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I think your start+select combo should exit the game:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pifba/files/

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@pimpmyrig

The image is from here:
http://retrogaming.hazard-city.de/framemeister.html

But thats overkill for the Pi really. So I tend to use overlays (as opposed to shaders or scanline generators). It gives a pretty good output.

Check these videos (see my signature for more):

[Floob]

For me its about trying to get close (ish) to that CRT effect.
So more like the right column than the (unaltered) left:

[Floob]

This may help show how those files work

[Floob]

What an example of one rom you have copied?
Please include the full filename, and full path you copied it to.

[Floob]

In RetroPie 3, the FBA config file goes in
/opt/retropie/configs/fba/fba2x.cfg

[Floob]

@machtroid
That (Lucky & Wild) was emulated in MAME .062
http://www.progettoemma.net/index.php?gioco=luckywld&lang=en

You can see what will support that here:
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs

For example, lr-mame2003 has it in its dat file.

[Floob]

Thanks for all the work you put into this. Must be very time consuming!

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I like most effects turned off, so the first image – but thats just because I like the image in a ‘clean’ state to prompt people to investigate whats possible. So maybe not the best reasoning :)

In practice I like smooth on, often in conjunction with scanline overlays.

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@dankcushions – almost makes me wonder if 0.78 is correct for that version.

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Yep – my video is a little old (you’re right that you may have to say player1 etc.. to override the controller default) – here is an updated one that shows how you can just remap the buttons in retroarch.

Yes, the mupen64plus isnt a retroarch core, so you need to do it differently

[Floob]

It sounds like you have a bit of a 2.6 / 3.0 hybrid (because this doesn’t exist at all in 2.6 /opt/retropie/configs/all/joypad-configs/), I would be tempted to start with 3.0 final. But if its working, then that sounds good.

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You say your controller settings aren’t in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg – but that file has a lot of non standard controller settings in?

Is your problem that Emulation Station wont work with the controller, or that retroarch games wont work? If you want a long dull video about the workings of the config files, check this one out (Its for RetroPie 3, but a lot holds true for 2.6).

[Floob]

I made a couple of tweaks on the guide after I did the video – does this help?
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Setting-up-a-Bluetooth-controller

Ideally you would start clean, but it should be ok. You should be able to remove the existing paring like this
bluez-test-device remove XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

I *think* the error you have implies that you are trying to connect without pairing first. Try following the guide and let me know the first step that doesnt behave as expected.

Or you could try the PiAssist by Death259 script which deals with Bluetooth, this is part of RetroPie now – and can be found in the retropie setup script.
https://github.com/Death259/PiAssist

[Floob]

I wouldnt make any changed to the /all/retroarch.cfg

Just change your controller file here:
/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads

Or if its just remapping, try this:

[Floob]

I cant replicate that with PuTTY – is that what you are using?
As long as its working I guess it ok for the moment.

Or you could prefix the wget line with
wget –no-check-certificate

[Floob]

Glad its all working now.
If you could post a screenshot of the error (and command that triggered it) I’ll check it out and see if I can sort it out.

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@donjuanzx9
The video is assuming you are doing this at a command line on the Pi – using PuTTY for example. You can download the file from a web browser – but thats more hassle.

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I like these ones:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Buffalo-Super-Famicom-SNES-SFC-Classic-USB-Gamepad-for-PC-Windows-Japan-/371252695385

and

http://8bitdo.com/

Also, lots of info here:

What controllers are you using?

[Floob]

Can you show your file
/opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg ?
Maybe there is a shader involved?

If not it would be a case of choosing a different overlay possibly.

[Floob]

This may help out

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@footwo – As herbfargus says, it specifies the viewing or display area

custom_viewport_width = How wide the output screen should be
custom_viewport_height = How tall/high the output screen should be
custom_viewport_x = The pixel position (horizontal) of the top left location of the output
custom_viewport_y = The pixel position (vertical) of the top left location of the output

Some more info:
http://smartretro.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=52#p159

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Looks great – I’ll have to try them out.
Are you tempted to try a built in scanline on the overlay rather than utilising a shader?

Would you object to me wrapping your settings up in my overlay config tool?
Obviously I’d credit you in the documentation.

I presume that there is consideration needed to the actual resolution the user runs their setup in, for example it needs to be at least the size specified in the overlay config tools?

[Floob]

That sounds really good! Would make a lot of the arcade games look great.
Do you apply scanlines to any of the game configs?

As a lot of games have different resolutions have you processed many in this way?

[Floob]

Have you tried the Wiki?
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Setting-up-a-Bluetooth-controller

[Floob]

1) In /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg
Change
video_smooth = true
to
video_smooth = false

You may also want to check this

2) Does that happen on another TV – just to compare?

4) Which roms / emulator does that happen in?
What video output is your TV?

MAME
This will show you how to validate your roms
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs

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One thing I have noticed is, if I reboot and turn the pad on, it connects fine. If I shut down the pad whilst in Emu station and try to reconnect, it wont. It’s like auto connect only wants to work once.

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Thats right, the steps on the wiki force a connect attempt at start up. If you want it to re-connect after that you would need some sort of cron job, or manually process the command again. Actually you could hook up a script to the retropie menu in ES to do that.

[Floob]

Try
input_player1_y_btn = “2”

make sure the quote symbol is correct first though.

Or you can try remapping:

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@jbfortune
I’ve edited this page to try and make that more clear now
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Setting-up-a-Bluetooth-controller

As Buzz says, you have most likely made a small error when editing the file, so try the command line version to avoid needing to edit the file at all.

[Floob]

Yep – with lr-fba I end up just triggering something not very important, or just unmap one of the functions – I only ever really use about 3 in total.

You could try some of the newer experimental fba/mame emualtors and see if they have the same issue.

[Floob]

It should all happen automatically. Make sure ES is closed before you scrape. I think thats covered in the video if you want to see how to check.

[Floob]

You could use a shoulder button for hotkey anyway? Its just it would punch or kick etc.. at the same time – it would still act as the hotkey enable though.

[Floob]

For reference, you can see the romset versions (along with dat files) here:
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs

[Floob]

The /all/retroarch.cfg differs a fair bit from the 2.6 version.

In yours, comment out these lines

input_enable_hotkey_btn = 8
input_exit_emulator_btn = 9
input_save_state_btn = 4
input_load_state_btn = 5
input_player1_a_btn = 2
input_player1_b_btn = 3
input_player1_y_btn = 1
input_player1_x_btn = 0
input_player1_start_btn = 9
input_player1_select_btn = 8
input_player1_l_btn = 4
input_player1_r_btn = 5
input_player1_up_axis = -1
input_player1_down_axis = +1
input_player1_left_axis = -0
input_player1_right_axis = +0
input_player1_enable_hotkey_btn = 8
input_player1_exit_emulator_btn = 9
input_player1_menu_toggle_btn = 0
input_player1_load_state_btn = 4
input_player1_save_state_btn = 5
input_player1_reset_btn = 2
input_player1_state_slot_increase_axis = +0
input_player1_state_slot_decrease_axis = -0

Your setup should be using the auto controller files, as it has this line:
input_autodetect_enable = true

It then looks here for them
joypad_autoconfig_dir = /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs/all/

Check this video for more info

[Floob]

You could use lr-mame4all.
More details here:
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs

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