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    Can't save states on any system

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    • mituM
      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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              • mituM
                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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                  • mituM
                    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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                                  smeghead @mitu
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                                  @mitu this is my log after the update of RetroArch log

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                                    mitu Global Moderator @smeghead
                                    last edited by mitu

                                    @smeghead You ran a 'all packages' update - I asked you to re-install RetroArch only. Go to the retroarch package and in the core section and re-install it, then re-try again to see if saving works.

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                                      smeghead @mitu
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                                      @mitu ah yes sorry, after re-installing retroarch it's working.
                                      Thanks you a lot !

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                                        GaucheArtist @mitu
                                        last edited by GaucheArtist

                                        @mitu I noticed this thread after having the same problem on a fresh RetroPie build. Following the steps here, I re-installed the RetroArch package (from Binary) in RetroPie Setup, but the issue persisted. I thought maybe it was because I still had my previous retroarch.cfg, but even after deleting them and letting the core create a new configuration on launch, the issue has persisted.

                                        Is there anything I can do to help troubleshoot this further? Would a verbose log of me attempting to create a save state help in any way?

                                        EDIT: Stupidly, I didn't update my RetroPie Setup to the latest build, so it was running 4.8 from earlier in the year. I'll see if updating it and then re-installing the RetroArch package resolves the issue.

                                        EDIT 2: Issue is resolved based on the previous edit. Sucks about that obnoxious new RetroArch boot window though.

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

                                          EDIT 2: Issue is resolved based on the previous edit. Sucks about that obnoxious new RetroArch boot window though.

                                          You're probably running with the a 'default' RetroArch config, RetroPie disables by default the 'splash' window when starting a game. You haven't seen it so far because the notification is shown only when the core .info file is present.

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                                            GaucheArtist @mitu
                                            last edited by GaucheArtist

                                            @mitu Oh, that sounds like it can be easily resolved then! Can I simply delete the .INFO files from \retropie\configs\all\retroarch\cores\? Alternatively, could it be disabled through the individual retroarch.cfg files? I prefer to work directly with those when I can, but I didn't see anything about the splash screen.

                                            EDIT: Found it in the retroarch.cfg as menu_show_load_content_animation and changing it from "true" to "false".

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