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  !! READ THIS FIRST !!
  help support wiki read me • • herb_fargus  

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  Forum Rules
  forum copyright rules • • herb_fargus  

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  Useful topics/posts index
  links useful topics catalog index • • meleu  

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  This thread: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/22392/lr-atari800-5200-artifacting-basic-and-other-guidance and the accompanying github repo with the script (https://github.com/raphkoster/lr-atari800-runcommand-onstart) maybe qualify?
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  Quitting a stuck EmulationStation or calling up the console
  emulationstatio console frozen • • Tango  

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  @Tango said in Quitting a stuck EmulationStation or calling up the console: On other Linux systems, I can press CTRL-ALT-F1 and that drops me out of X (which stays active in the background) and gives me a console to work on. I try that with EmulationStation and it doesn't work. Is it supposed to? Yes, it's normal. The main reason I'm asking is that I'm finding that sometimes I run into an issue with EmulationStation, like the time I accidentally ended up configuring inputs when I didn't want to. I've had ES freeze on me. (One time I was using the RGUI to edit retroarch.cfg.) So if I'm in EmulationStation, or editing a config file by going through ES's menus to get to that point, and ES stops working or behaving like I need, how can I exit it and get to a console without rebooting? Press F4 on the keyboard, it should exit cleanly leaving a login console open.
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  Sorting out RetroArch, Libretro, Mame, Versions, and Configuration files
  retroarch libretro trackball mame-libretro • • Tango  

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  You're using an older version of RetroArch, where "Port X" was named "User X". In the screenshot you posted (1st one), there's a 'User 1 Mouse Index' - this is what you need to change. RGUI - the RetroArch menu interface, the one you've opened by pressing 'Hokey + X' and appearing in the screenshots.
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  PSX Emulation not workin
  help retropie pcsx rearmed beetle psx • • Zach1812  

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  @Zach1812 said in PSX Emulation not workin: @dankcushions Sadly I've noticed. I was really hoping to continue rocking the THPS2, now with RetroAchievements active, but sadly, this machine isn't liking it. Wierdly enough, my other Retropie players (RpiZero on MintyPi and Rpi3B+ in a case) have no issues with lr-pcsx or pcsx. And both of the those machines are fully updated. (no access to RetroAchievements howe yes, that's to be expected. your Pis have ARM32 CPUs, for which I made a change in retropie to make sure they use the previous (working and faster on ARM32) dynarec. your x86 machine will default to the newer one. I'm not sure what it was using before but in any case in the usual scenario you'd want to use beetle on x86, as pcsx_rearmed is really for ARM devices. so... hopefully someone can figure out your issue with beetle!
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  Need help with EG STARTS 2 player joystick/button controllers
  mame not working 2 player config eg starts • • smilker  

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  @smilker said in Need help with EG STARTS 2 player joystick/button controllers: Both player 1 and 2 controllers are working in EmulationStation and are configured fine there. It’s when I try to map the controls in arcade (Mame) emulators when I run into the problems and cannot get player 2 to work. I can get player 1 to work but not player 2. I want 2 player for games like mortal kombat, Pac-Man, Rampage, terminator 2, all the retro games. Which arcade emulator ? There are several arcade emulators in RetroPie - some of them are running under RetroArch (lr-mame2003, lr-mame2010, lr-fbneo), some are standalone (advmame, mame4all). If the gamepads are recognized and configured in EmulationStation, they should also be automatically configured in RetroArch. Do they appear as 2 gamepads or just one ? Another issue I have seen... there are times where I will see the lightning bolt low power warning indicator for retropie. Is this because the led buttons need more power? Is the low power the source of the problem? Do I need to purchase a powered usb hub for the raspberry pie because my buttons are LED and need more power? Not sure if the LEDs are what's causing the voltage warning, but the under-voltage warning (the lightning flash) means you need a better power source. What are you using right now ? You didn't give any indication of what hardware are you using (besides the controller) - please add more info as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.
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  Dreamcast mvc2 crashing at stage 2
  reicast crashing mvc2 stage 2 • • tackett1980  

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  @rejesterd Thanks for all your help, I am also going to hit the sack for the night. I have two questions: 1: would this be easier to accomplish some of this in winscp when possible rather than doing it all with terminal commands? 2: would it also be easier to just uninstall the reicast entirely and build this one as the soul emulator? If I cant get the game working I will likely just delete the entire thing anyway so it doesn't really matter. I have no other dreamcast games Im interested in. Again, I cant thank you enough for your help. You deserve like a fruit basket or something. If this forum had a rep feature or something Id be repping you into oblivion at this point.
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  (x86) Libretro Dolphin doesnt load games after update
  x86 ubuntu gamecube lr-dolphin • • HoJo215  

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  @HoJo215 said in (x86) Libretro Dolphin doesnt load games after update: There are 3 different dolphin "User / sys" folders. Is that supposed to be like that? I'm not sure - haven't used Dolphin so far.
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  Load NON-PC rom with a script?
  snes shell script loading games script request • • clockwork42  

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  @mitu said in Load NON-PC rom with a script?: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-snes9x/snes9x_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/snes/retroar I'm pretty sure that's all I was looking for. I didn't realize it was in the emulators.cfg file unless you said that before and I missed it. That should just about do it. Thanks again. I'll try doing what I need to do and if I run into any issues, I'll let you know here. — CB
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  Openbor on usb
  retropie openbo • • wsamael  

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  script ok #!/bin/bash # PAK EXTRACT v0.67 # # by cyperghost for retropie.org.uk # 1. PLACE BARE PAK FILES to /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/openbor/pak # 2. RUN THE SCRIPT (with user pi!) # 3. Data will be extracted to ./openbor/gamename.bor/data # 4. pak files will be backuped from gamename.pak to gamename.pak.original # Change pathes as you like! EXTRACT_BOREXE="/opt/retropie/ports/openbor/borpak" BORROM_DIR="/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/openbor" BORPAK_DIR="$BORROM_DIR/pak" if [[ -f $EXTRACT_BOREXE ]]; then mkdir -p "$BORPAK_DIR" cd "$BORPAK_DIR" for i in *.[Pp][Aa][Kk]; do FILE="${i%%.*}" if [[ $FILE == '*' ]]; then echo "Aborting... No files to extract in $BORPAK_DIR!" exit fi mkdir -p "$BORROM_DIR/$FILE.bor" echo "Extracting file: $i" echo "to dir: $BORROM_DIR/$FILE.bor" sleep 3 "$EXTRACT_BOREXE" -d "$BORROM_DIR/$FILE.bor" "$i" echo "-------- Done Extracting: $i ---------" echo "-- Backup $i >> $i.original --" mv "$i" "$i.original" sleep 5 done echo "Extraction done without errors!" else echo "borpak executive file not found in $EXTRACT_BOREXE" echo "Exit now...." fi sleep 5 script not ok ``` #!/bin/bash # PAK EXTRACT v0.67 # # by cyperghost for retropie.org.uk # 1. PLACE BARE PAK FILES to /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/openbor/pak # 2. RUN THE SCRIPT (with user pi!) # 3. Data will be extracted to ./openbor/gamename.bor/data # 4. pak files will be backuped from gamename.pak to gamename.pak.original # Change pathes as you like! EXTRACT_BOREXE="/opt/retropie/ports/openbor/borpak" BORROM_DIR="/media/usb0/roms/ports/openbor" BORPAK_DIR="$BORROM_DIR/pak" if [[ -f $EXTRACT_BOREXE ]]; then mkdir -p "$BORPAK_DIR" cd "$BORPAK_DIR" for i in *.[Pp][Aa][Kk]; do FILE="${i%%.*}" if [[ $FILE == '*' ]]; then echo "Aborting... No files to extract in $BORPAK_DIR!" exit fi mkdir -p "$BORROM_DIR/$FILE.bor" echo "Extracting file: $i" echo "to dir: $BORROM_DIR/$FILE.bor" sleep 3 "$EXTRACT_BOREXE" -d "$BORROM_DIR/$FILE.bor" "$i" echo "-------- Done Extracting: $i ---------" echo "-- Backup $i >> $i.original --" mv "$i" "$i.original" sleep 5 done echo "Extraction done without errors!" else echo "borpak executive file not found in $EXTRACT_BOREXE" echo "Exit now...." fi sleep 5
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  advmame 3.9 crash on exit
  crash advmame rpi • • gomisensei  

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  The crash is somehow related to the SMP processing in advmame. If misc_smp is set to no in the advmame.rc file, the crash doesn't occur. As a workaround, you can try this setting for now.
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  Mattrixk's 'Spare' theme - removing the meta data from the Retropie system menu
  emulationstatio themes metadata • • che_don_john  

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  @Thorr69 Hi, thanks for the suggestion - but would that not also hide it for all my 'systems', not just the Retropie menu?
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  Best way to set up multitap?
  retropie raspberry pi 3 multiplayer multitap 4 players • • lesk  

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  @lesk no, each system page in the wiki will have specific instructions to set up multitaps for a given system. eg https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Playstation-1#multitap-3-5-players
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  Amiberry Save States
  amiberry config file gui • • Jimi007  

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  By default the well-known combo to open the RA-GUI (Select + x) opens the Amiberry-GUI, have you tried that? Works every time and in every game of course ;) The keys can also be remapped by using "Inputs/Custom Inputs" in the Amiberry-GUI.
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  Retropie won't load content/roms after using Skyscraper
  skyscraper missing roms • • filmelskeren  

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  @mitu 'parse gamelist only' was apperently turned on for some reason, and it fixed the problem 😉 thanks
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  How to cheat PSP games on retropie?
  psp cheats • • Yefet  

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  @Yefet lr-ppsspp should have something similar to https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Cheats/. I was referring to standalone PPSSPP.
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  Spectrum roms not working
  retroarch spectrum lr-fuse • • hawkes_84  

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  If you bind keys in Options then you can "create game options file" there. When you choose stuff like Kempston/keyboard in Controls then either Save Game Remap (for individual game) or Save Core Remap (for all the games).
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  USB broke after packages update
  usb broken package update • • chris.krojs  

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  @chris-krojs said in USB broke after packages update: I tried updating a year and a half ago and had the same problem, I thought maybe it’d be a fixed problem by now. If you didn't report it as a problem - and indeed there is a bug somewhere - how could this have been solved ? I have a backup and can go back to it. But I would like to have everything updated and have the USB devices working. Can anyone help with this? Is there something I’m doing wrong by updating through retropie? RetroPie doesn't install or remove any USB drivers - these are part of the operating system (Raspbian if you use a Pi system). Please provide more info about your system, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first. Did you update the OS packages/kernel/firmware with the update ?
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  error lr-pcsx
  psx lr-pcsx • • snock  

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  @snock I had a similar issue. It was fixed but you have to update the retropie-setup script before building pcsx from source.