Ri3 - Reicast (Dreamcast) Emulator Not Playing !

proaudiosoft

@Hydro ok, so your device is 0, what does your emu.cfg look like, can you post it. Also your controller mapping file that emu.cfg should point to. One last thing, before anything, unplug the keyboard and reboot, then try reicast again

Hydro

@proaudiosoft said in Ri3 - Reicast (Dreamcast) Emulator Not Playing !:

@Hydro ok, so your device is 0, what does your emu.cfg look like, can you post it. Also your controller mapping file that emu.cfg should point to. One last thing, before anything, unplug the keyboard and reboot, then try reicast again

tried unplugging the keyboard and reboot nothing.

where do i find the emu.cfg file & the mapping file.

and which one do i map -

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pimpmaul69

@Hydro said in Ri3 - Reicast (Dreamcast) Emulator Not Playing !:

@proaudiosoft said in Ri3 - Reicast (Dreamcast) Emulator Not Playing !:

@Hydro ok, so your device is 0, what does your emu.cfg look like, can you post it. Also your controller mapping file that emu.cfg should point to. One last thing, before anything, unplug the keyboard and reboot, then try reicast again

tried unplugging the keyboard and reboot nothing.

where do i find the emu.cfg file & the mapping file.

/opt/retropie/configs/dreamcast

Hydro

@pimpmaul69 said in Ri3 - Reicast (Dreamcast) Emulator Not Playing !:

@Hydro said in Ri3 - Reicast (Dreamcast) Emulator Not Playing !:

@proaudiosoft said in Ri3 - Reicast (Dreamcast) Emulator Not Playing !:

@Hydro ok, so your device is 0, what does your emu.cfg look like, can you post it. Also your controller mapping file that emu.cfg should point to. One last thing, before anything, unplug the keyboard and reboot, then try reicast again

tried unplugging the keyboard and reboot nothing.

where do i find the emu.cfg file & the mapping file.
/opt/retropie/configs/dreamcast

this is what i found in emulators.cfg

''reicast="CON:/opt/retropie/emulators/reicast/bin/reicast.sh OSS %ROM%"
default="reicast"

and which controller do i map in mapping -

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proaudiosoft

@Hydro
run in terminal :
cd /opt/retropie/emulators/reicast/bin
Here is a script called 'reicast-joyconfig'
run it :
./reicast-joyconfig

Choose your joystick.
Now you can map your buttons.
When all is done it outputs the text for making a file in '/home/pi/.reicast/mappings' .
It outputs something like this (numbers are in decimals not hexadecimal such as in other contoller.cfg's(0x13b)):
[emulator]
mapping_name = Your Gamepad
btn_escape = 316

[dreamcast]
.......etc

make a file in '/home/pi/.reicast/mappings' called controller_Your Gamepad.cfg and paste the text in this file. (tip, highlighting the text in putty copies it to clipboard)

When you are done, we can create you a emu.cfg file pointing to the new map file...

Hydro

@proaudiosoft said in Ri3 - Reicast (Dreamcast) Emulator Not Playing !:

@Hydro
run in terminal :
cd /opt/retropie/emulators/reicast/bin
Here is a script called 'reicast-joyconfig'
run it :
./reicast-joyconfig

Choose your joystick.
Now you can map your buttons.
When all is done it outputs the text for making a file in '/home/pi/.reicast/mappings' .
It outputs something like this (numbers are in decimals not hexadecimal such as in other contoller.cfg's(0x13b)):
[emulator]
mapping_name = Your Gamepad
btn_escape = 316

[dreamcast]
.......etc

make a file in '/home/pi/.reicast/mappings' called controller_Your Gamepad.cfg and paste the text in this file. (tip, highlighting the text in putty copies it to clipboard)

When you are done, we can create you a emu.cfg file pointing to the new map file...

this is the only file & folder i get after running - ./reicast-joyconfig

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and it can't be edited or transferred.

proaudiosoft

@Hydro You need to use putty or console, and go to the location I specified above. Quit emulation station within retropie, and you will be at the console
cd /opt/retropie/emulators/reicast/bin

Hydro

@proaudiosoft said in Ri3 - Reicast (Dreamcast) Emulator Not Playing !:

@Hydro You need to use putty or console, and go to the location I specified above. Quit emulation station within retropie, and you will be at the console
cd /opt/retropie/emulators/reicast/bin

can't find /home/pi/.reicast/mappings folder on winscp or putty.

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are you on skype & can you sort it out for me by team-viewer.

Hydro

@proaudiosoft said in Ri3 - Reicast (Dreamcast) Emulator Not Playing !:

@Hydro You need to use putty or console, and go to the location I specified above. Quit emulation station within retropie, and you will be at the console
cd /opt/retropie/emulators/reicast/bin

bump ...

BuZz

Please wait patiently for an answer - bumping posts will not help, and will just get your post downvoted.

The folder does exist - in your screenshot it even tells you it "Is a directory". However, as you didn't use cd, it didn't change to that folder (you told the system to try and execute the directory hence the error)

Hydro

@BuZz said in Ri3 - Reicast (Dreamcast) Emulator Not Playing !:

Please wait patiently for an answer - bumping posts will not help, and will just get your post downvoted.

The folder does exist - in your screenshot it even tells you it "Is a directory". However, as you didn't use cd, it didn't change to that folder (you told the system to try and execute the directory hence the error)

What's the fix ?

Hydro

@Hydro said in Ri3 - Reicast (Dreamcast) Emulator Not Playing !:

@proaudiosoft said in Ri3 - Reicast (Dreamcast) Emulator Not Playing !:

@Hydro You need to use putty or console, and go to the location I specified above. Quit emulation station within retropie, and you will be at the console
cd /opt/retropie/emulators/reicast/bin

can't find /home/pi/.reicast/mappings folder on winscp or putty.

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Hyell

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BuZz

As I said, you need to use "cd" to switch to a folder. You should read some shell tutorials for linux. eg http://linuxcommand.org/learning_the_shell.php

Hydro

@BuZz said in Ri3 - Reicast (Dreamcast) Emulator Not Playing !:

As I said, you need to use "cd" to switch to a folder. You should read some shell tutorials for linux. eg http://linuxcommand.org/learning_the_shell.php

i used -

cd /home/pi/.reicast/mappings

or do you mean use winscp ?

Hydro

@Hydro said in Ri3 - Reicast (Dreamcast) Emulator Not Playing !:

@proaudiosoft said in Ri3 - Reicast (Dreamcast) Emulator Not Playing !:

@Hydro
run in terminal :
cd /opt/retropie/emulators/reicast/bin
Here is a script called 'reicast-joyconfig'
run it :
./reicast-joyconfig

Choose your joystick.
Now you can map your buttons.
When all is done it outputs the text for making a file in '/home/pi/.reicast/mappings' .
It outputs something like this (numbers are in decimals not hexadecimal such as in other contoller.cfg's(0x13b)):
[emulator]
mapping_name = Your Gamepad
btn_escape = 316

[dreamcast]
.......etc

make a file in '/home/pi/.reicast/mappings' called controller_Your Gamepad.cfg and paste the text in this file. (tip, highlighting the text in putty copies it to clipboard)

When you are done, we can create you a emu.cfg file pointing to the new map file...

there is no /home/pi/.reicast/mappings folder when i run winscp !

BuZz

I meant in the terminal - in your screenshot you did not use cd /home/pi/.reicast/mappings you first did cd to another path , then on a separate line you did /home/pi/.reicast/mappings which is not the same thing.

The folder should be there on winscp - but make sure you have it set to show hidden files/folders (starting with a dot)

Hydro

@proaudiosoft said in Ri3 - Reicast (Dreamcast) Emulator Not Playing !:

@Hydro You need to use putty or console, and go to the location I specified above. Quit emulation station within retropie, and you will be at the console
cd /opt/retropie/emulators/reicast/bin

ok

made a file in '/home/pi/.reicast/mappings' called it controller_Venom.cfg and paste the text -

[emulator]
mapping_name = Venom
btn_escape = 316

what do i do for emu.cfg file pointing to the new map file ?

Hydro

@Hydro said in Ri3 - Reicast (Dreamcast) Emulator Not Playing !:

@proaudiosoft said in Ri3 - Reicast (Dreamcast) Emulator Not Playing !:

@Hydro You need to use putty or console, and go to the location I specified above. Quit emulation station within retropie, and you will be at the console
cd /opt/retropie/emulators/reicast/bin

ok

made a file in '/home/pi/.reicast/mappings' called it controller_Venom.cfg and paste the text -

[emulator]
mapping_name = Venom
btn_escape = 316

what do i do for emu.cfg file pointing to the new map file ?

???

edmaul69

Just a note from my own experience, i updated the reicast to the retropie-setup 4.0 beta 2 version and all my pal games stopped working. However all the ntsc ones work fine including the ntsc version of marvel vs capcom 2. I would download an ntsc version just so you have both to test against it. Again this may not be a problem for anyone else but just my problem. I also havent spent any time figuring out why though.