PCSX core crashes on rotate

[redthista]

the original upload included details on how to allow either portrait or landscape but was locked to the orientation when the game opened. This was useful for roms that crash on orientation change.

[tytydraco]

In the original upload, the config was done through the gradle variables. This meant we were allowed to set the orientation through the Android manifest file. Now, since we use a config from the resources folder, the orientation is set on app start.

Which core are you referencing? I did an update last night that fixed a crashing issue on snes9x.

[redthista]

It was the https://docs.libretro.com/library/pcsx_rearmed/ with the core option: pcsx_rearmed_neon_enhancement_no_main=enabled

[tytydraco]

I think the better approach is to try and fix this issue from the source instead of putting a bandaid on it with locking rotation. Have you tried bundling a BIOS for the PCSX core in the system folder? The system folder acts exactly like RetroArch's, so follow the PCSX instructions for adding a BIOS and see if that fixed the issue.

[redthista]

Good point, I will try with the bios and get back to you.

[redthista]

i have tried this with a few different roms and with bios and all of them crash on rotate.

[tytydraco]

Thanks for taking the time to test. Could you possibly try another core besides PCSX? I wonder if there are other PSX emulators in libretro that don't have this issue. If I recall correctly, even retroarch crashed on exiting the core with PCSX. I'll see if I can find a way to not reinitialize the core on rotate or at least catch the exception.

[redthista]

No problem man, happy to help! and I'm struggling to find the Beetle PSX HW core in and of the folders in: http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/android/latest/

I can get it in the retro arch android app.

[tytydraco]

I think it goes by mednafen_psx and mednafen_psx_hw, not sure why though. Give that a shot :D

[redthista]

I haven't been able to get them working, seems they rely on the bios more than pcsx. but i have used the bios files i have and cant get the game to start.

[tytydraco]

Yknow what, I just noticed there's a bug: I forgot to set the system directory to the new location! That means the bios was never getting detected. Sadly even after fixing this issue it still crashes on rotating with PCSX :(

I'll continue to work on this.

[tytydraco]

By the way, just wanted to say I really appreciate the testing <3