Retroarch always crashes!

PeterL29 · Jan 30, 2023

Retroarch on the 3DS always crashes! How can I fix it? (I have asked 4 times now.)

- A video of me trying to open Retroarch -

Deleted member 194275 · Jan 30, 2023

I was never stable for me, never, so I don't use it today, but back when I was trying to make it work, the .CIA installation was the better way to do it, try that if you didn't already.

PeterL29 · Jan 30, 2023

lokomelo said:
The .CIA installation was the better way to do it, try that if you didn't already.

That's what I did.

MrHuu · Jan 30, 2023

Which steps did you take to install retroarch?

To me it looks like you only installed 'retroarch_3ds.cia'. Which does nothing on it's own. (as shown in your video)
The actual cores are included in the 'retroarch/cores' folder. Did you copy that as-well?

It really isn't that difficult; https://docs.libretro.com/guides/install-3ds2ds/

worm28 · Jan 30, 2023

With the newer versions of retroarch if i load retroarch through a cia and then try to load retroarch through the homebrew launcher it crashes and i have to delete the retroarch salamander.cfg in order for it to load games from the homebrew launcher it sucks because i have to use either the cia or sdsx not both. So try deleting retroarch.cfg and salamander.cfg in the retroarch folder on your sd card.

PeterL29 · Jan 30, 2023

MrHuu said:
Which steps did you take to install retroarch?

To me it looks like you only installed 'retroarch_3ds.cia'. Which does nothing on it's own. (as shown in your video)
The actual cores are included in the 'retroarch/cores' folder. Did you copy that as-well?

It really isn't that difficult; https://docs.libretro.com/guides/install-3ds2ds/

Oh, so without any of the cores, it won't run. But where do I even get cores?

MrHuu · Jan 30, 2023

https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/nintendo/3ds/

Download 'retroarch_cia.7z' and extract the 'retroarch' folder to the root of your SD.

Than run the installed 'retroarch_3ds.cia'.

PeterL29 · Jan 31, 2023

PeterL29 said:
But where do I even get cores?

I found out where to get cores!

SuicideNotes · May 31, 2023

Retroarch gets its cores in the package, in the cores folder just click and instal, i would say to put the cores you dont use in a notused folder, dont use the universal updater for retroarch, i use the nightlys, also u need bios, just type bios pack google and bobs your grandmother

Sonic121212 · Jun 6, 2023

Check if 3dsx works

Ixel · Jun 10, 2023

Honestly, RetroArch isn't that reliable for the 3DS systems (or at least it isn't for my 2DS), I would recommend searching for another emulator if these issues continue after trying what others are suggesting.

Julayla Beryl · Sep 1, 2023

I tried both versions of Retroarch. And even downloaded all the cores that I needed. However, both versions of Retroarch, the 3dsx and cia, both crash on my new 3ds xl.

ber71 · Sep 1, 2023

Check your sdcard , might be failing.

d_bizzzz · Dec 23, 2023

Julayla Beryl said:
I tried both versions of Retroarch. And even downloaded all the cores that I needed. However, both versions of Retroarch, the 3dsx and cia, both crash on my new 3ds xl.

Have tried both for a long while now and 3dsx running thru homebrew channel is the better way to go for sure.
If you try to use a core that causes it to crash (mame2003_plus always does that for me) it gets stuck, upon each load of retroarch it will just crash trying to load the broken core.
Only fix I've found is to delete the retroarch.cfg file, start again and avoid the cores that cause problems. I keep a backup of retroarch.cfg now so that I don't have to re-apply all my preferences and settings.

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