Change save location/stuck on 0%/Network share

crffpa

Hi guys.

Sorry for my english.
I rebuild my retropie with a version 4.71 and change some features with the retropie tutorials.
I coonfig a network share for PSX roms and everithing works, but i cant save any game on PSX.
So i try the tutorials and still dont work.
I'm very noob on linux commands and i really dont know whats wrong.

Pi Model: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2
Power Supply used: 2.5a usb font
RetroPie Version Used :4.71
Built From: Raspberry pi imager
USB Devices connected: a ps3 controller
Controller used: ps3 controller or usb controller
Error messages received: Stuck in 0%
Guide used: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Running-ROMs-from-a-Network-Share/
FSTAB option
Emulator: PSX only (network share windows )

I try change this files

I attempted to edit /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg
and change the line:

savestate_directory = "/home/pi/RetroPie/trysave/"

BUT... after restarting the Raspberry Pi, it saves all game states into each game's ROM directory and NOT into the directory "/home/pi/RetroPie/trysave/"

I then attempted to edit:
/opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg

And changed the line:
savestate_directory = "default"
to....
savestate_directory = "/home/pi/RetroPie/trysave/"

and try

chown -R pi:pi /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/Saves)

So my files are like this /opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg

Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if$

input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/psx/"
savefile_directory = "/home/pi/RetroPie/trysave"
savestate_directory = "/home/pi/RetroPie/trysave"
#include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"

and

And I added the following lines before the #include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg" line:

savefile_directory = /RetroPie/roms/psx

savestate_directory = /RetroPie/roms/psx

but still dont work.

mitu

savefile_directory = /RetroPie/roms/psx

savestate_directory = /RetroPie/roms/psx

This is not a correct location, shouldn't it be /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx ?

Regardless of the location you set, check if your user (pi) has write access to it. Try creating an empty file in that location (touch <path_to_file>) and see if you get an error.

crffpa

@mitu Hello.

I chaged the line in "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"
for this
savefile_directory = "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx"
savestate_directory = "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx"

and try to execute the command you send.

pi@retropie:~ $ sudo chown -R pi:pi /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx
pi@retropie:~ $ touch /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx
touch: setting times of '/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx': Permission denied
pi@retropie:~ $

My PSX roms are in a windows netowrk share usb external hard drive.

mitu

@crffpa said in Change save location/stuck on 0%/Network share:

touch: setting times of '/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx': Permission denied

Try creating a file in that folder:

 touch /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/save.txt

if you still get an error (permission denied), then the rights on the share are not correct and your user cannot write it it. And no, using sudo chmod/chown will not help if the Windows share does not allow writing. Post the /etc/fstab entry you added to mount your Windows share in this case.

crffpa

@mitu

pi@retropie:~ $ touch /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/save.txt
touch: cannot touch '/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx/save.txt': Permission denied

/etc/fstab i use the command in https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Running-ROMs-from-a-Network-Share/

//192.168.5.181/retropie-mount/roms /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx cifs username=crfxxxx@xxxxxxxx.com,password=xxxxxxxxx,nounix,noserverino,defaults,users,auto 0 0

i would like to save psx files inside sd, not external disk

I'm very grateful for the help so far

mitu

@crffpa said in Change save location/stuck on 0%/Network share:

i would like to save psx files inside sd, not external disk

In this case, you should leave the savefile_directory and savestate_directory local, not on the mounted folder.
You already tried with the /home/pi/RetroPie/trysave first, but does that folder exists ? If not, then try creating it first and add

savefile_directory = "/home/pi/RetroPie/trysave"
savestate_directory = "/home/pi/RetroPie/trysave"

to /opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg.

If that doesn't fix the saving issue, start a game with verbose logging enabled, try to save and then post the resulting logfile to pastebin.com.

crffpa

@mitu thanks a lot. <3 you save my project.

works fine, as I am a windows user, I hardly know the linux commands, with your tips I managed to create the necessary folders and permissions.