Synchronization of save states between platforms (android, raspberry pi)

rmigd

Hi. I'm synchronizing the save states between Android's retroarch and the raspberry pi. However, I have been unable to cross load the save states. I've yet to confirm if using the same "core" will help. I've tried gpsp but I had issues with the use of the control, so didn't manage to test properly.

Another things I noticed is that android saves states end with ".state1", depending on the slot. I've renamed to remove that extra character and load in the rpi, but it didn't do the trick...

Can anyone give me a concrete answer/solution for this?

mitu

@rmigd RetroArch save states are always named .state[X], where [X] is the save slot, so don't expect removing this suffix will automagically make it work. Make sure you use the same core and the same version of the core, then select the save slot (1) and try loading the state.

rmigd

@mitu said in Synchronization of save states between platforms (android, raspberry pi):

@rmigd RetroArch save states are always named .state[X], where [X] is the save slot, so don't expect removing this suffix will automagically make it work.

Not the ones saved in the RPI...

mitu

@rmigd Please give more info about your setup - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

rmigd

pizwh
basic raspbian, ran retropie setup script.
savestate files are saved in /home/pi/RetroPie/savestates
This saves states as xpto.state

Android with Retroarch, saving states in a folder synched with RetroPie.
This saves states as xpto.state1

Regardless of the extra characters, I would like to know if this should work (and I'll keep trying) or will never work (and I won't waste any more time).

Note that I can save and load the states across my android phone and my windows laptop running RetroArch.

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.