Comment on RetroDECK v0.9.1b - Released!
BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Last time retrodeck updated, ask the emulators stopped saving, and the option to ‘save state’ disappeared.
I had to reset the whole thing, and then play my daughters Pokémon game from the start, catching and leveling up all the same Pokemon until they were the right level at the third gym battle.
I’ve been dreading this day.
lazorne@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
RetroDECK does not delete any save states, they should all be there under retrodeck/states/
There where some bugs in RetroArch we have addressed in 0.9.1b that might have caused the menu option to disappear in RetroArch.
How ever save states are not a safe long term saving method as cores or emulators updates they might break compability with old states.
Always use in-game saves as your default saving method and states as temporary backups.
BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Yeah, the save states were there. The emulator sav were there. I insist don’t use states at all. But this was like they were fixed, they loaded a certain point and like saving wouldn’t override them. The save state function was missing completely, just gone.
I’m not new to this. Emulating since 1996, and using Retroarch since 2011 or something. I trawled through the github tracker and I couldn’t work it out.
After a couple days I gave up and removed both flatpak and my emulation and rom directory. Reinstalled, copied all my roms back across and started over. Everything is working. In game save is fine, doing save states as backup.
I’m completely stumped what that update did to it, obviously didn’t happen to anyone else.
BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
I see you’re part of the retrodeck team too, great job to you all by the way. I actively started avoiding retroarch a few years ago, and also was an early adopter of ES-DE frontend for using standalone emulators.
I love the implementation here. I’m kind of bitter at retroarch project for personal reasons going back a way, but I use it here because your team has made it shine and would be a shame to miss out on what you’ve done. It’s excellent.
lazorne@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
We hope to one day in the far far future implement ares as well. As we know some people don’t like RetroArch.
But we rather focus on new systems first before adding alternatives.
All we need is more developers xD