I tried a few different versions yesterday. Pretty sure they were:
• stable 1.2.0 win-x64 (RetroArch _1.2_R2.7z)
• stable 1.3.2 windows x84_64 (RetroArch.7z)
I used 7-zip to unzip them to my E drive, which was a driver partition I created off of my C drive. Here’s the breakdown of what’s on my drives:
• E drive: HyperSpin, RocketLauncher, Emulators and Roms (no Roms currently downloaded, still in early stages and just trying to get emulators to launch first. RetroArch is first emulator I tried to set up)
• C drive: Windows, DirectX, Visual Studios, Net Framework (downloaded as many different versions as I could find) and pretty much everything else.
I don’t know if it matters whether or not I have these things separated by a driver partition, especially since when I tried to launch RetroArch from my desktop on my C drive, it still crashed. But if that DOES in fact make a different or cause an issue, please say so.
Couple of questions:
1. Based off the logs I posted, and knowing that I’m running Windows 10, 64-bit with a Windows Basic Display Adaptor listed as my GPU, do you know what version should I be downloading? Or is it more like a trial-and-error thing? Do I need to delete other versions of RetroArch before downloading and trying another version?
2. In http://buildbot.libretro.com/, how do you install the nightlies? They seem to have a ton of files in there, as opposed to one zip folder like in stable. Do I just have to download them all one-by-one and then drop them into a stable RetroArch folder and overwrite any duplicate/outdated files in there??
3. After looking things over now, I MAY have just caught my error, but can someone please confirm: did I need to go into the archive of http://buildbot.libretro.com/ and download RetroArch-v1.0.0.2-64-bit.zip and Cores-v1.0.0.2-64-bit.zip before downloading the 2.0 versions? (because I just downloaded 2.0 versions, not 1.0) And if that’s the case, do I download the 1.0 versions and then download updated versions and just drop those contents in the 1.0 RetroArch folder and overwrite duplicate/outdated files in there? How do I update to newer version. And what do I do with the Cores?
I’m pretty new at this, so forgive me if any of my questions seem really obvious and stupid. Also, I apologize for the lengthy post. Trying to be as thorough as possible. Had an ambitious idea to build my own arcade cabinet with very little knowledge of the process – and the programming part of it has given me the most trouble (so far). Been reading a lot of forums and following SimplyAustin’s YouTube tutorials (I know he isn’t using Windows 10, so maybe that’s why certain files and packages I’m downloading from his links aren’t working for me??? I did download different versions of RetroArch when the folders from SimplyAustin didn’t work for me).
Anyway, any and all help is very much appreciated. Getting frustrated, but determined to get this working properly. You guys are awesome for offering advice and potential solutions. If you help me get this working, I will be extremely grateful. Thanks again!