PrBoom not saving Retroarch settings

mahcneto

I try using saving config on exit everytime, but PrBoom ignores it. Any clue on what might be happening?

edmaul69

@mahcneto for me everytime i update the pi i have to give permissions to my roms folders and config folders. Try doing a save state and see if it fails. If it does the folder & files need permissions

mahcneto

You mean saving through retroarch on PrBoom? I can't do thatm it says it's kind of disabled? but I do can save through PrBoom in-game save/load system

mahcneto

Ok, i gave permissions (sudo chmod 777) to:

/opt/retropie/configs/ports/doom/
*retroarch.cfg
*emulators.cfg

and
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/doom
*prboom.cfg

I could always save/load state through the port itselft, not retroarch, i just use the built in options for my save files. Then I always change the screen to 16:9 and add a shader, then go to retroarch settings with select+X, and put Saving config on exit "on", and whenever I quit prboom, it doesn't save anything I did, just the savefiles are ok. Am I missing something?

PS: By the way, I gave those permissions through PuttY, and while I was doing that, I pressed F4 on my Pi3 keyboard and did all that while i was on that black screen for command lines.

edmaul69

@mahcneto retroarch has had some stuff fixed recently and im not sure if this is one of them but i would update retropie-setup and then install retroarch binary and see if that helps.

mahcneto

Thanks man, but I already have updated Retropie-setup scrit + lr-prboom, and still have the same issue so i'm clueless

edmaul69

@mahcneto but did you update retroarch in the last day or 2?

BuZz

Retroarch binary has not been updated since 4.0 release.

edmaul69

@BuZz i thought you had to fix an issue with it the other day. My bad.

BuZz

I fixed an issue with the latest version not building from source. The binary i still the last stable release (1.3.6 or so). Will rebuilt new binaries once the new version is out and is tested etc. Can install from source to get bleeding edge versions, but comes with risk of new bugs too.

mahcneto

Oh, so you mean we have to wait for a PrBoom update and it is not that i'm messing around with the worng files/options?

By the way, I didn't know that PrBoom Plus existed at all, suppousedly it can load .pk3 mods just like ZDoom does, I don't know if it's compatible with Brutal Doom and the likes? Wonder if it would be too hard to port to work with the Pi3?