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    RetroArch is now "fully" compatible with RetroAchievements!

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    • meleuM
      meleu @mediamogul
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      @mediamogul said in RetroArch is now "fully" compatible with RetroAchievements!:

      What all is involved in testing, just reporting cheevos that don't trigger?

      well... reporting problematic cheevos helps, but a complete test is a dull task. It involves:

      1. be sure you are using the updated version of RetroArch
      2. face a cheevo problem in RetroArch.
      3. check if it's working with QuickNES (if it's a NES game). If working, take note about it and the test is finished.
      4. be sure that you are using the right ROM (TBH I only found this problem with MegaMan2). If not, get the right ROM and restart from step 1.
      5. check if the cheevo is working with the official retroachievements emulator (needs a windows machine, I use VirtualBox for it).
      6. if you confirm it doesn't work on RetroArch and works fine on official emulators, get a savestate right before complete the problematic cheevo.

      But don't worry about it. And to be honest I doubt you need to do the steps 4 and 5 after the latest fixes. Step 3 is very rare... Step 2 is for NES cheevos only. So, I think the current tests would be only the step 1. And if you face a problem, please take a savestate to let the developers check what's going on the emulated memory.

      And remember: if you don't want to get involved in this boring task and just report problematic cheevos, it'll still be much appreciated.

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      • hansolo77H
        hansolo77
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        Just chiming in here. I've been in contact with leiradel too, and started the ball rolling on the RetroArch GitHub:
        https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/3825
        But this is great news. It doesn't matter who started it. What matters is that it's getting fixed! Now I just wish the latest update didn't break my Quick Menu toggle, because I don't know how to fix it lol.

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        • mediamogulM
          mediamogul Global Moderator @meleu
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          @meleu said in RetroArch is now "fully" compatible with RetroAchievements!:

          if you don't want to get involved in this boring task and just report problematic cheevos, it'll still be much appreciated.

          I'll be going after quite a few achievements in normal play, so I'll start by reporting those that don't trigger. However, I may become more involved in hunting these issues down like the dogs they are as time goes on. Where is the proper place to report cheevo-specific issues anywho?

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          • meleuM
            meleu @mediamogul
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            @mediamogul said in RetroArch is now "fully" compatible with RetroAchievements!:

            Where is the proper place to report cheevo-specific issues anywho?

            The original place where I started to log it was here:
            http://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=3020

            But I think you can report on this very same topic we are using now, here on RetroPie forum.

            And if you have savestates, this is the repository I'm putting them: https://github.com/meleu/RetroArch-problematic-cheevos

            If you are not used to those github stuff, you can send to my email meleuzord (at) yahoo (dot) com and I'll put in the repo.

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            • mediamogulM
              mediamogul Global Moderator @meleu
              last edited by mediamogul

              @meleu said in RetroArch is now "fully" compatible with RetroAchievements!:

              if you are not used to those github stuff

              I'd like to become more familiar, so I'll work on learning the basics.

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              • meleuM
                meleu
                last edited by meleu

                We are still trimming the edges. The Game Boy and Game Boy Color seems to be the systems with some little problems currently.

                I'm trying to keep a libretro cores with RetroAchievements compatibility list here: https://github.com/meleu/RetroArch-problematic-cheevos/blob/master/core_compatibility.md

                If you guys find some cheevo problem you can even use the issue tracker: https://github.com/meleu/RetroArch-problematic-cheevos/issues

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                • meleuM
                  meleu
                  last edited by meleu

                  Yeah! Those who wants to earn cheevos for Game Boy and Game Boy Color games should update the lr-gambatte from source. The fix was merged. Working fine on my first tests.

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                  • hansolo77H
                    hansolo77 @meleu
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                    @meleu said in RetroArch is now "fully" compatible with RetroAchievements!:

                    Yeah! Those who wants to earn cheevos for Game Boy and Game Boy Color games should update the lr-gambatte from source. The fix was merged. Working fine on my first tests.

                    Woo! Awesome news. I'm just glad some more work is being done with the whole RetroAchievements side of things. I joined their site months ago but was having a hard time understanding why their site was working great for people, but not for me, even though RetroArch was supposed to be working with it. It's nice to know that it wasn't just me, and that things are working much better now.

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                    • meleuM
                      meleu @hansolo77
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                      @hansolo77 I think I know how you feel. I was (am) so excited with these latest fixes on RetroAchievements feature that I asked leiradel about donations (some guys were asking me how to donate due to these fixes too). He thanks and showed me this link: https://www.patreon.com/libretro

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                        The compatibility with RetroAchievements is something I feel RetroPie should publicize more, I bet the vast majority of casual users (those who don't feel it necessary to join the forum) don't know about it.

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