Retrobat don't show ps3 games - I've tried everything (I Think)

Hello!

I've tried every single thing I've seen on the internet to make Retrobat shows ps3 games and is not working. This is what I've done so far:

* Installed the emulator from Retrobat
* Installed firmware 4.91 in emulator directly
* Pasted bios in bios folder (just in case)
* Downloaded pkg and iso roms to make tests with both extensions
* Pasted iso rom directly in ps3 folder in roms folder
* Converted pkg in m3u using BatGui
* Made sure the m3u files are located in the ps3 folder in roms folder
* Just in case I tested the pkg roms in the emulator directly and they work just fine

After doing all of this over and over I open Retrobat and the PS3 menu is still not there. I'm sure I have a PC with specs more than enough to run those games, so I don't know. Am I missing something?

Any help will be certainly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Hello

If you are on Facebook, you can check the video
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/uqpNgKLxsdzb8v8z/
If not, told me and I'll try to upload somewhere else tonight.

Rpcs3 does not accept iso, and pkg need to be installed in the emulator

Thanks for the FB video. Indeed, I did all that and nothing.

Regarding Rpcs3, the pkgs are installed in the emulator.



However, when I convert the pkgs into m3u with BatGui, the m3u files are not saved in the ps3 roms folder but the Retrobat folder

But that is a normal behaviour, as you want to start the game from Retrobat.
The .m3u is here to make the game appear on the RetroBat wheel, and give the path to the game to him

Hi,

I don't know what you mean with "Converted pkg in m3u". How and why would you convert the pkg file?

You need to point the m3u file to your EBOOT.bin file of the game.

In case of an installed pkg file:

x:\RetroBat\emulators\rpcs3\dev_hdd0\game\NPUBxxxxx\USRDIR\EBOOT.BIN

In case of a disc game:

x:\RetroBat\roms\ps3\Game Name\PS3_GAME\USRDIR\EBOOT.BIN

Also in BatGUI you need to add (if not existing) m3u to the extensions otherwise you won't see it in RetroBat.

DeadVoivod wrote:Hi,

I don't know what you mean with "Converted pkg in m3u". How and why would you convert the pkg file?

I had a doubt also with this, but as he use batgui, normally is safe of error (at least I hope)

@Cloudbolt

the .m3u files have to be placed in \roms\ps3 folder. Not at the root of RetroBat

getupor wrote:the .m3u files have to be placed in \roms\ps3 folder. Not at the root of RetroBat

Yes, forgot to mention that

Hi! What I mean with converting pkg in m3u is just the process where BatGui scans the pkgs and creates the m3us. Now, what I'm trying to explain is that BatGui creates the m3u files and puts them automatically in the root of RetroBat, I'm manually moving them to the \roms\ps3 folder.

Here's a video of the step by step of what I'm doing: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGFaFnz8iE/w-7CtNviuGw9dzAWIMffjA/watch?utm_content=DAGFaFnz8iE&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor

Thanks again for all your help!

The pkg needs to be installed through the emulator, like Tartifless said.

The you will find it under x:\RetroBat\emulators\rpcs3\dev_hdd0\game\

There it will be in some folder called NPUBxxxxx, NPEAxxxxx, NPUAxxxxx, NPEBxxxxx or something like that.

There you will find the EBOOT.BIN file inside the USRDIR folder.

Then you have to create and point your m3u file to that EBOOT.BIN file and put it into the RetroBat PS3 ROMs folder.

Hi,

Why you change the path in the m3u file generated by BatGui ?

Also, you need to delete the es_systems_ps3.cfg that have been created, it could lead to some error.

Hi! In the link I shared in my last reply, you can see that is exactly what I did

DeadVoivod wrote:The pkg needs to be installed through the emulator, like Tartifless said.

The you will find it under x:\RetroBat\emulators\rpcs3\dev_hdd0\game\

There it will be in some folder called NPUBxxxxx, NPEAxxxxx, NPUAxxxxx, NPEBxxxxx or something like that.

There you will find the EBOOT.BIN file inside the USRDIR folder.

Then you have to create and point your m3u file to that EBOOT.BIN file and put it into the RetroBat PS3 ROMs folder.

Hi!

I saw somewhere that the m3u files are created automatically in the ps3 roms folder, which is not my case, so I move them manually. Still, even if I don't move the m3u file, RetroBat is still not showing the game.

Lorenzolamas wrote:Hi,

Why you change the path in the m3u file generated by BatGui ?

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS!!!!

Finally!!

Thank you so much! I deleted that file and now it's working properly.

Again, thanks a lot for all your help!

getupor wrote:Also, you need to delete the es_systems_ps3.cfg that have been created, it could lead to some error.

Cloudbolt wrote:Hi!

I saw somewhere that the m3u files are created automatically in the ps3 roms folder, which is not my case, so I move them manually. Still, even if I don't move the m3u file, RetroBat is still not showing the game.

Lorenzolamas wrote:Hi,

Why you change the path in the m3u file generated by BatGui ?

Yes it's a BatGui bug, the file should be in \roms\ps3 (we reported the bug to dev)
but my question is, why are you changing the path in the .m3u file?

Just another question, where you found your installation of Retrobat ?

Hello

I've updated BatGui, it should be working correctly now ^^