Wonderswan Save Issue

[Omnija]

Wonderswan and Color save games in the bios folder.

These lines should be added to each individual emulators retroarch.cfg to make sure they save in the game folder.
system_directory = /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/wonderswancolor
system_directory = /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/wonderswan

Neogeo Pocket and Color save in the home folder still unsure why or how to redirect them.

[gizmo98]

Sounds like a core problem because system_directory is for bios files https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/blob/master/retroarch.cfg#L74

[Omnija]

I believe it's the "mednafen" emulators that tend save where they please.

[gizmo98]

What happens if you set savefile_directory = /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/wonderswan?

[Omnija]

nothing, i've already tried multiple times this was the only method that worked (changing Bios folder to rom folder). I still yet to find a method to get neogeo pocket working.

[gizmo98]

Ok. I had seen some lines of code suggesting this:
https://github.com/libretro/beetle-wswan-libretro/blob/master/libretro.cpp#L542

On the other hand i do not understand (atm) why system_directory is base_directory:
https://github.com/libretro/beetle-wswan-libretro/blob/master/libretro.cpp#L524

Something to evaluate next year ;-)

[Omnija]

As for the Neogeo Pocket emulators, i don't think they have a declared location to save in. Which is probably why they can't be directed in any way.

[HerbFargus]

we had the same issue with gpsp, save states only work in the directory it's installed in

[joolswills]

@HerbFargus that wasn't a libretro emulator issue though afair

[HerbFargus]

Ah, yeah i suppose you're right.

[gizmo98]

@joolswills @HerbFargus
In my opinion we could set system_directory for both systems if wonderswan needs no bios file?!

[Omnija]

That's what i did to correct wonderswan saves and no they don't need bios; but that didn't work for Neogeo Pocket/Colour (saves home folder of pi)

[HerbFargus]

@Omnija try out the fix on my branch for neogeo pocket and tell me if it fixes the issue:

https://github.com/HerbFargus/beetle-ngp-libretro/tree/save-fix

[HerbFargus]

the savefile_directory code still needs to be sorted upstream but now in game saves will at least default to the rom directory now. same for NGP