Not honoring retroarch setting >>Sort Saves into Folders by Core Name<< in the saving tab

[Littlemac123]

What version of melonDS DS are you using?

1.0.1

Does the problem happen in standalone melonDS?

No, it's a bug specific to melonDS DS.

What happened?

If you disable the setting Sort Saves into Folders by Core Name
it ignores that and does it anyways.

What should've happened instead?

If you disable the setting Sort Saves into Folders by Core Name
it should not ignore that that and work

Which platforms do you see the problem on?

• Windows
• macOS
• Linux
• Android
• iOS
• tvOS
• Other (specify below)

Which versions of the OS?

linuxmint 22, android 13

Which libretro frontend are you using?

steam flatpac

Terms

• I agree to follow the code of conduct.
• I understand that melonDS DS is not developed or maintained by the authors of melonDS.
• I understand that this form is for reporting bugs, not for requesting help.
• I understand that the author develops this core in his spare time, and that he is under no obligation to respond to this bug report.

[JesseTG]

Before we go any further, could you please update to the latest version of melonDS DS? I pushed 1.1.5 the other day; you can update within the core downloader. Make sure to update the info files, too.

After you update the core, does the issue persist? If so, please take a log of the core saving to the incorrect location and post it here. You'll want to set the logging options like so:

This will provide information that may help me reproduce this issue. Thank you!

[Littlemac123]

im very wrong, i was on 1.1.5
and i was even more wrong
so my actual problem is its saving in .srm wile Real MelonDS uses .sav
can we please have a setting or something to use .sav like how gpsp lets you switch to Libretro saves or something like that. I like to set melonDS saves and retroarch saves to be the same dir is its very convenient.

i was confused cause the core keeps making folder
/home/little_mac/.config/retroarch/saves/melonDS DS
this is 100% useless this is actually a real bug cause I have the

Sort Saves into Folders by Core Name<< setting disabled

[Littlemac123]

retroarch.log

here it is, it randomly wanted to [libretro INFO] melonDS DS save subdirectory: "/home/little_mac/.config/retroarch/saves/melonDS DS"

this is how i was confused, but all so this is a real bug please fix the fact it randomly needs to make this folder, no other core does this but yours.

[JesseTG]

Thanks for your patience.

If you disable the setting Sort Saves into Folders by Core Name
it ignores that and does it anyways.

This option isn't actually exposed to cores, so I don't have a way to be sure of whether it's being used.

here it is, it randomly wanted to [libretro INFO] melonDS DS save subdirectory: "/home/little_mac/.config/retroarch/saves/melonDS DS"

It's true that the core creates this directory, but the log file you posted indicates that your game data is being saved to:

[INFO] [SRAM]: Saving RAM type #0 to "/home/little_mac/.config/retroarch/saves/SONICCOLORS_BXSE8P_00.srm".
[INFO] [SRAM]: Saved successfully to "/home/little_mac/.config/retroarch/saves/SONICCOLORS_BXSE8P_00.srm".

i was confused cause the core keeps making folder
/home/little_mac/.config/retroarch/saves/melonDS DS
this is 100% useless this is actually a real bug cause I have the

Sort Saves into Folders by Core Name<< setting disabled

This directory is where SD card images (for homebrew and the DSi) and DSiWare save data will go...although your confusion is definitely an unintended consequence. Let me see what I can do without breaking save data that's already in that directory.