specific MAME ROM repeating boot sequence over and over and does not stop.

DavidDraper

Hi folks,

Specs:
version: RetroPie 4.7 (updated over 4.6 image downloaded for retropie.org)
Pi: Raspberry Pi 4B, 4GB ram
OS: Raspian Buster
PowerSupply: 4 amp power supply from Vilros
Controller: 8BitDO SN30

I have a ROM that opens in lr-mame2010, but when it does, the boot process repeats over and over. I have never seen this before. (usually, a core will quit out of the ROM back to ES if the ROM does not work for it; rarely the system will freeze up and I'll have to hard reset.) Here is a link to the errorlog from pastebin: https://pastebin.com/A3KQFhyc.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks very much!

Dave

DreamcastKid

@daviddraper

i encountered the same boot process loop with Pole Position II (Arcade) using lr-mame2010

and the game wouldn't even start using fbneo, lr-mame2000, lr-mame2003 or lr-mame2003-plus

but ... the game runs fine using lr-mame2015 and lr-mame2016 :)

DavidDraper

@dreamcastkid Thanks!

Question for you. On my system, configuring the controller keys in retropie (select+x -> controls) does nothing, but changing the keys within esc -> hardware inputs works just fine. Is there a way to get the controls option in the retropie menu in mame2015 or 2016 to manage the keys of the controller?

Thanks,

David

DreamcastKid

@daviddraper said in specific MAME ROM repeating boot sequence over and over and does not stop.:

Is there a way to get the controls option in the retropie menu in mame2015 or 2016 to manage the keys of the controller?

i haven't found a way except to manually add some controls to the *.rmp file

example: /opt/retropie/configs/arcade/MAME 2016/polepos2a.rmp

B button is my Accelerator (8)
A button is my Brake (0)
Couldn't find a button to do the Gear Shift from High to Low ... but Low Gear hits 160Mph in the game.

So im not sure if High/Low Gear is even used ? ... 160Mph is pretty fast for Low Gear !

input_libretro_device_p1 = "1"
input_libretro_device_p2 = "1"
input_libretro_device_p3 = "1"
input_libretro_device_p4 = "1"
input_libretro_device_p5 = "1"
input_player1_analog_dpad_mode = "1"
input_player2_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player3_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player4_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player5_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player1_btn_a = "0"
input_player1_btn_b = "8"

DavidDraper

@dreamcastkid Thanks!