Scarletic Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 1 hour ago, launchretrogirl2562 said: No worries. I am positive I can get them to work. I think I got a handle on most of this by now 😄 Back with questions! Bally Astrocade resets all retroarch settings, even language. Why does it happen? I haven't seen any big different between Apple II and Astrocade opt or ini, but Apple doesn't reset settings. What may be the reason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
launchretrogirl2562 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) as you say, there really is not much difference between any of those platforms when it comes to implementation to get them working. I have never experienced that. So no idea really what is causing this on your system. Are you running the latest Retroarch version? (v1.13) If so, my advice would be to test it with a lower version of Retroarch (v1.12) or if not, with a higher version (v1.13) And then see if you still encounter it. Edit: i've seen rocketlauncher doing what you describe. But never launchbox. Edited November 27, 2022 by launchretrogirl2562 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletic Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 17 hours ago, launchretrogirl2562 said: as you say, there really is not much difference between any of those platforms when it comes to implementation to get them working. I have never experienced that. So no idea really what is causing this on your system. Are you running the latest Retroarch version? (v1.13) If so, my advice would be to test it with a lower version of Retroarch (v1.12) or if not, with a higher version (v1.13) And then see if you still encounter it. Edit: i've seen rocketlauncher doing what you describe. But never launchbox. I have updated Retroarch from 1.12 to 1.13 and now Apple II stoped working again and astrocade keeps reseting settings... Oof! Will try to fix now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletic Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 Update on problem! Astrocade trying to load "art" (even with no .cfg in the name), that doesn't exist. It used to think "-cart" is "-c art", so I made it "-f astrocde -cart -c retroarch.cfg" and it work fine! Weird stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
launchretrogirl2562 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Scarletic said: Update on problem! Astrocade trying to load "art" (even with no .cfg in the name), that doesn't exist. It used to think "-cart" is "-c art", so I made it "-f astrocde -cart -c retroarch.cfg" and it work fine! Weird stuff I don't understand? The settings in launchbox clearly says 'astrocde -cart -fullscreen' How can your setup think it is '-c art'??? That must be something on your side cause the settings I posted are generic and should work for pretty much everyone. Also. I am running retroarch 1.13.0, and the files I posted for apple are fully working. So if they worked with 1.12.0, they also should work with version 1.13.0 Edited November 27, 2022 by launchretrogirl2562 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletic Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 I have no idea why, but retroarch reads "-cart" as "-cart" and "-c art" in the same time. I will now look through my launch box now (just updated to latest version too). I don't think it is Retroarch issue, because it loads defaults when trying to load "art", lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletic Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 Apple II situation is even more weird. It made me rename "a2diskii.zip" to "a2diskiing.zip" to make it work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
launchretrogirl2562 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 4 hours ago, Scarletic said: Apple II situation is even more weird. It made me rename "a2diskii.zip" to "a2diskiing.zip" to make it work. that isnt weird. i sorted my dir at last modified to get the biospack. that made me miss the a2diskiing.zip it should have been included in the biospack. a2diskii.zip a2diskiing.zip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
launchretrogirl2562 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 but i agree. it is a lot of work to getting everything running well😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
launchretrogirl2562 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 6 hours ago, Scarletic said: I have no idea why, but retroarch reads "-cart" as "-cart" and "-c art" in the same time. I will now look through my launch box now (just updated to latest version too). I don't think it is Retroarch issue, because it loads defaults when trying to load "art", lol this explains exactly the problem you are having. and an alternative solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletic Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 10 hours ago, launchretrogirl2562 said: that isnt weird. i sorted my dir at last modified to get the biospack. that made me miss the a2diskiing.zip it should have been included in the biospack. a2diskii.zip 371 B · 0 downloads a2diskiing.zip 371 B · 0 downloads Oh, thanks! Was trying to figure out FM Towns Marty yesterday with no result, unfortunatly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletic Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 Casio Loopy works, but current mame rom is too broken. Will wait for update 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletic Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 Wow! I am not so useless! Epoch Game Pocket Computer works! (gamepock.zip is bios file) gamepock.zip gamepock.xml gamepock.ini gamepock.opt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletic Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 On APF Imagination Machine. Could make it run, but can't make it autorun cassetes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletic Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 So, now waiting for your stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
launchretrogirl2562 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 I've further looked into your issue. It was a similar issue I was encountering with the APPLE2GS. Not APPLE2E, but APPLE2GS. But it had a similar underlying cause. Namely, passing arguments to the mame libreto core OR retroarch is...to say...a little bit fickly in Launchbox. For apple2gs I wanted joy support. But with the standard approach, it is impossible to add the '-gameio joy' command and getting retroarch to boot. Similar issue you encountered when passing the -cart command. My guess is that it is some option or config in the retroarch config or other. Cause the -cart issue...I do not experience the same as you. But I do experience LB and retroarch not understanding any additional mame commands I pass (-gameio joy) So I decided to test the CLI (command line interface) option for any platform that requires extra commands, or commands which 'shorthand command strings' match the commands you pass onto mame_libreto (like the -cart) And I found out, the CLI option does not have these issues. I suggest you read the link I posted earlier ( And check out the solution on the second page. And try to implement it with your Bally astrocade. And still using just astrocde -cart, but then with the settings as they describe in that post. You will find out it works alot better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
launchretrogirl2562 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Hi Scarletic, try this with your Bally Astrocade. Backup your astrocde.opt file in your ':\RetroArch\config\MAME' folder. Replace it with the attached astrocde.opt file. CLI enabled Then add a new emulator, you can call it RetroarchSL. Configure it as following. And add your bally astrocade platform as following : "astrocde -cart \"%romfile%\"" I am sure with this way, retroarch will not interpret it as -c art And it will work with passing the correct arguments without fiddling with the command parameters. (as you did) I am going to use CLI for all platforms which either require extra command parameters or which have some sort of common ground with already known retroarch commands. (like the -c -> which messes up the -cart option) astrocde.opt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletic Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 Thanks! Managed to make APF work, but only with carts. Still need to bind controls, but it works! (apfimag.zip is bios) apfimag.ini apfm1000.xml apfimag.zip apfimag.opt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
launchretrogirl2562 Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 let me know how bally works with the new method. give me some time, this week to try and test fm marty and the others. slowly but steadily we'll get there😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletic Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 1 minute ago, launchretrogirl2562 said: let me know how bally works with the new method. give me some time, this week to try and test fm marty and the others. slowly but steadily we'll get there😃 Works perfect! Thanks!~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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