Homebrew Official Retroarch WiiU (wip.)

[AmandaRose]

Wow that's one messed up lpl file lol Iv'e never seen different consoles show up in one playlist file?
Did you use the playlist buddy app?

Have you tried manually content scanning your gba roms folder?

Yep and yep I have zero idea wtf is going on lol.

 

[ploggy]

you sure you haven't got a couple roms in there from other cores by accident?

 

[AmandaRose]

you sure you haven't got a couple roms in there from other cores by accident?

I'm sure I have checked and double checked. And just checked again to be sure and all gba.

 

[ploggy]

Try this, it may not work though..

I'm sure I have checked and double checked. And just checked again to be sure and all gba.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Yep and yep I have zero idea wtf is going on lol.

Damn haha.
Those are some painful playlists to watch

I'd recommend you do the playlists manually if you could.
For example, let's start by creating a LPL per core.

You can get the name the LPL file needs from this list:
https://github.com/libretro/libretro-database/tree/master/rdb

In there you will find the exact name that you need to put for the kind of console the game is for.
Let's say you want to create a Game Boy family playlist, then you need to create a file with the following name:

• Nintendo - Game Boy.lpl
• Nintendo - Game Boy Color.lpl
• Nintendo - Game Boy Advance.lpl

Now, once you have a file for each Game boy console, you open the lpl file with any text editor, let's say Notepad, Notepad++, Gedit, etc.

You will follow the next table as an example:

/Path/to/ROM/in/SD/Pokemon Ruby.gba
Pokemon - Ruby Version The Adventure of Link (USA)
/Path/to/Core/in/SD/libretro_mgba.rpx
mGBA
CRC here (Optional)
Nintendo - Game Boy Advance.lpl

Each line in detail:

1. Path to ROM in your SD card.
2. Name you want the ROM to appear in RetroArch. This can be anything you want to.
3. Path to the core the ROM will use to launch in your SD card.
4. Name of the core. I believe this also can be up to whatever you want, but be sure it doesn't stray away too far from the name of the core.
5. CRC Checksum of the ROM. This line is not necessary, can be replaced with "Default"
6. Name of the LPL you are making the entry into. Full path is not required, just the name of the LPL.

I put each entry right next to each other without any blank lines in between, but perhaps making a blank line between each entry wouldn't hurt to keep things more organized and easier to read.

As you can see, making a playlist file is pretty easy.
You can even combine several consoles which can boot with one core in one simple playlist file, for example you can boot anything from GB/GBC games to GBA with mGBA, then you would simply add the .gb and .gbc games to the GBA LPL and that should be it!

 

[AmandaRose]

Try this, it may not work though..

Ok thanks will give it a try just need to take the dog out for a walk first and will try it out once I get back in about half an hour.

 

[the_randomizer]

Damn haha.
Those are some painful playlists to watch

I'd recommend you do the playlists manually if you could.
For example, let's start by creating a LPL per core.

You can get the name the LPL file needs from this list:
https://github.com/libretro/libretro-database/tree/master/rdb

In there you will find the exact name that you need to put for the kind of console the game is for.
Let's say you want to create a Game Boy family playlist, then you need to create a file with the following name:

• Nintendo - Game Boy.lpl
• Nintendo - Game Boy Color.lpl
• Nintendo - Game Boy Advance.lpl

Now, once you have a file for each Game boy console, you open the lpl file with any text editor, let's say Notepad, Notepad++, Gedit, etc.

You will follow the next table as an example:


As you can see, making a playlist file is pretty easy.
You can even combine several consoles which can boot with one core in one simple playlist file, for example you can boot anything from GB/GBC games to GBA with mGBA, then you would simply add the .gb and .gbc games to the GBA LPL and that should be it!

Don't there need to be spaces after X amount of lines, then starting over again? At least, that's what I've been told

 

[ShadowOne333]

Don't there need to be spaces after X amount of lines, then starting over again? At least, that's what I've been told

Well, I put them right next to each other and haven't had any issues.
Then again, I only have like 30, 40 games tops per console, so I don't have many games to test the playlists with.
But for what I have, it works fine that way.

 

[the_randomizer]

Well, I put them right next to each other and haven't had any issues.
Then again, I only have like 30, 40 games tops per console, so I don't have many games to test the playlists with.
But for what I have, it works fine that way.

Hmm, I'll have you look at my Snes playlist, for some reason some games work fine with it, others say "no content found" or some crap like that. Hmm.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Hmm, I'll have you look at my Snes playlist, for some reason some games work fine with it, others say "no content found" or some crap like that. Hmm.

Sure, drop me a copy of your LPL and a pic of your SNES ROMs folder, that should give me a hint.

 

[the_randomizer]

Sure, drop me a copy of your LPL and a pic of your SNES ROMs folder, that should give me a hint.

It's weird, many games works, but some don't, I have no idea why or how it can be.

Playlist: https://www.dropbox.com/s/t2c4do4q1jvxzpd/Super Nintendo.lpl?dl=0


Edit: Going through list now, I may know why, ugh, I derped ><

 

[ShadowOne333]

It's weird, many games works, but some don't, I have no idea why or how it can be.

Playlist: https://www.dropbox.com/s/t2c4do4q1jvxzpd/Super Nintendo.lpl?dl=0

Tell me one game which fails and one which doesn't.

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It's weird, many games works, but some don't, I have no idea why or how it can be.

Playlist: https://www.dropbox.com/s/t2c4do4q1jvxzpd/Super Nintendo.lpl?dl=0


Edit: Going through list now, I may know why, ugh, I derped ><

You have

C:\Emulators\ROMs\MSU-1\Mega Man X2\mmx2_msu1.smc

In many instances.
It should be:

sd:/Emulators/ROMs/MSU-1/Mega Man X2/mmx2_msu1.smc

@the_randomizer

 

[the_randomizer]

Tell me one game which fails and one which doesn't.

The 2.68 MHz Demo, but I have realized why, I never changed the ROM path in the lpl. Arcade ROMs on the other hand, are a real beeotch to get, half the ROMs I choose never work. There are so many variants of the ROMs, I don't know which ones to load.


Edit: I just realized I messed some up, ugh. Sorry.

 

[ShadowOne333]

The 2.68 MHz Demo, but I have realized why, I never changed the ROM path in the lpl. Arcade ROMs on the other hand, are a real beeotch to get, half the ROMs I choose never work. There are so many variants of the ROMs, I don't know which ones to load.


Edit: I just realized I messed some up, ugh.

Also don't forget the core path is wrong too, it links to a .dll file (the Windows SNES core), it should be the RPX inside the SD as well.

 

[the_randomizer]

Also don't forget the core path is wrong too, it links to a .dll file (the Windows SNES core), it should be the RPX inside the SD as well.

Next fun project, arcade ROM playlists, yay.

 

[AmandaRose]

Try this, it may not work though..

Tried it but get the same results the games still either boot to the wonderswan emu or the Amiga emu lol

 

[ShadowOne333]

Next fun project, arcade ROM playlists, yay.

That's a whole different story.
You might struggle with that one because the stupid MAME Romsets are everywhere, and with a lot of fucking versions as well.
I also struggled a lot with them, thankfully I have less than 10 Mame roms so I got that out of the way quickly enough.

 

[the_randomizer]

That's a whole different story.
You might struggle with that one because the stupid MAME Romsets are everywhere, and with a lot of fucking versions as well.
I also struggled a lot with them, thankfully I have less than 10 Mame roms so I got that out of the way quickly enough.

Yeah, is there a list or database of what ROM name is what so I can reduce my list and go with the games I want, not with five million iterations of the same game?

 

[ShadowOne333]

Tried it but get the same results the games still either boot to the wonderswan emu or the Amiga emu lol

Give me a pic of the ROMs you are trying to boot from their folder (as well as the path to the folder) from your SD.
I will make a quick LPL for you as a base, if it doesn't work then it has to be something wrong on your end.

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Yeah, is there a list or database of what ROM name is what so I can reduce my list and go with the games I want, not with five million iterations of the same game?

Try doing a search for "MAME 2003 Reference Set: MAME 0.78 ROMs, CHDs, and Samples"
I think that's the one I searched for when getting mine.

 

[ploggy]

Tried it but get the same results the games still either boot to the wonderswan emu or the Amiga emu lol

Sorry bud thought it would be a long shot.

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Yeah, is there a list or database of what ROM name is what so I can reduce my list and go with the games I want, not with five million iterations of the same game?

from the makers of playlist buddy
Simple Arcade Multifilter
https://forums.libretro.com/t/retroarch-playlist-buddy-playlist-and-thumbnail-generation-app/8417 (abit further down the page)

Just run this tool before you run playlist buddy..


EDIT: actually are you downloading the mame2003 set?