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    Can't save states on any system

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      WhiskeyIce @mitu
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      Yes

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        barbudreadmon
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        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       • Retroarch is now using core info files to determine the level of savestate support of a core, i suppose having outdated info files can result in savestate unavailability.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.

        FBNeo developer - github - forum

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          mitu Global Moderator @barbudreadmon
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          @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 ?

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            WhiskeyIce @mitu
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            Hello @mitu. I am using RetroArch 1.12.0

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              mitu Global Moderator
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              @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.

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                smeghead @mitu
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                @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.

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                  mitu Global Moderator @smeghead
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                  @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 ?

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                    WhiskeyIce @mitu
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                    • RetroPie version: 4.8.2 (dfe0367b commit)
                    • Log file
                    • retroacrch.cfg
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                      mitu Global Moderator @WhiskeyIce
                      last edited by 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.

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                        smeghead @mitu
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                        @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.

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                          WhiskeyIce @mitu
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                          • /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg
                          • The folder /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/cores does not contain fceumm_libretro.info
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                            mitu Global Moderator @smeghead
                            last edited by 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.

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

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                                mitu Global Moderator @smeghead
                                last edited by 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.

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

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

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                                      WhiskeyIce @mitu
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                                      re-install log file

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                                        WhiskeyIce @mitu
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                                        Oh it's working now!
                                        Not sure why it failed before!
                                        Thank you for your help @mitu

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                                          mitu Global Moderator @WhiskeyIce
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                                          @WhiskeyIce said in Can't save states on any system:

                                          Oh it's working now!

                                          Should be, the log file shows the info files have been downloaded:

                                          ....
                                          git clone --recursive --depth 1 --shallow-submodules --branch master "https://github.com/libretro/libretro-core-info.git" "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/cores"
                                          Cloning into '/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/cores'...
                                          HEAD is now in branch 'master' at commit '3302a7322258a2fc2c0cd2a5bf2eda239910eb83'
                                          Already on 'master'
                                          ...
                                          
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                                            smeghead @mitu
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                                            @mitu not working yet after removing these two lines

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