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    AdvanceMame not loading roms, wrong emulator folder in runcommand.log?

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      rulmismo
      last edited by

      Hi,
      AdvanceMame will not load ROMs. Other emulators run Ok.
      Raspberry Pi3 with official PS.
      Retropie 4.1 from downloaded img file.
      Not updated after that because I´m not sure of what I should update.
      Installed advancedmame from Retropie Setup menu.

      In runcommand.log I can see that it is looking for the binary in:
      /opt/retropie/emulators/advmame/0.94.0/bin/advmame "romnamehere"
      but in the system that path does not exist¡.

      If I change in runcommand options to version 1.4 then it uses (in the log):
      /opt/retropie/emulators/advmame/1.4/bin/advmame "romnamehere"

      in the filesystems it just exists 1 folder: /opt/retropie/emulators/advmame/bin/advmame
      it is like the runcommand scrip thinks that there should be two different advancemame folders but there is only one.
      So what version is what i have installed?

      I tried to remove and reinstall the advmame package and no results. Also I read the topic:
      [https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8669/advancemame-no-longer-working](link url)
      but symlinks name there are correctly set. So this is other issue.

      Please help, I am not sure to update anything without knowing what´s happening.

      Thanks

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        AlexMurphy Banned @rulmismo
        last edited by

        @rulmismo advMame has been split into 3 with the latest update. 0.94, 1.4 and advmame (which is currently 3.3). You should update your setup script then install what is missing. Make sure you install all 3 versions. When launching a rom press a button to bring up the runcommand menu and set which version to use for that rom. I ran into an issue with games that ran on 0.94.0 previously, I had to update them and change to 0.94 as the path was obviously different now. Did this and they all launch and run again.

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          rulmismo
          last edited by

          Thanks, that worked like a charm.
          Some issues now with Advmame1.4 not seeing start and select in my xbox360 controller (so no insert coin or "home" t o emstation). Should I edit the controller config manually or there a easier workaround?

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          • AlexMurphyA
            AlexMurphy Banned @rulmismo
            last edited by

            @rulmismo just open the MAME menu in game using TAB and configure input per ROM or per Core.

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