docs: add arcade and next checks to the fix page

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@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ class EndUsersCheckTheirOwnFolder(unittest.TestCase):
files points at the installer's --check, which hashes their folder."""
USER_SECTIONS = (
("wiki/troubleshooting.md", "## 1. Check your BIOS folder { #checking-what-you-installed }"),
("wiki/troubleshooting.md", "## 1. Check my BIOS folder { #checking-what-you-installed }"),
("wiki/troubleshooting.md", "## 2. Fix the files"),
("wiki/faq.md", "## My game shows a black screen"),
("wiki/faq.md", "## How do I know which BIOS I need?"),
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# When a game does not start
Usually a BIOS file is missing or the wrong version. Three checks find it.
Most often a BIOS file is missing or wrong.
## 1. Check your BIOS folder { #checking-what-you-installed }
## 1. Check my BIOS folder { #checking-what-you-installed }
<span id="game-wont-start-black-screen"></span>
<span id="game-wont-start-black-screen"></span><span id="my-setup-says-untested"></span>
Run the command with `--check`. It changes nothing.
@@ -24,50 +24,51 @@ Read the count line:
1/109 present (0 verified, 1 wrong hash)
```
- **`wrong hash`**: wrong contents: another region, model, or damaged.
- **Fewer present than the total**: some files are missing.
- **A line under a file**, like `still zipped`: it says what to fix.
- **`0 wrong hash` and all present**: your files are fine. Go to step 3.
- **`wrong hash`**: another region, model, or damaged. Batocera says
`UNTESTED`.
- **Fewer present than the total**: files are missing.
- **A line under a file**, like `still zipped`, says what to fix.
- **`0 wrong hash`, all present**: go to step 3.
## 2. Fix the files
Run the same command without `--check`. It adds missing files and replaces
wrong ones, keeping the old ones.
Run it again without `--check`. It adds missing files and replaces wrong ones.
## 3. Check the folder and the names
- **Right folder?** Your emulator must read the folder the command used.
[Your setup's page](../which-pack.md) names it.
- **Is the name exact?** `scph5501.bin` and `SCPH-5501.BIN` are two different
names. On Linux, capital letters count too.
- **A `bios` folder inside your BIOS folder?** That ZIP holds its own top
folder. Move its files up one level.
- **Unzipped by hand on Linux?** Run the command once. It adds the names that
differ only by capital letters, which some ZIPs leave out.
- **A ZIP in parts, like `Pack.part1of2.zip`?** Unzip every part into the
same folder. `--check` names a part you missed.
- **Right folder?** [Get your files](../which-pack.md) names the one your setup
reads.
- **Exact name?** `scph5501.bin` and `SCPH-5501.BIN` differ. On Linux,
capitals count too.
- **A `bios` folder inside your BIOS folder?** Move its files up one level.
- **Unzipped by hand on Linux?** Run the command once. It adds names that
differ by capitals only.
- **A ZIP in parts, like `Pack.part1of2.zip`?** Unzip every part into one
folder.
## One console only
## An arcade game does not start
Add `--system` and its name:
It needs its BIOS set, like `neogeo.zip`, and a game set for the same emulator
version.
<!-- os-tabs -->
```sh
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --check --system sony-playstation --verbose
```
- Keep `neogeo.zip` zipped.
- A game set for another MAME version often fails.
Details: [the version of each emulator](../emulators/index.md).
- Run the command once. It installs the BIOS sets your emulators read.
`--verbose` names each missing or wrong file. `--list-systems` lists the names.
## The BIOS is fine, the game still fails
## My setup says UNTESTED
Batocera shows `UNTESTED` for a file with unexpected contents. Run the command
without `--check` to replace it.
- **Another emulator?** Each one reads its own files. Its page lists them.
- **A BIOS setting?** Some emulators can skip the BIOS. In PCSX ReARMed, set
**BIOS Selection** to **Auto**.
- **A disc game in several files?** Open its `.cue` or `.m3u` file, not a
`.bin`.
## If the command fails { #installation-script-fails }
- **Network error:** check that github.com opens, then try again.
- **Network error:** try again once github.com opens.
- **Permission denied:** do what the message says. It names what to run.
- **No setup found:** pick it from the list. Or name it and its folder:
- **No setup found:** name it and its folder:
<!-- os-tabs windows: --platform retroarch --dest C:\path\to\RetroArch\system -->
```sh
@@ -76,9 +77,9 @@ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Abdess/retrobios/main/install.sh |
Other messages: [When something goes wrong](installer.md#when-something-goes-wrong).
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<span id="hash-mismatch-untested"></span><span id="pack-is-missing-files"></span><span id="verifypy-reports-errors"></span><span id="one-console-only"></span>
## Next steps
- [Your setup's page](../which-pack.md): its folder and how it checks files
- [Get your files](../which-pack.md)
- [Common questions](faq.md)