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    • Beefington
      Beefington last edited by

      Hello all,
      Is anyone else having trouble with save states for ZX Spectrum games? The other systems I use save/load fine; the spectrum crashes back to the games list when I save or load a state.
      Any experience or advice would be welcome

      Many thanks

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      • acris
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        • Beefington
          Beefington last edited by

          Hi Acris,

          May I ask why this post was deleted?

          Kind regards

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          • barbudreadmon
            barbudreadmon @Beefington last edited by

            @Beefington maybe start by giving information about your setup ?

            Libretro developper :

            • FBAlpha FBNeo (Arcade)
            • Kronos (Sega Saturn/ST-V)
            • YabaSanshiro (Sega Saturn)
            • Reicast Flycast (Dreamcast/Naomi/AtomisWave)
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            • Beefington
              Beefington @barbudreadmon last edited by

              @barbudreadmon
              Happy to

              I am using a raspberry pi 4 (8gb ram) with the latest iteration of Recalbox (installed via a noobs install and updated in the process). I am using an Xbox 360 controller.
              My rom files are on an external drive (in the shares folder).
              Other systems work fine when saving, ZX Spectrum does not

              Many thanks

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              • barbudreadmon
                barbudreadmon @Beefington last edited by

                @Beefington which emulator are you using ? fuse ?

                Libretro developper :

                • FBAlpha FBNeo (Arcade)
                • Kronos (Sega Saturn/ST-V)
                • YabaSanshiro (Sega Saturn)
                • Reicast Flycast (Dreamcast/Naomi/AtomisWave)
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                • Beefington
                  Beefington @barbudreadmon last edited by

                  @barbudreadmon Yes. The libretro version.

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                  • barbudreadmon
                    barbudreadmon @Beefington last edited by

                    @Beefington it appears to be a known issue : https://github.com/libretro/fuse-libretro/issues/82

                    Maybe try another emulator ?

                    Libretro developper :

                    • FBAlpha FBNeo (Arcade)
                    • Kronos (Sega Saturn/ST-V)
                    • YabaSanshiro (Sega Saturn)
                    • Reicast Flycast (Dreamcast/Naomi/AtomisWave)
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                    • Beefington
                      Beefington @barbudreadmon last edited by

                      @barbudreadmon - thank you. I'll have to learn how to add one - as there is only one option available in the settings at present. I assume that's possible? Thank you for the advice

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                      • barbudreadmon
                        barbudreadmon @Beefington last edited by barbudreadmon

                        @Beefington said in ZX Spectrum save states:

                        as there is only one option available in the settings at present

                        Is that so ? I thought at least fbneo was available as an alternative in latest RB. No you can't add a new emulator.

                        Libretro developper :

                        • FBAlpha FBNeo (Arcade)
                        • Kronos (Sega Saturn/ST-V)
                        • YabaSanshiro (Sega Saturn)
                        • Reicast Flycast (Dreamcast/Naomi/AtomisWave)
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                        • Beefington
                          Beefington @barbudreadmon last edited by

                          @barbudreadmon sorry, yes. Fbneo is there, but when I tried that, I couldn't get a single rom to load. I shall try again.

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                          • barbudreadmon
                            barbudreadmon @Beefington last edited by

                            @Beefington said in ZX Spectrum save states:

                            I couldn't get a single rom to load

                            That's because FBNeo requires usage of specific romsets, there is no readme with information about this in the zx spectrum folder ?

                            Libretro developper :

                            • FBAlpha FBNeo (Arcade)
                            • Kronos (Sega Saturn/ST-V)
                            • YabaSanshiro (Sega Saturn)
                            • Reicast Flycast (Dreamcast/Naomi/AtomisWave)
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                            • Beefington
                              Beefington @barbudreadmon last edited by

                              @barbudreadmon No. The read me file details the type of ROMs required (all the usual file types associated with spectrum emulators like fuse, spectaculator etc ) but does not reference a specific emulator.
                              Having looked, FBNeo seems to be an arcade emulator (much like MAME), so am confused as to why it would be an option to emulate a Sinclair spectrum.

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                              • barbudreadmon
                                barbudreadmon @Beefington last edited by barbudreadmon

                                @Beefington said in ZX Spectrum save states:

                                Having looked, FBNeo seems to be an arcade emulator (much like MAME), so am confused as to why it would be an option to emulate a Sinclair spectrum.

                                FBNeo is a multi-system emulator, it emulates arcade boards but also consoles and computers. It is very similar to MAME indeed (MAME also emulates consoles and computers, it even emulates printers and cigarette vending machines nowaday 🙄, i'm not joking).

                                Both emulators require usage of specific romsets, curatable through clrmamepro and the appropriate dat file(s). For RB's version of FBNeo, it should be this one for zx spectrum : https://github.com/libretro/FBNeo/blob/0f55647e043ace3ffb21003ee66f4fc65ad6ed4f/dats/FinalBurn Neo (ClrMame Pro XML%2C ZX Spectrum Games only).dat . Whether you decide to give it a try or not, i believe that's your only option if you want savestate support.

                                Libretro developper :

                                • FBAlpha FBNeo (Arcade)
                                • Kronos (Sega Saturn/ST-V)
                                • YabaSanshiro (Sega Saturn)
                                • Reicast Flycast (Dreamcast/Naomi/AtomisWave)
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                                • Beefington
                                  Beefington @barbudreadmon last edited by

                                  @barbudreadmon This is really useful, thank you.

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