How does MSX & ColecoVision Co-Exist in BlueMSX?

TPR

@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.

Folly

@tpr

Yes, that is the only option for now.

Perhaps someone else has an idea how to fix this.

dmmarti

@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.

TPR

@dmmarti Let me go look...

TPR

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

Folly

@tpr

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

TPR

@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.

TPR

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"

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.

TPR

@folly I can check....

TPR

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

Folly

@tpr

The config looks good.

Perhaps it's an idea to update RetroArch.

TPR

@folly Ha! Updating RA is actually where all these problems started! :P I just updated last night.

Folly

@tpr

Ok, then it could be an issue in the RetroPie-Setup.

To be continued......

Lister of Smeg

@tpr I can't test this at the moment but what if you
rename the config folders to msxBAK & colecoBAK (easy to restore if this doesn't help)
uninstall bluemsx / reboot / reinstall
just to regenerate fresh config files?
at least this would eliminate those folders from trouble shooting??

TPR

@lister-of-smeg That's a good idea! I'll do this tonight!

Lister of Smeg

@tpr having thought about it
now might be a good time to start making sd card backups
I use Win32 Disk Imager - It's saved me from disaster a few times

TPR

@lister-of-smeg Oh, trust me, I am on backup #19 of this build already! :P

TPR

@lister-of-smeg Same results. It's fine. I've now resorted to just making a game config file for every ColecoVision game. A lot of them use FBNeo anyway since BlueMSX doesn't support the homebrew "Super Game Module" games and FBNeo does. If it ends up being a bigger issue I might just switch over to FBNeo for all those games.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone! I'm throwing in the towel on this one! :D

Folly

@tpr said in How does MSX & ColecoVision Co-Exist in BlueMSX?:

A lot of them use FBNeo anyway since BlueMSX doesn't support the homebrew "Super Game Module" games and FBNeo does. If it ends up being a bigger issue I might just switch over to FBNeo for all those games.

Indeed FBneo is a good choice.

For those who don't know, we did a lot of work in this thread :
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/30375/colecovision-start-up-error-turn-game-off-before-inserting-cartridge-or-expansion-module
It might be useful to check it.