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    New SD card, same ROMs....language in Japanese now?

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    • K
      KC93
      last edited by

      Snippet: Crazy Taxi USA ROM (using lr-flycast) ran in English and was all good.
      I used official Raspberry Pi Imager to get Retropie onto a class 10 8GB micro SD (FAT32 format).
      All was great. Filled up the micro SD with ROMs and of course then wanted to use bigger SD card.

      Got a new 16GB class 10 micro SD (different brand but again formatted FAT32).....used same official Imager, same software version, same Pi 3 hardware.
      All ROMs are running the same (plus all the more I could fit onto new 16GB SD card).....but Crazy Taxi game has now changed to Japanese text....

      I used the same USB stick to transfer the same Crazy Taxi (USA ROM) and all the other pre-existing plus new ROMs to the new 16GB SD card and.....now text in just Crazy Taxi game is in Japanese?

      I've tried updating everything. Making sure all languages/locales, etc are set on USA/English.....I'm confused here

      Pi 3
      Retropie 4.8.9
      Imagery v1.8.5

      Any help is greatly appreciated!

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
        last edited by mitu

        Isn't the Language one of the Core Options ? Check which one is selected there.

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        • retropieuser555R
          retropieuser555
          last edited by

          https://docs.libretro.com/library/flycast/

          Core options here, change the language from default to whatever you prefer. Also might want to change the region Bios as this can affect it too

          Pi 5 4GB

          Retroflag GPI with raspberry pi zero 2 w/ wifi

          Retroachievements:- lovelessrapture

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            sleve_mcdichael @mitu
            last edited by sleve_mcdichael

            @mitu said in New SD card, same ROMs....language in Japanese now?:

            Isn't the Language one of the Core Options ?

            Note: you must quit (start + select) and restart for this to take effect -- simply "reset" (select + B/south) does not update the language.

            ...

            You can also set it in the DC system bios.

            Enable core option: boot to bios (restart required)

            (Again, quit and restart -- no reset allowed)

            In the bios menu, push Down to highlight the clock icon (settings) and press B/South to select. On the next screen, select the first option (language), then you can see English (written in English) is the second choice on the following screen.

            Dis-able the "boot to bios" core option again then quit-restart one more time. The game loads in English.

            ...

            It looks like these methods are connected. Like the core option actually writes it to the bios setting (stored in file dc_nvmem.bin).

            If I select core option language English, then restart to take effect, then set language back to "default" and restart again, it stays as English, doesn't revert back to Japanese. Then when I go into bios menu, it has been set to English there without my doing.

            If core option "default" then: can change bios language, will retain setting next boot.

            If core option "English(*)" then: system bios language re-set to "English" each boot.

            *(or same for German, etc. -- in this case, system language was set to German in bios even though game didn't support it; game messages were still in English.)

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              KC93
              last edited by

              Thanks for the replies!

              When ROM is running, I can hold hotkey + x and get "Quick Menu" up....but I do not have any option there for "Core Options".

              Would like to try the other method suggested....how do I access the dc BIOS to change settings there? If I go into Filesmanager it just shows my actual BIOS files, no settings area.

              Obviously I'm new to this.
              Thanks again!

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @KC93
                last edited by

                @KC93 said in New SD card, same ROMs....language in Japanese now?:

                When ROM is running, I can hold hotkey + x and get "Quick Menu" up....but I do not have any option there for "Core Options".

                What entries are listed in your Quick Menu ?

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                  KC93
                  last edited by

                  Select default emulator for dreamcast (lr-flycast)
                  Select emulator from ROM (lr-flycast)
                  Select video mode for lr-flycast ( )
                  Select video mode for lr-flycast + ROM ( )
                  Select RetroArch render res for lr-flycast (config)
                  Edit custom RetroArch config for this ROM
                  Launch
                  Launch with verbose logging
                  Launch with netplay enabled
                  Exit (without launching)

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                    barbudreadmon @KC93
                    last edited by

                    @KC93 said in New SD card, same ROMs....language in Japanese now?:

                    Select default emulator for dreamcast (lr-flycast)
                    Select emulator from ROM (lr-flycast)
                    Select video mode for lr-flycast ( )
                    Select video mode for lr-flycast + ROM ( )
                    Select RetroArch render res for lr-flycast (config)
                    Edit custom RetroArch config for this ROM
                    Launch
                    Launch with verbose logging
                    Launch with netplay enabled
                    Exit (without launching)

                    That's not the quick menu. You need lr-flycast to be launched before accessing the quick menu.

                    FBNeo developer - github - forum

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                    • mituM
                      mitu Global Moderator
                      last edited by

                      @KC93 as @barbudreadmon said, that's not the quick menu but RetroPie's runcommand launch menu - you need to wait for the game to start before opening the Quick menu.

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                      • K
                        KC93
                        last edited by

                        Problem solved!

                        I was able to get into the actual Quick Menu then into Core Options. Changed language.

                        Thank all of you very much for the help!
                        I really appreciate it!

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