ArcadePC Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Hi, i'm pretty new to this "Hyperspin" and i have just gotten hyperspin and rocketlauncher on my laptop, but i can't get my roms working. So i have installed Retroarch on hyperspin and configured the genesis and the snes emulator. I have done all this with the help of "Simply Austins" videos on youtube, ( )and i have downloaded full romsets for genesis and snes, but they had wrong names. So i did a bit of research and found Don's Hyperspin Tools. I used the rename ROMs.exe to change the names of all my roms (genesis and snes) and put 7zip= true (in rocketlauncherUI) and tried to launch a game from rocketlauncherUI, but it didn't work. First i got a message saying that i didn't have any extensions for the roms (or something like that) and from some othe rom i got the message saying that hyperspin couldn't find the rom exc. And then i don't know what i did, but all of a sudden when i launched a rom the screen went black and a little bit off the screen at the bottom there was something about inputs and controlles, and the the creen went totally black, the laptop was on but i couldn't do anything else than push the power button to shut it off. And now that happens to me every time (exept for the controller thing). So pleeeeease HELP me someone if u can, because i can't find anywhere what to do and im stuck. And feel free to ask me any questions, i'll try to answer them as good as i can. Thanx in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadHatter Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 First i got a message saying that i didn't have any extensions for the roms (or something like that) and from some othe rom i got the message saying that hyperspin couldn't find the rom exc. I had an issue like this before. I would also recommend getting the newer RetroArch as well but i believe my answer in this forum post on RLauncher.com may Help out. Screen shots were uploaded too. Its the last post(as of now) on this forum post. The only thing different is you may have to make sure your "Extensions" in RLUI are also there too. http://www.rlauncher.com/forum/showthread.php?2902-Games-start-in-RL-but-not-in-HS-%28anymore%29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadHatter Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Your posts in there aren't really going to help. If you're using RocketLauncher none of the settings in HyperHQ matter other than Execution set to HyperLaunch and PC Game disabled. All of the other settings are only applicable to what shows up on the wheel or if you're launching games through HS without using RocketLauncher. Oh so im doing like double the work... for no reason?. Awesome.. Thats good to know lol thanks for the heads up I better stop trying to help people until i understand lol. I thought i had a grasp at it bc it worked lol but i guess some of the info could of not even been entered and it still would of worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayC Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Don't you have to rename the files inside the zip files as well as the zip files? If that is the case, just unzip every file and then use the renaming software. Then just select all the roms and right click on them wnd choose add to archive with winrar. Then just select put each file into separate archives in one of the pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyHighGam3r Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Don't you have to rename the files inside the zip files as well as the zip files? If that is the case, just unzip every file and then use the renaming software. Then just select all the roms and right click on them wnd choose add to archive with winrar. Then just select put each file into separate archives in one of the pages. Given the extremely small size of 16-bit cartridge roms, wouldn't it be simpler to just unzip them and leave them uncompressed? I imagine the space saved by compressing those is negligible at best. Dozens of megabytes maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayC Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Ah...didn't know it renamed the files inside the archives as well, good to know. Skyhighgam3r-> I agree...no point in zipping small games...actually I don't zip any games at all...I want them to launch immediately, HD space is cheap nowadays anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadHatter Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Yeah, if you're using RL you only need the 2 things set that I mentioned in my previous post, which should be set by default. However, if you're using the Roms Only filter (to only show games you have on the wheel) you do need to have the rompath and extensions set correctly. GOTCHA!!! ok bc i am using that filter and i SWORE when i didnt have that added it wouldnt load the actualy defaul theme bc it wasnt locating the roms. makes sense. so i wasnt doing TOO much extra work as i thought originally then. lol I love these forums i literally learn something like EVERY single day lol. and so much more activity on HS then RL's website prob because a lot of the same ppl are here and there lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32assassin Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Given the extremely small size of 16-bit cartridge roms, wouldn't it be simpler to just unzip them and leave them uncompressed? I imagine the space saved by compressing those is negligible at best. Dozens of megabytes maybe? Skyhighgam3r-> I agree...no point in zipping small games...actually I don't zip any games at all...I want them to launch immediately, HD space is cheap nowadays anyway. I would agree with you guys, but most Cart base emulators load Zip compressed files. you don't save much space but you only need one extension I don't use Retroarch, but I was under the impression that it can load 7z compressed files again i"m not 100% sure on this I only loaded a few systems in retroarch. if this is the case you don't need to enable 7z support (globaly) in RL, you only need to enable 7z for systems that need it (disc base systems). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadePC Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 OK, sorry for not posting, and for being a little slow, but now i have replaced the old retroarch with retroarch 1.2.2 i think, and then in rlauncherUI in global emulators i changed the path to the new one but now i'm getting the following: your LibRetro_GEN dll is set to genesis_plus_gx_libretro but could not locate this file: X:\Hyperspin\Emulators\New folder\cores\genesis_plus_gx_libretro.dll So i think its the new retroarch thats missing some files or then i've forgotten to change some settings but i dont know what i wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadePC Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 and in rlauncherUI in genesis, games, the rlauncherUI does find all my games that i've renamed and i can launch them there but then i get the messages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadePC Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 So in the "cores" file in retroarch (where hyperspin told me the problem was), there's no files in there. Shouldn't all the emulators be there? Can i just copy the emulators from the old one to the new one? And i noticed that the new retroarch was missing alot of folders that the old one had. Should i just swap them back or copy the missing files to the new one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadePC Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 ok so im missing all the cores, do i have to download all separetly, or is there another way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadePC Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 do i have to download all separetly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadePC Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 ok, i updated it and tried the game and this came: could not find"3 ninjas kick back (USA)" inside the archive with any defined rom extensions. Check if you are missing the correct rom extensions for this rom for retroarch's extensions, enable rom_match_extensions or correct the file name inside the archive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadePC Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 That sounds like you have 7z enabled but the rom file inside the zip/7z isn't named to match the database. well the game: 3 ninjas kick back (example) inside of the .7z file is named: 3 Ninjas Kick Back (USA).7z for some reason, so i changed the .7z to .gen as on the other roms and i got the same message Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadePC Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 well i tried what you said about changing it to false, and it seemed to work. It showed xinput controller (and other text i didn't have time to read) and then went balck. And now none of my buttons work and i cant do anything else than to shut it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadePC Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 ok ctrl+alt+delete worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadePC Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 and its retroarch that is "the black screen" as i dont see any hyperspin or rlauncher going on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadePC Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 but i downloade them from emuparadise and they all had the correct name just not the (USA),(EUROPE) ect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadePC Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 can i just change the database( take away the (USE)) and then it would be correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadePC Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 or use some other method? (sorry for these short messages) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadePC Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 i just played the first level of sonic 2 (allthoug i dont think the level i played was the first level) but still the retroarch.exe works perfectly as i see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadePC Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 Ok, so since you know that game works manually rename that rom to match the database and try it through RLUI. but the games have the same name as in the database (after renaming them) exept for having .gen after the name, and the RLUI does detect it as being correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadePC Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 Wait a minute. In RLUI go to the Global -> Emulators tab and scroll down to RetroArch. See if gen is listed in the extensions. i don't see it being. ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadePC Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 That would be the problem then. add it to the extensions list with a pipe first, like |gen and then try it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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