[Floob]

You would need a dinothawr core I think, this user looks like he has compiled one:
http://libretro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=725

[Floob]

Have you confirmed your romsets are correct for gngeo (it could be why some work and some dont)?
https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs

For example, there are about 200 (zip) files in the gngeo full romset.

Any difference if you change system to “arcade” in your gngeorc ?

[Floob]

If you have a Pi2 and used this image:
https://www.petrockblock.com/retropie/retropie-downloads/retropie-project-sd-card-image-for-raspberry-pi-2-version-3-0-beta-2/

it should be good.

Can you try a different SD card?

Or maybe a different HDMI cable/TV?

[Floob]

Can you confirm your romset is corrent for gngeo?

MAME versions and romsets on RetroPie

There is a good chance the romset you are trying needs to be different, as fba and gngeo use different sets (see link above).

And your bios file (neogeo.zip) comtains the right files?
https://github.com/ymartel06/GnGeo-Pi/wiki/Bios-neogeo.zip

Example setup here:

[Floob]

Did you write it to the card using this method?

[Floob]

Can you try a different controller to see if the issue is purely the controller?

[Floob]

Where you say this:
“and a folder labeled “cfg” inside of which are “.cfg” files for each of the games I have in the corresponding Roms folder.”

look for a default.cfg and delete it.

You can SSH in if your finder session doesnt let you:
https://www.siteground.com/kb/how_to_log_in_to_an_account_via_ssh_in_mac_os/

[Floob]

Which folder are your mame roms in? (and do you know which emulator you are running?)

Folders are:
mame-advmame
mame-mame4all
fba
neogeo

If you’re using the standard mame4all check this directory for a default cfg file
/opt/retropie/configs/mame-mame4all/cfg/

[Floob]

Is this with a clean install of RetroPie 3 beta 2?

Also, note in your example above you have EmulationStation running – your results from:
ps -u pi

shows
2416 tty1 00:00:00 emulationstatio
2420 tty1 00:00:19 emulationstatio

Can you type “ps -u pi” when you exit ES by pressing F4 as well?

Also, you may want to register the keyboard once, and see if that helps as per:

PS3 Controller Bluetooth doesn't recognize after reboot

[Floob]

When you start the game, you should get some yellow text showing which controller file is being used appear at the bottom of the screen.
It will say be somewhere like /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs/….

If you edit that file you can change the behaivour of your hotkeys.

[Floob]

By default it supports these extensions for PSX

<extension>.bin .cue .cbn .img .m3u .mdf .pbp .toc .z .znx .BIN .CUE .CBN .IMG .M3U .MDF .PBP .TOC .Z .ZNX</extension>

[Floob]

Make sure you arent running EmulationStation in the background.
You can see whats running with “ps -u pi”

Make sure you run the retroarch input setup from the setup menu – it does a lot more than just run the joyconfig.

[Floob]

To install RetroPie, I would recommend just using the image
https://www.petrockblock.com/retropie/retropie-downloads/

and write it to an sd card with win32diskimager
http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/

This way everything is already installed, you dont need to install/update with source or binary, itll just work.

[Floob]

to test it, use “jstest”

To configure it with Retroarch, use the setup script.

From logging into the terminals session:

cd RetroPie-Setup
sudo ./retropie_setup.sh
Option 3 Setup
Configure Retroarch Controller

[Floob]

The others will appear as soon as you place a rom in their folder.
You can find the rom folders here:
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/

[Floob]

Although I think these need to be called in, so you call your shader “snescustom.glslp” (put it wherever – probably in shader dir is best) or similar, then its contents would be

shaders = "1"
shader0 = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/shader/scanline.glsl"
filter_linear0 = "false"
wrap_mode0 = "clamp_to_border"
mipmap_input0 = "false"
alias0 = ""
float_framebuffer0 = "false"
srgb_framebuffer0 = "false"
scale_type_x0 = "source"
scale_x0 = "1.000000"
scale_type_y0 = "source"
scale_y0 = "1.000000"

Some shader settings info here:
https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/wiki/RGUI

[Floob]

The default SNES emulator in RetroPie 3 beta 2 is lr-snes9x-next.

Here are some examples for the retroarch.cfg that are generated (assuming 1 shader pass)

Filter = Nearest
Scale = Dont Care

filter_linear0 = "false"
wrap_mode0 = "clamp_to_border"
mipmap_input0 = "false"
alias0 = ""
float_framebuffer0 = "false"
srgb_framebuffer0 = "false"

Filter = Linear
Scale = 2x

filter_linear0 = "true"
wrap_mode0 = "clamp_to_border"
mipmap_input0 = "false"
alias0 = ""
float_framebuffer0 = "false"
srgb_framebuffer0 = "false"
scale_type_x0 = "source"
scale_x0 = "2.000000"
scale_type_y0 = "source"
scale_y0 = "2.000000"

Filter = Dont Care
Scale = 3x

wrap_mode0 = "clamp_to_border"
mipmap_input0 = "false"
alias0 = ""
float_framebuffer0 = "false"
srgb_framebuffer0 = "false"
scale_type_x0 = "source"
scale_x0 = "3.000000"
scale_type_y0 = "source"
scale_y0 = "3.000000"

[Floob]

I just installed a clean version of RetroPie 3 beta 2 (for the Pi2).

I copied across a rom into the fba rom folder and it played and it read the:
/opt/retropie/configs/fba/fba2x.cfg file

I confirmed this by changing this line
QUIT=119 (119 = w. It usually reads 27 which is ESC)
When I did this, ESC no longer quit fba, I had to press “w”.

If you know the key presses being produced with your jpac you can get the ascii equivalent for the config file here:
http://www.theasciicode.com.ar/ascii-control-characters/carriage-return-ascii-code-13.html

The reason I said to update your firmware is that users on this forum who have used the ipac have said that it resolved their input issues. However, as you say, if you are concerned this may damage your device, please dont do it.

[Floob]

You do need to be careful here not to remove the line in the existing retroarch.cfg that pulls in the main retroarch.cfg – unless you want to break that link.

Maybe we need a new guide/video to explain these retroarch.cfg video config values and where to add them.

[Floob]

[quote=97501]I also cannot get my pifba controls to be assigned like I had previously in my fba2x.cfg file. I actually didnt intend to update to the beta but accidently did now I just want my controlls in pifba to work like they did in 2.6. I still have my fba2x.cfg file from 2.6 saved on my computer but the folders are different now. Can I just copy and paste it? Also in emulationstation to setup controlls to use in retroarch there shouldnt be a time limit on how fast to assign a button before it moves on to the next one.

[/quote]

To be honest, in terms of 2.6 to 3.0 it may be easier to start with a fresh image. Is there a chance you could try a clean install with that?

[Floob]

There are system wide overscan details here:
http://elinux.org/RPiconfig#Video

[Floob]

[quote=97493]Does not work for me. I use the Libretto Version. Retropie 3 beta

[/quote]

This is probably because you need to enable hotkeys (hold select) then press F2.
Or as you have found, use the joypad equivalent.

[Floob]

Well, in the first post you mention pifba but then show retroarch.cfg files.

pi-fba doesnt use retroarch, so that wont pick up anything there.
Config file info here:

MAME versions and romsets on RetroPie

But yes, it should work when you edit this file:
/opt/retropie/configs/fba/fba2x.cfg

If you just plug a keyboard in, does it respond the same keys?

Are you using the latest firmware?
https://www.ultimarc.com/download.html

[Floob]

Make sure you resize the card.
There is an option to do this in the menu when you run
“sudo raspi-config”

[Floob]

Does the text scroll off the screen?
You can set a smaller font by changing this line (set the value to 12):
video_font_size = 12

Make sure it doesnt have a # at the start of the line

Its in this file:
/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

=====================

Although I think this will solve it:

USB SNES Controller – D-Pad not working in games

[Floob]

If you are comfortable registering new RetroArch controllers in the setup menu, delete the files here:
/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs/

Then recreate your config file, then it will be very obvious which one it is.
But regardless the text that appears in yellow when you start a game should show the full filename of the file it loads, can you catch what it is?

[Floob]

Is there any way you could try a different controller to narrow down where the issue is?

[Floob]

[quote=97405]Hi, I’ve been having the same issue too. I have tris replacing the files and re running the setup and have had no resolve to the issue. Both the X and Y buttons are non responsive and I have tried it on multiple games. Anyone getting to close to a solution for this?

[/quote]

Which controller do you have?

[Floob]

There are some examples here:
https://github.com/ymartel06/GnGeo-Pi/wiki/Controllers

So it looks like:
UP=J0B0,DOWN=J0B1,LEFT=J0B2,RIGHT=J0B3

Some more details:

# some sample joystick configuration
# Xbox360
# p1control A=J0B0,B=J0B1,C=J0B2,D=J0B3,START=J0B6,COIN=J0B10,UP=J0a1,DOWN=J0a1,LEFT=J0A0,RIGHT=J0A0,MENU=J0B7
# Dualshock2
# p1control A=J0B2,B=J0B1,C=J0B3,D=J0B0,START=J0B9,COIN=J0B8,UP=J0a1,DOWN=J0a1,LEFT=J0A0,RIGHT=J0A0

# Meaning of the code:
# Kxxx : keyboad key number xxx
# JxByy : Joystick number x Button 
# JxAyy : Joystick number x Axe yy (use a lowercase 'a' if you need to invert the axis)
# JxHyy : Joystick number x Hat yy
# 
# by the way, you can define a button multiple time, for example A=J0B0,A=K123,etc..

[Floob]

It should be in
/opt/retropie/configs/neogeo/gngeorc

[Floob]

If you need to shrink the image so it writes back to the same size card this may help

http://smartretro.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=58

[Floob]

Do you have a wired usb controller to try it with?

[Floob]

In RetroPie 3, the NeoGeo roms go in
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/neogeo

Then when you run one of the roms, press x to choose “gngeo” as the emulator (assuming thats the emulator you have the romsets for).
You only have to choose a default emulator once.

Do the same (press x) when you start a n64 rom, just to confirm you are using the right emulator.

[Floob]

The default .cfg suggests this for xbox 360:

[Joystick]
# Get codes from "jstest /dev/input/js0"
# from package "joystick"
# Defaults to XBOX 360 Controller
A_1=1
B_1=0
X_1=2
Y_1=3
L_1=4
R_1=5
START_1=7
SELECT_1=6
#Joystick axis
JA_LR=0
JA_UD=1

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pifba/files/

[Floob]

Presumably you had to change the roms for PiFBA as it uses a different set?
You were running RetroPie 3 on a Pi1, and put the lr-fba roms in the /fba dir?

That should be fine.
If your controller works for other libretro emulators, the lr-fba shouldnt be an issue assuming you havent tweaked its local retroarch.cfg

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