Auto save with lr-mame2003

[Fab]

Hello everyone,

I just got my first Rpi3 and have been trying to install a Retropie config for my home made MAME cabinet (to replace an old PC that was kinda doing the job).

Most issue found their answer during the weekend, until this one: I can't figure out how to make auto save/load savestate with lr-mame2003... and it's getting pretty tiring :(

Setting autosave_interval, savestate_auto_save = "true" and savestate_auto_load = "false" won't do a thing (save file isn't created in the folder). The only way I manage to get a save is by going in the Retroarch options (F1 ingame) and tweak those options here (the file sf2.state.auto -for instance- gets created then).

Also, when I load the game, a message prompts saying the auto save has been loaded with success, the state is shown for a fraction of a second, then it goes back to the start of the ROM (like if ROM start discarded the just-loaded state).

Did anyone encounter similar issues ? or hints to try fixing it ? (or even a proper way to debug maybe)

Thanks !

[dankcushions]

@Fab firstly, not all mame2003 games support save states, so if you can't save/load in game (using select+R to save, select+L to load), then the auto-save is not going to work. can you give an example of a game that save states work on, but auto-saves do not? and also your entire .cfg file that you've made changes to? thanks!

[Fab]

Hey Dank :)

I tried with SF2, save & load works properly (through Retroarch UI and F2/F4).

• SRM files are created and the game loads the state properly
• note: the ".auto" file is also created when I start playing in the GUI, but is not updated every X seconds after even if I put autosave timer.
• If a ".auto" is in the folder, it gets loaded for a fraction of a second (with the message "load succeeded"), but the ROM goes back to the start almost instantly.

Here is my cfg. Note: I've tried a bunch of combination (autosave on/off, SRAM overwrite on/off, etc...) to no avail

input_bind_timeout = "5"
input_turbo_period = "6"
input_duty_cycle = "3"
input_max_users = "5"
input_menu_toggle_gamepad_combo = "0"
input_axis_threshold = "0.500000"
ui_companion_start_on_boot = "true"
ui_companion_enable = "false"
video_gpu_record = "false"
input_remap_binds_enable = "true"
back_as_menu_toggle_enable = "true"
netplay_client_swap_input = "true"
input_descriptor_label_show = "true"
input_descriptor_hide_unbound = "false"
load_dummy_on_core_shutdown = "false"
builtin_mediaplayer_enable = "false"
builtin_imageviewer_enable = "true"
fps_show = "false"
ui_menubar_enable = "true"
suspend_screensaver_enable = "true"
libretro_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/cores"
libretro_info_path = "~/.config/retroarch/cores"
content_database_path = "~/.config/retroarch/database/rdb"
cheat_database_path = "~/.config/retroarch/cheats"
menu_wallpaper_opacity = "0.300000"
menu_footer_opacity = "1.000000"
menu_header_opacity = "1.000000"
cursor_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/database/cursors"
rewind_enable = "false"
audio_latency = "64"
audio_sync = "true"
audio_block_frames = "0"
rewind_granularity = "1"
video_shader_enable = "false"
video_aspect_ratio = "-1.000000"
video_aspect_ratio_auto = "false"
video_windowed_fullscreen = "true"
video_scale = "3.000000"
autosave_interval = "5"
video_crop_overscan = "true"
video_scale_integer = "false"
video_smooth = "false"
video_threaded = "false"
video_shared_context = "false"
video_force_srgb_disable = "false"
video_fullscreen = "false"
bundle_assets_extract_enable = "false"
bundle_assets_extract_version_current = "0"
bundle_assets_extract_last_version = "0"
video_refresh_rate = "60.000000"
video_monitor_index = "0"
video_fullscreen_x = "0"
video_fullscreen_y = "0"
video_driver = "gl"
record_driver = "null"
camera_driver = "null"
location_driver = "null"
threaded_data_runloop_enable = "true"
menu_throttle_framerate = "true"
menu_linear_filter = "true"
dpi_override_enable = "true"
dpi_override_value = "200"
menu_driver = "rgui"
menu_pause_libretro = "true"
menu_mouse_enable = "false"
menu_pointer_enable = "false"
menu_timedate_enable = "true"
menu_core_enable = "true"
menu_dynamic_wallpaper_enable = "false"
menu_thumbnails = "3"
video_vsync = "true"
video_max_swapchain_images = "3"
video_hard_sync = "false"
video_hard_sync_frames = "0"
video_frame_delay = "0"
video_black_frame_insertion = "false"
video_disable_composition = "false"
pause_nonactive = "true"
video_swap_interval = "1"
video_gpu_screenshot = "true"
video_rotation = "0"
screenshot_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/screenshots"
auto_screenshot_filename = "true"
aspect_ratio_index = "21"
core_updater_buildbot_assets_url = "http://buildbot.libretro.com/assets/"
core_updater_auto_extract_archive = "true"
camera_allow = "false"
cheevos_enable = "false"
cheevos_test_unofficial = "false"
cheevos_hardcore_mode_enable = "false"
audio_rate_control = "true"
audio_rate_control_delta = "0.005000"
audio_max_timing_skew = "0.050000"
audio_volume = "0.000000"
audio_driver = "alsathread"
audio_enable = "true"
audio_mute_enable = "false"
audio_out_rate = "48000"
location_allow = "false"
video_font_size = "24.000000"
video_font_enable = "true"
video_message_color = "ffff00"
ups_pref = "false"
bps_pref = "false"
ips_pref = "false"
system_directory = "default"
input_remapping_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/config/remaps"
video_shader_dir = "~/.config/retroarch/shaders"
video_filter_dir = "default"
core_assets_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/downloads"
assets_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/assets"
dynamic_wallpapers_directory = "default"
thumbnails_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/thumbnails"
playlist_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/playlists"
rgui_browser_directory = "default"
rgui_config_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/config"
joypad_autoconfig_dir = "~/.config/retroarch/autoconfig"
overlay_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/overlay"
audio_filter_dir = "default"
audio_resampler = "sinc"
xmb_scale_factor = "100"
xmb_alpha_factor = "75"
xmb_theme = "0"
xmb_menu_color_theme = "4"
materialui_menu_color_theme = "0"
xmb_shadows_enable = "true"
menu_shader_pipeline = "1"
rgui_show_start_screen = "false"
menu_navigation_wraparound_enable = "true"
menu_navigation_browser_filter_supported_extensions_enable = "true"
menu_show_advanced_settings = "true"
menu_entry_normal_color = "ffffffff"
menu_entry_hover_color = "ff64ff64"
menu_title_color = "ff64ff64"
content_history_size = "100"
input_autodetect_enable = "true"
input_overlay_enable = "true"
input_overlay_enable_autopreferred = "true"
input_overlay_hide_in_menu = "true"
input_overlay_opacity = "0.700000"
input_overlay_scale = "1.000000"
osk_overlay_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/overlay"
input_osk_overlay_enable = "true"
video_message_pos_x = "0.050000"
video_message_pos_y = "0.050000"
custom_viewport_width = "1440"
custom_viewport_height = "1080"
custom_viewport_x = "240"
custom_viewport_y = "0"
gamma_correction = "false"
flicker_filter_enable = "false"
soft_filter_enable = "false"
soft_filter_index = "0"
current_resolution_id = "0"
flicker_filter_index = "0"
video_font_size = "32.000000"
block_sram_overwrite = "false"
savestate_auto_index = "false"
savestate_auto_save = "true"
savestate_auto_load = "true"
history_list_enable = "true"
network_cmd_enable = "false"
stdin_cmd_enable = "false"
network_cmd_port = "55355"
fastforward_ratio = "0.000000"
slowmotion_ratio = "3.000000"
config_save_on_exit = "true"
state_slot = "0"
netplay_spectator_mode_enable = "false"
netplay_mode = "false"
netplay_ip_port = "0"
netplay_delay_frames = "0"
user_language = "0"
custom_bgm_enable = "false"
input_driver = "udev"
input_joypad_driver = "udev"
input_device_p1 = "0"
input_player1_joypad_index = "0"
input_libretro_device_p1 = "1"
input_player1_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_device_p2 = "0"
input_player2_joypad_index = "1"
input_libretro_device_p2 = "1"
input_player2_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_device_p3 = "0"
input_player3_joypad_index = "2"
input_libretro_device_p3 = "1"
input_player3_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_device_p4 = "0"
input_player4_joypad_index = "3"
input_libretro_device_p4 = "1"
input_player4_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_device_p5 = "0"
input_player5_joypad_index = "4"
input_libretro_device_p5 = "1"
input_player5_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_device_p6 = "0"
input_player6_joypad_index = "5"
input_libretro_device_p6 = "1"
input_player6_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_device_p7 = "0"
input_player7_joypad_index = "6"
input_libretro_device_p7 = "1"
input_player7_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_device_p8 = "0"
input_player8_joypad_index = "7"
input_libretro_device_p8 = "1"
input_player8_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_device_p9 = "0"
input_player9_joypad_index = "8"
input_libretro_device_p9 = "1"
input_player9_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_device_p10 = "0"
input_player10_joypad_index = "9"
input_libretro_device_p10 = "1"
input_player10_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_device_p11 = "0"
input_player11_joypad_index = "10"
input_libretro_device_p11 = "1"
input_player11_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_device_p12 = "0"
input_player12_joypad_index = "11"
input_libretro_device_p12 = "1"
input_player12_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_device_p13 = "0"
input_player13_joypad_index = "12"
input_libretro_device_p13 = "1"
input_player13_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_device_p14 = "0"
input_player14_joypad_index = "13"
input_libretro_device_p14 = "1"
input_player14_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_device_p15 = "0"
input_player15_joypad_index = "14"
input_libretro_device_p15 = "1"
input_player15_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_device_p16 = "0"
input_player16_joypad_index = "15"
input_libretro_device_p16 = "1"
input_player16_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
network_remote_enable_user_p1 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p2 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p3 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p4 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p5 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p6 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p7 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p8 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p9 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p10 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p11 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p12 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p13 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p14 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p15 = "false"
network_remote_enable_user_p16 = "false"
network_remote_enable = "false"
network_remote_base_port = "55400"
input_player1_a = "ctrl"
input_player1_b = "alt"
input_player1_y = "nul"
input_player1_x = "space"
input_player1_start = "num1"
input_player1_select = "num5"
input_player1_l = "z"
input_player1_r = "x"
input_player1_left = "left"
input_player1_right = "right"
input_player1_up = "up"
input_player1_down = "down"
input_player1_turbo = "nul"
input_player1_turbo_btn = "nul"
input_player1_turbo_axis = "nul"
input_toggle_fast_forward = "nul"
input_toggle_fast_forward_btn = "nul"
input_toggle_fast_forward_axis = "nul"
input_hold_fast_forward = "l"
input_hold_fast_forward_btn = "nul"
input_hold_fast_forward_axis = "nul"
input_load_state = "f4"
input_load_state_btn = "nul"
input_load_state_axis = "nul"
input_save_state = "f2"
input_save_state_btn = "nul"
input_save_state_axis = "nul"
input_toggle_fullscreen = "nul"
input_toggle_fullscreen_btn = "nul"
input_toggle_fullscreen_axis = "nul"
input_exit_emulator = "escape"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "nul"
input_exit_emulator_axis = "nul"
input_state_slot_increase = "f7"
input_state_slot_increase_btn = "nul"
input_state_slot_increase_axis = "nul"
input_state_slot_decrease = "f6"
input_state_slot_decrease_btn = "nul"
input_state_slot_decrease_axis = "nul"
input_rewind = "nul"
input_rewind_btn = "nul"
input_rewind_axis = "nul"
input_movie_record_toggle = "o"
input_movie_record_toggle_btn = "nul"
input_movie_record_toggle_axis = "nul"
input_pause_toggle = "p"
input_pause_toggle_btn = "nul"
input_pause_toggle_axis = "nul"
input_frame_advance = "nul"
input_frame_advance_btn = "nul"
input_frame_advance_axis = "nul"
input_reset = "h"
input_reset_btn = "nul"
input_reset_axis = "nul"
input_shader_next = "m"
input_shader_next_btn = "nul"
input_shader_next_axis = "nul"
input_shader_prev = "n"
input_shader_prev_btn = "nul"
input_shader_prev_axis = "nul"
input_cheat_index_plus = "y"
input_cheat_index_plus_btn = "nul"
input_cheat_index_plus_axis = "nul"
input_cheat_index_minus = "t"
input_cheat_index_minus_btn = "nul"
input_cheat_index_minus_axis = "nul"
input_cheat_toggle = "u"
input_cheat_toggle_btn = "nul"
input_cheat_toggle_axis = "nul"
input_screenshot = "f8"
input_screenshot_btn = "nul"
input_screenshot_axis = "nul"
input_audio_mute = "f9"
input_audio_mute_btn = "nul"
input_audio_mute_axis = "nul"
input_osk_toggle = "f12"
input_osk_toggle_btn = "nul"
input_osk_toggle_axis = "nul"
input_netplay_flip_players = "nul"
input_netplay_flip_players_btn = "nul"
input_netplay_flip_players_axis = "nul"
input_slowmotion = "e"
input_slowmotion_btn = "nul"
input_slowmotion_axis = "nul"
input_enable_hotkey = "nul"
input_enable_hotkey_btn = "nul"
input_enable_hotkey_axis = "nul"
input_volume_up = "add"
input_volume_up_btn = "nul"
input_volume_up_axis = "nul"
input_volume_down = "subtract"
input_volume_down_btn = "nul"
input_volume_down_axis = "nul"
input_overlay_next = "nul"
input_overlay_next_btn = "nul"
input_overlay_next_axis = "nul"
input_disk_eject_toggle = "nul"
input_disk_eject_toggle_btn = "nul"
input_disk_eject_toggle_axis = "nul"
input_disk_next = "nul"
input_disk_next_btn = "nul"
input_disk_next_axis = "nul"
input_disk_prev = "nul"
input_disk_prev_btn = "nul"
input_disk_prev_axis = "nul"
input_grab_mouse_toggle = "f11"
input_grab_mouse_toggle_btn = "nul"
input_grab_mouse_toggle_axis = "nul"
input_menu_toggle = "f1"
input_menu_toggle_btn = "nul"
input_menu_toggle_axis = "nul"
input_player2_a = "a"
input_player2_b = "s"
input_player2_y = "q"
input_player2_x = "w"
input_player2_start = "nul"
input_player2_select = "nul"
input_player2_l = "i"
input_player2_r = "k"
input_player2_left = "d"
input_player2_right = "g"
input_player2_up = "r"
input_player2_down = "f"
input_player2_turbo = "nul"
input_player2_turbo_btn = "nul"
input_player2_turbo_axis = "nul"

#truncated

core_specific_config = "false"
game_specific_options = "false"
auto_overrides_enable = "true"
auto_remaps_enable = "true"
sort_savefiles_enable = "false"
sort_savestates_enable = "false"
libretro_log_level = "0"
log_verbosity = "false"
perfcnt_enable = "false"
keyboard_gamepad_enable = "true"
keyboard_gamepad_mapping_type = "1"
input_poll_type_behavior = "2"
core_set_supports_no_game_enable = "true"
menu_ok_btn = "8"
menu_cancel_btn = "0"
menu_search_btn = "9"
menu_info_btn = "2"
menu_default_btn = "3"
menu_scroll_down_btn = "11"
menu_scroll_up_btn = "10"
content_history_path = "/opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/content_history.lpl"
input_player1_b_btn = "nul"
input_player1_b_axis = "nul"
input_player1_y_btn = "nul"
input_player1_y_axis = "nul"
input_player1_select_btn = "nul"
input_player1_select_axis = "nul"
input_player1_start_btn = "nul"
input_player1_start_axis = "nul"
input_player1_up_btn = "nul"
input_player1_up_axis = "nul"
input_player1_down_btn = "nul"
input_player1_down_axis = "nul"
input_player1_left_btn = "nul"
input_player1_left_axis = "nul"
input_player1_right_btn = "nul"
input_player1_right_axis = "nul"
input_player1_a_btn = "nul"
input_player1_a_axis = "nul"
input_player1_x_btn = "nul"
input_player1_x_axis = "nul"
input_player1_l_btn = "nul"
input_player1_l_axis = "nul"
input_player1_r_btn = "nul"
input_player1_r_axis = "nul"
input_player1_l2 = "nul"
input_player1_l2_btn = "nul"
input_player1_l2_axis = "nul"
input_player1_r2 = "nul"
input_player1_r2_btn = "nul"
input_player1_r2_axis = "nul"
input_player1_l3 = "nul"
input_player1_l3_btn = "nul"
input_player1_l3_axis = "nul"
input_player1_r3 = "nul"
input_player1_r3_btn = "nul"
input_player1_r3_axis = "nul"
input_player1_l_x_plus = "nul"
input_player1_l_x_plus_btn = "nul"
input_player1_l_x_plus_axis = "nul"
input_player1_l_x_minus = "nul"
input_player1_l_x_minus_btn = "nul"
input_player1_l_x_minus_axis = "nul"
input_player1_l_y_plus = "nul"
input_player1_l_y_plus_btn = "nul"
input_player1_l_y_plus_axis = "nul"
input_player1_l_y_minus = "nul"
input_player1_l_y_minus_btn = "nul"
input_player1_l_y_minus_axis = "nul"
input_player1_r_x_plus = "nul"
input_player1_r_x_plus_btn = "nul"
input_player1_r_x_plus_axis = "nul"
input_player1_r_x_minus = "nul"
input_player1_r_x_minus_btn = "nul"
input_player1_r_x_minus_axis = "nul"
input_player1_r_y_plus = "nul"
input_player1_r_y_plus_btn = "nul"
input_player1_r_y_plus_axis = "nul"
input_player1_r_y_minus = "nul"
input_player1_r_y_minus_btn = "nul"
input_player1_r_y_minus_axis = "nul"
input_player2_b_btn = "nul"
input_player2_b_axis = "nul"
input_player2_y_btn = "nul"
input_player2_y_axis = "nul"
input_player2_select_btn = "nul"
input_player2_select_axis = "nul"
input_player2_start_btn = "nul"
input_player2_start_axis = "nul"
input_player2_up_btn = "nul"
input_player2_up_axis = "nul"
input_player2_down_btn = "nul"
input_player2_down_axis = "nul"
input_player2_left_btn = "nul"
input_player2_left_axis = "nul"
input_player2_right_btn = "nul"
input_player2_right_axis = "nul"
input_player2_a_btn = "nul"
input_player2_a_axis = "nul"
input_player2_x_btn = "nul"
input_player2_x_axis = "nul"
input_player2_l_btn = "nul"
input_player2_l_axis = "nul"
input_player2_r_btn = "nul"
input_player2_r_axis = "nul"
input_player2_l2 = "nul"
input_player2_l2_btn = "nul"
input_player2_l2_axis = "nul"
input_player2_r2 = "nul"
input_player2_r2_btn = "nul"
input_player2_r2_axis = "nul"
input_player2_l3 = "nul"
input_player2_l3_btn = "nul"
input_player2_l3_axis = "nul"
input_player2_r3 = "nul"
input_player2_r3_btn = "nul"
input_player2_r3_axis = "nul"
input_player2_l_x_plus = "nul"
input_player2_l_x_plus_btn = "nul"
input_player2_l_x_plus_axis = "nul"
input_player2_l_x_minus = "nul"
input_player2_l_x_minus_btn = "nul"
input_player2_l_x_minus_axis = "nul"
input_player2_l_y_plus = "nul"
input_player2_l_y_plus_btn = "nul"
input_player2_l_y_plus_axis = "nul"
input_player2_l_y_minus = "nul"
input_player2_l_y_minus_btn = "nul"
input_player2_l_y_minus_axis = "nul"
input_player2_r_x_plus = "nul"
input_player2_r_x_plus_btn = "nul"
input_player2_r_x_plus_axis = "nul"
input_player2_r_x_minus = "nul"
input_player2_r_x_minus_btn = "nul"
input_player2_r_x_minus_axis = "nul"
input_player2_r_y_plus = "nul"
input_player2_r_y_plus_btn = "nul"
input_player2_r_y_plus_axis = "nul"
input_player2_r_y_minus = "nul"
input_player2_r_y_minus_btn = "nul"
input_player2_r_y_minus_axis = "nul"
savefile_directory = "default"
savestate_directory = "default"
recording_output_directory = ""
recording_config_directory = ""
core_options_path = ""
video_shader = ""
bundle_assets_src_path = ""
bundle_assets_dst_path = ""
bundle_assets_dst_path_subdir = ""
menu_wallpaper = ""
video_filter = ""
audio_dsp_plugin = ""
input_overlay = ""
input_osk_overlay = ""
video_font_path = ""
content_history_dir = ""
playlist_names = ""
playlist_cores = ""
audio_device = ""
core_updater_buildbot_url = ""
camera_device = ""
cheevos_username = ""
cheevos_password = ""
video_context_driver = ""
cache_directory = ""
resampler_directory = ""
xmb_font = ""
netplay_ip_address = ""
netplay_nickname = ""
input_keyboard_layout = ""

Thanks !

[Fab]

Hey @dankcushions , does any of this info help ? :)

[dankcushions]

@Fab perfect, thanks! i have added it to my 'to-do' list

[Fab]

Ah ! Do you mean it's a feature not yet implemented ? Btw i have the latest version of retropie :)

[dankcushions]

@Fab i mean i haven't tested your scenario. auto-save/load is supported in retroarch, in theory.

[Fab]

@dankcushions For info, I just installed Recalbox and tried doing the same with Bubble Bobble (using the autosave/autoload config), and in this caase it just won't load anything.