Can anyone get the brand new Mr.Do ZX Spectrum game to run on the Pi 0?

uncledisgusting · 16 Jun 2019, 16:34

A brand new Mr.Do ZX Spectrum clone has been released for free on the Pi and looks amazing:
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I have tried running it on LR-Fuse (obviously trying both 48k and 128k cores) and FBZX and have had no joy.
I have no problem running other games.
Anyone managed to get it to run?

mitu · 16 Jun 2019, 16:51

What's the actual problem ? Isn't the game starting ? I did a quick test and the game starts and can be played.

uncledisgusting · 16 Jun 2019, 16:54

It won't start at all. It just boots into the ZX Spectrum start up screen. Apparently it runs fine on PC but I am trying to get it running on the PI.

mitu · 16 Jun 2019, 16:56

@uncledisgusting Post your system's details ( https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first) and an emulator log file - /dev/shm/runcommand.log.

uncledisgusting · 16 Jun 2019, 18:10

@mitu
Thanks for the reply.
System details:
pi zero
running stock image retropie4.4-rpi1_zero.img
file : MrDo!.tap
controllers used - usb keyboard and competition pro usb joystick

mitu · 16 Jun 2019, 18:19

@uncledisgusting Any errors in the log file ? I also have a stock - updated - 4.4 installation and I don't get the error you're having. Did you change any configuration for lr-fuse and save it as core override ?

uncledisgusting · 16 Jun 2019, 18:25

I just built a brand new raspberry pi 3 stock image and Mr.Do runs fine on that.
It's just the Pi 0 image that appears to have the problem and thats what I need to work!
Have you got the game working on the pi 0?
Is there any reason it would work on the 3 as opposed to the 0?

uncledisgusting · 16 Jun 2019, 18:34

@mitu
Well how strange. I just tried the self-same image (exactly the same cloned using a disk imager) on another pi zero using another gamepad and this time it loads. How can that make any sense?!

mitu · 16 Jun 2019, 18:35

@uncledisgusting said in Can anyone get the brand new Mr.Do ZX Spectrum game to run on the Pi?:

Well how strange. I just tried the self-same image on another pi zero using another gamepad and this time it loads. How can that make any sense?!

You probably have some configurations that get in the way - do you have any custom configurations in place ?

uncledisgusting · 16 Jun 2019, 18:36

@mitu
Its the same disk image. The only difference is there is no keyboard plugged in and that the usb gamepad is different!

mitu · 16 Jun 2019, 18:42

@uncledisgusting So, if you boot the game on a new Pi 0 system with a gamepad it works, but if you insert the keyboard (using the same Pi 0 system) it does not ?

uncledisgusting · 16 Jun 2019, 18:45

@mitu said in Can anyone get the brand new Mr.Do ZX Spectrum game to run on the Pi 0?:

@uncledisgusting So, if you boot the game on a new Pi 0 system with a gamepad it works, but if you insert the keyboard (using the same Pi 0 system) it does not ?

Yes however I'm not inserting the keyboard, its a ZX spectrum48k that functions as a USB keyboard. hence the desire for me to get it to work! It has no problem running any other game, just this one!

mitu · 16 Jun 2019, 19:00

Have you tried using fuse directly (not the Libretro core - lr-fuse) ?

uncledisgusting · 16 Jun 2019, 19:01

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uncledisgusting · 16 Jun 2019, 19:14

@mitu said in Can anyone get the brand new Mr.Do ZX Spectrum game to run on the Pi 0?:

Have you tried using fuse directly (not the Libretro core - lr-fuse) ?

Yes. Same problem!

uncledisgusting · 16 Jun 2019, 19:21

@mitu said in Can anyone get the brand new Mr.Do ZX Spectrum game to run on the Pi 0?:

Have you tried using fuse directly (not the Libretro core - lr-fuse) ?

I just tried the cloned image in the speccy and it worked!
The only difference is that it was a Sandisk Ultra 64gb SD card instead of an 8gb one.
How on earth could that be the case?!
Thanks for your help anyway!

mitu · 16 Jun 2019, 19:25

@uncledisgusting I think there's some configuration you have on the 'faulty' image. You compare the log files on the 2 systems and see what's the difference - but you'll need a verbose log (enabled through the Runcommand launch menu) to see the details.

spud11 · 16 Jun 2019, 21:56

@mitu Hi. I've got an older Jessie-based system with lr-fuse installed. I suspect @uncledisgusting might be having a similar problem. It looks like lr-fuse is expecting to find a .sna file rather than a .tap file:

[INFO] === Build =======================================
Capabilities: NEON VFPv3 VFPv4 
Built: Oct  9 2018
[INFO] Version: 1.7.5
[INFO] Git: c9c6c5a
[INFO] =================================================
[INFO] Loading dynamic libretro core from: "/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fuse/fuse_libretro.so"
[INFO] [overrides] no core-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/fuse/fuse.cfg.
[INFO] [overrides] no content-dir-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/fuse/zxspectrum.cfg.
[INFO] [overrides] no game-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/fuse/Mr. Do!.cfg.
[INFO] Shaders: preset directory: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/shader/presets
[INFO] Shaders: no game-specific preset found at /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/shader/presets/fuse/Mr. Do!.cgp.
[INFO] Shaders: no game-specific preset found at /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/shader/presets/fuse/Mr. Do!.glslp.
[INFO] Shaders: no content-dir-specific preset found at /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/shader/presets/fuse/zxspectrum.cgp.
[INFO] Shaders: no content-dir-specific preset found at /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/shader/presets/fuse/zxspectrum.glslp.
[INFO] Shaders: no core-specific preset found at /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/shader/presets/fuse/fuse.cgp.
[INFO] Shaders: no core-specific preset found at /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/shader/presets/fuse/fuse.glslp.
[INFO] Environ SET_VARIABLES.
[INFO] Environ SET_CONTROLLER_INFO.
[INFO] Controller port: 1
[INFO]    Cursor Joystick (ID: 257)
[INFO]    Kempston Joystick (ID: 513)
[INFO]    Sinclair 1 Joystick (ID: 769)
[INFO]    Sinclair 2 Joystick (ID: 1025)
[INFO]    Timex 1 Joystick (ID: 1281)
[INFO]    Timex 2 Joystick (ID: 1537)
[INFO]    Fuller Joystick (ID: 1793)
[INFO] Controller port: 2
[INFO]    Cursor Joystick (ID: 257)
[INFO]    Kempston Joystick (ID: 513)
[INFO]    Sinclair 1 Joystick (ID: 769)
[INFO]    Sinclair 2 Joystick (ID: 1025)
[INFO]    Timex 1 Joystick (ID: 1281)
[INFO]    Timex 2 Joystick (ID: 1537)
[INFO]    Fuller Joystick (ID: 1793)
[INFO] Controller port: 3
[INFO]    Sinclair Keyboard (ID: 259)
[INFO] Remaps: remap directory: /opt/retropie/configs/zxspectrum/
[INFO] Remaps: no game-specific remap found at /opt/retropie/configs/zxspectrum/fuse/Mr. Do!.rmp.
[INFO] Remaps: no content-dir-specific remap found at /opt/retropie/configs/zxspectrum/fuse/zxspectrum.rmp.
[INFO] Remaps: no core-specific remap found at /opt/retropie/configs/zxspectrum/fuse/fuse.rmp.
[INFO] Redirecting save file to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/zxspectrum/Mr. Do!.srm".
[INFO] Redirecting savestate to "/home/pi/RetroPie/savestate/Mr. Do!.state".
[INFO] Environ GET_LOG_INTERFACE.
[libretro INFO] port 0 device 00000101
[libretro INFO] port 1 device 00000201
[libretro INFO] port 2 device 00000103
[INFO] Loading content file: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/zxspectrum/Mr. Do!.sna.
Failed to open /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/zxspectrum/Mr. Do!.sna: No such file or directory
[ERROR] Could not read content file "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/zxspectrum/Mr. Do!.sna".

[INFO] Unloading game..
[INFO] Unloading core..
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1012:  7867 Segmentation fault      /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fuse/fuse_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/zxspectrum/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/zxspectrum/Mr. Do!.sna" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
Shutdown complete
Shutdown complete

spud11 · 16 Jun 2019, 22:34

I've now tested with non-libretro fuse and zesarux and both of these seem to be looking for a .sna file. Fbzx doesn't give any error messages at all.

mitu · 17 Jun 2019, 03:07

@spud11 I'm not sure it's the same problem - you're probably kicked back to the Emulationstation gamelist, @uncledisgusting reported it stops with the emulator loading scren. Your log file is missing the launch command - does it try to load a .sna file or the .tap file ?

[INFO] Loading content file: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/zxspectrum/Mr. Do!.sna.

Try updating the lr-fuse Libretro core from source.