@Chameleon1977

To know where it is going wrong try to check your log in :
/dev/shm/runcommand.log

@mitu. To clarify, I meant the version I am running - not that the file originally came that way.

Not exactly a problem, just excess from my learning/stumbling through, and wanting to clear out the clutter.

I was able to get my USB headset to work.

First I changed from mame4all-pi on RetroPie 4.5 to lr-mame2000 on RetroPie 4.7.1 because I learned mame4all-pi doesn't have an option to rotate the display and my objective is to play classic vertical arcade games on a vertical (rotated) monitor.

Second I created /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf (using sudo vi) containing:
options snd_usb_audio index=0
options snd_bcm2835 index=1
options snd slots=snd_usb_audio,snd_bcm2835
(leaving dtparam=audio=on in /boot/config.txt)

This reorders the "cards" so the USB headset is card 0, hdmi is card 1 and PWM is card 2. What I found is dtparam=audio=off still configured the USB headset as card 1 for whatever reason and I didn't get audio. After reordering it worked without any other modifications (although ES gives an error about unable to set volume, which is probably just a minor configuration tweak).

If you explore the rom psx folder, you should see a .srm file for the game, this is the memorycard file. The memorycard file will load if it matches the name of the rom that is loaded e.g. LSSS(Disc 1).srm, LSSS(Disc 2).srm. You could change the name of the .srm file to match whatever disc you're loading, or you could make a .PBP archive or .m3u playlist in place of starting the discs separately.

PSX2PSP will make a pbp archive. Usually only have to load both discs into the program.

Search for .m3u playlists in Retropie help should find a tutorial of how that works.

If you make a playlist and don't want the original .iso/.bin/.pbp to appear as duplicates in the game list then it takes some extra work but you can change the essettings.cfg or change the filename of the .bins to include a "." (period) at the beginning of the file name, this will denote the hidden file attribute in linux, you would then need to change the filenames in the .m3u playlist appropriately to include this.

@chupachups Damn, that's a shame that never got sorted out. Thank you.

@mitu I got it... Thanks!

I tested the same controller setup with a pi3A so I have confirmed that the controllers are working properly. It seems to be an issue with the pi0w as both I have on hand had the same problem. I will rethink my genesis focused build to leverage the 8bitdo mod30s on a pi3A instead.

The question is - do I leverage a Genesis cartridge as the case or some sweet colorful nes carts I just picked up. I would need a label for the genesis cart. Let me know if anyone knows of a place to get a custom genesis cart label (preferably that fits on an EA sized game).

@agtrigormortis haven't you done this multiple times already? You are wasting our time. After your account is deleted, please don't sign up again.

Thank you so much for clarifying! Awesome

The RetroPie setup script already allocates 4G (see here), but I think the recent changed in upstream MAME have increased the memory needed for a successful compilation.

@wild-snail please fill out https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first (including verbose log) for further support, thanks.

@gordonfreemanjr said in Amiberry 3.3 laggy:

I’m having the same issue with Amiberry: slow performance, choppy sound. I followed your advice regarding the resolution, but it didn’t work

Open a separate topic and add your system info, it doesn't seem to be the same issue.

Finally found the solution:

The default configuration of GPIONext is not optimal for those inputs.

What fixed it:

gpionext set combo_delay 0 # was 50

Hope it helps someone else !

@mortalwombat said in How to config 8-way rotary joystick games? (Ikaris, Forgotten Worlds etc):

MAME 0.139u1/MAME4Droid ROM works using Mame2010

mame2010 is the port of MAME 0.139u1/MAME4Droid to libretro, so that's expected

@mortalwombat said in How to config 8-way rotary joystick games? (Ikaris, Forgotten Worlds etc):

Regarding Gondomania (gondo.zip, US version), the Mame 0.139u1/Mame4Droid version seems to work, allowing your character to rotate with the L/R buttons when using it on Mame2000 or Mame2010. However, this only seems to allow you to shoot your special weapons in these directions (knives, axes, etc).

I know emulation of this game had major emulation fixes recently (because its MCU was finally dumped in 2020, 22 years after the game was first wrongly "emulated" with the dumps available), but i don't know how broken it previously was since i never played it before that redump. Anyway, only MAME (current) and FBNeo will allow you to play this game as it was intended, using the dumps from 2020. Afaik, the main shoot is the one rotating.

I can't reproduce the build error using a similar setup.

Support for Raspbian Stretch has been dropped - as you probably have been informed when starting RetroPie-Setup - so there's not much that will be done to fix errors on older systems.

@mortalwombat said in Anyway to copy ROMs btwn folders on (or from) your MicroSD?:

Anything this might mean? It wouldn't have to do with which romset they belong to, or which default emulator they've been set to?

It doesn't mean anything related to the emulator/romset the files are associated with. It's just coloring based on the file type and the file's attribute (executable). Same colors you see when your run the ls --color command to list a folder.

@phoenixflood that looks much better.

@mitu Thank you it fixed all my problems I was having. You have been most helpful.

Found the answer.

Although I did nothing more than go in to RetroArch and simply reconfigure the joypad using the exact same settings - it must have 'reset't things, and the hotkey is now working on the 3DO just like all other emulators.

Hopefully this may help someone else in the future