No Games will load

Thorr69

@ken-tipton Donkey Kong requires samples. See the docs for more info on that.

Ken Tipton

@thorr69 I have the sample files loaded here

/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame2003/samples
and I am using mame2003 to play Donkey Kong
When I open the zip file in the sample folder I can see 8 files in there.
DKStomp and Run 1-3 are present but these are the sounds I am missing

Ken Tipton

Donkey Kong fixed now just asteroids

it is lagging big time never did before.

mitu

Can you post again the runcommand.log when the game lags ? Use pastebin.com again, instead of the forum post, the log is quite large.

Ken Tipton

@mitu said in No Games will load:

Can you post again the runcommand.log when the game lags ? Use pastebin.com again, instead of the forum post, the log is quite large.

where is that file located

mitu

@ken-tipton said in No Games will load:

where is that file located

It's in /dev/shm - the same log file you've posted previously. Make sure you enable verbose logging - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Runcommand/#launch-with-verbose-logging.

Ken Tipton

@mitu here you go

Ken Tipton

Audio sounds bad as well...didn't before

mitu

@ken-tipton Are you using a Pi4 or a Pi3B+ ?

Ken Tipton

@mitu 3b+

mitu

@ken-tipton That's strange, because the log says the video resolution is 3072x2304, which a Pi3 doesn't support:

[INFO] [Video]: Video @ 3072x2304

Given that the BIOS folder is also not detected

[WARN] SYSTEM DIR is empty, assume CONTENT DIR /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/asteroid.zip

I think this is another case of modifying or resetting the RetroArch configuration file and having bad configs. Probably that's why the samples were not working for dkong.

I advise you to change the retroarch.cfg to defaults - rename /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg and the re-install retroarch. Don't use the Reset Configuration from RetroArch's GUI, since the RetroArch's defaults will not properly work with the RetroPie setup (or the Pi). If you need something to be changed, then try to use Core/Game/System overrides so that the main configuration is kept intact.

Ken Tipton

@mitu thanks again for all your help.

do you think you can explain a little more what I need to do. I don't know how to do all the things that you just explained.

mitu

@ken-tipton not sure I understand - you've basically done the same thing a few posts back. Are you a different user than the original poster ?

Ken Tipton

@mitu same user just confused I guess.

I should rename the retroarch.cfg file I get that. then you said to re-install the retroarch. that is the part I am not sure how to do.

mitu

@ken-tipton Just like you re-installed lr-mame2003/lr-fbneo - use the RetroPie-Setup, retroarch is one of the core packages.

Ken Tipton

@mitu I see....I didn't do that last time I just renamed the cfg file and launched a mame2003 game and everything worked. I will download the emulators and retrorarch now

mitu

@ken-tipton said in No Games will load:

I didn't do that last time I just renamed the cfg file and launched a mame2003 game and everything worked.

You shouldn't have done that - this is probably the reason you're experiencing problems, because starting the emulator without the RetroPie's config generated the RetroArch's defaults again.

Ken Tipton

@mitu installing retroarch now. prob be about an hour
thank you again for being understanding. My son originally set this up and is away at college so now I know nothing

mitu

@ken-tipton said in No Games will load:

@mitu installing retroarch now. prob be about an hour

I'm not sure that will help. You should try again the 1st advice. Once RetroArch is finished installing, rename the /opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg file and re-install one of the arcade emulators (lr-mame2003) before starting a game.

Ken Tipton

@mitu will do