New B here that needs help

[abls1]

Hi I need help setting up retro fe so I have some questions:

Where do I add emulators and roms?
I use regular emulator but hate retroarch cause does not run im my system

How do I configure frontend?  I tried to use the re configurator plugin but it did not work for me
How do I generate a xml list.. I have rom sets with many versions does retro fe filters the list to only display usa roms?

Thanks

[Pieter Hulshoff]

You can place emulators and roms anywhere you like, but generally roms are placed in the collections/<collection name>/roms directory. You can override that path in the settings.conf file of the collection. The emulator used by a collection is defined in the launcher .conf file for that collection. You could have a quick look at some of the MAME based examples in the latest release. I'm also willing to help set up a specific collection for you to get you going.

The frontend is generally configured using the text editor of your choice. The settings are defined in the .conf files. I'm working on in-frontend configurability at the moment. If you have specific configuration questions, feel free to ask them.

You could generate XML files by hand or download them from the various websites (HyperSpin has a lot; MAME XML is found on the RetroFE download page). RetroFE however only uses them to get extra information to show on screen (e.g. manufacturer, year, score, rating). Even without them, RetroFE will still display your games. This is because RetroFE does not use XML to create the game lists (so it does not need to filter them to only display USA roms either). It uses a combination of the roms directory, include.txt, exclude.txt, .sub files, and menu.txt as described in http://www.retrofe.nl/wiki/doku.php?id=collections

[abls1]

I would like to set a coleco vision collection I tried but Im at a lost

Thanks

[Pieter Hulshoff]

I would like to set a coleco vision collection I tried but Im at a lost

Thanks

I use MAME for that system; which emulator are you using?

[abls1]

I use BizHawk for ColecoVision and most of the other systems it covers.. I use Mame for rare games but My emulator of choice for arcade is Final Burn Alpha

[Agent47]

If you're stuck on making the launcher for BizHawk it's a simple one:

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executable = M:\Emulators\BizHawk-2.3\EmuHawk.exe
arguments = "%ITEM_FILEPATH%" --fullscreen

[abls1]

Thanks@Agent47

I posted the code on the launcher folder!!!

where do I post the rom paths for ColecoVision?

Thanks

[johnm]

You would also need a colecovision collection created, to do this read the 'creating collections.txt' file in the collections folder, you then open up the settings.conf file within it and edit the fields required.
list.path = roms location
list.extensions = file type (probably zip,col,7z,rar)
launcher = the name of the file you made from agent47's post

[abls1]

Does the tutorial uses CMD promt as base path for creating list? because my roms are not in c folder they are on E: so how would I do this?

[Pieter Hulshoff]

Does the tutorial uses CMD promt as base path for creating list? because my roms are not in c folder they are on E: so how would I do this?

Use that as a base, and change the list.path parameter in the settings.conf file of that collection accordingly.


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[abls1]

I think I have a big mess can I upload the files so you somebody can tell me what I configured wrong?

[Pieter Hulshoff]

Sure, start with the launcher and the settings file, and include log.txt as well. Just attach them to a post here.

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[abls1]

Heere is my messy config

[Agent47]

The launcher file you posted is correct and your log shows it's in the correct location.

The following lines do not belong in your RetroFE/settings.conf:

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list.path = E:\retro fe\RetroFE\Roms\ColecoVision\roms
list.extensions = zip,col,7z,rar
launcher.windows = ColecoVision
Those only need to be set in your collections/ColecoVision/settings.conf and your log shows they are.

Your log isn't showing you entering the ColecoVision collection from the menu or attempting to launch a game so that's not going to be much help.

[Pieter Hulshoff]

In addition, I notice the following line in your RetroFE settings.conf:
baseItemPath=E:\retro fe\RetroFE\Roms\
Is that the base path you've stored your roms at, or are they in the individual collections in stead?