EverSD for Evercade Firmware 1.3.1 - Now with Retroarch Support!

esmith13 · Jul 31, 2021

esmith13 said:
on the new card/fresh install did you re-add retroarch from the place you got everpatcher from? my downloads don't include retroarch itself...

if you're still having issues, attached is a "test setup" you can put on a formatted FAT32 sd card that is "known working".
Be sure to see the readme file for info on what you have to supply (retroarch, two libretro cores and the links to download them) for it to be functional. It has one public domain NES rom and one public domain MegaDrive rom pre-configured.

EDIT: if you see "INSERT CARTRIDGE" on the evercade when the EverSD is inserted and you know the sd card is setup properly, this means you NEED to insert a retail cart once, remove it, then insert the EverSD again. This has to be done ONLY ONCE after you flash or reflash your firmware before EverSD will work again.

vonfnas · Jul 31, 2021

esmith13 said:
if you're still having issues, attached is a "test setup" you can put on a formatted FAT32 sd card that is "known working".
Be sure to see the readme file for info on what you have to supply (retroarch, two libretro cores and the links to download them) for it to be functional. It has one public domain NES rom and one public domain MegaDrive rom pre-configured.

EDIT: if you see "INSERT CARTRIDGE" on the evercade when the EverSD is inserted and you know the sd card is setup properly, this means you NEED to insert a retail cart once, remove it, then insert the EverSD again. This has to be done ONLY ONCE after you flash or reflash your firmware before EverSD will work again.

This did not work either. SD card formatted to FAT32 using FAT32Format, and I followed the readme in your test card build, but still the same.
I applaud you for your patience. I will try another SD card tomorrow (it's 2:40 AM in Sweden ATM), just to be sure. The one I have been using is a 256gb one, which is WAAAAAY overkill for the EverSD. I should have a 32gb one around here somewhere.

esmith13 · Jul 31, 2021

vonfnas said:
This did not work either. SD card formatted to FAT32 using FAT32Format, and I followed the readme in your test card build, but still the same.
I applaud you for your patience. I will try another SD card tomorrow (it's 2:40 AM in Sweden ATM), just to be sure. The one I have been using is a 256gb one, which is WAAAAAY overkill for the EverSD. I should have a 32gb one around here somewhere.

Hrm, I used a 256gb card before without issue... have you tried a SD card format tool to make sure there is only one partition aligned correctly on the card? I know evercade won't read it otherwise.
You can also use disk management in windows to delete any/all partitions and recreate a new one, then use fat32formatter again. Also it needs to be MBR partition table, not GPT which some large cards are by default...

Either way, it'll get sorted, I'm sure.

HtheB · Jul 31, 2021

@vonfnas You still need to patch if you want to use his launcher or use the full Retroarch
Otherwise, you can just use the default launcher with the default emulators without any problems.

Edit: advice, you should turn on your PM's/DM's here on GBAtemp.

vonfnas · Jul 31, 2021

HtheB said:
@vonfnas You still need to patch if you want to use his launcher or use the full Retroarch
Otherwise, you can just use the default launcher with the default emulators without any problems.

Edit: advice, you should turn on your PM's/DM's here on GBAtemp.

I have no idea why PM's were disabled, but that is now fixed!
I sent you a PM

vonfnas · Jul 31, 2021

Yeah, so I am confused.

@esmith13, switching to another SD card did not help. Everything is shown in the main menu, but I can't launch anything. I again updated my firmware to 1.3.1, and patched with EverPatcher to check if your test card setup worked, and it did. I could now start retroarch and the games. But the problem with not registering button presses was back.
I downgraded to 1.2.0 again, and again the test card setup stopped working.

@HtheB posted that I need to patch to make RetroArch to work, but I'm not sure if he means on 1.2.0 or not. Either way, EverPatcher 3.0 does not work with 1.2.0.
Does older versions of EverPatcher work with 1.2.0?

EDIT: I WAS WRONG REGARDING EVERPATCHER, CHECK MY NEXT POST!

HtheB · Jul 31, 2021

vonfnas said:
@HtheB posted that I need to patch to make RetroArch to work, but I'm not sure if he means on 1.2.0 or not. Either way, EverPatcher 3.0 does not work with 1.2.0.
Does older versions of EverPatcher work with 1.2.0?

Please don't confuse other people,
EverPatcher 3.0 works fine with every firmware (1.0.0 - 1.3.1)

vonfnas · Jul 31, 2021

HtheB said:
Please don't confuse other people,
EverPatcher 3.0 works fine with every firmware (1.0.0 - 1.3.1)

This is correct!
I installed the latest drivers included in the 1.3.1 Firmware upgrader again, and after that I was able to patch 1.2.0 with EverPatcher 3.0!
However, the problem with Evercade not registering button presses is back again, so it's got to be an issue with the patch.

joyrider3774 · Aug 1, 2021

Hey anyone figured out in the original menu how you can group a few games all the way on the end ? i tried naming the files "ZZZ..." "zzz..." even "__..." but they keep appearing randomly throughout the list. So anyone knows how the sorting of these games work in the original menu ?

esmith13 · Aug 1, 2021

joyrider3774 said:
Hey anyone figured out in the original menu how you can group a few games all the way on the end ? i tried naming the files "ZZZ..." "zzz..." even "__..." but they keep appearing randomly throughout the list. So anyone knows how the sorting of these games work in the original menu ?

Look for an app called fatsorter or similar. It will sort contents alphabetically by default. If you want to control order file by file, you have to manually copy them one at a time in order. Devices like evercade and PSP don't read file lists in the modern way and actually look at the contents of a folder in the order the data was actually written in to it.

joyrider3774 · Aug 1, 2021

so "ls -u" should give same order as in the menu when doing that in a certain folder ? as that's not what i'm seeing

edit hmm ls -u not sure thats correct

esmith13 · Aug 1, 2021

joyrider3774 said:
so "ls -u" should give same order as in the menu when doing that in a certain folder ? as that's not what i'm seeing

edit hmm ls -u not sure that's correct

no idea what the linux equivalent is or if there even is one. on windows there isn't a way via command or powershell to list files by their physical position on the media. No modern operation system works that way. to be clear, it isn't reading them in date order it's reading them in order they are written raw on the media.

joyrider3774 · Aug 2, 2021

if found a way around it, it could not use fatsort, as i had the problem on the evercade itself (and i don't use eversd).
move your files to some /tmp/sort (make sure enough space is ok)
then find files, sort them and copy in them back in alphabetical order. This seems to work for me.

find /tmp/sort/ -print0 | sort -z | xargs -I{} cp {} /sdcard/game/

Thanks again, i have learned something new today

i was not aware of this at all

esmith13 · Aug 2, 2021

joyrider3774 said:
if found a way around it, it could not use fatsort, as i had the problem on the evercade itself (and i don't use eversd).
move your files to some /tmp/sort (make sure enough space is ok)
then find files, sort them and copy in them back in alphabetical order. This seems to work for me.

find /tmp/sort/ -print0 | sort -z | xargs -I{} cp {} /sdcard/game/

Thanks again, i have learned something new today i was not aware of this at all

Glad I could point you in the right direction at least. Yeah, it's an odd one for sure. I only ever saw this type of file loading on the Sony PSP before but I was heavy into modding that back in the day so as soon as my games showed in a funky order I knew right away what it was...

Valenhir · Aug 3, 2021

I've seen there's a v3 for the Everpatcher (I used v2 on mine). Does this by any chance remove the eversd loading screen?

esmith13 · Aug 3, 2021

Valenhir said:
I've seen there's a v3 for the Everpatcher (I used v2 on mine). Does this by any chance remove the eversd loading screen?

If you mean the eversd b&w logo or the red video before the game list loads then no, they are still present.

Valenhir · Aug 4, 2021

esmith13 said:
If you mean the eversd b&w logo or the red video before the game list loads then no, they are still present.

Yup, I meant the red video. I hate it and rather go back to the original evercade one.

esmith13 · Aug 4, 2021

Valenhir said:
Yup, I meant the red video. I hate it and rather go back to the original evercade one.

Eh, I think the original is too long... Makes boot up feel S.L.O.W....
Just my opinion, of course...

joyrider3774 · Aug 5, 2021

so seems downloading cores from retroarch website does not always work, had downloaded mame 2003 plus but dpad was not working then, so i compiled it myself and now the dpad does work and i can play mame games. I even hacked together a special cartridge (as i don't use eversd) where i can switch between "gameboy", "mini snes", "mini nes", "mini genesis" and "mame 2003 plus" menu / games. but i can say a lot of games work fine in mame 2003 plus at least the (about 60) games i tried. The only one that was slow was bubble bobble 2 but looking at the raspberry pi / retropie forums (which uses similar cpu) i see it suffers te same fate on those systems.
I can't really share the core file but i can say if you crosscompile it yourself it does work

ruffnutts · Aug 5, 2021

HI I'm new here today glad I joined, I bought a Evercade with a dodgy A button that would not register off eBay premium edition for 30 quid super mint, I new it was something silly that's why I bought it, Just wanted to say thanks to you guy's I manage to fix the issue with upgrading and downgrading and erase flash ect... it's now on 1.30 and working again, goner upgrade to 1.31 for now, also I am thinking of getting the EverSD at some point even though it's possible to make your own

(EDIT) Ok the button stopped working again confused scratches head!

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