User Button on IO Board

[Xzarian]

I've been trying to find any documentation on what this button does, but I can't find anything. The core docs don't mention it at all. Is this trial and error to figure out what it does for each core?

[retrorepair]

I've not found a use for it other than soft reset.

To be frank, I think 3 buttons is a bit pointless, the main MiSTer reset button doesn't get much use from me except when I accidently press it thinking it's soft reset.

Could be wrong about both of those though. I've not tried it on every single core.

[pbsk8]

doesn't it reset the game? For me it was always for that objective.

I dont think it's pointless having three buttons. Since to change a core, it is necessary to cold reboot to avoid glitches.

[retrorepair]

I dont think it's pointless having three buttons. Since to change a core, it is necessary to cold reboot to avoid glitches.

I've never had an issue with changing cores via the menu. Which cores glitch?

Wouldn't switching the MiSTer on and off again achieve the same thing?

[pbsk8]

I dont think it's pointless having three buttons. Since to change a core, it is necessary to cold reboot to avoid glitches.

I've never had an issue with changing cores via the menu. Which cores glitch?

Wouldn't switching the MiSTer on and off again achieve the same thing?

usually arcade cores, If I am playing a cps1 game and then change to any other core without reseting, the screen gets messy and sound without sync

dodonpachi also is a good example

[retrorepair]

usually arcade cores, If I am playing a cps1 game and then change to any other core without reseting, the screen gets messy and sound without sync

dodonpachi also is a good example

That sounds like an issue to be raised on their repositories to me.

I've used those cores plenty of times though and not had that issue.

[ash2fpga]

The changing core glitch may be related to the DDR3 bridge hang?

[LamerDeluxe]

I just change cores until the display flips out and then I use reset. I hasn't happened a lot lately. The main reset button gets the most use here, the core reset button is a great idea as well. And the menu button is handy to have, but I have that mapped to my controller.

[aberu]

usually arcade cores, If I am playing a cps1 game and then change to any other core without reseting, the screen gets messy and sound without sync

dodonpachi also is a good example

That sounds like an issue to be raised on their repositories to me.

I've used those cores plenty of times though and not had that issue.

It's a known issue that's been going on a long time. Sometimes just a soft reboot to the menu core itself will cause this as well, crazy graphical glitches. It happens lot less and Sorgelig specifically has pushed out a release and given a way for people to test it.

https://misterfpga.org/viewtopic.php?p=17119#p17119

If you don't use HDMI very often you probably won't notice it.

[retrorepair]

usually arcade cores, If I am playing a cps1 game and then change to any other core without reseting, the screen gets messy and sound without sync

dodonpachi also is a good example

That sounds like an issue to be raised on their repositories to me.

I've used those cores plenty of times though and not had that issue.

It's a known issue that's been going on a long time. Sometimes just a soft reboot to the menu core itself will cause this as well, crazy graphical glitches. It happens lot less and Sorgelig specifically has pushed out a release and given a way for people to test it.

https://misterfpga.org/viewtopic.php?p=17119#p17119

If you don't use HDMI very often you probably won't notice it.

I never use HDMI so that would explain it

[aberu]

https://youtu.be/tw9LoUUTthU?t=18

Good example of it happening I remembered I caught on a recording.