The original core had to be compiled, there are ready to use dll/so files for Win/Linux available here from this fork:
I had the original working under Linux, this one I just tested under Windows 10, works (after installing java).
The original core had to be compiled, there are ready to use dll/so files for Win/Linux available here from this fork:
I had the original working under Linux, this one I just tested under Windows 10, works (after installing java).
No luck here loading content with the core
Iâm able to load the core itself (says version 1.2). In âcore informationâ it says it found the freej2me-lr.jar file correctly but when I try to load .jar file/game I only get a popup error windows that says:
âJava Virtual Machine Launcher - Error: Unable to Access jarfileâ
I do have Java 8 installed and I can open and play jar games with the âstandaloneâ freej2me.
edit: Okay, found the problem. Apparently, the core didnât like my folderâs name (âRetroArch 1.17.0â) so I made a new folder called âRetroArch_Auxâ (no spaces) next to âRetroArch 1.17.0â and added the line:
system_directory = âD:\RetroArch_Aux\systemâ
to âFreeJ2ME.cfgâ then placed freej2me-lr.jar in it. I didnât want to risk just renaming the folder as a few cores will use full, absolute path names in rare cases for some stuff. And well, now it works.
Thank you sooo much for pointing this out!
I was never able to build a working version on windows 10 before this!
Installed the latest version of Java (Java 8 Update 411). Then from this page (https://github.com/AShiningRay/freej2me/releases) downloaded and copied the âfreej2me_libretro.dllâ to the âcoresâ folder and âfreej2me-lr.jarâ to the âsystemâ folder. Then loaded the game âjarâ files from RA âLoad Contentâ and the games run nicely!
By combining the best features of RA such as, per game/core configs, controller support & mappings, and shaders support, this makes the J2me games experience so much better!
But one issue I have is that, when I go into the menu the games donât pause. Even when I quit RA, the background music keeps running and I have to force close the âJava⢠Platform SE binaryâ task from task manager to stop the games.
Have you faced any similar issues?
Yes, I also have this issue. I donât recall having this with Linux, but itâs just a minor annoyance I guess.
Yeah, same issue here as well. I have to Alt+CTLR+Delete and close the process manually as it doesnât close on itself when closing RA.
Other than that there are few games that have sound issues (or no sound at all) that arenât present in standalone.
Doom II RPG seem very unstable if you leave the sound on (crawls in certain part and even random crashes) but they disappear if you disable sound in the game at start up.
Other games plays fine without issues:
So, overall Iâd say that while the core as it is currently is not perfect itâs very much usable.
Searching around the internet, Iâve found a more newer post from a Chinese Forum (Link), which links to a Weiyun cloud drive (https://share.weiyun.com/3EVcqXoG). But even after trying a bunch of different ways, I donât seem to be able to create a WeChat or QQ account in order to download it.
So maybe someone with such accounts can test it out and see if this version has the same issues or not?
I know this core isnât meant for Android but it doesnât work there⌠(I used the .so file for Linux)
Hi - Iâm necromancing this thread, but now there is a fork of FreeJ2ME actively developed at https://github.com/TASEmulators/freej2me-plus, with more games supported and better quality in emulation.
Nightly builds of both JARs and Libretro cores can be found in the Actions -> Artifacts, or through nightly.link.