Retroarch 1.36 saves (srm) not saving in the correct location

[guyverjay]

Hello,

For some reason when I use Retroarch 1.36 the saves always default to the rom location (which isn't good as my roms are zipped so get deleted from the temp folder once I exit the game) no matter what path I set in retroarch itself (it always gets overridden presumably by the module to "defaut"). This doesn't happen in previous versions of Retroarch, in fact if I merely just swap the 1.36 executable for 1.34, the saves will go to the correct folder. However I want to upgrade for the new vulkan support, any help woud be mch appreciated

[guyverjay]

I don't know hy this has been moved to emulator help, retroarch will set the save paths fine enough when not using rocketlauncher. The module changes the paths everytime you launch

[Jazzphone]

Check out the RetroArch Module thread in the Module forum for an update version of the Module that has these changes implemented.

RetroArch changed the way it handles things.

[deejus679]

I had the same issue. After extensive research I stumbled on a solution. I took extensive notes so I would be able to replicate the process. I hope it helps.

Settings to allow games saves and save states in RL/HS:

1. In the RetroArch\config folder, create a new folder with name of the core used to emulate the system
- Example: "Mupen64Plus" for Nintendo 64
2. Inside the folder create a new text document
3. Label the document the same name of the folder with suffix .cfg - Example: "Mupen64Plus.cfg"
4. Open the folder using a text editor such as notepad or notepad ++
5. Paste the following command:
savefile_directory = ":\saves"
savestate_directory = ":\states"
6. Save

Now when games are saved using RL/HS they will work and will be stored in the corresponding folders that have been created.

Note: When creating save folders and configuration (.cfg) files for cores that contain an underscores "_" use a space instead

Example: Use "Mednafen PSX" instead of "mednafen_psx" for the Sony Playstation core

[djvj]

If the user needs to perform these actions in RA to be compatible with the module, why are these not in the notes of the module?

[deejus679]

I can't say I know the answer to that. I'm not even sure who writes the Modules, I had assumed that it was the program developers of RL. Can such notes be added by a user such as myself or there appropriate channels to go through to make such a suggestion?