N64 emulator doesn't save any settings

retroboy

Hello guys! So all emulators on my Raspberry Pi 4B work very well and they also save their settings but on N64 it doesn't work.

The problem is that all N64 games have black borders even if I have switched off the overscan. So I have set the aspect ratio to custom and I have stretched the image, so that it fills the whole TV screen. Usually I go to configurations and I save the current configs. When I exit the emulator and star the game new, then it uses the old settings again and the game doesn't fill the screen. Also the other settings like anti-aliasing are not saved. Can anybody help me please?

mitu

Please add more details about your setup, as requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.
What emulator are you using ?

retroboy

Here are some more informations and I hope this helps:

Pi Model or other hardware: Raspberry Pi 4B
Power Supply used: 5,1V 3,0A USB-C
RetroPie Version Used: v 4.6 (md5: 9154d998cba5219ddf23de46d8845f6c)
Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website
USB Devices connected: Logitech Wireless receiver for the keyboard
Controller used: PS4 controller (bluetooth)
Emulator: lr-mupen64plus-next

mitu

By default, RetroArch is configured to not save any settings on exit - you need to save a game or core override after you've changed the parameters, from the Overrides menu.

Efriim

Saving the config overrides is true.

Some of the lr- emulators options aren't implemented into retroarch properly. Where saving the config override will not write the configurations. Such was the case for lr-parallel64. If that is true for lr-mupen64 I could stat some of the config lines from Retroarch-x86 and give you the lines that could be added to the override.cfg manually via text editor.

mitu

@Efriim said in N64 emulator doesn't save any settings:

Some of the lr- emulators options aren't implemented into retroarch properly. Where saving the config override will not write the configurations.

Core options are not part of the RetroArch's configuration, so they won't be saved in any overrides. They are automatically saved to the options file (retroarch-core-options.cfg) or can be set per-game using the Create Game Options file menu.

Efriim

@mitu
That's right, thanks for clearing that up.
In the case of lr-parallel64 many of the core-options would not write to the retroarch-core-options.cfg, yet they could be loaded if you append the correct lines using a text editor. Here is a list of the options for parallel, though this may not apply to mupen64next or the topic question, https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/191445, a not disimillar application could be had if the core options aren't saving otherwise of override.

mitu

@Efriim said in N64 emulator doesn't save any settings:

In the case of lr-parallel64 many of the core-options would not write to the retroarch-core-options.cfg, yet they could be loaded if you append the correct lines using a text editor.

Recent versions of RetroArch have started to save the core options in separate files (per core), instead of one large options file. This is not - yet - enabled in RetroPie, but if you've reset your RetroArch configuratio to default, then you might be using the split core options files.

quicksilver

@Efriim said in N64 emulator doesn't save any settings:

That's right, thanks for clearing that up.
In the case of lr-parallel64 many of the core-options would not write to the retroarch-core-options.cfg,

I believe this was due to the fact that parallel-n64 was seg faulting on closing of the emulator so it wasn't saving any options. AFAIK, Buzz fixed this some months ago so shouldn't be a problem anymore.

retroboy

@mitu said in N64 emulator doesn't save any settings:

you need to save a game or core override after you've changed the parameters

Can you please tell me where I can find the Overrides-menu? Or which solution would be the best?
When I switch the "Use Global Core Options File" to OFF, then I still the the same problem.