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    • Frederico Rabelo
      Frederico Rabelo last edited by

      Hi!

      Thanks in advance!

      I'm new to all this... have a raspberry pi 3, with recalbox 4.0.2

      I downloaded the OS from the recalbox site link to github, and it was working.
      Them i connected to the wifi to install some roms and was asked to upgrade.
      So i did.

      Now, after the upgrade completed, no rom is working.
      They all seem to start but come back to emustation screen/menu right back again.

      I'm trying SNES, N64, PSX, MAME... none of them in any rom works...

      Am i missing some configuration?

      Searched everywhere, but did not find any answer.

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      • lackyluuk
        lackyluuk Translator last edited by

        @Frederico-Rabelo Did you make sure you use the correct file extensions? .zip are not allowed for example.

        NintendoRS | Nintendo Adapter Box | Cardboard Recalbox

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        • Frederico Rabelo
          Frederico Rabelo @lackyluuk last edited by

          @lackyluuk

          Yes, all extensions are as mentioned in the "readme" file in each rom folders.

          I did a reboot and installed 4.0.1 version again.
          Default roms were working.
          Installed all roms back again, and now none of them works.

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          • lackyluuk
            lackyluuk Translator last edited by

            @Frederico-Rabelo strange..all demo roms work you said, right?
            Maybe you have corrupted roms?
            Try to change the videomode to your monitors preferred mode, update to 4.0.2 (stable). For some systems like PSX, Mame etc you also need the correct BIOS files.

            I am sorry, I do not have the right answer for this behavior 😞

            NintendoRS | Nintendo Adapter Box | Cardboard Recalbox

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            • Frederico Rabelo
              Frederico Rabelo last edited by

              I will update now, and see if i have the bios!
              Thanks for all the help!

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              • Substring
                Substring last edited by

                If the default roms work and not yours ... Then your romset is faulty. If you don't even mention which systems you're trying to emulate, you won't get much help ...

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                • Frederico Rabelo
                  Frederico Rabelo @Substring last edited by

                  Hi @Substring !

                  @lackyluuk, I did the recovery mode, and installed the 4.0.1 version, and uploaded to 4.0.2.
                  No rom (running only stock) worked. All roms went to black screen (with recalbox logo on the bottom) for a few moments and back.

                  Did the recovery mode again, installed 4.0.1 version, and now some systems work, as follows:
                  (running only default roms)

                  • SNES works - Donkey Kong Classic
                  • None of the NES rom works
                  • Game Boy Advanced - all roms works at the first run, but them gets stuck in black screen. works fine again for one time after system reset (via run jumper).
                  • Sega MasterSystem - same thing as Game Boy Advanced
                  • PCEngine - same thing as Game boy Advanced
                  • Doom works fine

                  Does it have anything to do with the way i'm quiting the system?
                  I'm quiting via HOTKEY + START

                  @lackyluuk, what do you mean by "videomode to your monitors preferred mode"? the Game ratio (e.g 4:3)?

                  will try installing BIOS now.

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                  • Frederico Rabelo
                    Frederico Rabelo last edited by

                    Funny!
                    Thanks @Substring !!

                    Found a similar thread through the thread's tags (wich i was not awear untill now):
                    https://forum.recalbox.com/topic/4095/all-games-wont-start-up
                    in wich you propose seting
                    global.videomode=default

                    Mine was = HDMI 4 or something
                    Changed and now every thing works!

                    Thank everybody for the help!!!

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                    • Frederico Rabelo
                      Frederico Rabelo last edited by

                      Ok, I'm going crazy...

                      Installed a bulk of roms (SNES, N64, PSX, MAME, and SEGA MEGA CD), and now no roms works anymore!

                      What am I doing wrong!?

                      Still runing 4.0.1

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                      • paradadf
                        paradadf Staff @Frederico Rabelo last edited by

                        @Frederico-Rabelo try doing a new, complete clean installation, formatting the whole card again. You haven't tried anything out of the ordinary wirh the installation, right?

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                        • Lucas Correa
                          Lucas Correa last edited by

                          I have the same problem... mine was working really well.

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                          • Frederico Rabelo
                            Frederico Rabelo @paradadf last edited by

                            @paradadf
                            Formated the SD card, did a clean install. No fancy stuff in installation.

                            Now i think i recognised the pattern:
                            The roms works for one time, and them stop working (black screen forever). For every core the same thing. The game works fine for the first "boot" and them stops working.
                            I'm using a regular microsoft keyboard, and using "esc" to leave the game.
                            If i restart the system, the roms work again for the first time, and them black screen forever.

                            SD card is a Samsung EVO + 32GB.
                            Raspiberry 3

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                            • paradadf
                              paradadf Staff @Frederico Rabelo last edited by paradadf

                              @Frederico-Rabelo you first told you were quitting the games with HK+Start, which is only possible from a gamepad, but now wrote that you are using a keyboard. What is your setup exactly?

                              You should read the wiki and set the prefered video mode for your tv like suggested before.
                              https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Video-configuration-detailled-(EN)

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                              • Frederico Rabelo
                                Frederico Rabelo @paradadf last edited by

                                @paradadf
                                i'm using both ps3 clone controller GASIA and kerboard.
                                As i said before, already tried setting video mode, but no lucky.

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                                • paradadf
                                  paradadf Staff @Frederico Rabelo last edited by

                                  @Frederico-Rabelo did you already updated to 4.0.2? If not, do it.

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                                  • iggy2
                                    iggy2 @Frederico Rabelo last edited by

                                    @frederico-rabelo I have the same problem when i upgrade to 17-12-02 the latest. Al rom stop working. did you find any solution to the problem?

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                                    • Leyfelipe
                                      Leyfelipe last edited by

                                      hi guys, I had same problem and fix it by removing files the path:
                                      /recalbox/share/system/configs/retroarch/retroarchcustom.cfg
                                      /recalbox/share/system/configs/retroarch/content_history.lpl
                                      /recalbox/share/system/configs/retroarch/cores/retroarch-core-options.cfg

                                      sorry my english su##

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                                      • ivwshane
                                        ivwshane @Leyfelipe last edited by

                                        @leyfelipe said in Recalbox won't start any rom!:

                                        hi guys, I had same problem and fix it by removing files the path:
                                        /recalbox/share/system/configs/retroarch/retroarchcustom.cfg
                                        /recalbox/share/system/configs/retroarch/content_history.lpl
                                        /recalbox/share/system/configs/retroarch/cores/retroarch-core-options.cfg

                                        sorry my english su##

                                        I'm having the same issue and neither solution worked for me.

                                        I did copy my shared folders/files over from a pi 2 to a pi3.

                                        Oddly, the one game that works is mvsc2 but it it goes to a memory card "create file" screen and I can't even exit the emulator.

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                                        • Substring
                                          Substring last edited by

                                          Can't help without a support archive

                                          Former dev - Please reply with @substring so that i am notified when you answer me
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