Reicast doesn't work properly

darudev

Hi community,

i'm writing my first post after read a lot of posts about the same problem don't solve my situation.

I need to work correctly with Reicast emulator for dreamcast in my retropie system.
Below some considerations about what i am using:

Raspberry model 3b+
Retropie v. 4.5.1

Obv i used guide on https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Dreamcast
having correctly put bios file in correct folder, md5 checksum for both of them are correct.

Obv i installed Reicast from source in retropie v.4.51 and then update again it from source, so i'm using the last version of it

The problem is that when i try to start +StartReicast in Dreamcast i receive error as file attached in link https://imgur.com/a/BCffCkb

nothing is possible to do in this view. My controller work correctly and i configured it in through /opt/retropie/emultators/reicast/bin/ -> ./reicast-joyconfig

output of this operations:

[emulator]
mapping_name = Twin USB Joystick
btn_escape = 292

[dreamcast]
btn_a = 288
btn_b = 289
btn_x = 290
btn_y = 291
btn_start = 297
.
.
.

If i try to start a .cgi rom it starts without possible interation with controller configured.

Someone knows as solve these problems with Reicast emulator ?

Thank you so much

quicksilver

@darudev said in Reicast doesn't work properly:

The problem is that when i try to start +StartReicast in Dreamcast i receive error as file attached in link https://imgur.com/a/BCffCkb

The picture you posted is not an error, can you use your controller to navigate to the "settings" button in the upper right corner of the screen? (seen in the picture you posted). You can remap as needed in the settings menu. If your controller doesnt work, do you have a mouse that you can plug into your pi that might let you select the settings menu.

darudev

Hi @quicksilver , thank you for your reply. Problem is that mouse ( that works in Kodi for example ) doens't work in this section ( reicast ), controller seems to be died evan keyboard, i can't reach Settings button :D .

mitu

Configure your gamepad using the Reicast mapping utility, which can be found under Configuration/Tools -> Reicast in the RetroPie script. I don't think Reicast supports mice though.

darudev

Hi @mitu, no it's not seems possible to do :(

mitu

@darudev I don't understand. Are you unable to run the setup script ? What exactly isn't working ?

darudev

@mitu Maybe i haven't found exactly what you said

which can be found under Configuration/Tools -> Reicast in the RetroPie script

i need to configure a mouse, and in Configuration/Tools -> Reicast -> configure input .... i can choose device listed as mouse, but i can't configure mouse as a controller ...

Thanks

mitu

@darudev Why would you configure a mouse as a controller ? They're not the same thing.

darudev

@mitu becasue i can't navigate to settings button i have here https://imgur.com/a/BCffCkb

i can't do it with controllers ( already configured ) , i can't do it with keyboard...

mitu

@darudev Forget that screen, you don't need it. Configure your controller, then start a game and see if it the controller works.

darudev

@mitu ok, so i have already done it. Controller is configured, if i start a game, there's not interaction. Could you help me to debug eventually problem i don't see ?

mitu

Make sure you've updated your Retropie-Setups script and then re-configure the controller again from the Reicast configuration utility.

darudev

@mitu thanks! I have already done your steps. nothing it seems changed, except the emulator for the game that i try to launch from dreamcast ( reicast ), i see that they try to start with " reicast-audio-oss" and for other choice i have only "reicast-audio-omx" obv are both of them wrong. How it is possible if i have reicast installed and correct BIOS for it ?

Thank for the help.

mitu

@darudev I guess your gamepad is not correctly detected or configured. Check the mappings created by the joypad script in \\retropie\configs\dreamcast\mappings - there should be a .cfg file created for your controller.

darudev

@mitu it is correct and in file named controller_TwinUSBJoystick.cfg there're lines below

[emulator]
mapping_name = Twin USB Joystick
btn_escape = 292

[dreamcast]
btn_a = 288
btn_b = 289
btn_x = 290
btn_y = 291
btn_start = 297
axis_x = 0
axis_y = 0

axis_y = 0

[compat]
axis_dpad1_x = 0
axis_dpad1_x_inverted = no
axis_dpad1_y = 1
axis_dpad1_y_inverted = no
axis_dpad2_x = 0
axis_dpad2_x_inverted = no
axis_dpad2_y = 1
axis_dpad2_y_inverted = no
btn_trigger_left = 292
btn_trigger_right = 293
axis_x_inverted = no
axis_y_inverted = yes

mitu

Rename the file to evdev_TwinUSBJoystick.cfg and see if it makes a difference.

darudev

@mitu said in Reicast doesn't work properly:

evdev_TwinUSBJoystick.cfg

i do it but nothing is changed.

darudev

@mitu It's normale that in path /opt/retropie/configs/dreamcast/emulators.cfg i have these ?

reicast-audio-omx = "CON:/opt/retropie/emulators/reicast/bin/reicast.sh omx %ROM%"
default = "reicast-audio-oss"
reicast-audio-oss = "CON:/opt/retropie/emulators/reicast/bin/reicast.sh oss %ROM%"

??

mitu

Then I guess your controller is not properly detected by Reicast.
One thing though it's puzzling for me - normally, after the update, re-configuring your joystick using the Reicast script would generate a configuration file called evdev_<gamepad_name>.cfg, so I don't understand why it hasn't been.

It's normale that in path /opt/retropie/configs/dreamcast/emulators.cfg i have these ?

Yes.

darudev

@mitu I have reconfigured controller in reicast again, in path /opt/retropie/configs/dreamcast/emulators.cfg i can read file named

evdev_Twin USB Joystick.cfg

and its content is below

[emulator]
mapping_name = Twin USB Joystick

[dreamcast]
btn_a = 288
btn_b = 289
btn_x = 290
btn_y = 291
btn_start = 297

[compat]
axis_dpad1_x = 0
axis_dpad1_x_inverted = no
axis_dpad1_y = 1
axis_dpad1_y_inverted = no
axis_dpad2_x = 0
axis_dpad2_x_inverted = no
axis_dpad2_y = 1
axis_dpad2_y_inverted = no
btn_trigger_left = 292
btn_trigger_right = 293

Instead into file /opt/retropie/configs/dreamcast/mappings/emu.cfg i have

[audio]
backend = oss
disable = 0

[config]
Debug.SerialConsoleEnabled = no
Dreamcast.Broadcast = 4
Dreamcast.Cable = 3
Dreamcast.ContentPath =
Dreamcast.FullMMU = no
Dreamcast.Language = 6
Dreamcast.RTC = -2078677023
Dreamcast.Region = 3
Dynarec.Enabled = yes
Dynarec.SmcCheckLevel = 0
Dynarec.idleskip = yes
Dynarec.safe-mode = yes
Dynarec.unstable-opt = no
Social.HideCallToAction = no
aica.LimitFPS = yes
aica.NoBatch = no
aica.NoSound = no
bios.UseReios = 0
pvr.MaxThreads = 3
pvr.Subdivide = 0
pvr.SynchronousRendering = yes
pvr.rend = 0
rend.Clipping = yes
rend.CustomTextures = no
rend.DumpTextures = no
rend.FloatVMUs = no
rend.Fog = yes
rend.MaxFilteredTextureSize = 256
rend.ModifierVolumes = yes
rend.RenderToTextureBuffer = no
rend.RenderToTextureUpscale = 1
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 = 8
device2.1 = 8
device2.2 = 8
device3 = 8
device3.1 = 8
device3.2 = 8
device4 = 8
device4.1 = 8
device4.2 = 8
evdev_device_id_2 = -1
evdev_device_id_3 = -1
evdev_device_id_4 = -1
maple_/dev/input/event3 = 0
maple_/dev/input/event4 = 1

[omx]
audio_hdmi = yes
audio_latency = 100

[validate]
OpenGlChecks = 0