Problems when changing games in RetroArch

[Time-Pare]

(Sorry if my english is bad, i'm not a native english speaker) My system Softwares : Windows 10 Pro, RetroArch 1.9.5 (64), Core - Flycast 0.1 8e4fa54 Hardwares : I7 2600, 14 GB, GTX 1050 2GB

Hi everyone, since the last retroarch update, i have problems when changing games on flycast with Naomi and Atomiswave games (i didn't try with dreamcast games because i don't own any of them). When i put the game A, it will launch the game perfectly. If i close the game A with the retroarch menu and chose a game B, i will see some shadows of the game A and the boot logo will say the romset isn't acceptable by mainboard or the boot logo will be okay but i only see a black screen after. If i close the game B and i want to try with a game C, the boot logo will have a crackling sound and it will launch the game A instead of the game C also with crackling sound.

This is the log : https://pastebin.com/2JL4c4iM

I've tried a lot of things, reinstalling retroarch, trying to remove bios from others systems to see if there was a conflict, upgrading my graphic drivers, removing the core and everything related and reinstalling it but nothing works except restarting retroarch each time i want to play another flycast game.

[afjara]

Same as #1083

[Hari-82]

Same issue here, when I try to open a second game the first one starts again and with frame pacing problems. and to be able to play another game I'm forced to restart retroarch.

something wrong when closing content.

[afjara]

@Hari-82 Best solution is to replace the libretro buildbot flycast core, with the new flycast core from flyinghead:

https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast/actions?query=branch%3Alibretro

You need to select a build under the C/C++ tag and download flycast-libretro-x86_64-w64-mingw32 under the Artifacts section.

After that, you may need to delete a registry value left by the older core as suggested by BsLeNuL in reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroArch/comments/oyeaq6/flycast_core_windows_10_game_loading_problem/

Ok so:

Close RetroArch.

In the Windows search bar type regedit and open the registry editor. Alternatively you can press Windows key + R to open the "Execute" box then type regedit and press Enter.

Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers.

If you see a key with $ IgnoreFreeLibrary, just delete it. It should look like this if you have it: https://i.imgur.com/lwBJslV.png

And now it should work properly, if you don't have that registry key however, I have no idea what's causing the crashes, and a log might help in this case.

For me, everything is working OK in my desktop and laptop, both featuring nvidia cards.

[Hyatt-05]

@Hari-82 Best solution is to replace the libretro buildbot flycast core, with the new flycast core from flyinghead:

https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast/actions?query=branch%3Alibretro

You need to select a build under the C/C++ tag and download flycast-libretro-x86_64-w64-mingw32 under the Artifacts section.

After that, you may need to delete a registry value left by the older core as suggested by BsLeNuL in reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroArch/comments/oyeaq6/flycast_core_windows_10_game_loading_problem/

Ok so: Close RetroArch. In the Windows search bar type regedit and open the registry editor. Alternatively you can press Windows key + R to open the "Execute" box then type regedit and press Enter. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers. If you see a key with $ IgnoreFreeLibrary, just delete it. It should look like this if you have it: https://i.imgur.com/lwBJslV.png And now it should work properly, if you don't have that registry key however, I have no idea what's causing the crashes, and a log might help in this case.

For me, everything is working OK in my desktop and laptop, both featuring nvidia cards.

This resolved my crash issue with Flycast/Retroarch, thank you for sharing

[ner00]

Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers. If you see a key with $ IgnoreFreeLibrary, just delete it. It should look like this if you have it: https://i.imgur.com/lwBJslV.png

This solved it for me. Both the crash issue and the the "loading previous game" bug.