Can't save states on any system

[smeghead]

Hello everyone,

I'm encountering an issue I think. On every systems I cannot save states.
Everytime I got the popup message that indicates that "Core does not support save states" when I use the combination to save.

My configuration is a retropie B 3+ that is booting on a SSD. I just installed with "Pre-made images for the Raspberry Pi" recently and updated Core packages.
I'm currently running on a RetroPie version 4.8.2 and emulationstation 2.11.0.RP. I tried to find any configuration inside retroarch.cfg but I don't know if there is a specific parameter to correct my issue.

I would be grateful for any help.
Thanks

[mitu]

Can you try updating the RetroPie-Setup script first and then update RetroArch again ?

[WhiskeyIce]

@mitu

I have the same issue as @smeghead but on PI 4. I did what you suggested and updated the RetroPie-Setup script, but it's still failing.

Seems like fresh install have this issue. Any insights on this?

[mitu]

Did you update also the RetroArch package after updating the RetroPie-Setup script ?

[WhiskeyIce]

Yes

[barbudreadmon]

2 things i discovered recently :

• Retroarch is now using core info files to determine the level of savestate support of a core, i suppose having outdated info files can result in savestate unavailability.
• Apparently, cores must also be loaded from the folder defined at libretro_directory for this information to be read and cached.

[mitu]

@barbudreadmon Yes, that was a significant change introduced sometimes ago and we've added support for this in our installation.
Core info files have been part of our installation since June and we're also setting libretro_directory when starting RetroArch (the modification to support this was introduced about the same time in June here).

@WhiskeyIce What version of RetroArch are you running ?

[WhiskeyIce]

Hello @mitu. I am using RetroArch 1.12.0

[mitu]

@WhiskeyIce can you please provide

• the exact RetroPie version, as it's shown in the RetroPie-Setup starting screen
• a verbose log from running a game through RetroArch
• your retroarch.cfg file, from the /opt/retropie/configs/<system> folder, where <system> is the rom folder from where you started the game.

Put the log and config files on pastebin.com, since they can be quite large.

[smeghead]

@mitu Hello, thanks for the reply.
I also tried to updating RetroPie-Setup script before updating RetroArch and nothing change. The version of RetroArch is 1.12.0 as @WhiskeyIce .

RetroPie Setup indicates RetroPie version 4.8.2 and last commit version dfe0367b.

[mitu]

@smeghead said in Can't save states on any system:

RetroPie Setup indicates RetroPie version 4.8.2 and last commit version dfe0367b.

OK, so this is as recent as it gets. Can you try providing the same info I asked earlier from @WhiskeyIce - a log file and the retroarch.cfg for the system where you start the game ?

[WhiskeyIce]

• RetroPie version: 4.8.2 (dfe0367b commit)
• Log file
• retroacrch.cfg

[mitu]

@WhiskeyIce Thank you.
Can you also post the contents of /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg ?

Can you check if the folder /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/cores exists and has the fceumm_libretro.info file in it ? The config folder is also accessible via \\retropie\configs, via file shares.

[smeghead]

@mitu
The system retroarch reference the one in the all retroarch config :
retroarch.cfg
I just launch the game with verbose log but I don't know in which directory I can find it.

[WhiskeyIce]

• /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg
• The folder /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/cores does not contain fceumm_libretro.info

[mitu]

@smeghead said in Can't save states on any system:

The system retroarch reference the one in the all retroarch config :
retroarch.cfg

The file here doesn't show an recently updated retroarch.cg. The update would add some new options, which are now showing up in your .cfg file. Are you sure re-installed retroarch after updating the RetroPie-Setup script and you didn't get any errors ?

EDIT: @WhiskeyIce I can see the same symptom your config file - some options which the new updated install script will add are missing.

Can either of you re-run an update for RetroArch from the setup script, exit the setup script, then look into $HOME/RetroPie-Setup/logs/ and get the most recent log file there. Unpack it (7zip should be able to handle this), then post the log file on pastebin.com.

[smeghead]

@mitu sorry, it was this one, I'd backed up the old one
new retroarch.cfg

[mitu]

@smeghead your config file seems to be have been saved from the menu and also not configured by the setup script. Try removing the lines:

libretro_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/cores"
libretro_info_path = "~/.config/retroarch/cores"

and see if saving works.

[WhiskeyIce]

@mitu do I re-install from binary or install from source?

[mitu]

@WhiskeyIce Both are fine - use the binary option since it's faster.