PPSSPP menu showing text

[jmcdra]

Pi Model or other hardware: Pi 4B, 4 GB
Power Supply used: 5.1V
RetroPie Version Used (eg 3.6, 3.8.1, 4.1 - do not write latest):4.7.12
Built From: retropie-buster-4.6-rpi4.img
USB Devices connected: wireless logitech keyboard, USB Stick
Controller used: PS4 Dualshock
Emulator: PPSSPP (from binary)

This is a new problem for me. When I run PPSSPP, text for the menu will not populate. The menu is there and I am able to navigate it by memory but this is rather annoying. Is there a fix for this? I'd like to avoid making a new image if possible.

Kind regards

[mitu]

Can you post the emulator's log from - from /dev/shm/runcommand.log ?

[jmcdra]

@mitu https://pastebin.com/Wzdd4B3L

[mitu]

You're missing a some assets file that are needed by PPSPP. They are part of the binary distribution, so maybe check if you have enough free disc space ?

[jmcdra]

@mitu I double checked. I have plenty of free space on the drive. I'm not seeing any obvious errors saying that it didn't install properly either. Is there a log file I can check for this and if so where would I find it?

[mitu]

@jmcdra Install again ppsspp and check the latest log from $HOME/RetroPie-Setup/logs.

[jmcdra]

@mitu https://pastebin.com/sQa4zNqT

[mitu]

The log shows the files are downloaded and extracted correctly - for some reason the emulator doesn't like them.
Are you using a sdcard ? Can you check if you have any disc errors in the logs ? (dmesg should show the system log)

[jmcdra]

@mitu https://pastebin.com/5viRFCEm

[sirhenrythe5th]

Following! I have got the same Problem from the Start, but had no answers to my Topic.
I hope we get it solved.

[mitu]

@jmcdra any errors regarding the sdcard in the log ?

[jmcdra]

@mitu I'm not seeing any SDCard errors in the log I posted. Is there a command I should run to test the SDCard?

[mitu]

@jmcdra said in PPSSPP menu showing text:

Is there a command I should run to test the SDCard?

If there are not errors, then there's no need to run a test. Can rename the ppsspp config file and re-try again to start the a PSP game ? The file is in /home/pi/.config/ppsspp/PSP/SYSTEM/ppsspp.ini.

[jmcdra]

@mitu Tried it again with that file removed. Same error sadly :(

[mitu]

It's a PPSSPP error of some sort - I managed to reproduce it. Happens only when a gamepad is plugged in - that's why I couldn't reproduce it yesterday.
With only the keyboard plugged in, ppsspp finds correctly the assets folder, with a gamepad plugged in, it's looking elsewhere. Will have to find out why.

EDIT: as a workaround, edit /opt/retropie/configs/psp/emulators.cfg and find the line that starts with ppsspp:

ppsspp = "/opt/retropie/emulators/ppsspp/PPSSPPSDL --fullscreen %ROM% 

and replace it with

ppsspp = "pushd /opt/retropie/emulators/ppsspp; /opt/retropie/emulators/ppsspp/PPSSPPSDL --fullscreen %ROM%; popd"

[Genos98]

@sirhenrythe5th Same issue here. Just updated ppsspp a few hours ago, although the games plays fine there's no texts when the save prompt shows up or If I try to access the ppsspp menu. Never had any issues with ppsspp prior the update.

[jmcdra]

@mitu it worked thank you!

[Genos98]

@mitu thank you. It also worked for me as well.

[mitu]

@Genos98 @sirhenrythe5th what controller are you using ? I have a suspicion it might be related to how the controller is initialized in PPSSPP.

[Genos98]

@mitu it's a ds4 connected via bluetooth. Nothing was plugged in to my pi4 before the ppsspp update, only thing connected was my ds4 via bluetooth. Thanks for your fix, it seems like my ppsspp is back to normal now.