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    Can't save states on any system

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

                                          I prefer to work directly with those when I can, but I didn't see anything about the splash screen.

                                          The link from my previous post had the config file option, but you seem to have found it yourself.

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                                            ObscureUsername
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                                            Just putting this here in case someone else runs into the same issue. I'm not sure why, but updating my RetroPie-Setup script wasn't updating runcommand.sh, causing the 'does not support savestates' problem for me as runcommand.sh was an old version without the change mentioned above.

                                            To resolve it I moved my RetroPie-Setup folder somewhere else (instead of just deleting it, so I had a backup), recreated it by running:
                                            git clone https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup.git
                                            from the home directory and then updating the setup script again. I'm not sure if there's a better way to resolve it, but this worked for me.

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