appollo147 Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 I thought I would test out Retroarch using Sega CD. Since I only have one Sega CD game I thought it would be a quick way to test the emulator out. I set up the emulator the same way I do every other emulator making it my default emulator for Sega CD games etc.. I also downloaded all the cores and put them in a folder in the main retroarch folder and named the new folder cores. My problem is this whenever I click on the game in Launchbox it shows the loading circle for a few seconds, but it doesn't load retroarch. I'm sure this is something I am doing wrong and not a Launchbox problem. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 appollo147 said I thought I would test out Retroarch using Sega CD. Since I only have one Sega CD game I thought it would be a quick way to test the emulator out. I set up the emulator the same way I do every other emulator making it my default emulator for Sega CD games etc.. I also downloaded all the cores and put them in a folder in the main retroarch folder and named the new folder cores. My problem is this whenever I click on the game in Launchbox it shows the loading circle for a few seconds, but it doesn't load retroarch. I'm sure this is something I am doing wrong and not a Launchbox problem. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Because some cores require BIOS. Most emulators will for certain systems. In this case you need to get the Sega CD BIOS. If you don't have a folder called 'system' in your root RetroArch folder create it. In here is where your BIOS will go, but they need to be named something very specific for each core. Go to your cores folder. Each core should have a .dll and another file with it. Open the non-dll file with a text editor like Notepad++. In here will be BIOS information if you need it. They will need to be named to what is inside this file, in the system folder, then the emulator will work. The BIOS file will either need to be ripped by you or found elsewhere as it is illegal to spread these files. However, search up RetroArch BIOS files and you will find a pack of most common ones you will need. That's about as much as we will offer on that subject. If you have any other questions feel free to ask. Also, in your other thread I just mentioned RetroArch, I would stick with it for SNES as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appollo147 Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 Thanx for all your help so far. I got retroarch to load and it runs great, I just have one further question. I have watched several tutorials for Retroarch on youtube and done a lot of Google searching. I even searched the Retroarch forums with no luck. I really need instructions on how to use cheats with Retroarch. I know it is possible because I downloaded the cheat pack from the Retroarch github. I just can't figure out where to place the files or how to activate the cheats. please help me with this I would really appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 appollo147 said Thanx for all your help so far. I got retroarch to load and it runs great, I just have one further question. I have watched several tutorials for Retroarch on youtube and done a lot of Google searching. I even searched the REtroarch forums with no luck. I really need instructions on how to use cheats with Retroarch. I know it is possible because I downloaded the cheat pack from the Retroarch github I just can't figure out where to place them or how to activate them. please help me with this I would really appreciate it. I am not sure, but go to Settings -> Directory Settings near the bottom. One of these selections should be a Cheat Database path. Make sure this is correct and after you load a core, if it has core specific settings; Settings -> Core Settings. I would assume that is where any cheat options would be because there is no other option labeled cheat. So I am a tad stumped here. http://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page I love this site as it helps a lot with a ton of knowledge on emulators but also RetroArch specifically. Look up the RA page on this wiki, it may hold more information on cheats specifically. Otherwise I have no clue what to do with cheats and RetroArch, they're not my thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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