@mitu Just did it.
Everything went smooth as we discussed it above.
From the SD's roms folder I only deleted the actual ROMs not the folders.

So far I didn't notice any performance hit nor any decrease. All the same as it seems. I'll let you know in case that impression should change.

One more thing about backup: Since the configs share is not being transferred to the USB stick (unfortunately) I want to stress the importance to (at least) backup this one manually and frequently ;-)

Thanks!!

Resolved this, appears to be a compatibility issue with localisation and certain languages/keyboards not wanting to display "°". Reset keyboard settings to the default:

# KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION FILE # Consult the keyboard(5) manual page. XKBMODEL="pc105" XKBLAYOUT="gb" XKBVARIANT="" XKBOPTIONS="" BACKSPACE="guess"

Also reset language to the default:

LANG=en_GB.UTF-8

@meynti hi there. I briefly came across this problem but figured it out quite quickly.

This control pad has 4 different methods of how the controller will work.
Nintendo switch
Dinput
Xinput
Mac OS

Same as you. Mine was setup to switch mode. Works with the pie. But not steam link.

Dinput also doesn’t work with steam link.

Xinput did work perfectly.

Haven’t tried Mac OS mode but would suspect it wouldn’t work.

Here’s how to sort it.
Get a keyboard ready or another controller that is setup to work on your pie. . You’ll need it soon.

First of. Go to RetroPie Bluetooth settings. Remove your controller from the list.

Now. Turn off your controller. Hold start for 10 seconds.

Hold X and press start to turn the controller on. The X will turn it on in Xinput mode. Two lights should be flashing below the sticks.

Now add your controller again on the pie.

Once done you can quit the Bluetooth settings. You’ll need to go to the bit to configure inputs. If you have another controller that already works on the pie then the start button will bring up this menu you need. From here reconfigure your 8bitdo controller buttons.

Once you’ve done that the steam link will now see your controller. It will say it’s a Xbox one controller but it will work fine. It did for me.

Hope this helps.

How did you delete the emulator ? Any emulator can be installed back by using the RetroPie-Setup script, which you can start from the RetroPie system in Emulationstation.
What emulator are you trying to re-install ?

Ok, I read other messages, and I'm currently compiling again, but this time I'm using the git URL with the version fixed by another user from this forum. I'll keep you informed. I'll do some tests and will report.

i have used steven selphs and skyscraper but cannot get them to scrape lha files, would i need to keep all files in original format. cheers

@Run-the-Jewels If you have the Pimoroni controller (X Hat) then you should do what I did, see above. Some additional information is on the Pimoroni forums, see https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/x-hat-retropie-coin-button-exits-game/9633.

If you have another controller, then this might not be the same problem. If this is the case, then I suggest you start a new thread, with detailed descriptions of your hardware, software versions, log file entries etc.

So, what are your results? Did you try running it with some games? Please report...

You should start at the Quick Start documentation - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Arcade/.

Can you be more specific ? Video in connections does the older TV support ? SCART/Composite/Component/VGA ?
The simplest solution is to get a composite video cable and use the analog output from the PI to connect to the TV.

@mutedemon It depends on the theme - what theme are you trying to modify ?

@Eyeball_36 iirc there's a specific sensor of sorts that would enable the potential to have an onscreen battery type of thing but it wasn't part of the raspiboy hardware. It was one of the grievances I had with the hardware, until it just fried completely. Sorry I'm not much more help

If I were to do the handheld thing again I'd do the mintypi V3

@Bryam_h_m make sure you have the psx bios installed. if you do, it may just be a bug in the emulator, which may have no fix.

@tomjohn77 If that suggestion doesn't work just reorder the manually edited es_systems.cfg so that the the system you want to start on is at the top and the system you want to be left of the starting system is on the right then put the Retropie menu "system" in the middle of es_systems.cfg

So what you are saying is that I need to hookup the buttons on each controller so that they are the same value. IE button 1 for each controller is ''A''. I never had this problem before but will just rewire my board to make sure they match.

Thanks for the help

@mitu Thank you! I can't believe I didn't stumble upon those in my search.

@Heartless yeah that's what I figured. I suppose you could make changes to the mupen64plus.sh blacklist or one of the video plugin .ini files but that is a little above me.

@iwanttobefreak Thank you for adding the solution.

Unless it explicitly says otherwise C64 roms (and Amiga, Spectrum, CPC ... all the classic 'mostly' European home computer systems) are PAL and run at the correct speed and music pitch on an emulated PAL C64. The problem then becomes running a 50hz system against a fixed 60hz refresh rate LCD, causing jerky scrolling, which you solved by switching TV mode. 'Mostly' NTSC systems with NTSC romsets like SNES and Genesis need to run at 60hz though (otherwise it's jerky scrolling and wrong speed again, this time too slow), so there should be a way to dynamically switch refresh rate for each system. I'm working on it, but my bash scripting skills are low to non-existent :)

And yes, once you cross into 3D systems it's another ballgame completely.