Cart crashes on initial stage load

[f8less]

The following carts are crashing with the error "no lua to load. aborting cart":

• Kalikan [https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=131586#p]
• Peral [https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=92885#p]
• Poom [https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=101541#p]
• R-Type 1.4 [https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=98070#p]

[jtothebell]

It looks like the first three are all multicart games. Did you include the extra carts? I know Poom worked at one point, so unless there was an update to Poom or some regression in Fake-08 that one should work. I will add the others to my list to investigate, but I don't know when I'll get to them.

[stefan-girlich]

Experiencing the same with Kalikan; looking into the (paid) download from itch.io right now.

a) Potentially useful info from the readme file:

To get the carts to talk to each other you might have to run the game as administrator , and they will have to be in the actual pico8/carts directory otherwise they don't work . Unsure why , ask zep <3

b) New error message when trying to start initial stage with all cart files available

system info:

• RetroArch 1.9.12 (2021-11-03)
• Android 13
• fake-08 libretro build 511 (src)
• placing .info file in the cores directory is not possible on non-rooted Android

steps to reproduce:

1. download Kalikan files from itch.io (paid, src)
2. find folder with .p8 files
3. copy all folder content to /storage/emulated/0/p8carts> on Android device (note: error is identical when using arbitrary other folder location)
4. rename kalikan_menu.p8 to kalikan_menu.p8.png (to prevent RetroArch "No core" error when trying to load cart)
5. open RetroArch
6. Load Core -> libfake08-arm64.so
7. Load Content -> ... -> kalikan_menu.p8.png
8. Game starts -> press buttons to enter actual game -> error

My best guess is that the cart files would need to be in an actual root-level dir /p8carts which is not achievable on a non-rooted Android system

[xero]

i have similar issues with this list of games

• shadowking
• jungle ping
• mot game's
• pizza panda
• whiplash taxi
• frost punk
• tiny coliseum
• lab cat

appreciate all the hard work everyone on this project does <3

[FallOfArca]

also experiencing this issue with Marble Merger