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    Dreamcast mvc2 crashing at stage 2

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      tackett1980 @quicksilver
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      @quicksilver said in Dreamcast mvc2 crashing at stage 2:

      My pi3 has an older version of reicast and I was able to make it to the 2nd stage without crashing. You might be able to take my reicast binary and swap it out on your pi.

      https://mega.nz/#!9ZBBjSCZ!DEetDT-HYLEdByt5o2xYcv5uW3kb8HiiuO7yApzgX6U

      Place it in:

      /opt/retropie/emulators/reicast/bin/

      I would recommend backing up your reicast binary first before replacing.

      I replaced my binary with yours, however yours is different.

      On mine if I push start reicast, it sends me to a black screen that I can enter options for reicast itself or boot to the Dreamcast bios.

      Yours does not give me that option. When I push start reicast it goes directly into the Dreamcast bios menu.

      Why?

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        quicksilver @tackett1980
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        @tackett1980 Its older an older version than yours

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          tackett1980 @quicksilver
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          @quicksilver

          Oh ok, how do I get it off of what I assume is in interpreter mode? It’s super slow.

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            quicksilver @tackett1980
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            @tackett1980 Im not sure why its running slow, could be some incompatibilities with your current settings IDK. Its not slow for me.

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              rejesterd @tackett1980
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              @tackett1980 said in Dreamcast mvc2 crashing at stage 2:

              Oh ok, how do I get it off of what I assume is in interpreter mode? It’s super slow.

              In ~/.reicast/emu.cfg, you need to make sure Dynarec.Enabled = yes. If it's set to 'no', that means it's in interpreter mode.

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                quicksilver
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                @tackett1980 Can you post the contents of your emu.cfg?

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                  tackett1980 @quicksilver
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                  @quicksilver

                  Yes I will do so when I get back today.

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                    tackett1980
                    last edited by tackett1980

                    I actually can’t find this file anywhere....

                    If I go /home/pi

                    All I see is
                    RetroPie
                    RetroPie-Setup

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                      mitu Global Moderator @tackett1980
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                      @tackett1980 Try /home/pi/.reicast, it's a hidden folder.

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                        tackett1980 @mitu
                        last edited by tackett1980

                        @mitu said in Dreamcast mvc2 crashing at stage 2:

                        @tackett1980 Try /home/pi/.reicast, it's a hidden folder.

                        ok, thanks I got it figured out I think. Im trying this pastebin thing like im supposed to, hope this works.

                        [T1212N]
software.name = MARVEL VS CAPCOM 2

[alsa]
device = auto

[audio]
backend = omx
disable = 0

[config]
Debug.SerialConsoleEnabled = no
Dreamcast.Broadcast = 0
Dreamcast.Cable = 0
Dreamcast.ContentPath = 
Dreamcast.FullMMU = no
Dreamcast.Language = 1
Dreamcast.RTC = -2081599938
Dreamcast.Region = 1
Dreamcast.Rtt = 0
Dynarec.Enabled = yes
Dynarec.SmcCheckLevel = 0
Dynarec.idleskip = yes
Dynarec.safe-mode = no
Dynarec.unstable-opt = yes
Social.HideCallToAction = no
aica.LimitFPS = no
aica.NoBatch = no
aica.NoSound = no
aica.OldSyncronousDma = no
bios.UseReios = 0
pvr.MaxThreads = 1
pvr.Subdivide = 0
pvr.SynchronousRendering = no
pvr.rend = 0
rend.Clipping = no
rend.CustomTextures = no
rend.DumpTextures = no
rend.FloatVMUs = no
rend.Fog = no
rend.MaxFilteredTextureSize = 8
rend.ModifierVolumes = no
rend.RenderToTextureBuffer = no
rend.RenderToTextureUpscale = 1
rend.ResolutionPercentage = 100
rend.Rotate90 = no
rend.ScreenScaling = 100
rend.ScreenStretching = 100
rend.ShowFPS = no
rend.TextureUpscale = 1
rend.UseMipmaps = 1
rend.WideScreen = no
ta.skip = 0

[dispmanx]
height = 480
maintain_aspect = yes
width = 640

[input]
MouseSensitivity = 100
VirtualGamepadVibration = 20
device1 = 0
device1.1 = 1
device1.2 = 1
device2 = 0
device2.1 = 1
device2.2 = 1
device3 = 8
device3.1 = 8
device3.2 = 8
device4 = 8
device4.1 = 8
device4.2 = 8
maple_/dev/input/event0 = 0
maple_/dev/input/event1 = 1
maple_/dev/input/event2 = 0
maple_/dev/input/event3 = 1

[omx]
audio_hdmi = yes
audio_latency = 100

[validate]
OpenGlChecks = 0

                        edit:
                        four edits I think I got it finally.

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                          quicksilver @tackett1980
                          last edited by

                          @tackett1980 I'll compare with my settings when I get home but I think some of my settings are different from yours...

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                            tackett1980 @quicksilver
                            last edited by tackett1980

                            @quicksilver

                            At this point I think the issue is that it isn’t able to access to VMU save data.

                            I came to this conclusion because I found a existing save, using a VMU writer, I wrote that to an new vmu_save_A1.bin file and replaced it.

                            When I loaded into the game it says “file created” like it never accessed the file.

                            So I’m partly convinced that if for some reason it is able to access the save data it won’t crash any longer.

                            But my wife will tell you that I’ve been wrong before...

                            Man if I could just get this working I think I’d be satisfied. It runs remarkably well.

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                              tackett1980 @tackett1980
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                              @tackett1980

                              Ok I can officially say that it is not reading any save data.

                              Every time I load the rom it says
                              “File created” or something of that nature even though there is save data available.

                              Is there an error log file created somewhere that I can maybe dump on here to have you super smart people take a look at?

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                                mitu Global Moderator
                                last edited by

                                You can post the regular log file (/dev/shm/runcommand.log) on pastebin.com.

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                                  rejesterd @tackett1980
                                  last edited by rejesterd

                                  @tackett1980 said in Dreamcast mvc2 crashing at stage 2:

                                  Every time I load the rom it says
                                  “File created” or something of that nature even though there is save data available.

                                  Unless the log shows otherwise, your vmus are probably corrupt. You can re-initialize it in the dreamcast bios interface, which you can get to by clicking the +start reicast link in ES. Do that, then give it a try. Again, I don't run this game in reicast, but when I was testing it, I didn't have the problem you're describing, where it can't save any data at all.

                                  But any reason you're not trying redream or flycast?

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                                    mitu Global Moderator @rejesterd
                                    last edited by

                                    @rejesterd said in Dreamcast mvc2 crashing at stage 2:

                                    But any reason you're not trying redream or flycast?

                                    Because it's not a Pi4, but a Pi 3B+, where redream doesn't work and lr-flycast is probably slower than reicast standalone.

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                                      tackett1980 @mitu
                                      last edited by

                                      @mitu said in Dreamcast mvc2 crashing at stage 2:

                                      @rejesterd said in Dreamcast mvc2 crashing at stage 2:

                                      But any reason you're not trying redream or flycast?

                                      Because it's not a Pi4, but a Pi 3B+, where redream doesn't work and lr-flycast is probably slower than reicast standalone.

                                      This is the exact reason.

                                      So I’ll try to post the log, but it appears that it isn’t even saving the “formatting” for the “memory cards”

                                      I enter the bios, I select a memory card
                                      I hit all
                                      Memory reset
                                      Yes
                                      Pick goofy picture
                                      Pick arbitrary color
                                      Yes
                                      “Deleting all”
                                      “All files were deleted and the memory card was reset”

                                      I back out and I can see the card and goofy picture with the color I chose.

                                      I back out of the bios

                                      Go back into the bios

                                      And my goofy pic and character are both back to the default.

                                      I’m sure this is the issue.

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                                        rejesterd
                                        last edited by

                                        Seems like a permissions problem to me. What's the output of..

                                        ls -al /opt/retropie/configs/dreamcast/

                                        ?

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                                          tackett1980 @rejesterd
                                          last edited by

                                          @rejesterd

                                          Im not sure, let me look. In the meantime here is the runcommand log.

                                          Parameters: 
Executing: bash "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/dreamcast/+Start Reicast.sh"
glGetError 0x500
Compiled
Compiled

OMX: creating 3 buffers
OMX: audio output to 'hdmi'
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
OMX: underrun occurred
Config dir is: /home/pi/.reicast/
Data dir is:   /home/pi/.reicast/
Personality: 00C00000
Updated personality: 00800000
found libbcm_host
rpi2: bcm_init
ARM VFP-Run Fast (NFP) enabled !
Linux paging: 4096 00001000 00000FFF
Info: nvmem is enabled, with addr space of size 512MB
Info: p_sh4rcb: 0x4f9f0000 virt_ram_base: 0x53af0000
Virtual cfg config:homedir=/home/pi
Virtual cfg x11:fullscreen=1
Virtual cfg input:evdev_device_id_1=0
Virtual cfg input:evdev_mapping_1=/opt/retropie/configs/dreamcast/mappings/controller_DragonRiseInc.GenericUSBJoystick.cfg
Virtual cfg input:evdev_device_id_2=1
Virtual cfg input:evdev_mapping_2=/opt/retropie/configs/dreamcast/mappings/controller_DragonRiseInc.GenericUSBJoystick.cfg
Virtual cfg input:evdev_device_id_3=-1
Virtual cfg input:evdev_mapping_3=-1
Virtual cfg input:evdev_device_id_4=-1
Virtual cfg input:evdev_mapping_4=-1
Virtual cfg input:joystick_device_id=-1
Virtual cfg players:nb=2

evdev: Opened device 'DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick  ' using custom mapping 'DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick   mapping'
evdev: Opened device 'DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick  ' using custom mapping 'DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick   mapping'
Unable to open VMU save file "/home/pi/.reicast/vmu_save_A1.bin", creating new file
Unable to create VMU!
Failed to create VMU save file "/home/pi/.reicast/vmu_save_A1.bin"
Initialising empty VMU...
Unable to create VMU!
EGL config: 0x1, 0x1, 0x1 640x480
OpenGL version: OpenGL ES 2.0
Packed depth/stencil not supported: no modifier volumes when rendering to a texture
Screen DPI is 96, size 640 x 480. Scaling by 1.00
Loaded /home/pi/.reicast/data/dc_boot.bin as bootrom

Loaded /home/pi/.reicast/data/dc_nvmem.bin as nvram


	 ARM7_TCB addr: 0x4b000 | from: 0x4ad3c | addr here: 0x4a620
recSh4 Init
@@	ngen_ResetBlocks()
Initializing the ARM32 dynarec
readm helpers: up to 00271250
@@	ngen_ResetBlocks()
Using Recompiler
Sh4 Reset
Initializing audio backend "omx" (OpenMAX IL)...
Using Recompiler
cntx // fpcb offset: -68157440 // pc offset: -184 // pc A0000000
Warning: Dynarec safe mode is off
Warning: Unstable optimizations is on
@@	ngen_ResetBlocks()
recSh4:Dynarec Cache clear at 8C0000DE
Invalid GD-DMA start, SB_GDEN=0.Ingoring it.
MODEM Reset
VREG = 00 ARMRST 00
VREG = 00 ARMRST 01
VREG = 00 ARMRST 00
Invalid GD-DMA start, SB_GDEN=0.Ingoring it.
VREG = 00 ARMRST 00
Status: reicast git/n - 18.84 - 53.07 - V: 31.81 (64.00, VGA480p59.94) R: 0.49+0.00 VTX: 0.00 , MIPS: 0.00
VREG = 00 ARMRST 01
VREG = 00 ARMRST 01
VREG = 00 ARMRST 00
SQW-WM match 28 !
SQW-WM match 12 !
SQW-WM match 32 !
SQW-WM match 32 !
SQW-WM match 32 !
SQW-WM match 32 !
SQW-WM match 32 !
SQW-WM match 32 !
SQW-WM match 12 !
SQW-WM match 12 !
SQW-WM match 12 !
SQW-WM match 12 !
Status: reicast git/n - 9.92 - 100.77 - V: 60.40 (12.19, VGA480p59.94) R: 1.48+3.46 VTX: 0.00 , MIPS: 0.00
Invalid GD-DMA start, SB_GDEN=0.Ingoring it.
VREG = 00 ARMRST 00
VREG = 00 ARMRST 01
VREG = 00 ARMRST 01
VREG = 00 ARMRST 00
SQW-WM match 16 !
SQW-WM match 28 !
SQW-WM match 28 !
Status: reicast git/n - 11.23 - 89.03 - V: 53.37 (1.61, VGA480p59.94) R: 33.10+0.00 VTX: 0.00 , MIPS: 0.00
SQW-WM match 32 !
SQW-WM match 28 !
SQW-WM match 32 !
SQW-WM match 28 !
SQW-WM match 12 !
Status: reicast git/n - 9.76 - 102.41 - V: 61.39 (1.00, VGA480p59.94) R: 31.68+29.21 VTX: 0.00 , MIPS: 0.00
SQW-WM match 16 !
SQW-WM match 16 !
SQW-WM match 16 !
Status: reicast git/n - 10.00 - 99.91 - V: 59.89 (0.99, VGA480p59.94) R: 41.08+19.30 VTX: 0.00 , MIPS: 0.00
Status: reicast git/n - 10.00 - 99.91 - V: 59.89 (1.00, VGA480p59.94) R: 56.92+2.96 VTX: 0.00 , MIPS: 0.00
Status: reicast git/n - 10.00 - 99.92 - V: 59.90 (1.00, VGA480p59.94) R: 57.42+2.47 VTX: 0.00 , MIPS: 0.00
Status: reicast git/n - 10.00 - 99.91 - V: 59.89 (1.00, VGA480p59.94) R: 55.43+4.45 VTX: 0.00 , MIPS: 0.00
Status: reicast git/n - 10.00 - 99.96 - V: 59.92 (1.00, VGA480p59.94) R: 39.12+20.80 VTX: 0.00 , MIPS: 0.00
Status: reicast git/n - 9.98 - 100.12 - V: 60.02 (1.00, VGA480p59.94) R: 32.73+26.78 VTX: 0.00 , MIPS: 0.00
Status: reicast git/n - 1/opt/retropie/emulators/reicast/bin/reicast.sh: line 92: 15297 Trace/breakpoint trap   "$rootdir/emulators/reicast/bin/reicast" "${params[@]}"
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                                            rejesterd
                                            last edited by rejesterd

                                            Warning: Unstable optimizations is on

                                            I would turn that off in the Settings menu.

                                            And..

                                            Unable to open VMU save file "/home/pi/.reicast/vmu_save_A1.bin", creating new file
Unable to create VMU!
Failed to create VMU save file "/home/pi/.reicast/vmu_save_A1.bin"

                                            Could be permissions.

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