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    Amiberry 3.2 beta black screen on starting games

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    • J
      Jimi007
      last edited by

      Pi Model or other hardware: 4B
      Power Supply used: Official Pi4 PSU
      RetroPie Version Used (eg 3.6, 3.8.1, 4.1 - do not write latest): 4.6.4
      Built From: Image directly from retropie website
      USB Devices connected: Keyboard
      Controller used: 8bitdo SF30 Pro
      Error messages received: Black screen on Amiberry
      Emulator: Amiberry 3.2beta
      Attachment of config files: (PLEASE USE PASTEBIN.COM FOR LARGE LOGS)
      How to replicate the problem: Start a game from amiberry

      Hi

      Just having an issue starting Amiga games through Amiberry.
      I understand I am using a retropie beta version and amiberry beta version so there's bound to be some bugs.

      I basically downloaded and installed the retropie 4 image from the website. Then installed Amiberry from source.
      Moved over the kickstart roms and a few games.
      Everything was working perfectly. Games were running ok

      I have then ran an update from the retropie menu and updated Retropie to 4.6.4 and updated Amiberry also.
      Now when I go to start an Amiga game from Amiberry I receive a black screen with a mouse pointer.
      No error message occurs.
      I have recreated the symlinks and updated the whdload.xml file and I have removed the amiberry config folder uninstalled and reinstalled amiberry.

      Any help appreciated, I will likely install retropie from scratch again

      Regards

      Jimi

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by

        @Jimi007 said in Amiberry 3.2 beta black screen on starting games:

        Any help appreciated, I will likely install retropie from scratch again

        There could be an issue with the new Amiberry version - but you can try installing the emulator from binary, instead of using the source version.

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          Jimi007 @mitu
          last edited by

          @mitu I actually just tried that :) and it is working ok.

          Do you know if there is a difference with the pre-compiled and source version?

          Now when I run Amiberry directly from the retropie menu I have to press a button to enter the GUI and when I escape to exit it
          goes to an Amiga workbench screen. No real issue with it just curious as to why it may do this.
          Games are running fine.

          Regards

          Jimi

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator
            last edited by

            @Jimi007 said in Amiberry 3.2 beta black screen on starting games:

            Do you know if there is a difference with the pre-compiled and source version?

            Yes, the binary is built from a different (earlier) version of Amiberry. The binaries are not automatically updated for each new upstream change.

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