Core options not showing up in mednafen psx core

Libretro Cores
#1

hi all

I finally got around to fiddle with RetroArch, and I must say I’m really impressed. Some cores, like the PSX and the Yabause one, work really well for what I need them to do. I’m running Windows 7 ultimate edition 64 bit, and I use Kodi media center together with Rom Collection Browser to start my roms.

For PSX I have mainly party games which normally need a multitap plugged in to port 1 or 2, some other games I have cannot have a multitap plugged in as they won’t work with it. Therefore, I decided to save a configuration for each game in RetroArch so that I can start each game with its own configuration. So far so good. The problem I have is that the core options in the mednafen psx core are not present in the GUI. There’s only “no options” written. Therefore I can’t chose multitap in port 1 or 2. I’m using one of the latest RetroArch nightlies (64 bit) and the most recent mednafen psx core found under “latest” (64 bit)

Also, when I want to change the pad type in the core i cannot choose dual shock. I can do that only after I have started a game and I enter the GUI while the game is running. I’m not sure if this is a bug in the core or a problem on my end. Does anybody have an idea?

#2

You’ll need to boot up a game first to make the core options appear, this also applies to console specific controller types. It’s inconvenient, but fixing that would require breaking some other things.

#3

Hi Oggom

Thanks for clarifying. But these options cannot be saved to the config while the game is running, right? Can I enter them in the config and save them manually?

#4

The options save correctly if you exit the emulator cleanly, and they are supposed to be changed when the game is running actually that’s the whole idea

#5

Hi Radius

Ok, got it. Where are these variables stored? Not in the config file it seems, because when I make a copy of my psx core config, and I change multitap port 1 to enabled, it’s still enabled when I load the other config. That’s not a big deal, I can change the entry manually for games which need a multitap plugged in, but this makes per game configs unusable.