unofficial Retroarch 1.8.1

BuZz

@tobas you would be better of backing up configs and ROMs and using a fresh image. Especially if you're not too familiar - we don't recommend doing an upgrade over a fresh install (and then restoring configs/ROMs). I suspect though one problem may be you didn't update after in RetroPie-Setup. The old binaries won't work after an update.

BuZz

The settings you overwrote are probably not too important. Things like the samba config - you can restore that from RetroPie-Setup in the configuration section. And you may need to reconfigure autostart / autologin too.

tobas

@BuZz so it may be solvable if I update retropie setup?

If I go with a fresh image I may as well toss my pi in the garbage. I won’t use it again. I have no idea how to remake that attract mode and my friend that helped me with it sadly isn’t around anymore to help me again.

mitu

@tobas said in unofficial Retroarch 1.8.1:

@BuZz so it may be solvable if I update retropie setup?

No, that won't be enough - you'll have to also upgrade the binaries.
But, as @BuZz suggested, better start with a clean image - upgrading in-place is not something that's been tested and it's not the recommended way.

tobas

@mitu okay. So upgrade retropie setup and upgrade the binaries. Is that difficult?

I have no idea where to even begin rebuilding what has already been built and I have no one to help me with it. A fresh image will do nothing for me, I would have no idea where to begin remaking anything near the attract mode that I had.

mitu

@tobas https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Updating-RetroPie/

herb_fargus

@tobas said in unofficial Retroarch 1.8.1:

A fresh image will do nothing for me

It will do everything for you. For one you won't be troubleshooting whatever janky rubbish has been handed to you, you'll know exactly how it works and how to recreate it when it breaks.

If you can't be bothered to do the work and go through the documentation I'm afraid retropie isn't for you.

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/First-Installation/

tobas

@herb_fargus I know how to do all of that. it's attract mode that I do not understand.

and this image is something that reminds me of a good friend. it reminds me of him when I play it. I'm asking for help because I want to preserve what I have. I can be bothered to do the work but it won't be the same.

tobas

that's what happens when I boot.

I already feel really bad. so if you're just looking to make me feel worse then please just delete the thread. I'm just looking for a way to fix what I have for sentimental reasons. I know I can get a fresh image and I know how that works, I have done it before.

mitu

@tobas said in unofficial Retroarch 1.8.1:

that's what happens when I boot.

Did you update the attractmode package ? Your screenshot shows the 2.3 version, but the latest version is 2.6. Version 2.3 is from 2 years ago.

tobas

@mitu I have not. I will give that a try, thank you for the suggestion.

tobas

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/issues/2091

this seems to be related.

mitu

No, it's not in any way related.

tobas

@mitu I followed your advice and updated via retropie setup and its installing dependencies, which seems like a good thing perhaps?

edit: emulation station boots! halfway there, but attract mode does not even after install. damn.

tobas

it installed attract mode just fine. yet it will not load attract mode. that stinks.

when I tried to compile attract mode from the source it refused to make the bin giving me a make error 1

mitu

What error you get when you install attrachmode ?

tobas

@mitu it fails to compile so it doesnt install

mitu

I get that, but I was asking for the actual error messages to understand why it doesn't install/compile. You can the whole output of the install/compile in the most recent log file in /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/logs.

EDIT: on a Stretch installation, the attractmode should be available as a binary install, so you don't have to compile it.

tobas

I installed it using the retropie setup and it was not detected.

this is really getting me down. if I can't update then I'll have to live with it. it's important enough to me that it just isn't worth losing.

I saw that someone else had the same problem as I do on this post

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/16145/retropie-upgrading-raspbian-jessie-to-stretch/22

and he didn't seem to find a solution either. maybe my friend did some customization that makes attract mode invisible to stretch? he was really good with this stuff.

I don't know what to do anymore. thanks for trying to help me out.

Keltron3030

Buzz, in response to

Why so eager for newer RetroArch btw? What's the current version missing?

There have been a steady stream of new updates since 1.7.6

A new more polished message system that replaces the OSD. This supports showing achievement badges.
Support for achievement processing logic updates which is required to support achievements coded using the new tools.
Support for PS1 achievements
Support for Nintendo DS achievements (currently in nightly)
Others updates I haven't mentioned.

I'm patiently waiting for an update but I really wish there was a way to easily update Retroarch from source through the gui "at my own risk" since new sought after features are released quite frequently now.