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To be honest I’m not sure why select worked in loopmaster, the coin key in lr-fba always perplexed me too as it worked in some games and not others.
I’m not sure about game difficulty, there might be a setting in the rgui but I’ve never tried.
.0375b is the only libretro mame I know of but some people have been suggesting mame4droid as a new option:
This was the only list I could find for pifba which I thing is what libretro-fba is ported from:
You’d have to edit a few settings in the runcommand/emulationstation themes in order to get them all under the same section- you’d basically need to code it to give you the option of all the arcade emulators rather than FBA or mame alone (I haven’t figured it out myself but I haven’t looked into it all that much)
herbfargusMemberIt outlines why in the link I posted… But in short its a security thing, most standard Linux distros have root disabled by default, because if people can access your computer with root privileges they basically do anything they want.
herbfargusMemberWell you can do a full binary install from the setup script but a lot of the configurations have changed, so I’m not sure how that affects those. Before you do an update its always good to backup just in case. I personally just use a fresh SD image and reconfigure things.
herbfargusMembersudo passwd root
then choose a new root password.https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Root-Password
herbfargusMemberhttps://www.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/how-to-get-games-to-be-169/ this person is trying to do the opposite as you but the method is the same.
herbfargusMemberI’m not super familiar with video resolutions or volume controls so I can’t help you with those- but the tab key configuration menu is only a mame4all-pi/advmame feature, the lr-imame4all emulator is a retroarch emulator and as such uses the RGUI which can be opened by pressing select+x and from that menu you can also modify the video resolution and maybe the volume as well. see this page: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/MAME
this person had the same questions on video stuff and it seemed to work for him:
herbfargusMembersee this page: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FinalBurn-Alpha There is no in game menu other than the RGUI which can be opened by pressing select+x and you can make some changes there. The select key doesn’t work to input coins because it is the hotkey, you have to make your hotkey something other than select in order for it to add coins (see the above wiki page) as far as some roms not working either they are missing a bios (see also the above wiki page) or they are from the wrong romset and need to be rebuild to a romset compatible with lr-fba (see also above wiki page)… and this wiki page explains how to rebuild roms with clrmamepro:
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Managing-ROMsherbfargusMemberSometimes if the internet connection is slow it may have trouble downloading. On the download page there is a magnet link to torrent it which you can use with a program like utorrent or bittorrent.
herbfargusMemberIf you start with a fresh image (retropie 3 beta 4) it has the rgui freeze fixed. It also has a different location for autoconfigs so that they aren’t conflicting with the config files there by default since it sounds like your autoconfig may be confused. If you don’t want to do a fresh image you can update your setup script and install retroarch from binary in menu option 5, and you can delete all the auto configs by typing
sudo rm /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs/*.cfg
And then reconfigure your controller for retroarch and it should work.
herbfargusMemberLeft and right on the dpad or analog or both? It may be mapping it as btn rather than axis… See this post-
herbfargusMemberHopefully they didnt charge you for retropie as well as the rpi2, cause retropie is free and quite simple to setup. (Plus its unlikely it has the latest image as that was just released today.) I’m not sure what to tell you on the video issues as I’ve never had that problem, could be an issue with your hardware or if you bought the pi secondhand it could have also had problems from the previous owner. You could try installing a new image on it (retropie 3 beta 4) and see if that works. (You’ll probably want to make a backup of your SD card first just in case)
As far as mame goes it can be a bit confusing at first to get sorted out as different emulators use different romsets even if they are the same game. You’ll likely have to rebuild your romset using a program called clrmamepro so they will be compatible with your retropie’s version of mame. See this post and accompanying video:
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs
The retropie wiki should answer a lot of your questions if you’re just getting into retropie, it may be a bit of a learning curve at first but its worth it. I try my best to keep the wiki as updated as possible so that it is useful to newcomers especially.
herbfargusMemberTry starting from a fresh image and see if that fixes it. The auto configs from previous configurations had conflicts
herbfargusMemberRetropie doesn’t yet have colecovision.
herbfargusMemberhttps://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FinalBurn-Alpha
Look under controls and there us an example file there. I don’t have a ps3 controller so I don’t know what the button codes are but you should be able to modify them to fit your controllers.
herbfargusMemberThe autoconfigs do have some conflicts that bugger things up but the next beta release (hopefully soonish) will have those issues fixed.
herbfargusMemberThat’s why its important to have backups so that when new beta versions come out and you don’t like them you can go back to the aint broken, less updated builds you’re comfortable with. And hey perhaps if you’d care to donate a sizeable amount to the developers maybe they could spend more of their volunteer time outside of their regular lives making it more user friendly for people who want their hand held with a simple plug and play method.
herbfargusMemberYeah the config files can be confusing especially with all of the recent changes, I’m glad you got it all sorted out :)
herbfargusMemberCreate a folder called
retropie
on the usb drive first and it will place the ROM folder in there.https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/How-to-get-ROMs-on-the-SD-card
herbfargusMemberBasically its a known bug that needs to be fixed and until the developers sort it out in the source code, unless you know how to compile things, you’ll have to be patient until the developers add it.
A repo is short for repository- the repository is where the source code is held (typically on websites like github and sourcefourge) retropie simply put is just a repository of scripts that link to other repositories to install the needed emulators, settings, etc. So in your case the repository retropie is scripted to for pifba is out of date and doesn’t yet include the functionality you seek, but the developers are working on updating the repository to include that functionality. Once they update it you will be able to reinstall the pifba emulator through the retropie setup script. I personally don’t know enough about compiling to manually add the newest pifba emulator ( I usually just let the developers handle the more technical stuff) but you could also change the emulator to libretro-fba by pressing x or m as a ROM loads and then it will utilise retroarch controller configs but then you may have to rebuild your romset with clrmamepro because I think lr-fba uses a different version of ROMs than pifba which is explained in this post: https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs
06/14/2015 at 19:27 in reply to: RetroPie 3 beta 3 Joypad config screwed & no spashscreen since updating #99834herbfargusMemberI’m not super sure about the presets. People upload the configs for their controllers into the retroarch source code and there can be some variations and conflicts so I just find it easiest to wipe those and start with the configs created for my controller. As far as the splashcreen, in the retropie menu there is a configure splash screen option and you can enable splashcreens and choose which splash screen you prefer from there.
herbfargusMemberWell its good to know your mode button at least works. Sometimes configuration settings conflict- simplest way I’ve found to sort it out is to delete all the autoconfigs by typing this in the terminal:
sudo rm /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs/*.cfg
Then you can rerun retroarch-joyconfig from the setup script and should automatically set the hotkeys for you.
(As a simple test before you do any of the aforementioned things try going back into the hotkey menu mentioned above and selecting option 1 and see if that fixes it)
See these two videos for reference:
herbfargusMemberBlur is more of a gimp thing. I use Gaussian blur at a setting of around 15-18:
http://docs.gimp.org/en/plug-in-gauss.htmlAnd gimp of course is also free :D
herbfargusMemberSee this post:
https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/issues/777
I think the mirror for pifba needs to be updated. See also:
06/14/2015 at 17:58 in reply to: RetroPie 3 beta 3 Joypad config screwed & no spashscreen since updating #99828herbfargusMemberIts still in beta and has a few bugs to sort out still. Quickest method to sort out conflicting configurations is to delete all configs and then create a new one with the new controller configuration tool. To delete a file in the terminal its
sudo rm path/to/file
so to delete all the configs that may be conflicting you’ll type:
sudo rm /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs/*.cfg
As far as the splash screen not working it was just changed
https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/commit/699db49b8e6ffc9424e19d3f755b3af573d9c072
Instead of doing a full binary install I just started with a fresh SD image so I wouldn’t have to muck with my previous configs and it seemed to work out. As with any update its important to make backups in case there are any bugs that mess things up.
herbfargusMemberThat’s because the emulator only reads bin and cue (and iso) files, not 7zip. You need to extract your 7zip files into bin and cue in order for it to show up in emulationstation.
herbfargusMemberyeah wifi can be a bit finicky- wicd-curses usually works for most things but a few of them need a manual configuration, I’m glad that you were able to get it sorted out!
herbfargusMemberfollow the page here and see if you can verify the same things (they may be slightly different than your model but the process is the same):
http://www.savagehomeautomation.com/raspi-airlink101
if all seems to be in order try editing the interfaces file by hand as described on this page:
https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Setting-Up-Wifi
herbfargusMemberhmm. You could try changing the emulator from the x or m menu as the rom loads (there are 6 different snes emulators)- that way you can at least rule out that.
herbfargusMemberHmm that is odd, usually select+x works to open the rgui. its possible either your hotkeys aren’t configured or your mode button just doesn’t work. but there is a way you can do with your keyboard (you should only have to do it once in theory). The hotkey for Rgui on the keyboard is F1 so one way to test if the mode button works is to hold it down while you press f1 on the keyboard while in a game and see if it opens up (this is all assuming that you are using a retroarch core rather than dgen) If it doesn’t you can configure the hotkey option as described in this post:
If you select option 2 you’ll hold down alt+F1 to access the RGUI, if you choose option 3 you’ll just press esc to open the rgui. see if any of those work
herbfargusMemberhave you tried pressing select+start?
herbfargusMemberYes configs can get buggered up with new builds if you already have some in place, with this latest beta its probably best to start from a fresh SD image. As far as finding out the version you have from command line there is no method I know of as there are constant rolling updates and bug fixes.
herbfargusMembermy guess is all your buttons work but your dpad? it’s a controller issue that I had, this thread seems to have solved it: https://www.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/usb-snes-controller-d-pad-not-working-in-games/#post-97091
herbfargusMemberessentially as far as I understand it. (backups are definitely a good idea for this one as the new controller configuration has some bugs that need to be sorted out still)
herbfargusMemberI can also verify this and it has been posted as an issue on github
https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/issues/863
Regarding the “never needing to push a hotkey on the keyboard before where escape and f1 just worked” this has been issue since around January and to be honest I think its an issue with the retroarch code and the “nul” key binding this is the post I had on it a while back and never really sorted it out (I just changed the hotkey to alt from the setup script)
herbfargusMemberFor future reference its good practice to make backups with something like win32diskimager before an update just in case issues arise in the latest versions.
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