Mame Games Retroarch

[johnnyskullhead]

Hi 

Hope somebody can help, long time user of Launchbox on PC but just got on Android using Odin 2 Portal and i cant get mame games to work thru Launchbox, games play fine directly from Retroarch but just a black screen when using launch box 

 

any ideas?

 

Thanks in Advance 

 

Dean

[x4ml]

14 minutes ago, johnnyskullhead said:

Hi 

Hope somebody can help, long time user of Launchbox on PC but just got on Android using Odin 2 Portal and i cant get mame games to work thru Launchbox, games play fine directly from Retroarch but just a black screen when using launch box 

 

any ideas?

 

Thanks in Advance 

 

Dean

Hello. You might have selected the wrong core. Try using other cores

[johnnyskullhead]

I have tried that i think but will try again

[johnnyskullhead]

35 minutes ago, x4ml said:

Hello. You might have selected the wrong core. Try using other cores

I have tried that i think but will try again

Thank You

[johnnyskullhead]

40 minutes ago, johnnyskullhead said:

I have tried that i think but will try again

Thank You

Managed to sort that , dodgy rom i think but cannot work out how to download boxart for mame , can you help please 

[x4ml]

2 hours ago, johnnyskullhead said:

Managed to sort that , dodgy rom i think but cannot work out how to download boxart for mame , can you help please 

You can find cores and download them for your game, place them somewhere in the LB folder, and select them for a platform/game on the platform/game Emulator Settings

[johnnyskullhead]

Tried new version of mame, from which is current non merged but crashes Launchbox , is there a limit to amount of roms per system ?

all i get is Launchbox not responding any help would be appreciated 

 

Thanks 

[johnnyskullhead]

5 minutes ago, johnnyskullhead said:

Tried new version of mame, from which is current non merged but crashes Launchbox , is there a limit to amount of roms per system ?

all i get is Launchbox not responding any help would be appreciated 

 

Thanks 

Best recommended Romset please 

[x4ml]

18 minutes ago, johnnyskullhead said:

Tried new version of mame, from which is current non merged but crashes Launchbox , is there a limit to amount of roms per system ?

all i get is Launchbox not responding any help would be appreciated 

 

Thanks 

What version are you running on? What device do you use?

It will also be useful if you enable logs on the Settings page -> reproduce the issue again -> send the log file here. I could investigate it and fix it in the following beta.

There is no limit to the number of roms if you have a license

[johnnyskullhead]

17 hours ago, x4ml said:

What version are you running on? What device do you use?

It will also be useful if you enable logs on the Settings page -> reproduce the issue again -> send the log file here. I could investigate it and fix it in the following beta.

There is no limit to the number of roms if you have a license

sorry thought i had replied , think its 1.22 only downloaded other day 

not sure how you turn on logs , not really aufait with Launchbox on Android

[johnnyskullhead]

Just now, johnnyskullhead said:

sorry thought i had replied , think its 1.22 only downloaded other day 

not sure how you turn on logs , not really aufait with Launchbox on Android

sorry device is a AYN Odin Portal 2

[x4ml]

7 hours ago, johnnyskullhead said:

sorry thought i had replied , think its 1.22 only downloaded other day 

not sure how you turn on logs , not really aufait with Launchbox on Android

you can enable Debug Logs on the Options page (see screenshot)


Then, when you reproduce the issue, you need to go to the LaunchBox folder -> Logs -> sort by newest and send the latest 2-3 log files.

[johnnyskullhead]

15 hours ago, x4ml said:

you can enable Debug Logs on the Options page (see screenshot)


Then, when you reproduce the issue, you need to go to the LaunchBox folder -> Logs -> sort by newest and send the latest 2-3 log files.

Ok Mate Thank You

[Vader]

@johnnyskullhead Here are some tips:

If you want to use retroarch, you need to use the version from their website. The google play store version does not work with Launchbox because it has not been updated in years. Make sure you download the correct version, they have a 32bit version and 64bit. I am not sure why type of system an odin is, so you would have to check on this. Once installed make sure you select Retroarch (sideloaded) 64bit or 32bit as the default emulator and then whatever core you plan to use. Make sure that you download that same core inside retroarch. This should allow you to use retroarch mame to run mame games.

On another note, that is also mame4droid, this can be downloaded from the playstore. If you want to use this one, download the one that says current. This is the android version of the windows mame emulator. In my opinion, this one is better for Mame emulation on Android because it uses the same code as the windows version. Also, whenever the windows version is updated, the developer updates the app accordingly, so you will always have the latest version of mame. Another advantage I have noticed is that mame4droid will play CHD games ( i.e. nfl blitz, Killer Instinct, etc) at near arcade speeds (at least that is what I have experienced on my phone). However, for whatever reason the retroarch version cannot play these games, even though the games will load, they will play so slow the game is unplayable. The one negative I have noticed about mame4droid is that if you are using a merged set of mame roms, and want to use Launchbox to run clones of games (listed in the game menu as additional versions), Mame4droid will not load them. If you really want to get this to work, you would have to create dummy files of the clone games in your mame roms directory. Once these files are there, you can select mame clones and it will work. These files will not take up space on your hard drive, but it will bloat your rom directory. Example, If you have the jungle hunt merged rom and want to play jungle king (a clone of Jungle Hunt). You would have to create an empty file titled junglek.zip and place it in your roms directory, once there, you can launch jungle king from the game menu as a clone and Mame4droid will recognize it. 

I know that this is a lot, but I hope it helps