Retroarch ps1 woes

[A_Clever_Monocle]

so retroarch cannot find my ps1 games, bios are in the sysem folder and the games are in in bin and cue format but retroach seem to be incapable of finding or booting them (they work with the epsxe fine) 

but I cant use epsxe due to the fact that it hates my controller

Edited July 23, 2018 by A_Clever_Monocle

[A_Clever_Monocle]

is it a format issue by any chance

[neil9000]

Bin and cue is what you want format wise. Retroarch doesnt need to see them at all, just import the .cue files into Launchbox and tell it which core to use.

[DOS76]

well wait if he is going to the directory where his games are in RA and it doesn't see the games that is a problem.

[DOS76]

Just to add and this applies to everyone the 1st thing anyone does before adding games to LB is get the games themselves working through the emulator before even introducing LB to the equation

[A_Clever_Monocle]

so the bin and cue files dont need to be paired in any way

[neil9000]

they should be next to each other in the folder, either individual game folders or a large folder with all the loose bins and cues in, only the .cue files are imported into Launchbox, trying to load the bins from Launchbox will not work.

[A_Clever_Monocle]

or perhaps my bin and cue don't match (I admit that the files are downloaded because I have no Idea about how you turn games into roms and I don't feel like digging all my old games up)

[neil9000]

Well you said they work in epcsxe right? so if they work there they should work in Retroarch. When you are in Retroarch and select load content and navigate to the folder do you see the files?

[A_Clever_Monocle]

I dont see the files that is the  problem

[A_Clever_Monocle]

the emulator is "blind" to them so to speak

[A_Clever_Monocle]

do the bios need to be in the same folder as bin/cue files by any chance

[neil9000]

Did you try importing them to Launchbox? and if so did you tell it to move your files?

[neil9000]

No the bios should be in Retroarch/System, but that doesnt matter at the moment, even if the bios is wrong or in the wrong place it should still see your files, it just wont load them.

[A_Clever_Monocle]

so how do I make it see my files

[A_Clever_Monocle]

if it helps I received my roms from a certain paradise 

[Lordmonkus]

PS1 games from the paradise are generally ok but they can be hit and miss.

[A_Clever_Monocle]

I heard that retro arch can be really picky with games is that the problem

[A_Clever_Monocle]

I'm trying to play silent hill at present (planning to binge the whole series)

[Lordmonkus]

Retroarch and Mednafen (which the RA core is based on) is more particular over the disk images you use.

Generally speaking though I have found that if the game is in cue + bin format it will work in RA. Saturn games tend to be more problematic with the disk images from the paradise.