changing Saved State directory location RetroPie 4.2

[fsd2s]

Running RetroPie 4.2, Raspberry Pi 1
Playing NES games.

How do I set a default directory to save all Save States to that directory?

I attempted to edit /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg
and change the line:

savestate_directory = "/home/pi/RetroPie/trysave/"

BUT... after restarting the Raspberry Pi, it saves all game states into each game's ROM directory and NOT into the directory "/home/pi/RetroPie/trysave/"

I then attempted to edit:
/opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg

And changed the line:
savestate_directory = "default"
to....
savestate_directory = "/home/pi/RetroPie/trysave/"

Then reboot
BUT... no fix... still saves Save State to each game's ROM directory and not to the directory I try to set.

What am I overlooking or forgetting to edit??

[fsd2s]

@fsd2s

Unfortunately I can't delete my post, but I found my answer.
I have to get rid of the / after I typed the directory.

Instead of savestate_directory = "/home/pi/RetroPie/trysave/"
I had to erase the last / and it became
savestate_directory = "/home/pi/RetroPie/trysave"

Then save it in both the /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg
and
/opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg

[meleu]

@fsd2s said in changing Saved State directory location RetroPie 4.2:

Unfortunately I can't delete my post, but I found my answer.

You should say "fortunately". You came back here and shared your solution. What, unfortunately wouldn't happen if you had deleted the post. :-)

[backstander]

@fsd2s
It's best to leave your post so if someone else is having this same issue will find this and be able to resolve it like you did :-)

[mediamogul]

@fsd2s

Plus in the future you can sit your great grandkids on your knee, pull up this site on the holobrowser and prove that you were here making history happen. Just don't let them click that holofolder marked "Boring Banking Stuff". You're not fooling anyone with that.

[meleu]

@mediamogul said in changing Saved State directory location RetroPie 4.2:

Just don't let them click that holofolder marked "Boring Banking Stuff". You're not fooling anyone with that.

Is that folder where they actually stores x-men videos? :-)

[mediamogul]

@meleu

Ha! I'm sure there's an X or three in there somewhere.