@Hyell

Oh okay, thanks for the help. I guess I'll just have to wait till my controllers come in mail and try again.

@dankcushions said in Running advmame roms from USB drive:

@orgon3 said in Running advmame roms from USB drive:

@dankcushions Thanks so much! After following your guide to the letter, it works, with a few caveats.

the copy command yields a few errors that it cannot copy symlinks getting a weird "operation not permitted" even though ls -al shows full permissions for everyone. I am getting that when EmulationStation runs an sh command, and in retropie_setup.sh when updating certain emulators. When attempting to play certain games/emulators (example, pc port, opentyrian) I get an "operation not permitted" error and I cannot play the game.

I didn't know how to fix it when it says it can't do something and I see the file permissions says it can ;_;

Perhaps all three are linked to the same issue? My fix for now would be to wipe my sd card, put on raspbian, setup the usb stick in fstab, and THEN start the installation?

hmm, i think maybe a mv would be better than a copy?
sudo mv /home/pi/RetroPie/* /media/usb0/ - it's less steps, certainly! guide updated...

i'm not sure about the permissions thing, and i don't use any of the PC emulators/ports, so not sure about that :( possibly it has to do with relative symlinks - if any exist in retropie they need to be converted to hardlinks before they're moved. this is a bit beyond my linux level, so i'm just guessing here :(

Well, the problem also occurs when attempting to upgrade. For me, a useful feature. In the end, I'll resort to having a few systems stored on my sd card and a few on my usb stick. I'll probably end just editing the cfg file for now and changing the specific system's path. Even installing just the core creates a symlink for genesis.

Thanks for your help though! I'm sure some linux guy will reply.

Thanks to all for your answers.

I tried it with a XBox 360 Controller of a friend of mine. And this controller worked instantly.
So tomorrow i am able to test my PS2 and PS1 controller with the RasPi.

I hope that this helps me.

Just an update after further testing. Going from rpie 3.7 to 4.0 beta 2 even with the latest rpie update from earlier today linapple will not get out of window mode or allow joystick to work if you do the full install. Mame2000_libretro wont work at all. However if you do the quick install and then update those two emulators then do a full update after that they work. I have repeatedly tested this all day today. Same results every time.

@yusuo said in Need help configuring controls for each emulator:

Is there an easy way to configure the controls for each emulator (...)

If you are running libretro/RetroArch emulators (which is the case for PlayStation, NES, SNES, MegaDrive, and others), the answer is yes! :D
Use the "Controls" option at the "Quick Menu".

Here is the steps:

Start a game for the system you want to configure (for example a NES game). Press Select+X (Select+triangle in a PlayStation-like controller), this starts the RGUI. Go to Quick Menu -> Controls. Configure the buttons as you like. After configure, select the Save Core Remap File. This will save the config for this specific system.
5.1. If you want to save a config for just one game, open the respective game, follow the steps 1-4, and then select Save Game Remap File. Select another game for another system (for example, PlayStation) and repeat these steps.

@pimpmaul69 Yep, simply changing the name fixed it. Thanks man

Did you try connecting directly to the LAN network to see if the raspberry pi gets any internet access?

@defazfuq

You might need to read through the RetroPie FAQ page:
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/FAQ

This is how you remote into the Raspberry Pi from another computer (or device):
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/ssh

After you remote into the Raspberry Pi, you can editing that configuration file mentioned above by typing this in at the command line:

sudo nano /opt/retropie/configs/n64/emulators.cfg

when you've made your changes, press Ctrl+x to save.

@leftcog said in Where do my PAK files go?:

home/pi/RetroPie/roms/ports/quake/id1

Okay, thanks!

ok, so that's good news (unless the monitor also has lag) - so you need to test perhaps if keyboard input is ok or another usb controller.

If you see the lag with keyboard also, it might be that the emulator lag is still too much for you, and I don't know what to advise really (There are a few config changes you can try such trying the dispmanx driver). Also you can try the lr-nestopia emulator and see if that is any better.

@ronlaws86 https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FAQ#how-do-i-hide-the-boot-text

Thank you for all your help with this! Turns out all I needed was a new SD card, and RetroPie now works fine on my Pi Zero.

@GreenHawk84 I had this same issue. followed this post to resolve it Can't manage to configure Dreamcast controls.
read the second post, i found it to be very helpful.

@briankross Yeah, something like that

if you have newer versions of retropie also place them in the /opt/retropie/emulators/reicast folder. they removed the shortcuts in the newer versions. i have no clue why. also needing to configure a controller may be an issue.

yeah that worked, and i made some keys to the keyboard in case it happens again, thx all :)