RetroPie forum home
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Home
    • Docs
    • Register
    • Login
    Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

    save states

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Help and Support
    save states
    14 Posts 3 Posters 5.6k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • N
      naddel81
      last edited by

      thanks, man!

      meleuM 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • meleuM
        meleu @naddel81
        last edited by

        @naddel81 would you like to help to improve the forum quality?
        if you are happy with the proposed solution (savestate_auto_index = "true") and it works for you, mark this topic as solved. And change the topic title to something like "automatically increase the save slot".
        ;-)

        • Useful topics
        • joystick-selection tool
        • rpie-art tool
        • achievements I made
        N 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • N
          naddel81
          last edited by

          I will! Still need to check it out.

          1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • N
            naddel81
            last edited by

            what does auto_index do differently than

            savestate_auto_save = "false"
            savestate_auto_load = "false"

            ?

            meleuM 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • meleuM
              meleu @naddel81
              last edited by meleu

              @naddel81 auto_save/auto_load don't change the slot.

              # Automatically saves a savestate at the end of RetroArch's lifetime.
              # The path is $SRAM_PATH.auto.
              # RetroArch will automatically load any savestate with this path on startup if savestate_auto_load is set.
              # savestate_auto_save = false
              # savestate_auto_load = true
              

              The comments at your global retroarch.cfg have useful info. ;-)

              • Useful topics
              • joystick-selection tool
              • rpie-art tool
              • achievements I made
              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • N
                naddel81
                last edited by

                great features and thanks for enlightening me.

                1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • K
                  Kristopherson05
                  last edited by

                  hey how do you add tags? im having troubles

                  meleuM 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • meleuM
                    meleu @Kristopherson05
                    last edited by

                    @Kristopherson05 Do you mean tags in the forum topic? It is located below the text box where you compose your post. But only when you start a new topic (or editing the first post of a topic).

                    • Useful topics
                    • joystick-selection tool
                    • rpie-art tool
                    • achievements I made
                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • N
                      naddel81 @meleu
                      last edited by

                      @meleu Thanks for your help. Save index works great, but it never stops increasing. is there a way to limit the save states to 20 and then cycle? I mean overwriting the first save state when the index is reaching 21 and start from the beginning? I do not want to end up with thousands of save states in every folder.

                      best wishes!

                      meleuM 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • meleuM
                        meleu @naddel81
                        last edited by

                        @naddel81 there's no upper bound. My suggestion is to go back to the slot 1 when you reach the slot 20 (TBH I'm not sure if it will overwrite the existent states, but you should try).

                        The default hotkey to decrease the save slot is select+left.

                        And please, consider that topic renaming. ;-)

                        • Useful topics
                        • joystick-selection tool
                        • rpie-art tool
                        • achievements I made
                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • First post
                          Last post

                        Contributions to the project are always appreciated, so if you would like to support us with a donation you can do so here.

                        Hosting provided by Mythic-Beasts. See the Hosting Information page for more information.