sarge1979 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Does anyone have a link for downloading missing cores from retroarch nightly. I am missing mess libretto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 It does, and all you need to do is use the Online Updater from within RetroArch. I still prefer standalone MAME and MESS outside of RetroArch (MESS can still be compiled separate), but they are usable from within RetroArch if you can properly pass the extra commands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarge1979 Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 Is it mess 2014 that you would use then instead on nightly retroarch as aint got the other mess core. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 No. There is no standalone mess core anymore, you use 'MAME'. They've been merged for quite a while now. Standalone MAME and MESS have been merged, and so have the cores in RetroArch. MAME 2014 doesn't have MESS integrated and is an older version of MAME. 'MAME' is the latest with MESS merged. Technically there is a MESS 2014 core, it's under MULTI, which has been there (though they could have removed it on the latest nightly, im a week or so behind), but the absolute latest MESS and MAME stuff in RA is the 'MAME' core, simple MAME, no dates after it. Independent of that, not related to RetroArch, I was saying I still prefer standalone MESS. MESS and MAME are combined, but MESS gets compiled from source by someone else now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarge1979 Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 Tried mame libretro and the 2014 core it tries to load the game up on Atari 5200 but you get a black screen and the game will not load so I may have to revert to not using retroarch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Did you do all the proper commands? You need to have the proper associated platform name and default command line parameters, and then the proper MESS commands. You also need the roms and bios in the right location. I am not even exactly sure how it works. In regular MAME you tell it where your MAME Rom set is, by either putting it in the default roms folder or changing the path. In RetroArch it wants BIOS in the system folder generally, unless it automatically looks in the folder it's loading the rom from, then I don't know how it's pulling the proper BIOS info. Follow the MESS tutorials we have and utilize standalone MESS, it's the least complicated path, which is saying something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Yeah to use MESS in RA I used to but the bios in a folder named a5200 in my systems folder (I only experimented with this for Atari 5200) and while it worked to launch software list games I couldn't get it to launch the regular roms I had. I also didn't give it the a5200 -cart command so that could be the reason. I agree with Brad use stand alone MAME/MESS. I just went with MAME this way I didn't have to set a new folder path as all the system bios files are already in my ROM set and when you use the commands you can load any ROM you don't even have to tell MAME where they are located. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Ah right, the folders labeled after the BIOS! This then means you need to pull all your BIOS out and put them in the right location. With MAME or MESS standalone, you just have a regular MAME Rom pack, which has all of the BIOS included, and you tell it the path. As long as the command is correct, and you use the proper BIOS command, you're good to go. I do need to mess around with just regular MAME Derek. I can't tell you why I prefer MESS standalone, I just do for some dumb reason. It would take 1 less step otherwise. I vaguely remember having a reason why... but I don't recall it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarge1979 Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 II am trying mess at the moment we will soon see what happens. Gone to directories and adding my Atari 5200 roms to this set up the command prompt a5200 - cart also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 In MESS, just make sure to point the roms path to your MAME Roms folder so it knows where the BIOS are, otherwise that command is proper for Atari 5200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarge1979 Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 Do you go to options directories roms then insert and add the mame roms this way my layout on mess is different to videos I am watching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Yes that sounds right to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarge1979 Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 think all my mame roms are under mame libretro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarge1979 Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 so adding this to mess comes up at the bottom saying game search and at moment is 10 percent complete so once finished all been well should work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarge1979 Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 Thanks for the advice and help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarge1979 Posted November 19, 2016 Author Share Posted November 19, 2016 Have mame downloaded now so do you put you Atari 5200 roms into the rom folder in the mame emulator download? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 You need to make sure the platform names match, set he proper commands. -L then the core stuff, then a5200 -cart. Create an a5200 folder in your RetroArch Systems folder, put the Atari 5200 BIOS in here. Import your games, set the emulator, and you should be good to go. You'll need to create folders and manually move the BIOS over for every system you want to emulate with MESS in RA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Okay to be sure you are going ahead with stand alone MAME correct? You don't need to put the ROMs folder in MAME you just have to have the bios in the MAME ROMs folder or in a location that you have specified to MAME games can be run from any directory using the MESS part of MAME. Do you have a MAME complete set already to start with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Okay to be sure you are going ahead with stand alone MAME correct? You don't need to put the ROMs folder in MAME you just have to have the bios in the MAME ROMs folder or in a location that you have specified to MAME games can be run from any directory using the MESS part of MAME. Do you have a MAME complete set already to start with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarge1979 Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 Have all mame games in a folder under roms called mame libretro on my hard drive on pc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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