@retronerd then lr-fbalpha should be good to go

Note for future reference when requesting support, in the read me first link I gave it asks for a lot more detail and does say

RetroPie Version Used (3.6, 3.8.1, 4.01 etc.. - do not write latest):

@skepticalgeel there is no es_systems.cfg in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation unless it has been copied manually (also to ~/.emulationstation which links to the same folder). That is useful for managing your own config, but it also means it has to be kept manually up to date.

@doctorstork Below that it details information you should provide when asking for help - I have no idea what your set-up is. I also posted a link which says where to copy the bios etc - the emulator is installable from retropie-setup as detailed in the installation instructions https://retropie.org.uk/docs/First-Installation/#installing-additional-emulators

@darknior said in Where's the RetroPie-Setup API docs?:

Will it be possible to choose to the FONT or you auto use the same as the THEME ?
Because i think it is cool if we can use a font we use in the theme :)

It uses the same font as the theme, as you can see in the examples in this topic: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7193/runcommand-launching-images-for-any-theme/2

You can make suggestions on that thread ;-)

Looks like I may have found the solution.

I had to update the es_systems.cfg that's located in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation (same as /home/pi/.emulationstation) for the changes to take effect. I misunderstood the purpose of copying the file there. I thought it was for a backup.

I'd like to know if the function is available: " HISCORE save function " in a rom set newer than, mame2003

it's good for me understand if i add ADV-MAME 1.4:
if i put hi-score.dat in
/roms/mame-advmame/hi
it will works in retropie?

thanks in advance.

@herb_fargus Thanks for the reply.

Yeah, coming from a MS DOS/MS Windows background I'm certainly not a linux expert so I'm constantly being surprised at the small nuances here and there. I suspect formatting as EXT2/3/4 would help, but that would defeat my purpose of then having it easily readable/accessible on my desktop (which is non-Linux). :)

I did hack away with OSX Fuse this morning to read a EXT4 partition from a previous backup of mine on a Macbook (it seems the retroarch update must have either removed the previous shader folders I had, or changed their locations, so I'm going to copy them back).

I had mounted this manually from back in 3.6/3.7, and it has always worked perfectly asides from these chown errors which I take are par for the course using FAT32 in the current set up :)

No big deal anyway, it's always fun. Thanks everyone!

@Robster1727 for mame2003 and fba, easiest to use the pre-built configs: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/4046/crt-pi-shader-users-reduce-scaling-artifacts-in-lr-mame2003-lr-fbalpha-horizontal-and-vertical-games

@217zombie101 said in How to connect to a xfinity hotspot with the raspberry pi?:

I like taking Kodi and retropie with me when I go on trips.

I can't speak to the hotspot issue, but having a web browser of some sort on the Pi for connecting to hotel openwifi will also work. Without the browser, you'll be at the mercy of calling whatever in house tech support they may have to relay your Pi's MAC address personally. Something as simple as Lynx will do.

@Zombie101
My dad has this one and it's worked for him for a few years. He doesn't do any intensive gaming though, usually uses it for old DOS games on his laptop and stuff.

https://m.aliexpress.com/s/item/32703335359.html#autostay

I had a similar issue with PiSnes where it just wouldn't save. I finally tracked it down to file permissions. The write was being blocked but I couldn't find any logs or any information to indicate it. chmod 777 on the srm file and I think it's working fine now.

Edit 1: I just did a quick test and new save games are being created without proper permissions so after the first autosave, or save after quitting it will fail to continue saving.

Edit 2: In my case it's because I mounted my games on a network share and the samba configuration wasn't right. Following this did the trick:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/97669/i-cant-get-samba-to-set-proper-permissions-on-created-directories

@BuZz thanks, this seems pretty straight forward. Hopefully I won't screw it up lol

I ran into this the other day. After some googling it turns out the default input configuration is for xbox controllers which did't work for me (using 8bitdo).

You need to edit /opt/retropie/emulators/pisnes/snes9x.cfg and manually configure the inputs. You can test your controller to get the right numbers using

jstest /dev/input/js0

To reduce conflicts I set the values for QUIT,ACCEL,QLOAD,QSAVE, and LEFT,RIGHT,UP,DOWN 1 and 2 to numbers around 100.

Edit: Realized I was just parroting the official documentation about it: https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/super-nintendo-entertainment-system#pisnes

I updated the wiki with md5sum & CRC32 for the various BIOS files that I have found. I'm not sure if all of them work (haven't tested them all).
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Dreamcast#bios