Auto save not working after first save

derek800

I have my retropie set up to auto save any time you quit a game. This feature has stopped working correctly. The games create a save file the very first time you play them and then exit. Every time I play them after that they do not create a new save point, they just keep going back to that first save. This feature was working fine for a while, it just suddenly stopped creating new save spots. Has anyone else had this issue? Is there any settings that might be causing this?

mediamogul

@derek800

Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

derek800

@derek800

I should have stated that I am running Retopie 4.01 on a Raspberry pie 3. I downloaded the file from the retropie website onto a 32 go mini ad card. The only USB device I have connected is the Buffalo classic USB controller.

derek800

Is there any more information that I need to give to get some advice? I would love to get this working correctly again, without being able to save new files the system is basically useless.

BuZz

@derek800 please read the link again - it details other things we need.

Please give an example of a specific emulator you are using and we will help you debug it further. There is actually no 4.01 version btw - do you mean 4.1 or 4.0.1 ?

derek800

@BuZz

I meant 4.1. Sorry I didn't give the proper information, I am very new to this and trying to learn. I am using the default emulators for all systems. For example the PlayStation emulator is lr-pcsx-rearmed.

BuZz

@derek800 ok but is that one you are using that you have this trouble on ? I need a specific example as I am going to ask for configs, and possibly ask you to change settings, and so I want to do it for a single system that you use and have games on etc.

Assuming it is, please post a copy of the following files (via a pastebin site or wrapped in a code block on the forum)

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

How did you originally enable the feature ?

kudaba

I had a similar issue with PiSnes where it just wouldn't save. I finally tracked it down to file permissions. The write was being blocked but I couldn't find any logs or any information to indicate it. chmod 777 on the srm file and I think it's working fine now.

Edit 1: I just did a quick test and new save games are being created without proper permissions so after the first autosave, or save after quitting it will fail to continue saving.

Edit 2: In my case it's because I mounted my games on a network share and the samba configuration wasn't right. Following this did the trick:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/97669/i-cant-get-samba-to-set-proper-permissions-on-created-directories