Posts made by the.headz

Hello!

I tried the new image 9.0.1-Pulstar-PC in my system and it's not working. Regardless whether I update manually (via putting the image and hash file into folder "update") or do a fresh install, the system hangs during boot and shows only a black screen with a mouse cursor.
The last image 9.0-Pulstar-PC however worked using both methods, although the splash videos during boot have gone.

Kind regards,
the.headz

@zacland
Sorry for the delay,- I was on holiday B-)

1. Are you sure you're running the x64 PC-Version of Recalbox?
2. I verified the option is still there in the latest version 8.1.1:

• In Mame OSD you should see the list of games, directly under that list is "Configure options"
• Once selected, a small window opens with several options and "Save configuration" at the bottom

Good luck!

@barbudreadmon
Hmm, I can see that point, but if you're really serious about accurate emulation (gameplay-wise) there's no way around that core. All other cores are at least 12 (Mame 2010/0.139) or 7 years (Mame 2015/0.160) back in emulation development. New great achievements (like the decapped Taito C-Chips e.g.) that even affect the actual gameplay are not available in the other cores. Let alone the bunch of new games since then. So far I had no other problems with the 0.235 core except for the highscore saving.

If anyone's interested, I was finally able to get the hiscore save plugin (Recalbox 8.0.1 PC / Mame 0.235) working this way:

On your Recalbox system:

1. Start any Mame game and use Hotkey + B for retroarch menu.
2. Go to Quick menu / options and switch the following options to 'ON':
   • 'Read configuration'
   • 'Boot to OSD'
   • 'Mame ini Paths'
3. Go back from options and then to 'Resume' and exit the game.
4. Start any game and the Mame OSD comes up.
5. Go to 'Configure options / Save configuration'.
6. Use Hotkey + B for retroarch menu.
7. Go to Quick menu / options and switch the following option to 'OFF':
   • 'Boot to OSD'
8. Go back from options and then to 'resume' and exit the Mame OSD.

Now, there is a new folder in Recalbox 'share/system' called '.mame' with three ini files (mame.ini, plugin.ini, ui.ini)

On your PC:
9. Download and unpack 'mame0235b_64bit.exe' from www.mamedev.org (under Downloads/Previous Releases).
10. Copy the folder 'plugins' from the downloaded Mame release to 'share/system/.mame' (in 'share/system/.mame/plugins' only the file 'boot.lua' and the 'hiscore' folder are needed, so you can delete everything else)
11. Edit 'share/system/.mame/mame.ini' and change the value 'pluginspath' from 'system/mame/plugins' to '"/recalbox/share/system/.mame/plugins"' (with quotation marks) and change the value 'plugins' (under 'Scripting Options') to '1' (if not already set).
12. Edit 'share/system/.mame/plugin.ini' (which is empty) and insert the text 'hiscore 1' in line 1.
13. Edit 'share/system/.mame/plugins/hiscore/init.lua' and change line 25 from 'local hiscore_path = "hi";' to 'local hiscore_path = "/recalbox/share/saves/mame/mame/hi";'

Done! Your highscores are now saved in (and loaded from) the folder 'share/saves/mame/mame/hi'!

(I still wonder why noone else was facing this problem...)

@barbudreadmon: Thanks for the link. It pushed me a little further.

Obviously there is no plugins directory in this version of Mame, so the highscore save plugin cannot be activated.

With the infos from the weblink Mame was able to produce a ".mame" folder in share/system with three ini-files: mame.ini, plugin.ini, ui.ini
Copying the plugins folder from the Mame repository and modifying the mame.ini, I now have the highscore save plugin activated (at least Mame says so when I boot to OSD).

BUT: Highscores are still not saved. There seems to be an error I cannot find in the Recalbox system. (There are no logs)
I assume it has something to do with folders / folder rights, as the plugin itself determines the folder for the highscore files, not the mame.ini or plugin.ini

Hi!

Is there a way to save highscores in Libretro Mame (current / 0.235) / Recalbox 8.0.1 (for PC)?
I searched all over the web but either the instructions are outdated, for older versions of Recalbox or for the other Mame cores (2003, 2010, 2015, etc.).
All these other cores have the hiscore.dat in their correspondent /recalbox/share/bios/mame...XY/ folder. Putting the actual hiscore.dat in /recalbox/share/bios/mame/ has no effect, probably because the highscore save mech was changed to a plugin in later versions of Mame?!
Is there a switch I missed in the retroarch-core-options.cfg?

Kind regards, Chris.

That really should be changed, especially as the games in question (Doom, Wolfenstein) are not suited to young children!

@paradadf
Yes, I know. I've tried that and every other mode possible to no effect after the fresh install. I don't know why, but it's really after changing the system language to german (and rebooting) that the pairing works instantly (and then in every possible mode). I guess it's been like that in the last beta, too, but I wasn't aware of it then.

System: Rpi 3B+ / 8Bitdo SF30 Pro / Recalbox Beta 24.02.2019

Hello!

First of all, thank you for your hard work on this beautiful piece of software!! I've tried all the betas so far everytime with a fresh install, nonetheless there are still bugs in the latest beta (24.02.2019) I've come across:

1. Pairing the 8bitdo SF30Pro doesn't work right after booting from a fresh install. The controller is recognised in the list of BT devices, but when chosen cannot be paired, no matter what I do (Forget BT controller, System restart, etc.). When I change the system language though (in my case to german), the controller can be paired instantly after the system reboot with no problems!
2. As some users already mentioned, Kodi isn't working anymore (was ok with the last beta). When starting Kodi, the system goes back to ES after a short black screen.
3. WLAN / WiFi connection isn't established on every boot. I can't figure out what makes the difference. Sometimes it's there, sometimes not. This has been a problem through all the betas, although I think with the last beta connection is established more often.
4. Release dates of games are still not scraped from screenscraper, though they are in the database.
5. Maybe not this important: The update check is done, even if the switch for automatic check is set to "off"; at least when the system goes online the first time.

That's it for the moment.

Greetings to all, Chris.