Vectrex emulator always starts Mine Storm

rderooy

Hi,

I am having a problem with the lr-vecx core, regardless of which Vectrex game I select, I always get Mine Storm. I even removed the Mine Storm files from the roms/vectrex directory, and on restarting EmulationStation, and selecting a random Vectrex game, I get Mine Storm regardless.

/tmp/runcommand.log contains no errors, and logging in remotely and running "ps a" while running a Vectrex game seems to confirm the syntax is correct.

My guess to what is going on, is that Mine Storm was the built-in game for the Vectrex, and that instead of starting the selected game, the built-in game is getting run.

Can anyone confirm that they can run Vectrex games other then Mine Storm?
I am running RetroPie 4.0-rc1, last updated 2 days ago.

mediamogul

@rderooy said in Vectrex emulator always starts Mine Storm:

My guess to what is going on, is that Mine Storm was the built-in game for the Vectrex, and that instead of starting the selected game, the built-in game is getting run.

That's certainly the issue. I just ran a full update and all my games are still working.

Some questions:

Were these games launching before your recent update?
Did you run the RetroPie Setup Script before running the update?
Did you run the quick update or the update all option?
Have you tried a rom set obtained from a different location?
Can you post the contents of your /opt/retropie/configs/vectrex/emulators.cfg?

mediamogul

Well, I spoke too soon. I can confirm that 'Mine Storm' launches in place of any game chosen from emulation station. In an effort to quickly confirm, I was only looking at the overlays instead of the actual game. I gave it another look and sure enough, it's 'Mine Storm' or nothing.

BuZz

I will look into it.

mediamogul

Thanks BuZz.

BuZz

I can confirm it - I have opened a ticket - https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/issues/1607

It will most likely be due to a breaking change in the libretro core or retroarch I should think.

BuZz

Upstream issue https://github.com/libretro/libretro-vecx/issues/6 - I will build a new binary before this broke so you can update now, and hopefully the upstream change will be fixed or reverted.

BuZz

Working binaries are rebuilt - please update lr-vecx via retropie-setup or from commandline you can do sudo ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_packages.sh lr-vecx install_bin

mediamogul

@BuZz
Works like a charm. Thanks again.

@rderooy
If you want to play these with their original overlays, have a look here.

rderooy

@BuZz Thanks for the update, I can confirm that it works again!

@mediamogul That is exactly what I had been doing :-) The only thing that I miss is the Vectrex cabinet, and the glow that the original display had for the lines.

joeblade

Hi Guys, sorry for the newbie q here but got a bit of an odd one.

Originally downloaded the link from mediamogul I think it was, copied into vectrex roms folder on pi3.

But stupidly I used zipped roms which didnt work. It just kept selecting minestorm.

Didn't realise this was a potential bug anyway, so removed everything from roms folder, unzipped roms and sent over everything again.

Now I can't get any of the overlay's to work even though the folder structure is no different and it still keep selecting minestorm?

What Gives? Is it looking for a specific title for the rom? Why are my overlays now not working...jeez!

Updated lr-veccx btw via retropie setup and currently running retropie 3.8.1

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks guys

edmaul69

@joeblade did you go into retropie setup and update retropie setup, then install the emulator from there?