[Floob]

To set controller for pifba in RetroPie 3, it is:
/opt/retropie/configs/fba/fba2x.cfg

More details here:

MAME versions and romsets on RetroPie

[Floob]

Are you sure its the libretro emulator running? I think pifba is the default in RetroPie 3 for FBA.
Confirm it by pressing x as you start the rom.

[Floob]

If you use an old image on the Pi2 it wont boot, you would need to run
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Here is 2.4.2 if you want to test that:
https://mega.co.nz/#!zQAnzLyS!Yl6-9-6E6JnHI-s4Vy4lF2e7GAgZFLCMH6qzY1XOIc0

[Floob]

You can try here:
https://mega.co.nz/#!LYw3UQpS!04TaxfWCR73bxcfLjOb47SWTvPh7Y8USvroQu3Qkcj0

[Floob]

This may help:
http://dai.ly/x2hum27

[Floob]

When you start a game, press X and choose a libretro emulator (the prefix is lr) then it should be good.

[Floob]

Backup this directory:
/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs/

Then you could try this to confirm what file is getting written:

USB SNES Controller – D-Pad not working in games

[Floob]

Can you confirm the name of the file that is shown in yellow when you start a game?

Also, does this jstest show that your start button is 7 and select is 6?

And no, you dont need this:
/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/retroarch.cfg

[Floob]

You say it works on all games, but not SNES ones?
Have you tried a few different SNES games? (And which emulator are you using – a libretro one?)

If you have tried a few games (and not just Mario All Stars) then presumably there is something odd in (assuming you are using a libretro emulator) /opt/retropie/configs/snes/retroarch.cfg

[Floob]

If thats working for you, I’ll mark this thread as resolved. Feel free to start a new one if you have a different issue.

[Floob]

Can you post your /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg as an attachment or up on pastebin.com?

If you do it as an attachment you will need to rename it to a .txt file.

I’m presuming when you start a game that uses a retroarch/libretro core the yellow text appears on the bottom of the screen and confirms your controller filename?

[Floob]

If you’re happy with 2.6 I’d stick with it.
Updating to 3 wont improve the emulation itself.

Version 3 is lovely though, lots of nice options to easily manage resolution and emulator choice.
Some details are here:
http://smartretro.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=73

[Floob]

Yes, the roms should be in (with RetroPie v3)
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/fba/

And that screen you see, you choose lr-fba (as opposed to pifba).

If the roms dont work then, you dont have the right versions.
This shows how to verify that you do have the right roms for fba-libretro
https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs

[Floob]

Does this value exist in your file?
/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

input_enable_hotkey

I’d remove this line from it (the /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg) , as it exists in your controller file:
input_enable_hotkey_btn = tab

Also, this video may help give an overview (about 27:30 in)

[Floob]

Street Fighter 3 works fine using fba-libretro.

You can see the compatible games here:
https://github.com/libretro/fba-libretro/blob/master/svn-current/trunk/gamelist.txt

Here they are listed in an image:
http://picpaste.com/sf3.PNG

So as long as you use the right romset for fba-libretro it will run fine. (So obviously dont run fba, run fba-libretro)

You choose which fba emulator you want by pressing “x” as the rom starts.

Here is a link to show which is the correct romset to use:

MAME versions and romsets on RetroPie

[Floob]

I dont think there is a hard date in place for the new versions, but upgrades should be easier in future as I dont believe there would be major changes to config file locations.
Regardless you should try the latest image and give it a go if just to get to grips with it. It doesnt take very long to rebuild an image once you have the hang of it.

[Floob]

You could try this:

USB SNES Controller – D-Pad not working in games

[Floob]

Could you try a clean install with a version 3 image?
Also, do you have a different controller to test with as well?

[Floob]

When you say you have upgraded from 2.6 to 3 – how did you do that?

Have you tried writing the RetroPie 3 image to a clean SD card?

[Floob]

Unless you manually edit your config files, by default the libretro cores will all use the controller file in /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs/{yourcontroller}.cfg

It will then parse the system specific retroarch file which are in /opt/retropie/configs/{systemname}/retroarch.cfg (which in turn pulls in the system wide retroarch.cfg from /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg)

Id its just lr-fba playing up, I presume there is an issue with that system specific retroarch.cfg

Can you post your
/opt/retropie/configs/fba/retroarch.cfg as an attachment here?

Or post it up on pastebin.com

[Floob]

You could try running it manually.
Quit out of EmulationStation with F4, or the menu item.

Then when at a command prompt, type
sudo /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh

Then you can register a RetroArch controller under the Setup menu.

[Floob]

I’d make sure this is original and unedited:
/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

[Floob]

Can you catch what any of the lines say?
Which option are you running in the setup – Register input for Retroarch?

[Floob]

To keep it simple you could remove the existing .cfg files, just to make sure there is no conflict with (I think there *may* be an issue with the gamepad cfg file there by default but I’m just checking that out – by removing it as below it will get rid of the potential issue):

sudo rm /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs/*.cfg

Then create a new one with the setup script:
sudo /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh

And choose 3-Setup, 320-Configure Input for RetroArch

This shouldn’t really be changed though:
/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

[Floob]

Upgrading from 2.6 to 3.0 can be awkward in terms of config files – can you just use the RetroPie 3 image instead?

[Floob]

Are you using RetroPie 2.6 or 3.0?
I use gngeo as the NeoGeo emulator, but there are other options as mentioned above.

You can see the romsets needed for each here:

MAME versions and romsets on RetroPie

[Floob]

[quote=96965]guy’s do you have any shader suggestions for NeoGeo? I’m using lr-fba

thanks
[/quote]

I use the 50% scanline option in gngeo – although I imagine there will be a better option within libretro/retroarch.

[Floob]

Ok, here are my (very quick tests):

mame4all
Mortal Kombat – Works
Mortal Kombat 2 – Segmentation fault
Mortal Kombat 3 – Segmentation fault
ESP.Ra.De – Works – Flip screen by choosing “Invert” under config menu, then save with holding down “F2”

mame4all-libretro
Mortal Kombat – Works (Need to increase volume in RGUI settings)
Mortal Kombat 2 – Works (Need to increase volume in RGUI settings)
Mortal Kombat 3 – Works (Need to increase volume in RGUI settings)
ESP.Ra.De – Stuck at service menu

advancemame 1.2
Mortal Kombats – all a bit slow except maybe the first one.
ESP.Ra.De – Works – looks better than mame4all – doesnt start at service menu

I’ll try to find the service menu option on lr-mame4all

[Floob]

Can you confirm you are using the image for Pi 2, not Pi 1?

https://www.petrockblock.com/retropie/retropie-downloads/

[Floob]

Do you always try X and M?

[Floob]

Thats weird, if they run in lr-imame4all they should run fine in mame4all, as they both use the 0.37b5 version.

You could always try advance mame:

MAME versions and romsets on RetroPie

[Floob]

When you get all 4 working, what happens when you pull the keyboard out and push it back in?

[Floob]

I think it might be coin + start. But then that is the default to restart in retroarch, so maybe turn off hotkeys then try it?

As an aside are you tempted to try the non libretro mame4all, or even fba-libretro on the Pi?

[Floob]

Thats odd. Does it work if no other devices are connected to the USB ports?
Have you tried a different keyboard?

[Floob]

Can you try Mario Kart as an example game? Its just that All Stars can have issues.

What is your controller? Do you get yellow text appear at the bottom of the screen when a game starts?

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