Adding Systems to Hyperspin

[JHNSNT02]

How do you add systems to hyperspin? I am wanting to add the Sega Saturn, Gamecube, and PS2. Help would be appreciated. Thank You! 

[Avar]

This tutorial and the others in the playlist should help you out: 

 

 

[JHNSNT02]

13 minutes ago, Avar said:

This tutorial and the others in the playlist should help you out: 

Thank You very much. I am completely new to this.

 

 

[Avar]

@JHNSNT02

 

You're welcome! If you're new it's probably worth starting from the beginning of that playlist just to ensure nothing's missed.

[JHNSNT02]

22 hours ago, Avar said:

@JHNSNT02

 

You're welcome! If you're new it's probably worth starting from the beginning of that playlist just to ensure nothing's missed.

Avar again Thank you. those videos helped. I do have another question or two? I'm trying to set up hyperspin for my Nvidia Shield so I take it I don't need Rocket Launcher? and it says to use HyperHQ to set up new consoles but when I try to launch hyperhq my computer says "HyperHQ must be in the same directory as Hyperspin" any ideas?

[Avar]

I personally have zero experience setting it up on anything other than Windows right now so I'm not much help for the Nvidia Shield. I'm sorry. I'll try to make time to do it once so I can learn eventually. 

[JHNSNT02]

10 minutes ago, Avar said:

I personally have zero experience setting it up on anything other than Windows right now so I'm not much help for the Nvidia Shield. I'm sorry. I'll try to make time to do it once so I can learn eventually. 

All good. another question when I extract my roms using 7z it puts the roms in another file. set up is like for example "Nintendo Entertainment System>roms>1942(Japan, USA)> then the .nes file. does it need to be just roms>.nes file?

[thatman84]

@JHNSNT02

I have some guides in the android section just search "(Tutorial) settings android"

My advice to you as you have a PC for setup is to follow Avars guides the rocketlauncher stuff is useful as a management tool but not really needed.

Check out the Android Base Pack in the download section. It has a bunch of useful assets (settings files, emu setup text file ect)

The folder structure and basic files all work the same on PC+android so you can match up all your databases to roms and media before tansfering to the shield.

The only difference will be the top section of the settings files.

Rompath (specific to you)

Exe and parameters you get from the base pack.

To add a system you just need to create the folders and files as you see the other systems.

The add your system into the MainMenu.xml database 

 

FYI PS2 is not emulated to a playable standard on android

[thatman84]

3 minutes ago, JHNSNT02 said:

All good. another question when I extract my roms using 7z it puts the roms in another file. set up is like for example "Nintendo Entertainment System>roms>1942(Japan, USA)> then the .nes file. does it need to be just roms>.nes file?

For android all your roms need to be unzipped in one folder per system

Nes/roms/games.nes

Snes/roms/games.sfc

Your roms can be anywhere but if you contain them inside your hyperspin folder it makes the rompath easier to sort.

I prefer to keep mine out of there but it's UP to you

[JHNSNT02]

1 minute ago, thatman84 said:

For android all your roms need to be unzipped in one folder per system

Nes/roms/games.nes

Snes/roms/games.sfc

Your roms can be anywhere but if you contain them inside your hyperspin folder it makes the rompath easier to sort.

I prefer to keep mine out of there but it's UP to you

Man you guys deserve all the praise for the amount of help you give. Thank You very much!

[Avar]

Yeh sorry I didn't realize you were setting up on Android. I'll move this to the Android section. thatman84 will be way more help than I for you.

[JHNSNT02]

On April 25, 2017 at 5:37 PM, thatman84 said:

For android all your roms need to be unzipped in one folder per system

Nes/roms/games.nes

Snes/roms/games.sfc

Your roms can be anywhere but if you contain them inside your hyperspin folder it makes the rompath easier to sort.

I prefer to keep mine out of there but it's UP to you

Question for you. I tired to see if i could get Hyperspin to launch on the shield after i set up a few systems and some roms. When i click the hyper spin app nothing happens. Its just a black screen and in the top of the screen theres a gray bar that says hyperspin? Any ideas?

[thatman84]

Try a reboot on the shield and give it a few mins before launching.

you shouldn't need to do that but sometimes first runs are a little slow leave it for a min or 2.

where is your Hyperspin folder? 

[JHNSNT02]

Try a reboot on the shield and give it a few mins before launching.
you shouldn't need to do that but sometimes first runs are a little slow leave it for a min or 2.
where is your Hyperspin folder? 

I believe it's in the root of my external hard drive. Does my external need to be a certain name? Hyperspin says it can't find the file? No sure what I'm doing wrong there


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[thatman84]

Drive name should not matter. Your Hyperspin folder should be at the root of the drive and also case sensitive

Hyperspin

[Pouteur]

Some HD are reconized like an usb key by the shield, in that case hyperspin can't find the folder.

The hyperspin folder is on the root of the hard drive but the shield thinks it's inside a folder.

When your HD is connect to the shield, open esexplorer and look if the hyperspin folder is really on the root of your HD.

 

[JHNSNT02]

51 minutes ago, Pouteur said:

Some HD are reconized like an usb key by the shield, in that case hyperspin can't find the folder.

The hyperspin folder is on the root of the hard drive but the shield thinks it's inside a folder.

When your HD is connect to the shield, open esexplorer and look if the hyperspin folder is really on the root of your HD.

 

That maybe the problem. Im not sure how to use esexplorer to move it too the root. Sorry for th big pictures not sure how to resize

[JHNSNT02]

I copied the Hyperspin folder to the internal drive and it booted up successfully, but it's not finding my roms for some reason. Sometimes it kicks me out to retroarch


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[Pouteur]

For your external HD, the only solution i Know is to delet the HD partition on windows then, you format your HD on the  shield.

For  your rom problem  maybe it's a problem  on your  .ini's

[reznnate]

Beware of giving ES File Explorer 'access' to your USB drive.   It takes 'exclusive' control and then other apps cannot access without reboot (or revoking permission).   In file explorer apps, find your drive through the /storage path.

External SDcards and Harddrives work fine with Android Hyperspin.   My rom path is /storage/<UUID>/Hyperspin/Emulators/Atari 2600/.

I've been using a NAS drive for easy testing recently because the folder path is still /storage/<name>/Hyperspin/ and the HS app finds the folder.

WRITING to external storage can be annoying on Android if you haven't rooted.   'Adopting' an SDcard/USB external drive makes it primary /sdcard storage but then the drive is encrypted, cannot be removed, cannot be used on Windows any longer.