Retroarch core missing, and no matter what I do it won't work

[Jdzspace]

I've been fighting with this for an hour now reading forum posts, watching videos, and nothing has worked. I'm trying to play a 3DS game using Citra 2018, it works fine in the retroarch outside of launchbox, but inside i click on it and it does nothing. 

I go to manage my emulators, i download the exe file that the wizard directs me to from inside of launchbox, i put everywhere where all of the videos say to put them, I open up the exe that i linked to launchbox, and i go to download the core, it says it downloaded it, but then it doesn't. It says it does, but i go to the main page and go to "load core" and there is nothing there (other than a cloud controller option). 

I don't know what i'm supposed to do to make this work inside of launch box, and when i go to the manage emulator and i see all of the cores they all say "core missing" and when i click on them it says "The Retroarch core is missing. Download it to ensure the platforms using them work as expected"

but i can't download them, because they won't "stick" in retroarch when i do. 

 

what am I doing wrong here? 

[sundogak]

If you already have the RA exe then you shouldn't need to download anything in LB.  I suspect what has happened is you downloaded an additional copy and that is what LB is pointing to versus the one where you have a working setup.  Go to Tools menu in LB and then Edit Emulator.  Look at the Retroarch entry and validate the path shown is to your working setup.  Use the "browse" button to point to it just to double check. 

 

[Jdzspace]

does it matter that it's a shortcut? because when i direct it to the shortcut (which is all i have for some reason) it does nothing and still won't start. the only non-shortcut exe i have is what i downloaded through launchbox, but that is the one where no matter how much i download the cores nothing "sticks". is there a different downloader i should be getting?

[sundogak]

No, point to actual exe, not a shortcut.  You said you have a working setup outside LB and the cores work there.  Point LB to the retroarch.EXE in Emulator Application Path to that working directory and RA where you can see your cores, etc.  Basically, if you downloaded a duplicate copy of RA somewhere, then there is no cores in that copy.  

[Jdzspace]

ok, I did that. deleted all of the duplicate retroarchs and shortcuts i had floating around, downloaded the nightly version of retroarch , pointed launchbox to the exe and it still does nothing when i click the game. when i go to big box, it goes to the "now loading" screen and then back to the game screen. I don't get it, it says i have the core when i go to manage emulators. but when i click on the game nothing happens regardless. 

[sundogak]

Make sure you your associated platforms is setup now that you replaced the RA version.  Also that your associated platform name is exactly the same as what you have in your LB platform listing (left of screen in LB main window).

 Screen snaps help here, so snap your Details and Associated Platforms tabs.  

[Jdzspace]

that did it. my dumb self had just 3DS instead of Nintendo 3DS as the associated platform......talk about a rookie mistake. thank you