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    • Manguy888

      Transferred .state files do not load on new machine
      Help and Support • saves savestates transfersaves retroflaggpi • • Manguy888

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      mitu

      Hm, save states are not portable also between emulators, so as a starting point you should use the same emulators when testing.

      But since you're using a Pi 0, the same emulator from the Pi3 may not be available or perform well enough to be a viable alternative on a lower spec system.

    • BR23Z

      Savestates taking forever
      Help and Support • savestates load states issue • • BR23Z

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      dankcushions

      @br23z please fill out https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

      including relevant config files (/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg and the one for the system in question) and verbose log.

    • JimmyFromTheBay

      Can you convert SNES emulator save files from PC to Retropie?
      Help and Support • snes savestates • • JimmyFromTheBay

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      JimmyFromTheBay

      @mitu Yep, exact same name, cut and pasted to avoid any errors. I think this is a hopeless case tbh, the saves I'm using behave extremely weirdly and I suspect there's just no chance of transferring them over but it never hurts to ask in case someone knows of a conversion tool or the like.

    • pmdci

      ROM state not saving over network
      Help and Support • savestates mount network • • pmdci

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      pmdci

      @mitu

      Story of my life.... As soon as I decided to ask a question, I find the answer.

      According to the documentation (at the very end), there is a line that says I should replace my mount command with the following:

      sudo mount -t cifs -o sec=ntlmv2,username=something,rw,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,password=********,nounix,noserverino //SERVER/Software/Games/roms/ /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/

      That solved the problem.

      I wonder however what would be the difference between this whole new line, versus your suggestion of just adding uid=pi to my previous line. Would you know?

    • Hakan77

      Savestats on multiple systems
      Help and Support • savestates shared library • • Hakan77

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      Hakan77

      @mitu That was indeed the problem, using the same emulator fixed everything! Thank you so much, I was going crazy there for a while. Merry Christmas to all of you!

    • DidiZing

      Savestate/file issue in combination with physical disc playback
      Help and Support • physical disc savestates save files disc project • • DidiZing

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      DidiZing

      Thanks for the reply!

      You can launch discs for supported cores by starting any rom for the system in question first (which avoids having you to load up a core first before launching a disc) and then selecting "load disc" from the retroarch menu.

      You're right, defining a per-system folder for the savefiles is a good idea, but it doesn't help with the save states, which is indeed a retroarch problem.

    • kevzombie

      Redream emulator settings not saving.
      Help and Support • redream dreamcast reicast savestates config • • kevzombie

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      kevzombie

      @mitu Thanks that did solve it, was able to save emulator settings. Just uninstalled and then update retropie setup script =D

    • thomas.ap

      SAVE STATE STUCK AT 0% ISSUSES
      Help and Support • savestates psx savegame raspberrypi 3b+ issues saving issues • • thomas.ap

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      theotherdan

      @deskjobo

      @deskjobo said in SAVE STATE STUCK AT 0% ISSUSES:

      @theotherdan Thank you so incredibly much for your response. I followed both sets of steps you gave, and my results are as follows:
      After using df -h my available storage is shown to be 785M out of 3.3G size.
      For the command ls -al /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ all the emulators appear to have 'pi' in both the user and group, as well as all the correct modebits.

      Is 785M enough of an available storage or could that be the cause of the problem?

      ps. All my roms are stored in a usb drive instead of in the sd card with the image.

      @deskjobo
      785M will be 785 Megabytes, so a decent amount of space. For save states, I would say that space is not an issue..
      Now, since you are not using the default location for saving, you will need to adjust the process a bit.
      You can look at /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg by running 'cat /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg'. This file should show you where the save states and saves games are stored:

      #Save all save files (*.srm) to this directory. This includes related files like .bsv, .rtc, .psrm, etc ...
      #This will be overridden by explicit command line options.
      savefile_directory = "/media/usb0/savefile" <--

      #Save all save states (*.state) to this directory.
      #This will be overridden by explicit command line options.
      savestate_directory = "/media/usb0/savestate" <--

      Based on the output, and where the USB device is loaded, you will have to append the command to meet it:

      sudo chown -R pi:pi /media/usb0/<emulator>

      Let me know how that turns out.

    • Regard

      Games restart When I crouch and hit
      Help and Support • help savestates game restart • • Regard

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      Regard

      Ok thanks for the reply. I will do that. Thanks

    • Arcuza

      Rsync savestates locally
      Help and Support • savestates sync • • Arcuza

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      cyperghost

      Maybe @jandalf81 gots a script solution in his pocket: [SCRIPT] Setup script to sync saves to cloud services

    • Sebiohazard

      Reicast - Change configuration of the ontroller + savestates ?
      Help and Support • controller savestates reicast • • Sebiohazard

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      Sebiohazard

      @mitu I'm going to look at it thank you very much !

    • Addison

      Save file sharing
      Help and Support • gaming savestates save game • • Addison

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      ByteThis

      @jandalf81 Interesting..thanks!

    • lovelorn88

      PS1 save state issues
      Help and Support • retro pie retropie 4.4 save state savestates savegames • • lovelorn88

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      lovelorn88

      again.... playstation games..... and the snes9x2010 emulator lol i figured i wouldnt find a answer on here im pretty sure the official power supply is enough

      just posted a issue with re3 having load issues.... the guy wanted to know what kinda power supply i was using LMFAO outa 166 games why does the type of controller i use a issue at all.....

    • rmigd

      Synchronization of save states between platforms (android, raspberry pi)
      Help and Support • savestate savestates • • rmigd

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      barbudreadmon

      @rmigd it depends on the emulator, if not handled properly, size of savestates can be different between 32 and 64 bits. Most likely your android device is using arm64 retroarch while your rpi is using arm32 retroarch.

    • Kentinator

      Save State Not Working After Auto-Login Enabled
      Help and Support • retropie auto-login savestate savestates save state prob • • Kentinator

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      Kentinator

      Hi Mitu,
      Sorry about not posting that information, must've missed that post. I started collecting the data, but while I was running through it I decided to run the following commands:

      sudo apt-get update
      sudo apt-get upgrade
      sudo apt-get install alsa-utils

      After that my save states worked normally even with auto-login enabled. When I originally updated the device was when the save states stopped working, but I guess now that has been figured out :)

    • jandalf81

      [SCRIPT] Setup for an automatic savestate selector
      Projects and Themes • savestates script • • jandalf81

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      jandalf81

      Sorry for the late reply... ;-(

      @joelkolb I'm glad you like this. I did this more as a "proof of concept" since I don't really use save states. There will very likely be a whole batch of errors in this scripts... ;-)
      Nevertheless, I corrected the script to work with games with dots in their names. If you install the script now, this should work out of the box.
      As for the timer, that can be changed from inside RetroPie. The setup added a configuration script to the main RetroPie menu

      @cyperghost Thanks for helping with the quick fix!

      @robertybob I have no intention of adding any of my scripts to the "official" RetroPie setup. This is more of a side project or hobby to me. Having more users means having more problems as my scripts have not been thoroughly tested. This would create frustrations on all sides. Now, if someone were to fork my projects and take over support for that fork... I wouldn't have a problem with that.

      @ExarKunIv You either need to manually activate the setting to create a thumbnail on saving states or the first savestate won't have one. If you use my script to start a ROM with a savestate that setting will be set to TRUE by the script. This will be done per system, as @joelkolb said

    • Montecore

      NES saves pre-4.4.2 update not loading
      Help and Support • nes savestates retropie 4.4.2 fceumm nestopia • • Montecore

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      herb_fargus

      @montecore >Sounds like there's nothing that can be done

      Well, you could manually recompile it from an earlier version to get back to where it was but as far as converting the savestates I'm not aware of any method

    • xadox

      Upgrading to Retropie 4.4 makes old lr-fceumm SaveStates incompatible
      Help and Support • savestates retropie 4.4 lr-fceumm • • xadox

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      mediamogul

      @radiusxe

      The best you can hope for is to load the save state from the previous core version and work your way to an area that allows for a normal memory save. Afterwards, update the core load the save and make a new save state. I realize this wouldn't be possible for all games and it's a major hassle, but it's really the only option. It's best to only utilize save states for very casual use and at no time when it's crucial to keep them for long periods of time. Save state formats can change at any time depending on development. You might see an emulator/core keep its format throughout its lifespan, or you might see it change several times a year.

    • SpudsMcToole

      Nuts caught in a VICE
      Help and Support • vice c64 config hotkey savestates • • SpudsMcToole

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      SpudsMcToole

      @rustymg Ooh, that's odd. I just use the joystick, if that doesn't work I have no idea what to suggest.

    • Robotechvfx

      Save and load button function on gamepad for mame games
      Help and Support • mame mame4 all retropie savestate savestates • • Robotechvfx

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      Robotechvfx

      Thanks @dankcushions I didn't knew that I needed the parent rom. Problem solved. It's up and running. Now I can save my progress in Pacman.

      Thank you all.
      @mitu and @jonnykesh

      You've been a great help.