[tommymsw]

I am not sure what I am doing wrong. No matter how I change the file, N64 reacts the exact same way. EVERY key seems to be “A” and I can’t test the joystick because I can’t get the “start” button to work for “start”. This is what I added to the inputautocfg.ini file…. but when I start the N64 emulator, I do NOT see the YELLOW text telling me what joystick it is using (like it does in every other emulator). My best guess is that it is NOT loading the file at all?

[GPIO Controller 1]
plugged = True
plugin = 2
mouse = False
DPad R = axis (+0)
DPad L = axis (-0)
DPad D = axis (+1)
DPad U = axis (-1)
Start = button (7)
Z Trig = button(2)
B Button = button(5)
A Button = button(0)
C Button R =
C Button L =
C Button D =
C Button U =
R Trig = button(4)
L Trig = button(3)
Mempak switch =
Rumblepak switch =
X Axis =
Y Axis =

[tommymsw]

Yes, the joystick works perfect in emulation station and all of the emulators that use the retroarch config file. But the N64 emulator that uses the retrarch config, does not play any roms well.I tried just copy and paste the retroarch connfig into the autoinput file, but this did nothing. The code from the retroarch cfg and the code in the mupen cfg are totally different. I tried just adding the button numbers from one to the other, but that also didn’t work.

I figure somebody must have a console with GPIO buttons and want to use the mupen emulator?

[tommymsw]

Thanks, I am not really sure what you mean exactly? What loads in yellow is GPIO Controller 1. That does not appear in the inputautocfg.ini file. I tried manually adding a section like:(based in the GPIO controller cfg found in /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs)

[GPIO Controller 1]
plugged = True
plugin = 2
mouse = False
input_device = “GPIO Controller 1”
input_driver = “udev”
DPad R = “+0”
DPad L = “-0”
DPad D = “+1”
DPad U = “-1”
Start = “7”

But I get no joy. It seems as if “any” button I press registers as “A” as when the game says “Press A button” any button advances the screen. But then I have to press “Start” and no button works. Somehow it is getting an input from the buttons (as they advance the screens) but maybe none are registered with a proper command?

[tommymsw]

I can’t seem to get N64 working (although I figured that may be a tall order). The Mupen64plus seems to work better but I need to configure the controls. Can I just copy and paste the control configuration from the retropie.cfg to the appropriate area of the mupen64plus.cfg? Or is it more complicated than that?

Also, I would love to tinker with Minecraft. I have it loaded and it runs fine, but the screen does not fit my screen and I need to figure out how to configure the controllers. Do you have any idea where I should go to find this? I do not see it in the wiki. I don’t even know how to exit out of Minecraft or bring up settings.

[tommymsw]

Believe me… I found the wiki to be a life saver. I find it very well put together (at least as far as installing and running roms as this is where I used it the most). It helped me above what I expected from it. I especially love where it tells you what mame roms can be run and also tells you the file name associated with the rom zip name (something really frustrating not to know). It is excellent that it explains each emulator, with their pros and cons. I found it very easy to follow and understand. links to youtube videos, etc. A+ on the forum. Saved me a TON of time.

The forum left a little to be desired. It is not the familiar forum we see everywhere else (and for me anyway, it loads really slowly) and the topic is “everything related to the retropie project” as ONE topic! lol Slpash screens and themes are broken down, but everything else seems to be jumbled into one giant group. And even the best organized forum can be a nightmare if you come “late to the party” and have to sift though years and thousands of posts. That’s why I was hoping somebody could point me to wherever the “getting started” section was. :)

I also started setting up retropie LITERALLY across the release of 3.0 so that was just bad timing and caused more confusion. Everything was changing JUST as I was learning it! :)

[tommymsw]

Also… I really do appreciate the effort everybody put into this project and I plan to post an outline of the process I took to build my cabinet and cover the “bumps” I came across where the solutions were hardest to find, while they are still fresh in my head.

[tommymsw]

Thanks all, I have everything working on point now. The Wiki is GREAT once you get going, but when I just walked into the retropie project, I was looking for a simple outline. I found that on some other websites and then came back here once I was up to speed. Whatever snes emulator I tried first apparently does not work… there was no way to back out of it. So I was not sure what buttons I should push to get out, or if the emulator itself was simply not working.

Basically I was just looking for like a “quick start” guide that would get a total noob up to speed on the general idea. I think sometimes it is hard to write a wiki after you already have an understanding of the process (as weird as that sounds) because you may pass over the steps that now seem obvious to you, that may not be to somebody starting at 0.

Even now in the wiki, some of the emulators mentioned do not exist in retropie and I get 100% that this is a WIP and it changes all the time and it is probably impossible to keep up with. But it just added to my confusion. But it’s been a little over a week since I even attempted looking into retropie, and I now have a full tabletop cabinet with retropie running flawlessly so… It went pretty well once I had a general idea. :)

Just some feedback from somebody new here, the layout of the forum is hard to follow compared to most other forums. But I do find using Google will direct you to the proper topic on here.

[tommymsw]

YES! I figured it out….

Edit sudo nano /boot/config.txt
scroll down and uncomment
hdmi_group=1
and
hdmi_mode=1

(I think that’s what they said)

[tommymsw]

ARGH!!! lol… Perfect timing! I must have been updating my script as 3.0 came out because the updated script had some of the new 3.0 features in it. So I had a little of 2 and a little of 3. It was all messed up! :)

[tommymsw]

Well…. I thank you once again. It is working 100% now. Sorry for all the confusion. I added Genplus-Gx through the single emulator screen the first time (but from source) and it installed. So I just assumed I could also add it there from binary.

[tommymsw]

Well, I wasn’t sure I should re-install ALL the emulators just to install the Genesis one. I did the “source” install like a week ago and waited the 20 or so hours. I feel as if I choose option 1, it will rewrite ALL the emulators to the binary? But if that is the only way to get Geneses working, I will do it.

[tommymsw]

Ungh… What the heck? I just can’t get it to work. Sonic is mocking me!!!

I:
cd RetroPie-Setup
sudo ./retropie_setup.sh
Update setup script
Reboot

then run the setup script again after reset. The first time when I ran it after the update, I got pages and pages of code before it opened. Every time after that when I update, it just starts. So I figure that means there are no updates and I have the latest?

Then I go to install individual emulators. I pick the GenPlus-GX one. I choose “binary”, some code flashes for half a second and I am back in the install emulators screen. I choose “cancel” to get back out, then I choose “reboot”.

After reboot, I try to play a Genesis game, I press “x”, a screen asks what resolution I want (I don’t know what to pick so I just pick randomly) and I get spit out to a black screen with an error that says “runcommand line 283 command not found” Then “Powering on HDMI with preferred settings” then I am spit back to emulationstation.

No mention of an error report and my /tmp/ directory is empty aside from 2 folders that are also empty. (This is the /tmp directory from the root.)

[tommymsw]

Yea, I can hit “x” or “m” and it takes me to a place that I can pick the resolution. I’ve tried like 4 or 5 different ones but none of them seem to work. It just keeps spitting me back out to emulationstation. Is there a particular resolution I need to choose?

[tommymsw]

I kind of got that far. Once I did a source, and it messed up, I realized I should do a binary… so I did. But that didn’t fix the problem. Do I need to delete the source download? And if so… then how? I got too greedy I think :)

[tommymsw]

hm…. The roms won’t play. I get “runcommand line 283 not found” something like that. I am guessing it has to do with me setting the video mode correctly? Hitting “x”?

Any idea if that is correct? Or what I need to choose?

[tommymsw]

That worked man, thank you very much for the help.

[tommymsw]

Hey guys. I can not find GenPlus-GX. I’m assuming you wanted me to choose “5. install individual emulators from binary or source”? But there is only one Genesis option in there—Pico.

I chose “Source based installation” when I set this up (like a week ago) and I think that just installs EVERYTHING? I don’t remember it giving options. (I didn’t want to hit it because I am afraid it will just run the whole thing again)

Also, my command was sudo ./retropie_setup.sh if that changes anything?
Thanks.

[tommymsw]

Well… For the past 2 days I have Googled “retropie, how do I exit the snes emulator and return to the emulation station screen” in EVERY variable possible, and get TONS of responses on how to exit the snes emulator by writing code to program a controller button. But that is NOT what I am looking for. I also looked for the retropie user guide on Google and NO hist return. I also looked on this forum for a user manual and none exist, or I can’t find it as there is only ONE topic section. And this forum is WAY too slow to expect to start reading every post in hopes of finding the answer… SO… I figured “maybe I will just ask somebody and they will answer?”. But NOPE! lol It is like I am stuck in a horrible episode of the Twilight Zone!

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