lr-blueMSX failing to run ColecoVision ROMS

[fscii]

I use built in Retropie Setup to add/remove emulators.
following https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Colecovision/
I tried CoolCV and then decided to try lr-blueMSX instead.
Uninstalled CoolCV and had setup add lr-blueMSX via binary.

I'm using RPI3b+ with freshly installed latest version of Retropie that I got from retropie.org for 3b+ (4.7.1) I'm running a picade-x hat on it with hdmi display and using picade hat's rpisndhifiberry audio out.

/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/Databases
/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/Machines/COL - ColecoVision

Both exist and the coleco.rom is in the latter folder.

I tried uninstall and reinstall lr-blueMSX and a reboot just in case but no luck. Since CoolCV ran the few games, I'm sure its not the games.

Here's the verbose runcommand.log

Parameters: 
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-bluemsx/bluemsx_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/coleco/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco/Donkey Kong (USA, Europe).zip" --verbose --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
[INFO] RetroArch 1.8.8 (Git 9552f87)
[INFO] Redirecting save file to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco/Donkey Kong (USA, Europe).srm".
[INFO] Redirecting save state to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco/Donkey Kong (USA, Europe).state".
[INFO] === Build =======================================
[INFO] Capabilities:  NEON VFPv3 VFPv4
[INFO] Built: Feb 22 2021
[INFO] Version: 1.8.8
[INFO] Git: 9552f87
[INFO] =================================================
[INFO] Loading dynamic libretro core from: "/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-bluemsx/bluemsx_libretro.so"
[INFO] [Overrides] no core-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/blueMSX/blueMSX.cfg.
[INFO] [Overrides] no content-dir-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/blueMSX/coleco.cfg.
[INFO] [Overrides] no game-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/blueMSX/Donkey Kong (USA, Europe).cfg.
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LANGUAGE: "0".
[INFO] [Environ]: RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_CORE_OPTIONS_INTL.
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_CONTROLLER_INFO.
[INFO] [Remaps]: remap directory: /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/remaps
[INFO] Redirecting save file to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco/Donkey Kong (USA, Europe).srm".
[INFO] Redirecting save state to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco/Donkey Kong (USA, Europe).state".
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LOG_INTERFACE.
[INFO] Content loading skipped. Implementation will load it on its own.
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: RGB565.
[WARN] SYSTEM DIR is empty, assume CONTENT DIR /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco/Donkey Kong (USA, Europe).zip
[INFO] [Environ]: SYSTEM_DIRECTORY: "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco/".
[INFO] Removing temporary content file: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco/Donkey Kong (USA, Europe).col.
[ERROR] Failed to load content
[INFO] Content ran for a total of: 00 hours, 00 minutes, 00 seconds.
[INFO] Unloading game..
[INFO] Unloading core..
[INFO] Unloading core symbols..
[INFO] [Core Options]: Saved core options file to "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/blueMSX/blueMSX.opt"
[INFO] [Video]: Does not have enough samples for monitor refresh rate estimation. Requires to run for at least 4096 frames.

[mitu]

@fscii said in lr-blueMSX failing to run ColecoVision ROMS:

/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/Databases
/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/Machines/COL - ColecoVision

The BIOS folder above is ignored by RetroArch, since you've used "Reset Configuration" from the menu and thus this folder was unset and it cannot find the necessary BIOS files:

[WARN] SYSTEM DIR is empty, assume CONTENT DIR /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco/Donkey Kong (USA, Europe).zip
[INFO] [Environ]: SYSTEM_DIRECTORY: "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco/".

[fscii]

@mitu I don't recall doing a "Reset Configuration" unless installing and uninstalling CoolCV somehow did this? I hadn't gone into Retroarch cfg just the Retropie setup script. I'd like to understand what I did to cause this to avoid it in the future.

How do I fix this since uninstall/reinstall lr-blueMSX doesn't fix it?

[mitu]

@fscii said in lr-blueMSX failing to run ColecoVision ROMS:

I hadn't gone into Retroarch cfg just the Retropie setup script. I'd like to understand what I did to cause this to avoid it in the future.

Whatever you modified, you're not running with the default RetroArch configuration that ships with RetroPie. Try removing/renaming /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg and re-installing (without starting any game) the retroarch package.

[fscii]

@mitu I forgot to mention that initially I hadn't installed an emulator by mistake and Retropie, on game launch, suggested lr-fbneo-cv and I went with it but it didn't work. Then installed CoolCV and uninstalled then lr-blueMSX.

So my retroarch.cfg got bloated out to 101kb.

I just solved it by

1. uninstall lr-blueMSX
2. deleting all files from /opt/retropie/configs/coleco
3. reinstalling lr-blueMSX
4. replacing the retroarch.cfg.rp-dist file

Launched ROMs now work. Thank you!

[barbudreadmon]

@fscii said in lr-blueMSX failing to run ColecoVision ROMS:

suggested lr-fbneo-cv

FBNeo requires usage of romsets

[MrPacMan17]

@fscii Sweet! Had the same issues like you did. Steps 1 to 3 solved it for me! Thanks a lot!

[stoogesfan87]

@barbudreadmon Last time when I tried to play colecovision of fbneo. I keep on getting this romset is unknown error.

[barbudreadmon]

@stoogesfan87 as previously said, FBNeo requires the usage of romsets : https://docs.libretro.com/library/fbneo/

[stoogesfan87]

@barbudreadmon how do I get the colecovision romset for fbneo? This sounds complicated

[barbudreadmon]

@stoogesfan87 asking for roms is against rules