[cyborguk]

Yeah I’ve set that option too. Is there a specific way to exit the game to save it?

I’ve manually set the config, but the GUI shows the usual old settings.

This is something I’ve not had issues with before.

I usually configure /opt/retropie/configs/fba/retroarch.cfg should I be using /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg ?

Thanks

[cyborguk]

Same I’m using bin/cue files for the roms, Sselph scrapes but doesn’t find the artwork, but does for the other emulators, I think it hashes the file and checks it’s database so the file names shouldn’t matter, any ideas?

[cyborguk]

herbfargus – link worked very well thanks.

[cyborguk]

Let me try this guys thanks.

[cyborguk]

Looks great, please also consider something for Mame, FBA and the Neogeo, I guess an a default arcade machine would suffice. Keep up the good work.

[cyborguk]

The default 2, mame4all and advmame.

As mentioned select + x no longer works and I need to reconfigure the cfg file if possible?

[cyborguk]

Hopefully this is still being updated as it’s great, please add the Amiga to you list if possible.

[cyborguk]

Formatted another SD card and installed 3.2.1 on it and put a few games in the Megadrive folder and installed the Sselph scraper manually as the experimental one doesn’t work and this time it worked.

So my main SD card doesn’t work, what could be the issue?

[cyborguk]

Anyone managing to get it to work under 3.2.1? I’m at a loss now with it sadly.

[cyborguk]

Ran this:

pi@retropie ~/RetroPie/roms/megadrive $ scraper -thumb_only -output_file /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/megadrive/gamelist.xml

No luck, images folder is created but no gamelist.xml

[cyborguk]

Let me check tonight.

Where do I add

-output_file /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/(rom_dir)/gamelist.xml

This seems to be where mine is but the file is pretty much empty.

[cyborguk]

Must be a bug on 3.2.1?

[cyborguk]

Sselph,

I’m having a little issue getting your scraper working. I’ve ran through the install guide on github.com and my pi2 has downloaded release version v1.0.4.

I’ve scrapped the Megadrive and Snes rom folders and it created the image folders which have many thumbnail size pictures but the gamelist.xml that got created in the roms fokder is empty.

For mame the folder again it created the images folder, but this time no gamelist.xml file.

Is there a command I can run to generate the gamelist.xml properly?

Not sure why it’s gone wrong.

I’m using Retropie 3.2.1.

Thanks

[cyborguk]

Yeah that was a good video you did for the picade.

I’m just curious why this combos of buttons works and where this is likey to be configured, it’s like a hot key.

[cyborguk]

Hmm I revisited this and it seems the combo of button 8 and 4 (x button) exits all emulators.

I just need to find out why button 8 needs button 4 :)

[cyborguk]

Not sure what I’m doing wrong, I ran the scraper on my emulators and it went through all the games, I could see it running the hashes for about 20 mins, then hit F4 to fresh ES and still nothing showing up.

[cyborguk]

Hi Robertybob, yes that is what I was trying to do late last night, Herbfargus has sent a link to try too. I did Google it, but I ended up looking at how to manually install it, so got a little confused.

I will try his link later and see the results.

[cyborguk]

That’s what I was doing and the quit button would not work, for some reason this does. This is a fresh 3.2.1 image too. My friend said to try it as it’s the method he has had to use too.

[cyborguk]

So I copied this below into the /configs/megadrive/retroarch.cfg

and removed the # from the start of include “/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg”

then all works in the Megadrive emulator and the exit (button 8 works), it then seems to merge both the /configs/all/retroarch.cfg into the /configs/megadrive/retroarch.cfg file

# Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line

input_remapping_directory = /opt/retropie/configs/megadrive/
# video_smooth = false
video_shader = /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/shader/phosphor.glslp
# video_shader_enable = true

video_aspect_ratio_auto = “false”
video_fullscreen = “true”
aspect_ratio_index = “10”

input_device = “Xin-Mo Xin-Mo Controller”
input_driver = “udev”
input_player1_joypad_index = “0”
input_player1_a_btn = “1”
input_player1_b_btn = “0”
input_player1_y_btn = “3”
input_player1_x_btn = “4”
input_player1_start_btn = “6”
input_player1_select_btn = “7”
input_player1_l_btn = “5”
input_player1_r_btn = “2”
input_player1_left_axis = “-0”
input_player1_right_axis = “+0”
input_player1_up_axis = “-1”
input_player1_down_axis = “+1”
input_player2_joypad_index = “1”
input_player2_a_btn = “1”
input_player2_b_btn = “0”
input_player2_y_btn = “3”
input_player2_x_btn = “4”
input_player2_start_btn = “6”
input_player2_select_btn = “7”
input_player2_l_btn = “5”
input_player2_r_btn = “2”
input_player2_left_axis = “-0”
input_player2_right_axis = “+0”
input_player2_up_axis = “-1”
input_player2_down_axis = “+1”
input_exit_emulator_btn = “8”

include “/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg”

I will try the other emulators later, just means each retroarch.cfg for each emulator will be around 48k instead of 1k.

[cyborguk]

That’s really the reason for this post as I followed that nice video and copied the changes and you mentioned I’d put it in the wrong file.

The only way to get the exit button to work is copy the 48k file over the Base one, if I compare there are too many changes.

[cyborguk]

Sorry for the delay, but still no luck. I added your suggested config to the bottom of the retroarch.cfg at /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg and the exit button didn’t work.

But yes if I add my above attached retroarch.cfg to my /opt/retropie/configs/megadrive it does work. The same process seems to work for the NeoGeo one too.

Something it my file seems to make it work, but only when it’s in the /configs/emulator folder.

[cyborguk]

I use 2 Xin-Mo Xin-Mo USB Controllers

My button 8 for exit is off the player 1 USB controller.

If I copy my retroarch.cfg from my 2.6 retropie image (attached below) and put it into pi@retropie /opt/retropie/configs/megadrive $ my buttons are all good and the button 8 exits the emulator perfectly.

As you say its a messy way of doing it why I don’t like, would be nice to know how to get this to work the cleaner way.

[cyborguk]

sure it’s button 4.

Both controllers are the same

[cyborguk]

I managed to install from the experimental menu and it also asked which emulator to search and scrape, which I did for the NeoGeo and PSX, but not images show up, it did scan far too quickly too, did I miss a step?

[cyborguk]

Sorry I didn’t see that video, open forum in Chrome and it appeared, really good too Floob.

Well the button I want to exit emulators like the Megadrive, Neogeo etc does show as button 8 when pressed.

So where should I configure this button 8 so I can exit straight back to ES?

[cyborguk]

I will start again I think. I have a bartop with 2 USB controllers for the 2 players, so when I first installed Retropie it asks me to set up the detected joysticks and buttons which I have done and I can successfully navigate through ES. So this is saved in opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/{yourcontroller.cfg}?

I think my override of the retroarch.cfg file in the Megadrive folder and others for example works for me is that I require the select buttons and start buttons to be different as I have buttons with the player 1 symbol and start on them. I could be wrongwrong.

On the bartop I have an exit button that has in the passed be used to instantly quit out of a game in emulator, it is seen as button 8 in my old configs and in retroarch when I press it, but I just can’t get it to exit games and back to ES.

[cyborguk]

Sselph I will look again tonight, but I did look there and couldn’t see it, it was at the end of a long day at work so my eyes were not the best.

[cyborguk]

No those don’t work, hence adding them the way I did worked, but I like to follow best practice to be honest.

Just used putty and ran sudo /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh but don’t see the option to create a retroarch controller file.

[cyborguk]

Sorry where in retropie-setup script do I install this?

[cyborguk]

Oh ok, would be nice to see a scraper take hold of the Amiga, C64 and Spectrum one day.

[cyborguk]

I’m checking this out tonight!!

Thanks, I have lots of C64 games to do.

[cyborguk]

I have 2 controllers yes.

In my /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/DragonRiseInc.GenericUSBJoystick.cfg

I have:

input_device = “DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick ”
input_driver = “udev”
input_start_btn = “3”
input_exit_emulator_btn = “3”
input_up_axis = “-1”
input_a_btn = “0”
input_b_btn = “1”
input_reset_btn = “1”
input_down_axis = “+1”
input_right_axis = “+0”
input_state_slot_increase_axis = “+0”
input_x_btn = “5”
input_menu_toggle_btn = “5”
input_select_btn = “4”
input_enable_hotkey_btn = “4”
input_y_btn = “2”
input_left_axis = “-0”
input_state_slot_decrease_axis = “-0”

If I add:

input_player1_select_btn = “7”
input_player1_start_btn = “6”
input_player2_select_btn = “7”
input_player2_start_btn = “6”
input_exit_emulator = “8”
input_exit_emulator_btn = “8”

Go into the Megadrive emulator those buttons no longer work.

The quit button from the Megadrive emulator back to ES has never worked. If I add the above to /opt/retropie/configs/megadrive/retroarch.cfg the select buttons work fine again for both players, quit doesn’t work still.

[cyborguk]

Oh I just thought the emulator specific controls where in the emulator retroarch.cfg?

Isn’t the command

input_exit_emulator_btn = “8”

A generic command nsither associated with either player 1 or 2? If it has to be associated with player 1 how do I do this?

Thanks

[cyborguk]

I followed your very useful video and decided to try it on the Megadrive one, all works, but again if I hit my button 8 whilst playing a game it won’t quit back to the emulationstaion screen. This is my retroarch.cfg for the Megadrive:

# Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line

input_remapping_directory = /opt/retropie/configs/megadrive/
# video_smooth = false
video_shader = /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/shader/phosphor.glslp
# video_shader_enable = true

video_aspect_ratio_auto = “false”
video_fullscreen = “true”
aspect_ratio_index = “10”
input_player1_select_btn = “7”
input_player1_start_btn = “6”
input_player2_select_btn = “7”
input_player2_start_btn = “6”
input_exit_emulator = “8”
input_exit_emulator_btn = “8”

#include “/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg”

[cyborguk]

Where is the gamelist.xml held, can’t locate it? I was hoping to copy the images to the default location to test first.

If all looks OK I can upload to the gamesdb, I will Google their site.

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