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    How does MSX & ColecoVision Co-Exist in BlueMSX?

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    • TPRT
      TPR @Folly
      last edited by

      @folly yeah, the only difference between yours and mine is that I just prefer to turn off the sprite flickering. I can load it with verbose logging and see if that has any other clues.

      As I'm typing this, I had just completely removed BlueMSX and re-installed from binary and I'm still getting the same issues.

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      • FollyF
        Folly @TPR
        last edited by

        @tpr

        Basically your emulators config line loads a system specific retroarch.cfg.
        Take coleco then it will load :
        /opt/retropie/configs/coleco/retroarch.cfg

        Above file redirects to :
        core_options_path = "/opt/retropie/configs/coleco/retroarch-core-options.cfg"

        That way it should load the coleco system.

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        • TPRT
          TPR @Folly
          last edited by

          @folly So here's the verbose runcommand log:
          https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ka7oshhxwbi4ec/runcommand_msx.log?dl=0

          I can see at the end it says this:
          [INFO] [Core Options]: Saved core options file to "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/blueMSX/blueMSX.opt"

          But I have no idea why it keeps trying to load that file. If I delete that file, it automatically loads as MSX and when I exit out, it just makes another one. I cannot seem to figure out why it's sharing that .opt file between both consoles.

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          • TPRT
            TPR @Folly
            last edited by

            @folly In my /opt/retropie/configs/coleco here is the retroarch.cfg:
            #Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line

            input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/coleco/"

            quit_press_twice = "false"

            core_options_path = "/opt/retropie/configs/coleco/retroarch-core-options.cfg"
            #include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"

            and my retroarch-core-options.cfg in /opt/retropie/configs/coleco
            bluemsx_auto_rewind_cas = "ON"
            bluemsx_cartmapper = "Auto"
            bluemsx_msxtype = "ColecoVision"
            bluemsx_nospritelimits = "ON"
            bluemsx_overscan = "disabled"
            bluemsx_vdp_synctype = "Auto"
            bluemsx_ym2413_enable = "enabled"

            I cannot figure out why it keeps loading as an MSX machine.

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            • TPRT
              TPR @TPR
              last edited by

              The only way I can see to get around this right now is to make an .opt file for every single ColecoVision ROM I have that specifically calls out the system type as ColecoVision.

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              • FollyF
                Folly @TPR
                last edited by Folly

                @tpr

                I checked mine and your log.

                mine does this instead :
                [INFO] [Core Options]: Saved core options file to "/opt/retropie/configs/coleco/retroarch-core-options.cfg"

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                • TPRT
                  TPR @Folly
                  last edited by

                  @folly Yes, this is what is contained in that .cfg file in that folder:

                  #Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line

                  input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/coleco/"

                  quit_press_twice = "false"

                  core_options_path = "/opt/retropie/configs/coleco/retroarch-core-options.cfg"
                  #include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"

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                  • FollyF
                    Folly @TPR
                    last edited by

                    @tpr

                    Indeed, very strange.

                    Don't have a solution right now.

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                    • TPRT
                      TPR @Folly
                      last edited by

                      @folly Just for fun I removed that "press_quit_twice" thing and I'm still getting this in my runcommand log:
                      [INFO] [Core Options]: Saved core options file to "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/blueMSX/blueMSX.opt"

                      I can't figure it out either. I don't think I've ever run into an issue like this before.

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                      • TPRT
                        TPR @Folly
                        last edited by

                        @folly Thanks for at least looking into it. I think at this point I'm just going to make a separate game options file for every single ColecoVision ROM. That's the only fix I can think of at the moment that will at least get this working.

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                        • FollyF
                          Folly @TPR
                          last edited by

                          @tpr

                          Yes, that is the only option for now.

                          Perhaps someone else has an idea how to fix this.

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                            dmmarti @TPR
                            last edited by

                            @tpr Do you have a file in this folder?

                            [INFO] [Remaps]: core-specific remap found at /opt/retropie/configs/coleco/blueMSX/blueMSX.rmp.

                            saw that in your verbose log.

                            If so, delete it and see if that fixes it.

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                            • TPRT
                              TPR @dmmarti
                              last edited by

                              @dmmarti Let me go look...

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                              • TPRT
                                TPR @dmmarti
                                last edited by

                                @dmmarti Damn... I do. Let me rename that now and see if it helps.

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                                • FollyF
                                  Folly @TPR
                                  last edited by

                                  @tpr

                                  Indeed my log doesn't refer to a remap file.

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                                  • TPRT
                                    TPR @dmmarti
                                    last edited by

                                    @dmmarti Nope. Didn't fix it. It also removed the ColecoVision specific remap for controls I had made. So I don't think that's the culprit.

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                                    • TPRT
                                      TPR
                                      last edited by

                                      Here's what's also interesting. Some of my ColecoVision ROMs boot with FBNeo and even when I look at the runcommand log for those it's also pulling the config from the FBNeo config folder and not the coleco folder:

                                      [INFO] [Core Options]: Saved core options file to "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/FinalBurn Neo/FinalBurn Neo.opt"

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                                      • FollyF
                                        Folly @TPR
                                        last edited by Folly

                                        @tpr

                                        Do you perhaps have wrong settings in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg ?

                                        Above is just a guess, seems we are on a dead end.

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                                        • TPRT
                                          TPR @Folly
                                          last edited by

                                          @folly I can check....

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                                          • TPRT
                                            TPR @Folly
                                            last edited by

                                            @folly Here's the retroarch.cfg in /all/
                                            https://www.dropbox.com/s/h4j6yhod2z92sin/retroarch_main.cfg?dl=0

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