Help installing older version on PPSSPP

death

This early this morning I made the mistake of updating PPSSPP and now two of the three games I use the emulator for are unplayable (GTA vice city, Soulcaliber BD) Everything ran fine on the previous version of PPSSPP. Is the anyway I could downgrade and install PPSSPP v1.10.2 I’ve tried editing the script modules ppsspp.sh file but I can’t figure it out for the life of me. Any support would be greatly appreciated!

mitu

To change the version of PPSSPP used, replace the master tag with v1.10.2 at this line in the ppsspp.sh script and then re-install/update the emulator package from source.

death

@mitu Ive tried this solution a few times now(new sd card, fresh install), every time it fail and comes back with the same error
"Error running 'git clone --recursive --depth 1 --branch master /home/pi/retropie-setup/tmp/build/ppsspp/ppsspp' - returned 128

death

@mitu
is there anyway i could download an older version of the scriptmodule ?

windg

@death I upload the ppsspp script with the change https://easyupload.io/3p44u7 .

mitu

@death said in Help installing older version on PPSSPP:

"Error running 'git clone --recursive --depth 1 --branch master /home/pi/retropie-setup/tmp/build/ppsspp/ppsspp' - returned 128

Try to use the 'clean source folder' option before building from source, you may have an older source build that's in the way.

hunksurvivorx

@mitu how to do that? I get the same error like him when tried to install an older version of PPSSPP

edit: I had to to it twice and worked.

GaucheArtist

@mitu I ran into this same error code while following these steps to revert PPSSPP, but the 'clean source folder' option isn't appearing in my RetroPie Setup options. As I can't resolve the issue like @hunksurvivorx did, I'm not sure how best to proceed. My version of the RetroPie Setup Script is 4.7.3 if that helps to explain why the option isn't appearing, although I'm unable to update it due to the changes to the ppsspp.sh file.

mitu

@gaucheartist You need to revert the changes you've made to the ppsspp.sh file in order to be able to update. Make sure you've updated the RetroPie-Setup script to the latest version, then try again the modifications suggested.

GaucheArtist

@mitu I won't be able to revert the changes to ppsspp.sh manually because I pulled the amateur hour mistake of not backing up the previous file before replacing it with the version included here. I only have a vague recollection of what lines got removed in the process.

Someone elsewhere suggested using git reset --hard on RetroPie Setup to reset my scripts, allowing me to update RetroPie Setup again. Would that be the best option given the circumstances?

mitu

@gaucheartist Yes, using git would be an option.

Lister of Smeg

@gaucheartist
I've had to reset my RetroPie-Setup a few times due to too much tinkering
First I rename the folder to RetroPie-SetupBAK (easy to restore if anything goes wrong) then install a fresh copy using the instructions at https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup
namely

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install git
Then you can download the latest RetroPie setup script with:

cd
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup.git

Test & then delete RetroPie-SetupBAK

GaucheArtist

@mitu Just wanted to say using git reset --hard on /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/ resolved the error code. I was able to update the RetroPie Script afterwards and then get PPSSPP to an older version. Everything else appears to be running normally so I'm thankful for not breaking anything else during this process.

I really appreciate the second opinion, mitu, as well as the initial instructions on lowering the PPSSPP version. The glitches are gone!

GaucheArtist

@lister-of-smeg I was halfway through another process on resolving the issue when I saw this post, so I didn't get a chance to try it myself. I appreciate your help and the knowledge you shared though!

This whole mess was a lesson learned for me, so I'm on the same page with backing files up now. Copying that RetroPie-Setup folder was my first priority before running git reset --hard. Thankfully, it doesn't seem like anything broke.