Mupen64plus core doesn't seem to work

RetroArch Windows devices
#1

I’ve wanted to give up on RetroArch for a few reasons (for SNES games at least, not having the ease of native Snes9x control for freezes/defrost, Escape being mapped to quit and not pause to desktop, a seemingly-non responsive fast-forward button, inexplicably not being able to load Donkey Kong Country, and no mouse control)…and while I suppose those could be figured out or changed, I just believed that RetroArch was not what I really wanted.

However, I’m not giving up on RetroArch because there’s at least one thing that I think would work better than the tools I have right now…it regards to Mupen64plus, which unlike SNES and NES, does not allow you to load directly from the ROMs. However, when I tried to load the core and select a ROM, all I got was a dark green screen (it wasn’t quite black, it had a dark green tint to it). I’ve heard Mupen64plus had some problems in the past with RetroArch, but I’m using a build from 7/16. Any advice on what I’m doing wrong…?

#2

Try using the Glupen64 core instead. Many people have better luck with it than regular mupen64plus-libretro.

#3

I tried the Glupen Core on 1.3.6, it just crashes as soon as I load a ROM, what am I doing wrong, exactly?

Video of issue

#4

Dunno. Those libretro-gl and libretro-vulkan cores can be finicky. Can you get us a verbose log of the crash?

The first thing I would check is to make sure you don’t have any shaders loaded beforehand.

#5

[QUOTE=hunterk;52962]Dunno. Those libretro-gl and libretro-vulkan cores can be finicky. Can you get us a verbose log of the crash?

The first thing I would check is to make sure you don’t have any shaders loaded beforehand.[/QUOTE]

Yikes, a log, huh, I don’t use shaders, that much I can assure you (I really don’t like them to be be honest). Captured a video of me loading up the core, the game almost loads, but instantly crashes, so IDFK what’s going on. Post a video link in above post. I thought this worked better than regular Mupen64?

Edit - Output:

RetroArch [INFO] :: === Build ======================================= RetroArch [INFO] :: Version: 1.3.6 RetroArch [INFO] :: Git: 218d6f5 RetroArch [INFO] :: ================================================= RetroArch [INFO] :: Config: loading config from: C:\Emulators\RA Nightly\retroarch.cfg. RetroArch [INFO] :: Resetting undo buffers. RetroArch [INFO] :: Environ SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: RGB565. RetroArch [INFO] :: Version of libretro API: 1 RetroArch [INFO] :: Compiled against API: 1 RetroArch [INFO] :: Set audio input rate to: 29975.00 Hz. RetroArch [INFO] :: Video @ 1708x960 RetroArch [INFO] :: Vulkan dynamic library loaded. RetroArch [INFO] :: Detecting screen resolution 1920x1080. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: Queue family 0 supports 16 sub-queues. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: Swapchain supports present mode: 2. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: Swapchain supports present mode: 3. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: Swapchain supports present mode: 1. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: Creating swapchain with present mode: 2 RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: Using swapchain size 1708 x 960. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: Got 3 swapchain images. RetroArch [INFO] :: Vulkan: Using resolution 1708x960 RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: Using RGB565 format. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: GPU supports linear images as textures, but not DEVICE_LOCAL. Falling back to copy path. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: GPU supports linear images as textures, but not DEVICE_LOCAL. Falling back to copy path. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: GPU supports linear images as textures, but not DEVICE_LOCAL. Falling back to copy path. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: Loading stock shader. RetroArch [INFO] :: [slang]: Building pass #0 (N/A) RetroArch [INFO] :: [slang]: Reflection RetroArch [INFO] :: [slang]: Textures: RetroArch [INFO] :: [slang]: Source (#0) RetroArch [INFO] :: [slang]: RetroArch [INFO] :: [slang]: Uniforms (Vertex: yes, Fragment: no): RetroArch [INFO] :: [slang]: MVP (Offset: 0) RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan filter chain]: Not using frame history. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan filter chain]: Not using framebuffer feedback. RetroArch [INFO] :: Found XInput v1.3. RetroArch [INFO] :: Found XInput controller, user #0 RetroArch [INFO] :: Enumerating DInput joypads … RetroArch [INFO] :: Device #0 PID: {028E} VID:{045E} RetroArch [INFO] :: Done enumerating DInput joypads … RetroArch [INFO] :: Autodetect: 30 profiles found RetroArch [INFO] :: Autodetect: selected configuration: C:\Emulators\RA Nightly\autoconfig\xinput\XInput_Controller_User_1.cfg RetroArch [INFO] :: Found joypad driver: “xinput”. RetroArch [INFO] :: Using font rendering backend: freetype. RetroArch [INFO] :: XAudio2: Requesting 64 ms latency, using 64 ms latency. RetroArch [INFO] :: Found menu display driver: “menu_display_vulkan”. RetroArch [INFO] :: Using font rendering backend: freetype. RetroArch [INFO] :: Using font rendering backend: freetype. RetroArch [INFO] :: SRAM will not be saved. RetroArch [INFO] :: null: [C:\Emulators\RA Nightly\content_history.lpl]. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: VSync => on RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: VSync => on RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: Swapchain supports present mode: 2. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: Swapchain supports present mode: 3. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: Swapchain supports present mode: 1. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: Creating swapchain with present mode: 2 RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: Using swapchain size 1708 x 960. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: Recycled old swapchain. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: Got 3 swapchain images. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: GPU supports linear images as textures, but not DEVICE_LOCAL. Falling back to copy path. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: GPU supports linear images as textures, but not DEVICE_LOCAL. Falling back to copy path. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan]: GPU supports linear images as textures, but not DEVICE_LOCAL. Falling back to copy path. RetroArch [INFO] :: [slang]: Building pass #0 (N/A) RetroArch [INFO] :: [slang]: Reflection RetroArch [INFO] :: [slang]: Textures: RetroArch [INFO] :: [slang]: Source (#0) RetroArch [INFO] :: [slang]: RetroArch [INFO] :: [slang]: Uniforms (Vertex: yes, Fragment: no): RetroArch [INFO] :: [slang]: MVP (Offset: 0) RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan filter chain]: Not using frame history. RetroArch [INFO] :: [Vulkan filter chain]: Not using framebuffer feedback. RetroArch [INFO] :: Using content: C:\Emulators\ROMs\Nintendo 64 ROMs\Bomberman 64 (USA).n64. RetroArch [INFO] :: arg #0: retroarch RetroArch [INFO] :: arg #1: C:\Emulators\ROMs\Nintendo 64 ROMs\Bomberman 64 (USA).n64 RetroArch [INFO] :: arg #2: -c RetroArch [INFO] :: arg #3: C:\Emulators\RA Nightly\retroarch.cfg RetroArch [INFO] :: arg #4: -L RetroArch [INFO] :: arg #5: C:\Emulators\RA Nightly\cores\glupen64_libretro.dll RetroArch [INFO] :: Resetting undo buffers. RetroArch [INFO] :: Does not have enough samples for monitor refresh rate estimation. Requires to run for at least 4096 frames

Edit 2: And I’m a freaking moron, if only I can use GllideN64 instead of the software rendering plugin

#6

You need to set your video driver to “gl” instead of Vulkan and then restart RetroArch.

#7

Now to get the Mednafen PSX HW core to not crash, might make a thread for that