[SOLVED] Not all of my roms are uploading onto the SD card

[Richb77]

Hi all.

So i have my first dry run and i go to upload some Roms.

I clean format a 16Gb Sandisk USB stick to FAT32. Plug it into the USB socket linked to the Pi zero. It creates the "Roms" folder.

I move the USB to my PC and copy over the Roms i have to their respective folder. I move it back to the GBZ and reboot where i get a list of the consoles i have games for.

I uploaded Mame, GB, GBC, GBA, SNES, megadrive and Atari Lynx. I ONLY get Mame GB, GBC, GBA and Lynx show up. No Snes and no Megadrive.

Anyone know why?

[YaYa]

yes, you may take a look at the extensions ES is waiting for that specific system.

edit the file /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg and for each system, you will find accepted extensions
just add wht you need

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<system>
    <name>nes</name>
    <fullname>Nintendo Entertainment System</fullname>
    <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes</path>
    <extension>.nes .zip .NES .ZIP</extension>
    <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ nes %ROM%</command>
    <platform>nes</platform>
    <theme>nes</theme>
</system>

for example, NES is accepting by default .nes .zip etc...

this is case sensitive so for zip add .zip and .ZIP

[J-Malice]

So wait, I can zip each rom individually and put them in like that to save space? And the system will use them?

[YaYa]

So wait, I can zip each rom individually and put them in like that to save space? And the system will use them?

of course better to 7z than zip, saves more space

[J-Malice]

So wait, I can zip each rom individually and put them in like that to save space? And the system will use them?

of course better to 7z than zip, saves more space

Oh always use 7z, I just use zip as verb. Wow, I wish I had known before putting my mintypi together, would have saved space on the SD card.

As for OP, did you make sure the software did the expand file system thing before you moved games over?

[YaYa]

yes i power the pi first the first time and let it complete the expand, then i'm making a whole update, upgrade, optimization, and only then, i transfer roms and start organizing.
I have written a big guide to optimization, follow the link on my signature

[Richb77]

yes, you may take a look at the extensions ES is waiting for that specific system.

edit the file /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg and for each system, you will find accepted extensions
just add wht you need

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<system>
    <name>nes</name>
    <fullname>Nintendo Entertainment System</fullname>
    <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes</path>
    <extension>.nes .zip .NES .ZIP</extension>
    <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ nes %ROM%</command>
    <platform>nes</platform>
    <theme>nes</theme>
</system>

for example, NES is accepting by default .nes .zip etc...

this is case sensitive so for zip add .zip and .ZIP

I wont deny being a COMPLETE noob at this.

But my file structure is the same until emulationstation...I have no es_systems.cfg. I have es_settings.cfg but that doesnt bring up the script you have shown (or anything like it!)

Sorry for being a spanner.

[YaYa]

to find a file,

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sudo apt-get install mlocate

This will install the locate program

then, to create a file location database

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sudo updatedb

then to search for a file

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locate your_file

where, of course, in our case, the your_file is es_systems.cfg

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locate es_systems.cfg

[Richb77]

Do i need to be in terminal (Unsure if thats what its called) (F4) for all this?

[YaYa]

Yes from terminal either on the GBZ itself (tricky as the screen is so small) or with ssh from another computer (better as you will have terminal with a decent resolution)