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NDS Cores Fail To Load On Xbox Series S DEV Mode

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Description

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  • Only RetroArch bugs should be filed here. Not core bugs or game bugs
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Description

All the NDS cores on 1.19.1 except desmume 2015 fail to load on xbox series s (melonds, melonds ds, desmume). I tried factory resetting and uninstalling the app and reinstalling but to no avail. All NDS games are affected even after bios files are put into the root directory of the system folder. I have increased the dev storage to 260 gb which is plenty for nds.

Expected behavior

it doesn't fail to load and launches the game
[What you expected to happen]

Actual behavior

it fails to load the cores mentioned above
[What is actually happening]

Steps to reproduce the bug

set NDS core association to anything but desmume 2015 > launch game

  1. [First step]
  2. [Second step]
  3. [and so on...]
Bisect Results

After fresh install of Rertroarch 1.19.1. The cores worked fine on 1.17
[Try to bisect and tell us when this started happening]

Version/Commit

1.19.1
You can find this information under Information/System Information

  • RetroArch: [version/commit]
Environment information

Xbox Series S 1 TB.

  • OS: [The operating system you're running]
  • Compiler: [In case you are running local builds]

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the failure on an Xbox Series S with RetroArch 1.19.1, using the listed NDS cores and comparing them with desmume 2015 and version 1.17. Trace the core-loading path for the NDS association; done means melonds, melonds ds, and desmume launch games successfully in DEV mode.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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