Solved Dreamcast Emulation not working at all

[craigwarren85]

Good Evening,

I wonder if anyone may be able to help at all, I scoured what seems like an endless list of threads and forums but am seemingly no closer to finding a solution.
I'm using recalbox installed on a PC, and all emulators are working perfectly except the Dreamcast on (Reicast). I understand that Dreamcast emulation is far from perfect but I can't get it to load any roms at all. Everytime I select a rom, the screen goes dark and then after a second or two I get returned to the Menu.

Any ideas where I could start troubleshooting this? I've tried multiple dc_flash.bin files but get the same issue each time. I have 28 roms and have tried them all but get the same issue so I don't think it's the roms at fault.

Any guidance at all would be massively appreciated, and if I need to provide more info (which I guess I will) then please let me know.

Thanks in advance.

[craigwarren85]

This is what I can see in the logfile currently after attempting to run a game:

lvl1: System "zx81" has no games! Ignoring it.
lvl2: creating favorite system
lvl2: emulationstation.selectedsystem variable set to favorites system found !
lvl2: CommandThread started
lvl2: Cannot upgrade
lvl2: Attempting to launch game...
lvl2: Shutting down SDL AUDIO
lvl2: Available and configurated : Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX)
lvl2: No config for player 0
lvl2: So i set Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX) for player 0
lvl2: No config for player 1
lvl2: No config for player 2
lvl2: No config for player 3
lvl2: No config for player 4
lvl2: Configure emulators command : -p1index 0 -p1guid 030000005e040000a102000007010000 -p1name "Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX)" -p1nbaxes 4 -p1devicepath /dev/input/event3
lvl2: Controllers config : -p1index 0 -p1guid 030000005e040000a102000007010000 -p1name "Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX)" -p1nbaxes 4 -p1devicepath /dev/input/event3
lvl2: python /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configgen/emulatorlauncher.pyc -p1index 0 -p1guid 030000005e040000a102000007010000 -p1name "Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX)" -p1nbaxes 4 -p1devicepath /dev/input/event3 -system dreamcast -rom /recalbox/share/roms/dreamcast/18\ Wheeler\ -\ American\ Pro\ Trucker.chd -emulator default -core default -ratio auto
lvl2: Creating surface...
lvl2: Created window successfully.
lvl2: Added known joystick Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX) (instance ID: 0, device index: 0)
lvl2: SDL AUDIO Initialized
lvl2: Attempting to launch game...
lvl2: Shutting down SDL AUDIO
lvl2: Available and configurated : Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX)
lvl2: No config for player 0
lvl2: So i set Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX) for player 0
lvl2: No config for player 1
lvl2: No config for player 2
lvl2: No config for player 3
lvl2: No config for player 4
lvl2: Configure emulators command : -p1index 0 -p1guid 030000005e040000a102000007010000 -p1name "Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX)" -p1nbaxes 4 -p1devicepath /dev/input/event3
lvl2: Controllers config : -p1index 0 -p1guid 030000005e040000a102000007010000 -p1name "Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX)" -p1nbaxes 4 -p1devicepath /dev/input/event3
lvl2: python /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configgen/emulatorlauncher.pyc -p1index 0 -p1guid 030000005e040000a102000007010000 -p1name "Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX)" -p1nbaxes 4 -p1devicepath /dev/input/event3 -system dreamcast -rom /recalbox/share/roms/dreamcast/Legacy\ of\ Kain\ -\ Soul\ Reaver.chd -emulator default -core default -ratio auto
lvl2: Creating surface...
lvl2: Created window successfully.
lvl2: Added known joystick Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX) (instance ID: 0, device index: 0)
lvl2: SDL AUDIO Initialized
lvl2: Attempting to launch game...
lvl2: Shutting down SDL AUDIO
lvl2: Available and configurated : Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX)
lvl2: No config for player 0
lvl2: So i set Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX) for player 0
lvl2: No config for player 1
lvl2: No config for player 2
lvl2: No config for player 3
lvl2: No config for player 4
lvl2: Configure emulators command : -p1index 0 -p1guid 030000005e040000a102000007010000 -p1name "Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX)" -p1nbaxes 4 -p1devicepath /dev/input/event3
lvl2: Controllers config : -p1index 0 -p1guid 030000005e040000a102000007010000 -p1name "Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX)" -p1nbaxes 4 -p1devicepath /dev/input/event3
lvl2: python /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configgen/emulatorlauncher.pyc -p1index 0 -p1guid 030000005e040000a102000007010000 -p1name "Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX)" -p1nbaxes 4 -p1devicepath /dev/input/event3 -system dreamcast -rom /recalbox/share/roms/dreamcast/Resident\ Evil\ 2\ (Disc\ 1).chd -emulator default -core default -ratio auto
lvl2: Creating surface...
lvl2: Created window successfully.
lvl2: Added known joystick Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver (XBOX) (instance ID: 0, device index: 0)
lvl2: SDL AUDIO Initialized

[Zing]

@craigwarren85 I believe you are using the new version 6.0 RC, it is still with some BUGS, dreamcast is one of the problems for now.

[craigwarren85]

@zing Ah ok, I didn't realise. So the only course of action right now would be to wait for an update I guess?

[Zing]

@craigwarren85 Yes, but take a look at the official topic, maybe you'll find something than I did not see:
https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/16862/recalbox-6-rc1-available
It's in French, but just use Google translator.