Systems Missing and games stopped loading

Frozen2kX · 2020-05-21T09:10:58+00:00

I recently decided to try out Batocera I’m using: HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Core i7-6700T 8GB Ram 500GB SSD Loaded bios and roms to test out, worked well. I ran i...

supertux

Frozen2kX You took the HASH symbol from the start of the line yea ?

Frozen2kX

supertux
That works! lol
Good thing you’re here.

Thanks!

Now… If I could get any games to load or at least figure out why they just stopped loading all of a sudden.

BZZ

Frozen2kX Did you change file names while or after scraping? check what voljega suggested and post afterwards.

Frozen2kX

BZZ
I did not change the file names because I had an experience a long time ago of games breaking because of a file name change.
I’m not sure what he meant by suppress the gameslist.xml but I did try to delete its contents and delete the file altogether, did not change anything.
I also uploaded games for a different system which I have not added games before, they did not load either even when I changed the Emulator and Cores

BZZ

Frozen2kX What version are you using?

Frozen2kX

BZZ BATOCERA.LINUX EX V5.25 2020/03/09 20:57

voljega

@Frozen2kX try to launch a game, and after it crashes back to menu do a pastebin of /userdata/systems/log/es_stderr.log

Frozen2kX

voljega

2020-05-30 12:04:53 INFO (emulatorlauncher.py:64):main(): Running system: snes
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configgen/Emulator.py:68: YAMLLoadWarning: calling yaml.load() without Loader=… is deprecated, as the default Loader is unsafe. Please read https://msg.pyyaml.org/load for full details.
systems_default = yaml.load(file(defaultyml, “r”))
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configgen/Emulator.py:72: YAMLLoadWarning: calling yaml.load() without Loader=… is deprecated, as the default Loader is unsafe. Please read https://msg.pyyaml.org/load for full details.
systems_default_arch = yaml.load(file(defaultarchyml, “r”))
2020-05-30 12:04:53 DEBUG (unixSettings.py:21):init(): Creating parser for /userdata/system/batocera.conf
2020-05-30 12:04:53 ERROR (emulatorlauncher.py:229):<module>: configgen exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configgen/emulatorlauncher.py”, line 227, in <module>
exitcode = main(args)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configgen/emulatorlauncher.py”, line 65, in main
system = Emulator(systemName, args.rom)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configgen/Emulator.py”, line 23, in init
recalSettings = UnixSettings(batoceraFiles.batoceraConf)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configgen/settings/unixSettings.py”, line 34, in init
self.config.readfp(file)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/ConfigParser.py”, line 324, in readfp
self._read(fp, filename)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/ConfigParser.py”, line 518, in _read
optname = self.optionxform(optname.rstrip())
UnicodeEncodeError: ‘ascii’ codec can’t encode character u’\xe9′ in position 8: ordinal not in range(128)
2020-05-30 12:04:54 INFO (emulatorlauncher.py:231):<module>: Exiting configgen with status -1

voljega

Frozen2kX it seems you have a special character somewhere, either in the name of the rom you are launching, or somewhere else …

what kind of controller are you using ?

Frozen2kX

voljega
I’m using an 8bitdo SN30 Pro+
Also using a Microsoft N9Z-00001 all-in-one media keyboard.
Just in case it’s relevant.

voljega

@Frozen2kX maybe try disconnecting the two and connect some other controller if yo uhave lying around ?

and check you rom filenames to see if there is no special chars

Frozen2kX

voljega
I moved all the roms except for 1 that loaded before to another folder on /share
I removed the keyboard and controller, deleted the controller from the system.
Currently using only a usb keyboard.
Nothing loads, not even the roms that were included in the system.

What would constitute as a special character?

voljega

@Frozen2kX in you case it seemed to be a ‘é’

Frozen2kX

voljega Does the error log show where it could be located?
Like I mentioned earlier, removed all the roms except for 1.

voljega

Frozen2kX nope doesn’t show, what’s the name of the last rom and its entry in your gamelist.xml ?

Frozen2kX

voljega
<?xml version=“1.0”?>
<gameList>
<game>
<path>./Final Fantasy III (USA) (Rev 1).zip</path>
<name>Final Fantasy III</name>
<desc>MagiTek has been reborn. And the end of the world is near.
Ages ago, evil beings created powerful creatures called Espers, and unleashed them against each other. The resulting battles left their world a smoldering rubble. Legend has it, the Espers destroyed themselves and most of humanity. Magic disappeared forever.

Centuries have passed and a rational world now exists with Espers living only in myths, until one frozen solid since the ancient wars is unearthed. Suddenly, there are reports of magical attacks on civilians. Imperial Commandos launch raids using magic-powered MagiTek weapons. Magic is obviously alive and the world is in danger again.

Who or what is behind the rediscovery and redeployment of this legendary power? What chaotic plans exists that will wreak havoc on this orderly world?</desc>
<image>./images/Final Fantasy III (USA) (Rev 1)-image.jpg</image>
<thumbnail>./images/Final Fantasy III (USA) (Rev 1)-thumb.jpg</thumbnail>
<rating>1</rating>
<releasedate>19940402T000000</releasedate>
<developer>Squaresoft</developer>
<publisher>Squaresoft</publisher>
<genre>Role-Playing</genre>
<favorite>true</favorite>
<playcount>27</playcount>
<lastplayed>20200602T152007</lastplayed>
<gametime>406</gametime>
</game>
</gameList>

voljega

Frozen2kX Well everything seems fine sadly :s

Frozen2kX

voljega
Thanks for your help.
I will try to reinstall instead.

voljega

@Frozen2kX yes maybe it’s for the best, there was one other guy with the same problem on Discord a while ago I think he also reinstalled, this bug seems to be hard to track

voljega

@Frozen2kX ok someone else had the same problem you likely have a ‘é’ in /userdata/system/batocera.conf, replace it by ‘e’ and verify that the file format is in UTF8

or delete by batocera.conf and reboot, but you will loose some custom conf in it

Frozen2kX

voljega I’ll be sure to try that next time I encounter that error.
Thanks!