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    Can't play Coleco games anymore

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    • dsquaredD
      dsquared
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      Okay, I updated my retropie core, main, optional and experimental packages via the RetroPie Setup Script. Prior to this, I could play Coleco games fine with the lr-BlueMSX core. Therefore, I know the BIOS was correctly installed to the proper folder and it worked; also it is still there.

      After the update, my system wanted to use the fbneo core with Coleco Roms and I no longer had the lr-BlueMSX core installed on my system. So I downloaded it first by source and set the default emulator for Coleco games to the lr-BlueMSX core. This did not work. So then I uninstalled the source version and downloaded the precompiled binary version and set the default emulator for Coleco games to the lr-BlueMSX core. This did not work either. I am unable to access the RetroArch menu by using Hotkey + X while staring a Coleco Rom, I only get a RetroPie menu allowing me to switch emulators etc.

      Here are the contents of the runcommand.log file:

      Parameters:
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-bluemsx/bluemsx_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/coleco/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco/Lady Bug (1982) (Universal).col" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg

      Obligatory Information:

      Pi Model or other hardware: 4B+ 8GB
      Power Supply: LABISTS Raspberry Pi 4 Power Supply 5.1V 3A
      RetroPie Version Used: retropie-buster-4.7.12( used to fix a previous network problem)
      Retropie-Setup Script: V4.7.19
      USB Devices Connected: Wireless USB keyboard, and CREATIVE LABS Pebble Modern 2.0 USB Desktop Speakers (with audio jack)
      Bluetooth Devices Connected: PS3 Controller

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by

        @dsquared said in Can't play Coleco games anymore:

        Here are the contents of the runcommand.log file:

        For more information you should choose to start with verbose logging, the log file you doesn't contain any relevant info - just the standard launching command.

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        • dsquaredD
          dsquared @mitu
          last edited by

          @mitu said in Can't play Coleco games anymore:

          For more information you should choose to start with verbose logging,

          Here are the contents of the verbose log file. It seems nothing has been configured for lr-BlueMSX.

          Parameters: 
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-bluemsx/bluemsx_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/coleco/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco/Pepper II (1983) (Exidy).col" --verbose --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg
[INFO] RetroArch 1.9.7 (Git 8373ac6)
[INFO] === Build =======================================
[INFO] Capabilities:  NEON VFPv3 VFPv4
[INFO] Built: Sep  8 2021
[INFO] Version: 1.9.7
[INFO] Git: 8373ac6
[INFO] =================================================
[INFO] [Input]: Found input driver: "x".
[INFO] [Core]: Loading dynamic libretro core from: "/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-bluemsx/bluemsx_libretro.so"
[INFO] [Overrides]: No core-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/blueMSX/blueMSX.cfg".
[INFO] [Overrides]: No content-dir-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/blueMSX/coleco.cfg".
[INFO] [Overrides]: No game-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/blueMSX/Pepper II (1983) (Exidy).cfg".
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_CORE_OPTIONS_VERSION.
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LANGUAGE: "0".
[INFO] [Environ]: RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_CORE_OPTIONS_INTL.
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_CONTROLLER_INFO.
[INFO] [Remaps]: Remap directory: "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/remaps".
[INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save file to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco/Pepper II (1983) (Exidy).srm".
[INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save state to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco/Pepper II (1983) (Exidy).state".
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LOG_INTERFACE.
[INFO] [CONTENT LOAD]: Content loading skipped. Implementation will load it on its own.
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: RGB565.
[WARN] [Environ]: SYSTEM DIR is empty, assume CONTENT DIR /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco/Pepper II (1983) (Exidy).col
[INFO] [Environ]: SYSTEM_DIRECTORY: "".
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_SAVE_DIRECTORY.
[ERROR] [CONTENT LOAD]: Failed to load content
[INFO] [Core]: Content ran for a total of: 00 hours, 00 minutes, 00 seconds.
[INFO] [Core]: Unloading core..
[INFO] [Core]: Unloading core symbols..
[INFO] [Core Options]: Saved core options file to "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/blueMSX/blueMSX.opt"
[INFO] [Video]: Does not have enough samples for monitor refresh rate estimation. Requires to run for at least 4096 frames.

          I hope this helps.

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @dsquared
            last edited by

            @dsquared said in Can't play Coleco games anymore:

            [WARN] [Environ]: SYSTEM DIR is empty, assume CONTENT DIR /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/coleco/Pepper II (1983) (Exidy).col
            [INFO] [Environ]: SYSTEM_DIRECTORY: "".

            This means you're not using the default configuration for retroarch on the coleco system. Did you reset the configuration for it from the RetroAch menu ?

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            • dsquaredD
              dsquared @mitu
              last edited by dsquared

              @mitu said in Can't play Coleco games anymore:

              This means you're not using the default configuration for retroarch on the coleco system. Did you reset the configuration for it from the RetroAch menu ?

              Not that I know of. In the first post of this thread I stated:

              Okay, I updated my retropie core, main, optional and experimental packages via the RetroPie Setup Script. Prior to this, I could play Coleco games fine with the lr-BlueMSX core. Therefore, I know the BIOS was correctly installed to the proper folder and it worked; also it is still there.

              After the update, my system wanted to use the fbneo core with Coleco Roms and I no longer had the lr-BlueMSX core installed on my system.

              So, I presume somewhere along the way my configuration file got changed. How do I edit this configuration to the proper settings. Ie what are the contents of the lr-BlueMSX configuration file look like?

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @dsquared
                last edited by mitu

                @dsquared said in Can't play Coleco games anymore:

                So, I presume somewhere along the way my configuration file got changed. How do I edit this configuration to the proper settings. Ie what are the contents of the lr-BlueMSX configuration file look like?

                The updates don't change the configuration files to produce the error you posted. The default retroarch.cfg for coleco, after installing lr-bluemsx, is below.

                # Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line

input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/coleco/"

core_options_path = "/opt/retropie/configs/coleco/retroarch-core-options.cfg"
#include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"

                Replace the retroarch.cfg you have right now in /opt/retropie/configs/coleco with it and see if Coleco games start properly. If they don't, then your global RetroArch config file has been reset/modified from the default and produces the error you posted.

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                • dsquaredD
                  dsquared @mitu
                  last edited by

                  @mitu

                  Thank you - that did the trick.+

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