Reply To: RetroPie / OpenELEC (KODI) Dual Boot Disc Image

[smithers]

[quote=105529]Hi, thanks for the update! Got a question on a few issues I’m having.

1. nes and mame are in tiny windows instead of full screen. I checked in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg and it looks like it’s set to 1280×720 so I’m not sure why this is happening. Changing it doesn’t seem to have any effect. Any ideas?

2. None of my advmame roms seem to work, they all say missing files. They all work flawlessly in the standard retropie install but in your image, none seem to work.

Thanks again for this, hoping I can get these 2 issues fixed and move over to your image permanently.

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1) Sounds like an issue with your TV not being able to display the resolution properly. Press ‘x’ (or ‘button 1’ on your control pad) whilst loading a rom to enter a menu where you can change the default resolution for all nes / mame games (depending on what system you are loading at the time of course). This should sort you out but it is just trial and error until you find a resolution that suits your TV. I would recommend a common resolution, such as 720p, and whilst the retroarch.cfg states it is already outputting in 720p, it is what is held in the ‘videomodes.cfg’ file that takes preseidence over retroarch. From memory, I think it will be set to 640×480 output resolution, but that works great on my TV – full screen with no borders.

2) I mentioned this in my readme file but did not elaborate. The ‘advmame’ folder will no longer work, instead you need to put your advmame roms into the ‘arcade’ roms folder. This is because advmame will only allow 1 roms directory to be defined within its config files, so I had to choose ‘/arcade’ to allow merging of all the arcade systems properly. All other arcade emulators will allow roms to be called from any directory, so they can work as normal or via the ‘/arcade’ folder.