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    prboom.cfg causing load to hang...

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    • timeonmyhandsT
      timeonmyhands
      last edited by

      I can't find any solution or reference to this online. I installed prBoom yesterday (pi 3b) and it worked fine...

      ... until I opened Freeware Doom/ Freedom 1 & 2 a second time. The prboom.cfg files had been created in the correct places on the USB in the Ports directory. However whenever I launch the games they hang on the loading (press any button to configure) pop-up.

      I went into the file manager and deleted the .cfg files and the games open as usual, so it's definitely the presence of these files that's problematic. Trouble is, any time I run the emulator it recreates the damn things.

      If anyone has a clue why these files are tripping the emulator up, I'm open to suggestions.
      I've checked the prboom docs and all of the file paths are present and correct.

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by

        Do you have a log from the emulator - enable verbose logging and post /dev/shm/runcommand.log on pastebin.com ?
        Also, add some info about your setup, as asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

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          macpx @mitu
          last edited by

          Exactly same issue here , works once then second play wont load and hangs on runcommand popup screen , pi then needing reboot via ssh , folder structure set up as it should but a new doom folder is created with a prboom.cfg , deleting this new prboom.cfg lets the game run again but recreates the cfg preventing it running a second time. Manged to get verbose log , https://pastebin.com/e3r7Kbf5

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator
            last edited by mitu

            Looks like an upstream regression introduced by some changes added last week. There's an issue opened for it, we'll see how it gets solved.

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator
              last edited by

              It should be solved now, try updating RetroPie-Setup and then re-install lr-prboom.

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              • timeonmyhandsT
                timeonmyhands @mitu
                last edited by

                @mitu Thank you - that's sorted it!

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