RetroAchievements support! Feedback wanted! #1117
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Just had a go with Pokemon Ranger which is a very touch heavy game. I prefer to play games like that using the S-Pen on my phone but the way RetroArch maps touch input it makes it unusable. MelonDS on the other hand works exactly like an actual DS screen and tracks perfectly with the point of the S-Pen. It was so much easier to play precisely and unlock an achievement using it. Can't wait for the full release with hardcore support! |
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How do I download the nightly apk? |
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It's the artifact under the messages in a build entry from the list that is linked in the OP.
It's at the bottom and should be around 8mb. |
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Found it thanks! |
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@drisc Could you please send the link of the nightly release. I am not a native english speaker so i am having trouble understanding what you wrote. |
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Rejoice all for i hath downloaded ze nightly release of ze melon-ds and it only took me abput an hour to do so. Hip hip hurray Hip hip hurray. |
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Ok on I quick test Retro achievements seem to be working fine, I checked Newer SMB, added my RA info and it showed my currently obtained achievements with retroarch. I'll play a bit and see if they get unlocked properly, and big thanks for adding this feature! |
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Sorry i'm going crazy about this, is there any way to disable auto-rotate or at least force portrait mode to be always active? |
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You can lock the orientation using a custom layout, the option is under Settings > Input > Layouts. Within the layout editor there is a Menu called Properties, in there is the setting for orientation. |
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Found it thanks! Now i'll try to provide some feedback instead of annoying you with questions XP |
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Wow, great stuff, this is already working pretty well! |
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OK I've tried this and I'm not sure it's registering correctly. I can login on my retroarch account and see the game trophies, even in Newer SMB I can see the Trophies I've already achieved using retroarch. However when I boot any of the supported games, they don't show any info on Retro achievements, and when I go to the retro achievements website it doesn't show up in my list of recently played games, something that happens inmediately with any supported game in retroarch. Can anyone suggest a DS game with very easy achievements to see if it unlocks? |
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Session information is not yet being set. I'm currently working on it, together with support for rich presence. There's no feedback when entering a game. You just have to trust that it's working for now :P |
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Ah OK, so I'll try to play some games and hopefully achievements will unlock normally, glad to hear, I'll post whatever I find. One really offtopic question, is there any way to increase screen size just horizontally? And big thanks for your amazing work with this emulator! |
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Not yet, even though that has already been requested a lot. I still haven't found a good way to implement the UI for that. |
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At least now I know I'm not missing the option, thanks for the reply! |
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I just started a game, the Retroachievements integration seems to be working fine, my only problem is than it doesn't let me change from softcore to hardcore mode (a game mode than restric some emulator features like loading save states while playing), but apart of that it seems to be working, I haven't checked the rich presence or leaderboard yet. |
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Thank you so much for working on achievement support ❤️ maybe it can get other devs interested in adding achievement support in standalone emulators :) I just don't test it on my cell phone because I've tested the emulator before and it doesn't run very well (Moto G5) |
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"get other devs interested in adding achievement support in standalone emulators" |
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Ok tested Sonic Rush and managed to unlock my first achievement with Melon DS |
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OK so there's something wrong here, I've been playing more Sonic Rush and everytime I get 100 coins the achievement icon of the "this used to be harder" achievement shows up, even though I unlocked it some time ago. Also I've tried Phoenix Wright using my retroarch save, and I started the chapter from the beginning and it showed that I had unlocked an achievement, but I think I had it already since on Retroarch I was well past that point in the chapter, so it looks like it's not recognizing the achievements already unlocked and shows them again and again if you do the unlocking task once more. |
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That's exactly the kind of feedback I'm looking for! Thanks for reporting this! It should be fixed in the new nightly release. BE AWARE: You will have to delete your app's data for the new version to work. This will be an annoying problem with future nightly releases until I come up with a good enough solution, but I hope you understand. |
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Build #89 Fixed the achievement popping up again for me :) |
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No problem, I'm here to help. |
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I've tried the "Do not load already unlocked achievements #89" build, but when I go to the retroachievements part of the game, it always says "There was a problem traying to load the achievements for this game..." in every game on the list. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app completely, still the same issue. |
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Hi, so any news about the issue I posted? |
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I didn't have much time, but I couldn't reproduce the problem after reinstalling the app. I'll try to investigate further. Meanwhile, try it again to make sure that you did every step correctly. Also, could you keep everything in a single discussion by replying to this thread only? Otherwise, this conversation will be split and harder to track. |
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retro achievement run well, i try few games though. |
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For now, only softcore is available. Hardcore support is in development. |
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RetroAchievements don't seem to work when roms are 7z compressed even though melonDS supports the format. Is that not possible for some technical reason or will that be added later on? |
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Is it the same when it's in normal zip files? |
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Nope. Zip files work fine. |
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Alright, thank you! |
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@rafaelvcaetano you could try to talk with some of the creators of the RA integration like Jamiras to find a way to solve the problem |
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FYI this issue is also present when loading roms via retroarch which is how most consoles (with retroachievements) are played. |
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This update is gorgeous, it's good to know that I wont be forced to use RetroArch to get NDS achievements. I really hope you'll be putting "Hardcore achievements" soon. Then I'll start playing for good, because DS on retroarch is awful. |
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I tested NFS MW, the file is in .zip format and not only it ran well but the RetroAchievments worked well too. It has shown on my profile the game, and the details. One thing I would ask you to put is, the moment that the game is open, there could be a pop-up to show that the RA profile is connected and how much achievements I have, like "(1/21 achievements)". |
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I’m with you there, waiting patiently for hardcore achievement support! And very grateful that rafaelvcaetano has taken the time to work on this. |
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Enjoy TOTK and thank you for your hard work! :)
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Hello Rafael.. I don't know if you are aware that the DSi games also have
support for retroachievements now since last month using the bizhawk
emulator on windows... Would like to know as melonds already supports
playing DSi games on android can the achievements support be brought for
DSi games also on this amazing emulator. Thanks in advance.
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Will achievements be added to the Windows version? |
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Unfortunately upstream developer doesn't see value in RetroAchievements (commented "what's the point" etc.) so it looks like they won't be adding this. Eventually someone could fork it out and make it happen, or just use another emulator on Windows such as BizHawk https://github.com/TASEmulators/BizHawk |
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Question from an iPhone user who's eager to give it a try but doesn't have an Android: does melonDS works fine on a gaming Android based device such as GPD XD? I wouldn't buy an Android phone but it could be an excuse to get an Android based gaming device :) |
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I've just looked at the specs of the GPD XD, and while the emulator will run on it, I don't think it will provide a smooth experience. |
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Thanks @rafaelvcaetano. Do you suggest a specific Android based device focused on gaming? |
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I want a feature where you could see the achievement on the corner where for example, When the player is on the boss the "No Hit the Boss" achievement icon shows up on the corner indicating there some achievement during that boss fight but if the player gets hit at the boss fight, The achievement icon on the corner disappear. (Also this emulator runs pretty well on my device.) |
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Hey, Great work on the RetroAchievements support! |
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I have been trying to replicate your issue, but I've had no success. Are you having issues on a specific game? Or is it a general issue? |
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I've had the issue with Super Princess Peach, but if it's just me, I'll do more testing. Update: tried again with latest nightly (beta-1.9.2), softcore RA unlock fine. 😊 |
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Any updates? It would be nice to add support for Leaderboards :) |
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Hello. Yesterday I tried to play on MelonDS with Retroachievements, but it said there was no internet conection, even if I was on WiFi.I then tried to log out and log in, but I got the message 'There was a problem when trying to login'. Is there a solution to this problem? |
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It looks like the guys at RetroAchievements made some changes which broke the integration. For now, there is no solution. Keep a look on #1261 for updates regarding this issue. |
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Thanks for the answer. I thought something was wrong on my part. |
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Hi @rafaelvcaetano . |
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This is now available on the nightly releases. |
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Some of the games that are listed with achievements on RetroAchievements don't show achievements on melonDS. |
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RetroAchievement is working like a charm in melon ds. Thanks a lot for adding this feature. Is there any plan for adding leaderboard support? That would be even more awesome. |
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This is now available on the nightly releases. |
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Any possibility of updating the Retro Achievements functionality to support the new multi-set feature being rolled out currently? Thanks! |
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Now available on the nightly release |
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Working perfectly for me on the latest update, appreciate your work, thanks! |
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This emulator is awesome, congratulations! RetroAchievements works fine, but some achievements are missing a tracker to show how much you still need to get them. For example: “Treasure chests in some area – 2/5”. Recently, I loaded my save in another emulator just to see this information hehehehehe. |
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This is now available on the nightly releases. |
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Thanks, the indicator is working great! Could you please also add the progress to the achievement list? Currently it seems that only the progress indicator appears in the top left corner, but the progress is not visible within the achievement list. So it’s not possible to check which achievement I’m currently working on and the progress. |
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Now available on the latest nightly |
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Thanks, it works great and looks good! |
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Any news on the possibility of adding Multiset for Retro Achievements? |
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Multi-set support is now available in the nightly release |
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Thanks a lot!. I just found out about the nightly apk yesterday so i will switch from the Play Store one to this one!. |
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I just wanted to thank you for implementing the RA's multi set feature also on MelonDS! |
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Hey, I'm having an issue with earning an achievement in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. Specifically, beating bosses no damage without MP use. When I finish the fight, and get their soul, the achievement is supposed to pop up. But it doesn't, the challenge indicator just disappears, no achievement earned. Here's a video demonstrating. https://youtu.be/JbWbCGtB_z0?si=ZXWJqn2Rp9ZGvxrq Talked to achievement dev, he claims this is an issue with the emulator, not the achievement. |
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Do you have a save file that allows me to easily access the boss fight? |
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I do! File 2 is at the savepoint before the boss. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lppLor6RtVzZEtUxshh8GwGoK7xL7dEa/view?usp=drive_link |
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Here's a savestate right before you're supposed to get the achievement, that way you don't have to do the boss damageless. :p It should proc when you get the soul. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W5HQ5c06tT4idKP7B6EX-M6TGKvEhlIg/view?usp=sharing |
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Thanks for providing al this information. I've finally found the issue and pushed a fix to the nightly release. |
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Hello guys!
One of the features that was thrown around a lot by the users was support for RetroAchievements. I'm happy to say that work on this has started and I am ready to show what is working so far! As of now, you can grab the latest nightly release and try it for yourself. You will need to have a RetroAchievements account and login within the app. To view achievement progress, click on the gear icon in the ROM entry, and then select the RetroAchievements tab as shown in the image below. If you are not logged in, you will see a button that will prompt you for your credentials so that you can login.
Already working:
To be implemented:
If you have any feedback regarding what is already implemented, or suggestions for features that have not been listed above, leave it down in this discussion.
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