The Hillarican Posted June 14, 2022 Posted June 14, 2022 I added my Sega CD collection, and it seems that Retroarch loads up fine (using Genesis Plus GX). I get that far, but then it's a blank screen after that. Sometimes, I can't even ESC out of it either. I've searched around for info, but couldn't find anything. Any suggestions? Quote
faeran Posted June 14, 2022 Posted June 14, 2022 Hi @The Hillarican. Sega CD requires a bios file to work. Did you remember to add it to RetroArch? Quote
The Hillarican Posted June 14, 2022 Author Posted June 14, 2022 Yes. I got the bios files that Retroarch and Launchbox asked for. U, E, and J versions Quote
The Hillarican Posted June 14, 2022 Author Posted June 14, 2022 Also, Hi @faeran! Usually I can find stuff about little issues that come up but this one was really weird. I have the bios_CD-e, J, and U files. I have them in the System folder for Retroarch, just to verify, that's the correct folder right? Quote
neil9000 Posted June 14, 2022 Posted June 14, 2022 Just now, The Hillarican said: Also, Hi @faeran! Usually I can find stuff about little issues that come up but this one was really weird. I have the bios_CD-e, J, and U files. I have them in the System folder for Retroarch, just to verify, that's the correct folder right? Does Retroarch actually identify them as the correct files and state they are present? Just cause the name matches doesn't mean its the correct file. Retroarch wants the exact files with the exact same md5 checksum as they satate on their website. Sega - MS/GG/MD/CD (Genesis Plus GX) - Libretro Docs Quote
Lordmonkus Posted June 14, 2022 Posted June 14, 2022 Do your games work when you load through RA on its own ? Did you import the cue file or the bin file into LB ? You want the cue file only in LB and don't tell LB to move or copy your files, tell it to leave them where they are. Quote
The Hillarican Posted June 14, 2022 Author Posted June 14, 2022 27 minutes ago, neil9000 said: Does Retroarch actually identify them as the correct files and state they are present? Just cause the name matches doesn't mean its the correct file. Retroarch wants the exact files with the exact same md5 checksum as they satate on their website. Sega - MS/GG/MD/CD (Genesis Plus GX) - Libretro Docs Ah hah! I think this is where the issue lies. The files I have are .img and .ccd. I need to convert them. I did not see them on the list. Thank you @neil9000! I'll convert one and see if this fixes it. Quote
The Hillarican Posted June 14, 2022 Author Posted June 14, 2022 29 minutes ago, Lordmonkus said: Do your games work when you load through RA on its own ? Did you import the cue file or the bin file into LB ? You want the cue file only in LB and don't tell LB to move or copy your files, tell it to leave them where they are. That was a strange thing too. In RA, if I pointed to the game, it wanted to load a different core all together. Should have been the first sign right there. I'm gonna convert one of these to the bin/cue format and see if it works. Quote
Lordmonkus Posted June 14, 2022 Posted June 14, 2022 RA has a thing where you can set a default core for a file type. Quote
The Hillarican Posted June 14, 2022 Author Posted June 14, 2022 That was it. I converted one to an .iso file and tested it and it loaded up and played fine. Thank you @faeran, @neil9000, and @Lordmonkus. I appreciate the help! Quote
Fugus Posted June 15, 2022 Posted June 15, 2022 When it came to Sega CD, I changed the startup to PicoDrive due to there being Sega CD games that also require 32x. Also, I have them in CHD format, runs without issue so far. Quote
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