[Floob]

If your Pi is networked you can SSH into it with Putty
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

Connect to hostname “RETROPIE” , select SSH, the l/p is pi/raspberry

Then you can edit the file with
“sudo nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg”

[Floob]

Updated to v1.0 with CRT shader from davej and overlays from chito.

https://github.com/biscuits99/rp-video-manager

[Floob]

In your retroarch file mentioned above, what values are here?

input_exit_emulator =
input_enable_hotkey =

try setting it to

input_exit_emulator = escape
input_enable_hotkey = nul

[Floob]

Do you use a joypad? If so hold down select and press Esc on the keyboard.
If not, post your /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg on pastebin.com and link to it.

[Floob]

You can either remove the files from the rom directories, e.g. /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports

Or edit the /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg and comment out the systems you dont want to ever appear with

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[Floob]

Really impressive. I like it!

I’ve put a quick video together here showing it in action

[Floob]

Did you follow step 5 here?
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Setting-up-a-Bluetooth-controller

[Floob]

I would take the settings out of the system retroarch.cfg files and just allow the retroarch setup script to create it in the controller file – or just add it to the main retroarch.cfg – its hard for me to say as I dont have a Xin-Mo, but it worked for me with the Picade I recently tried. Using a clean install and letting ES set them should work, and if not use the retroarchsetup script to create the buttons.

[Floob]

Please check this Wiki post to make sure you have the correct romset for the correct arcade emulator first:

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs

If you still have issues please confirm which emulator you are using. Also to keep things simple until it works, maybe try putting a few roms on the SD card rather than running them from a USB stick.

[Floob]

If you use the configure menu in the retroarch-setup script it should create a new file in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

Can you post that up on pastebin.com? Then do it again but this time with the second controller? I think it may overwrite the first file, so thats why I say grab those details first.

[Floob]

Does user “pi” have write access to the mounted dir? What happens if you SSH in and create a file in that location?

[Floob]

Which neogeo emulator are you using?

Try holding the select button (key you have mapped to add credits) and tapping Esc.

Failing that, paste your /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg on pastebin.com and link to it.

[Floob]

Thanks very much for your contribution.

[Floob]

This line was most likely overriding your controller file one:
input_exit_emulator_btn = 12

The overrides can get a bit involved as there can be about 5 different ones all coming in to play with Retroarch. Check my vids below for controller and general config settings.

[Floob]

Hi,

(I think hindfoot/backfoot = RetroPie)
You can boot straight to the command line everytime if you want – is that what you mean?

You can manage this in the setup menu. So exit Emultation Station with F4. press another button within 5 seconds to stop it restarting), then type “sudo /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/restropie-setup.sh”
Then look in the setup menu for the option to boot to the command line.

[Floob]

Thats personal preference really. I use split sets to reduce disk space.
Some info on the options here:
https://code.google.com/p/mame-rr/wiki/UsingClrmamepro#Scan

[Floob]

How many controllers do you have plugged into the Pi?
Can you put on pastebin.com your controller file as well as the main retroarch.cfg file?

[Floob]

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

[Floob]

If you have a 100% verified group of romsets for a given mame version, the vast majority will work without issue. However, there are still some minor quirks with some games, hence the compatibility list here:
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs

Do note that rebuilding an older set from, say, 0.164 is unlikely to reproduce the old set 100% for various reasons (e.g. the newer set may have removed roms that are now deemed inaccurate), so you may want to google rollback roms to understand how to get fillers.

[Floob]

That file looks heavily modified/overwritten.
Do you have another sd card to write a clean image to?

[Floob]

Are you sure thats the file I mentioned above (either way its not ideal wherever it came from). It should look more a bit more like this:
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=5YN8wfE7

Which version of RetroPie are you using?

[Floob]

I think that is related to gngeorc – now you mention it, I may have had that issue once or twice, but I think it was relates to in-game changes I made, it seemed to sort itself out if I didnt alter the config. I didnt think just starting a new game did that though.
I suppose you could make the changes you want, then change the permission on the file so it cant be overwritten.

[Floob]

Could you post your /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg on pastebin.com?

[Floob]

Sorry, once I got the analogue buttons working I left it there really. I’m not sure if Retroarch would listen to the on/off button in the same way.

[Floob]

Could you add your results to the compatibility list?
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs

If you change the mame emulator, chances are it would require a different romset so its not that practical – you can see the versions required at the link above.

[Floob]

I show it with a Megadrive game here (about 5.30 in), so it should be the same for a retroarch psx core.

[Floob]

You need the # in front of the include “/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg”
Its not a comment in this context, its an include.

If it doesnt work when you put it there it means something is overriding your settings in the main retroarch.cfg – so you could go in there and comment out the offending lines, or just replace them with these if your going to use the same controller for all systems.

[Floob]

This shows how to get gnGeo working. It also shows how to access the unibios so you can change between arcade and home modes. I dont think its possible to save in PiFBA, but you can in any of the Retroarch cores.

[Floob]

If you start from a clean image, create the fba_libretro.cfg file, then make your changes and create another file fba_libretro-1.cfg, then compare the 2 there shouldnt be drastic changes.

As you are using a Xin-Mo you may also find this thread interesting

Autofire on the axis

[Floob]

In your first post above, you say that you renamed a file to be retroarch.cfg

If you follow this video, you will see exactly what that did – compare the before and after and you’ll only have a few lines difference – itll make things a lot clearer.

NeoGeo exit button not working

[Floob]

Sounds very promising. I’ll try to make a video comparing it with overlays and speedwise with other shaders.

[Floob]

I just gave this a go on a clean build of 3.2.1 and it seems to work fine.

Here is my retroarch.cfg – I have changed the paths to match yours but thats it.
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=m8svaJGH

Here is the output to show permissions.

pi@retropie ~/RetroPie $ ls -lah
total 24K
drwxr-xr-x  6 pi pi 4.0K Nov  9 02:01 .
drwxr-xr-x  6 pi pi 4.0K Nov  1 16:46 ..
drwxr-xr-x  4 pi pi 4.0K Oct 28 22:01 BIOS
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi pi 4.0K Oct  6 15:10 retropiemenu
drwxr-xr-x 47 pi pi 4.0K Oct  6 15:09 roms
drwxr-xr-x  2 pi pi 4.0K Nov  9 02:02 saves

Have you overridden it in the system retroarch.cfg or perhaps you created the saves folder as root?

[Floob]

Can you post your /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg on pastebin so we can check it?
Make sure there isnt a reference to it in the system specific retroarch – unless you want to do it on a per system basis.

Can you see the full message when it tries to load – does it have a number at the end?

[Floob]

That should be it.
When you are in game, and save – there should be yellow text along the bottom of the screen – that should show any success or error.
What does it say for you?

[Floob]

Hold select and press X – thats the default anyway.

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