How to Fix RetroArch Error "Failed to load content" PCSX2 | How to Play PS2 Games on RetroArch Osama Elmagdy 45 subscribers Subscribe 0 Share No views 57 seconds ago. The log file: https://pastebin.com/tHqawFs7, The most important line is probably "HLE Notice: ELF does not have a path. Even if you have Vulkan as a global driver, the automatic core has to select the best option available to work, which would be GL. to your account. Also you should enable the display of file extensions to make sure it's properly named: https://www.howtogeek.com/205086/beginner-how-to-make-windows-show-file-extensions/. Direct3D 11 renderer can be faster than OpenGL but also has less features. Put a check in Enable HW Hacks ( as shown here ), then click Advanced Settings and Hacks. You need something fairly recent and afaik absolutely mandatory for any kind of good experience AVX support on the CPU side. Ive already gone through all the steps outlined in this thread and I was hoping either Hunterk or someone else could help me make sense of the log. I've tried using my another installation of retroarch and everything works fine there. I have installed Retroarch on ArchLinux and I downloaded PCSX2 using the Online Updater. We have not been able to figure out how to fix that yet as the PCSX2 codebase is a definite case of here be dragons, but for now when this happens, you can just bring up the Task Manager and close it manually. I suspect that BIOS files may have a cause, but it is very thin speculation. Putting the file in /cores/system 2. As far as I looked, it is similar to this https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=249743 , but in my case, I already use gl for display driver in RetroArch. The problem is that retroarch won't recognize the bios. #PCSX2 Alpha core available for Windows now! By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Change it to Opengl and you are good. If it crashes, do you get a coredump? Thank so much Hunterk truly , and the god retrogaming bless retroarch forever <3. Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community. Settings are also unified so configuration is done once and for all.For more detailed information, follow these links:https://www.retroarch.com/https://libretro.com/ PCSX2 still has a lot of inherently nonportable code in it, from QtWidgets to libglib. privacy statement. Maybe have the core default gsdx to opengl and then win users can manually switch to d3d11? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community. It is still less compatible than the 32bit x86 dynarec in PCSX2, so keep that in mind. I have installed Retroarch on ArchLinux and I downloaded PCSX2 using the Online Updater. I have tried with both cores Beetle PSX HW & PCSX Rearmed , but none of them is loading any game. For more information, please see our I can start PCSX2 and change configuration but whenever I try to start it with any . Everyone wins.https://pcsx2.net/http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/windows/x86_64/latest/pcsx2_libretro.dll.ziphttps://docs.libretro.com/library/pcsx2/--@RetroArchOfficial by #LibRetro is a frontend for emulators, game engines and media players.Support us by becoming a member here -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjAimkVp-G_o6HK5MXujk9A/joinRetroArch enables you to run classic games on a wide range of computers and consoles through its slick graphical interface. Have a question about this project? Launch RetroArch and go to Settings>User Interface and make sure "Show Advanced Settings" is toggled on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EnWeztB8wI, https://www.howtogeek.com/205086/beginner-how-to-make-windows-show-file-extensions/, https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads-2647da03-1eea-4433-9aff-95f26a218cc0. I really doubt that that's the actual error. [INFO] [Joypad]: Found joypad driver: "xinput". Therefore, for now, the experimental PCSX2 core kinda is doing its own thing. Try to launch a PS2 game and let it fail. Finally 2 days ago I opened retroarch and downloaded the dolphin core again and it opened and worked perfect. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Disregard^, Yes logging verbosity is set to 0 debug on both, Powered by Discourse, best viewed with JavaScript enabled, LeatherNeck99 Retroarch Error - Pastebin.com. However, the log you posted doesnt seem to show you attempting to load any games. Here's a quick guide on how to set up RetroArch for PS2. One thing I can suspect, are you globally exporting SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland somewhere? As for the second way of solving the problem, ("Edit retroarch / config / pcsx2 (alpha) / pcsx2 (alpha) .opt with a text editor."). If i could piggyback off this thread here, im having the same issue, but im not sure if its the same cause. Its for that reason that we dont have a Linux core yet on our buildbot. I watch every video, I read every discussion, I did everything it needs but it still says so. Thank you very much!! You need a working BIOS inside /pcsx2/bios. Vulkan won't work for me on pcsx2, only glcore (which it automatically switches to) or d3d11. After changing the core option you can switch back to Vulkan. Quick Menu > Close Content. Basically, my idea was to pre-scale the output to 4k, then zoom the viewport out a bit. See in video option's if its set to Dx11. Its available for Windows only right now, but the same core has been tested to work on Xbox One/Series systems as well.Important things to knowCreate the following directory in your system directory pcsx2. https://www.mediafire.com/file/eb9s7zqde46giin/pcsx2.rar/file files load the bin file instead of cue ok thank you , but how I should install To make it work? https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Core_d _core_dump, and when I load and run the core from the terminal. With some cores Beetle psx hw gives error message Failed to set last used disk and PCSX rearmed gives error message failed to load content, But with other cores (All them are CUE) it load the playstation intro screen but then it stays at the disk screen (I dont know the name for that screen, its like an audio cd), I have bios scph1001.bin , scph5500.bin , scph5501.bin & scph5502.bin in system folder . [INFO] [Core]: Saved core options file to "Q:\Users\UserMgr0\AppData\Local\Packages\20926GoldFox69..RetroArch_nv4gxb35x96f8\LocalState\config\pcsx2 (alpha)\pcsx2 (alpha).opt". Ive managed to get PCSX2 on to the internal storage with a PS2 USA bios. [INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: "bitmap". You "technically" meet at least the minimum specs, but the release core build you download directly from retroarch is built against AVX2 you'd have to try and rebuild it yourself. But my hard drive went out and I lost the core do now the same problem keep getting that message. ", Also my current opts file: https://pastebin.com/nuTjHhHn. Govanify is going through many (necessary) refactors in PCSX2 upstream to make the code more portable, and he has also expressed his interest in an upstreamable libretro core somewhere down the line when the final refactoring of the GUI is complete. Go there and toggle on "logging verbosity" and "log to file". pixel0501 24 August 2018 19:05 #3 Thanks! Also, iso files are not corrupted because i can play with other emulators. [INFO] [Video]: Average monitor Hz: 59.941258 Hz. Cookie Notice Then do whatever you need to do to reproduce the offending behavior and it will then create a log file in your 'log' directory, which you can open in a text editor. Putting the file in /system 3. That fixed it for me. 1 Downloading RetroArch 2 Controls 3 Downloading Cores 4 Running a Game 5 BIOS and System files 6 Core Options, Core Specific Settings 7 Shader Settings 8 Saves and Saving Settings 9 Mednafen PSX 10 Customizing RetroArch 11 Cheats Downloading RetroArch The latest stable version of RetroArch can be found on the libretro site, [1]. All rights reserved. retroarch.log. Last edited by Menojohnson ; Oct 3, 2021 @ 12:46pm #3 2DDaniel Oct 3, 2021 @ 1:11pm How to (re-)install RetroArch from scratch, convert a PSX/PS1 game [Ex: Castlevania: SotN], and play this on PCSX ReARMed core. Even scanning contents, doesn't recognize the games and show them in the main menu, and also, even Loading the core from the Main Menu and then Starting the Core, RetroArch shuts down. I made a post a few days ago proposing a method for getting a somewhat more realistic CRT experience for console games using CRT-royale, specifically for people with 1080p computer monitors. Privacy Policy. This happens only with PCSX2 core in RetroArch only. my discord : coldzero1189#2226 [SOLVED] RetroArch - Can't load content with PCSX2 core. So this might be some issue with settings that make the core fail to load anything. Launch a PS2 game. Article Contents hide 1 Requirements 2 Step 1 - Download PCSX2 Files 3 Step 2 - Download PS2 BIOS File 4 Step 3 - Download The 'PCSX2' (LRPS2) Core In RetroArch 5 Step 4 - Set Up Your Controller 6 Step 5 - Choose A game To Play 7 Step 6 - Graphics Options & Upscaling [INFO] [Audio]: Set audio input rate to: 48000.00 Hz. I'm very new to Retroarch and I'm having a lot of trouble trying to get PCSX2 to work. All other core work properly. Check the info at https://docs.libretro.com/library/pcsx2/, Last edited by Marvix (2022-01-11 20:41:40). PCSX2 failed to load content can someone help me? It's just a dummy file in that video, you don't literally rename it like that :p I personally have "scph70000.bin", "scph70004.bin" and "scph70012.bin" in the "bios" folder and it works fine! [ERROR] [Environ]: SET_HW_RENDER - Dynamic request HW context failed. That fixed it for me. Have a question about this project? Espaol - Latinoamrica (Spanish - Latin America). Already on GitHub? By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. I seems that cue sheets are right. The content of MAME2003.lpl (playlist file) after scanning the rom-directory looks like: It is listed as installed and its dll file is present in the core folder. Is the logging verbosity set to 0-debug for both? Last edited by V1del (2022-01-11 20:25:49), From my rush, I didn't looked the required hardware https://docs.libretro.com/library/pcsx2/. #2 Menojohnson Oct 3, 2021 @ 12:45pm See in video option's if its set to Dx11. 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