Help Issues with running a PSP game on Retroarch PPSSPP

[HeroesOfTomorrow]

Greetings folks, recently played the first Valkyria Chronicles, loved the game, and wanted to try the second. Downloaded the Rom, got a bios, selcted the core to use on Retroarch, but the game won't start up. Like it's not even a deal of Retroarch saying it can't start the game for any reason, it crashes the emulator when I try!

Any idea why is that? And any advice to give a greenhorn on how to emulate psp games? It's my first time trying my hand with that console

 

[Boo Man]

have you tried it without retroarch? you could try just using ppsspp by itself?
also i think that game is also on vita so you could also try the vita version on a vita emulator?

 

[Kaze01]

have you tried it without retroarch? you could try just using ppsspp by itself?
also i think that game is also on vita so you could also try the vita version on a vita emulator?

Yeah, I'll second that. I'd also recommend using the standalone version of PPSSPP, which gives little to no problems.

 

[HeroesOfTomorrow]

Yeah, I'll second that. I'd also recommend using the standalone version of PPSSPP, which gives little to no problems.

I'll download it and give it a try, I'll update you guys when I get around to

 

[R_Zero]

have played the second one with ppsspp and had no issues. Standalone ppsspp works as is no need to worry about bios

 

[gtPacheko]

Works fine for me on standalone PPSSPP. Retroarch's core isn't bad but it's not as good as the standalone thing.

 

[DanCalibur]

Yes, the standalone PPSSPP is the way to go. If you want a centralized experience like retroarch, you can try Retrobat, it lets you chose between the regular retroarch cores or the standalone emulators.

 

[diapered]

Are you sure you have all the files the core needs? You say you have the bios, but there is also a .zim for that core and I think something else? I'm not sure if that would cause a runtime crash though, honestly I'm not sure what those supplemental files are for since some games work fine without them iirc

 

[ArchienineZXAdventArchienineZXAdvent's icon]

Retroarch PPSSPP sucks, i recommend you standalone PPSSPP.
Also i don't recommend Retroarch for systems like PS1, N64, Dreamcast ir NDS neither since the games wouldn't work or work with massive slowdowns, so just stick to Retroarch for 8 and 16-bits consoles + Game Boy Advance.

 

[Mahan_Native]

use standalone PPSSPP, it's way better than its libretro core.

 

[extermist]

Greetings folks, recently played the first Valkyria Chronicles, loved the game, and wanted to try the second. Downloaded the Rom, got a bios, selcted the core to use on Retroarch, but the game won't start up. Like it's not even a deal of Retroarch saying it can't start the game for any reason, it crashes the emulator when I try!

Any idea why is that? And any advice to give a greenhorn on how to emulate psp games? It's my first time trying my hand with that console

Try opening the file manager ui, go to your playlist and select the game you tried to run, it normally shows some kind of error message in red text on the right side.

Other than that, there's a good chance that the core's settings need to be changed before running the game.
If you can't access the core settings then delete the core manually from your folders and reinstall the core to get it's default settings.