Can't start Apple2 games in Retropie 3.8.1.

BuZz

Ill take a look.

pimpmaul69

the 3.8.1 version cant autoboot files even though it says it can. in your rom folder create a file named +StartLinApple.sh (no spaces) and add this info on the inside of that file and save:

#!/bin/bash
pushd "/opt/retropie/emulators/linapple"
./linapple
popd

then go to the command line or use putty to type this command:
chmod +x /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/apple2/+StartLinApple.sh

(there is a space on both sides of +x)
thats it. use that file.

BuZz

@pimpmaul69 update linapple. The problem was fixed a couple of days ago. No need for a start script

pimpmaul69

@BuZz said in Can't start Apple2 games in Retropie 3.8.1.:

@pimpmaul69 update linapple. The problem was fixed a couple of days ago. No need for a start script

If you look you will see i posted a problem with the new version of linapple along with mame2000_libretro. The joystick no longer works and it is stuck in windowed mode. No matter what neither will work even though the ini says the joysticks are activated and it is in fullscreen mode. Tried reloading sd card several times same problem. If i do quick install in retropie setup and then add linapple it doesnt even work at all.

pimpmaul69

@BuZz said in Can't start Apple2 games in Retropie 3.8.1.:

@pimpmaul69 update linapple. The problem was fixed a couple of days ago. No need for a start script

So i updated linapple by choosing the source instead of binary and it works. It has new ini and lets you boot from games. However all the nice added options for customizing your joystick in the new ini do not work.

BuZz

@pimpmaul69 the binary install should be fine. Did you update retropie setup first? Which config are you editing?

pimpmaul69

@BuZz said in Can't start Apple2 games in Retropie 3.8.1.:

@pimpmaul69 the binary install should be fine. Did you update retropie setup first? Which config are you editing?

I have the retropie setup updated to 4.0 beta 2 in all situations here. I tried doing the full install from retropie setup and all 4 times the linapple joystick didnt work and it was stuck in window mode. 6 times it tried quick install an then tried updating just linapple binary. All 6 times it didnt work at all. After the 6th failed one instead of restarting the process i just chose to update linapple from source. It works that way. I even chose after that to update from binary and it still worked so there is something the source installs that the binary doesnt. The config i am talking about is the linapple.conf. It has joystick options to choose which controller buttons you want to use on your controller, which controller is player 1 and 2, and two buttons for exiting the emu. None of these new options work. You can change them in the linapple.conf and nothing happens.

BuZz

Please can you include the commit revision - this was fixed after the version was updated 4.0 beta 2 - you need to make sure you do a script update before installing the binary - I need to confirm that is done.

please include the full path of the config file you are editing.

I rebuilt the binaries from source a day or two ago, so they should be identical.

pimpmaul69

@BuZz commit revision 267a494. two days ago. linapple.conf is located in /opt/retropie/emulators/linapple.

BuZz

you are editing the wrong config - that is the distributed config and is unused

All user editable configs are in /opt/retropie/configs in this case /opt/retropie/configs/apple2/

BuZz

PS. Please format your posts (eg code blocks) - details in the link in my signature.

herb_fargus

@pimpmaul69 also the config to edit is clearly mentioned in the documentation:

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Apple-II

pimpmaul69

@BuZz so why does the one in config folder not have those controller options? even just now i updated the retropie setup script to 6b4e7ac and it did not update the linapple.conf in /configs/apple2. i know it didnt because yesterday i copied the one from /emulators/linapple and put it in /configs/apple2 and made controller changes. that file still remained untouched even after updating linapple just now. and yes you are correct that the one in the config folder is the one that makes changes. i disabled player 2in it just now so that both buttons work in lode runner. however using the linapple.conf i stole from linapple and putting it in the config folder all the extra controller options do not work. my question is now, are they supposed to work? these are the extra options from the /emulator config that dont work in /config config:

Joy0Index	=	0
Joy1Index	=	1
Joy0Button1	=	0
Joy0Button2	=	1
Joy1Button1	=	0
Joy0Axis0	=	0
Joy0Axis1	=	1
Joy1Axis0	=	0
Joy1Axis1	=	1

JoyExitEnable	=	1
JoyExitButton0	=	8
JoyExitButton1	=	9

BuZz

it does not overwrite your existing config - you will need to move your existing config and re-install. I can make it generate a .rp-dist config though perhaps if there is an existing config.

BuZz

I can't promise you there isn't a bug, but it should be using the config in /opt/retropie/configs/apple2 for everything - that folder is the one symlinked from /home/pi/.linapple - I didn't make the emulator changes.

pimpmaul69

@BuZz said in Can't start Apple2 games in Retropie 3.8.1.:

PS. Please format your posts (eg code blocks) - details in the link in my signature.

i apologize i am not sure what you mean by code blocks? i read your signature link and i apologize for not knowing what that is. also i went into an apple game just and now all of a sudden the extra controller options are working fine. so problem solved for me.

BuZz

Earlier you posted some code lines. You can use markdown to style it, as I am doing with the paths in my posts (in red).

http://commonmark.org/help/

you config snippet was styled as it started with 4 spaces

see the changes I made to your earlier post - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2126/can-t-start-apple2-games-in-retropie-3-8-1/3

pimpmaul69

@BuZz i see what you mean. i apologize. i will do my best to highlight them differently/correctly when i post them. so i agree there should be a backup linapple.conf added to the config/apple2 folder if it isnt going to overwrite the old one since the old one is outdated.

pimpmaul69

Just an update after further testing. Going from rpie 3.7 to 4.0 beta 2 even with the latest rpie update from earlier today linapple will not get out of window mode or allow joystick to work if you do the full install. Mame2000_libretro wont work at all. However if you do the quick install and then update those two emulators then do a full update after that they work. I have repeatedly tested this all day today. Same results every time.