Salmoria and the MAME Team
1-n3a.bin    NOT FOUND
1-n4.bin     NOT FOUND
1-n5.bin     NOT FOUND
1-n6.bin     NOT FOUND
1-n7.bin     NOT FOUND
1-c11.bin    NOT FOUND
1-f2.bin     NOT FOUND
2-a1.bin     NOT FOUND
2-a2.bin     NOT FOUND
2-a3.bin     NOT FOUND
2-a4.bin     NOT FOUND
2-a5.bin     NOT FOUND
2-a6.bin     NOT FOUND
2-l1.bin     NOT FOUND
2-l2.bin     NOT FOUND
2-n1.bin     NOT FOUND
2-n2.bin     NOT FOUND
08e_sb-5.bin NOT FOUND
09e_sb-6.bin NOT FOUND
10e_sb-7.bin NOT FOUND
f01_sb-0.bin NOT FOUND
06d_sb-4.bin NOT FOUND
03k_sb-8.bin NOT FOUND
01d_sb-2.bin NOT FOUND
02d_sb-3.bin NOT FOUND
k06_sb-1.bin NOT FOUND
01m_sb-9.bin NOT FOUND
ERROR: required files are missing, the game cannot be run.

File: 1942.zip
Emulator: advmame-1.4

BuZz

@saccublenda Where did you put the zip file ? Check the rom path in /opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame/advmame-1.4.rc

Please confirm retropie version (4.1 is not current - and advmame wasn't split then so I assume you updated - please give the number in brackets to - version is found in retropie-setup)

saccublenda

@BuZz The RetroPie version is 4.1.18.
The roms were in

/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame

but in advmame-1.4.rc there was only

dir_rom /home/pi/.advance/rom:/opt/retropie/emulators/advmame-1.4/share/advance/rom

Modifying the dir_rom entry in advmame-1.4.rc fixed the problem, thanks.

BuZz

@saccublenda Sounds like you didn't have a default config previously for some reason or an old config - not sure as I can't reproduce. If you remove that config and re-install can you confirm it creates a correct configuration ?

saccublenda

@BuZz Removing the config file and re-installing advancemame 1.4 re-creates the same advmame-1.4.rc with the line
dir_rom /home/pi/.advance/rom:/opt/retropie/emulators/advmame-1.4/share/advance/rom

BuZz

@saccublenda I removed and reinstalled on mine and I am still unable to reproduce this issue. I would like to know why it is happening though -

Please can you do the following - remove the config file again and then run this from a terminal

sudo __debug=1 ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_packages.sh advmame-1.4 configure &>~/log.txt

This will create a log.txt in /home/pi. Please can you then then upload log.txt to a pastebin site so I can see what is going on.

saccublenda

@BuZz
The content of log.txt is in http://paste.ubuntu.com/24112848/

BuZz

@saccublenda somehow your system has got duplicate folders and the system is breaking trying to move and symlink /home/pi/.advance. I might be able to change the function somewhat to try and avoid this situation, but usually it shouldn't occur.

Please remove the folder /home/pi/.advance and /opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame and reinstall (back them up if you have any important saves/configs)

it should then make /home/pi/.advance a symlink to the retropie configurations.

BuZz

Actually, I think I can do a fix for this in the code to avoid this situation.

BuZz

if you update retropie-setup it should resolve the situation. Note that any configs in /opt/retropie/configs/mame-advmame will be overwritten by the ones in /home/pi/.advance.

you can still remove both folders to get a fresh install of all configs.

saccublenda

@BuZz The procedure you suggested completely fixed the problem. The new advmame-1.4.rc contains the correct paths and /home/pi/.advance is now a symbolic link.
Thanks.