@mitu Cool, good to know multiplayer shouldn't be a hassle. I figured Dualshock 4 would work on Bluetooth as well but I only have two of those, and my wife ever so occasionally games with me. Seeing as I have three PS3 controllers and I haven't used the PS3 in ages, especially in co-op, I'd rather use two PS3 controllers than the PS4 ones, even if I do think that the PS4 controller feels better (not as good as the Switch Pro controller, but that's neither here nor there). So if Bluetooth works without a bad lag then I'll probably stick with the PS3 controllers simply because I already have enough of those lying around. If Bluetooth isn't good enough then I'll either get a Bluetooth dongle, or a wired Switch Hori Pad.

@sammyboy No problem at all. In future if you want to cancel something Ctrl + C will interrupt it rather than just pulling the power. Now, that's not to say you won't get the same thing, it might happen but it is just a bit more graceful and should avoid it.
Good to hear you are back up and running.

@dankcushions @dudleydes @MoX

Thanks to you all! I appreciate all of your input!!!!

I'm thinking about a cocktail table and was wondering if you ever figured it out?

@mitu said in SFTP ASCII Transfers Between RetroPie and Windows not working as expected:

I recommend using Notepad++ and choosing Unix newlines as default line endings.

Will use Notepad++ from now on. Resolved that head-ache for me. Thanks.

@edmaul69 never had the issue. Guess I’ve never tried

Genius . Thank you very much. very happy now :-)

@jimbo333 This is a forum for RetroPie, if you are using another software/program you'd have to ask the author of such software. Please fill out the information from https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

@pumpkinrat The settings for ES should be in /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_settings.txt, you can modify it with the nano editor from the terminal. You can check the ES start log from /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_log.txt to see if any errors are logged.

@fen84

has anyone been able to get Mario Kart Arcade GP (or 2) MAME working?

'Mario Kart Arcade GP' runs on the Triforce arcade system which is based on GameCube hardware. Unfortunately the Raspberry Pi isn't nearly powerful enough to emulate a system that demanding.

As for the rest of your issues, You can't just "pop" any old ROM in the arcade folder. You need to get a specific numbered ROM set for the arcade emulator you've chosen. For example, the default arcade emulator in RetroPie is lr-mame2003, which uses the MAME 0.78 ROM set. Anything outside of the intended ROM set for your chosen emulator will usually result in failure. Also, as a rule of thumb, any game north of 1995 has an increasingly higher chance of running poorly on the Pi.

Everything you need to know for arcade emulation in RetroPie is covered here.

@gs4l

The Raphnet adapters are the best. However, the analog triggers on Gamecube controllers have a few issues that are difficult to overcome outside of Windows. The triggers reach their full range of movement half way down and anything past that reads as movement in the other direction. Also there is some, for lack of a better term, bleeding of the analog input that reads as if it's coming from the thumbsticks.

Both these issues are dealt with in the Raphnet Adapter Management Tool. However, I believe the software is Windows only. I've been able to solve both these issues with xboxdrv in RetroPie, but it's not straightforward. In fact, as much as I love using my Wavebird on RetroPie, I'd advise against using a Gamecube controller here unless you really want to dive into the weeds to get the job done.

@buzz

Thanks a lot - yeah I thought i'd open an enhancement anyway as I did some reading and one of the Retroarch devs confirmed the SW and HW cores are identical, except the HW one has the additional options. Both are the same if you run in software mode:
https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/7hxke8/psa_psx_beetle_hw_is_absolutely_amazing/dquv1jp/

So I figured it would probably be a useful enhancement enabling HW support at some stage - albeit I appreciate not high priority.

@psyke83 has kindly done a bit of work already to enable and i'm happy to test this out:
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/2279

Thanks again.

@buzz

Yep completely understood, and that makes sense for the sake of keeping the releases as stable as possible. If I have time to test the Vulkan driver out I can always try to build from the master myself if there hasn't been a new release when I get round to it.

Thanks for the help as always.

Cheers

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/4843/how-to-shrink-a-retropie-image

@cyperghost Thanks, I already did that, but without success. Most SNES games are still really slow and laggy.

@mitu
Thanks for the response once again mitu! I thought there might have been a bios, since I tried a couple of games and they loaded without giving me a "missing bios" error.

@scopaust As with other controller that don't have a hotkey, you can use Select instead of a hotkey.

@herb_fargus i have a small mind and act out because I don't know how to express myself like a mature adult