@efernandezjr Please don't bump very old posts. Open a new topic instead and describe your setup and the problem that you encounter.

@2stupid2dothis When Port 1 and Port 2 device types are set to "Auto" in Quick Menu -> Controls (RetroArch menu), the emulator puts a regular NES controller in port 1 and an Arkanoid controller in port 2. You can use a mouse as the Arkanoid controller in this configuration.

If you want to use a controller's D-pad instead, you can set Port 1 and Port 2 device types to "Gamepad."

There's no option in RetroPie for this configuration, but you can use gparted and shrink the 2nd partition (which is ext4) to make room for a 3rd partition. Since gparted is a Linux application, you'll need a Linux system to run it - you can use the Gparted LiveCD to run it on a system that doesn't have Linux installed.

The easier solution would be to use an USB drive - which you can format as exFAT - and put your ROMs on it: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Running-ROMs-from-a-USB-drive/.

@mitu yes, unfortunately

@mitu I did all that you suggested and was able to get the inputs to work after I remapped them again.

There is still a mismatch between what the controller config says and what the input port binds say though. Its as if the input binds themselves are labeled incorrectly. I highlighted an example of the discrepancy below.

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Think I'm alone in seeing this or could this be a broader issue that someone should be made aware of?

Thanks for your help btw!

@buzz tnx that seemed to be the problem. I upadated the script and it installed with no problem

@rgs80074 said in I am doing something wrong or not understanding something:

Hello Everyone,
I recently purchased a new raspberry pi for a couple of things. Bought a kit so I could use the included desktop to run as a back up pc, etc. Have questions about that but will ask them elsewhere.

I followed the instructions to manually add the retropi and did the updates etc but I'm running into a couple of issues/questions.

I have a few PlayStation games but the PlayStation emulator does not show, but not sure what I am doing wrong, all the others was just drop and go.

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Playstation-1/ note the supported file extensions for lr-pcsx_rearmed (the default emulator). please supply ALL the info requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first (including verbose log) if you have further issues.

has to do with pc games, I am not sure I understand how to get them in and working. what format is is looking for and if i just copy cd's of games thats good until i get to disk games, like most I no longer have disc drives.

i don’t have experience with this but check the docs https://retropie.org.uk/docs/PC/

does games, similar to pc especially since most of those i have are on disk (assuming they even work after all this time).

i don’t understand the question?

this has to do with the mame, there seems to be all sorts of sets out there
the one i am using is .160 but I have .149 and .150, .078, and .238(or something like that). which version is the best to use.

you choose an emulator then choose the set for that emulator. 0.78 would be appropriate with the default for the mame-libretro folder (lr-mame2003). see https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Arcade/

@mitu geez that was quite a fast reply/clarification, no sooner had I walked away from my comp/posting then I realized I'd been remiss in not asking another even more pertinent question:

Have you all had any/many MicroSDs you were using on your Pis FAIL? (I'm guessing there are some informatively depressing threads here that can share some stories about as much...?).

At the end of the day, perhaps whatever larger MSD I get for these CDROM games (granted, I guess we'll see how many of them have stood the test of time to be worth keeping), ideally I may even have enough space on it to also fit what's on my current 128gb, who knows (and in turn, likely another 512gb/whatever to back THAT one up).

Ultimately, memory is never quite as pricy as the time spent collecting it...

@seannyboy08 said in No Wlan0 interface detected:

answer to the f4 command prompts -
iw get reg
global
country 00: DFS-UNSET

You haven't set the WiFi country, as indicated in one of the first replies to your post. Please do so before configuring WiFi - https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/wireless/wireless-cli.md.

We don't support 3rd party images, especially the ones loaded with ROMs and sold - RetroPie's image license is specifically non-commercial.
Ask the seller for support.

@drdave79 I've been using Retropie for over 5 years now. Every experience I've had with updating Retroarch has had it's downfalls, it's never a smooth transition because it effects so many systems attached to it. I agree with leaving a running system as it is, but after so many new versions are released you loose a lot of performance options.

So it's always up to you, but I go by a basic rule of thumb....I wait till enough new versions have been released to make it worth the trouble I know it's about to cause. Backup what you have and be ready to pull out some hair (or stubs in my case).

JamR

@jonnyman if you're new to all of this i would recommend starting from the retropie image which has a much easier installation process and less room for error: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/First-Installation/.

and please supply all the information requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first when seeking support.

@tropersneo please provide ALL the info requested here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

especially including verbose log, but also please provide /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-core-options.cfg

note that your "libretro.cfg" (what is this? there's not file of that name in default retropie) looks to be non-standard. a retropie default one for /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg will be much smaller, for example.

Worked as a solution for the most recent RetroPie install after Pixel desktop was installed and lost audio. Purge the audio package and everything came back with HDMI audio.

@mitu Everything that is mapped to my controller works if Game Focus is turned off. Problem is now with 1.9.4. the keyboard doesn't work until Game Focus is turned on. Once Game Focus is on, I loose all the mappings, I can't even open the Retroarch menu. What was the need for the change. Before this version, I never saw this happen.

It doesn't effect any games that do not use a keyboard until you get to Amiga, A800, AtariST and DOSbox-pure.

I don't know a way around this without plugging in a true USB keyboard that has a scroll-lock key. My BT unit doesn't have one. I opened the retroarch.cfg and tried to remap the Game Focus key to another key, but it keeps automatically reverting back to scroll-lock as the entry.

I've deleted Retroarch and reloaded it by source thinking maybe some file is still hanging around from a previous build, but it didn't change anything.

I'm not sure what else to do with this other than buy a new, portable BT keyboard that has a scroll-lock key on it.

Update....nevermind... I found this on reddit and see there is a way to reassign the on/off toggle. I set mine to page-up key. All good.

https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroArch/comments/kv06im/psa_just_a_reminder_that_toggling_game_focus/

Works fine. Now I can toggle it on and off and use both the hotkeys and keyboard as needed. Works great.

Thanks again.

JamR

Yeah having games inside subfolders should be no problem, as long as their path falls inside the "system path" (~/RetroPie/roms/snes, etc.) defined in es_systems.cfg. If you try to point a gamelist for a system at a rom file outside of this system path, ES won't like it and will skip that entry.

@mitu The original pastebin link is still up above your reply, but the newest logs show no mouse activity, even though I was spinning that thing like crazy :
This is the whole log...

Parameters: Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2003/mame2003_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/polepos1.zip" --verbose --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg [INFO] RetroArch 1.8.8 (Git 9552f87) [INFO] Redirecting save file to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/polepos1.srm". [INFO] Redirecting save state to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/polepos1.state". [INFO] === Build ======================================= [INFO] Capabilities: NEON VFPv3 VFPv4 [INFO] Built: Feb 22 2021 [INFO] Version: 1.8.8 [INFO] Git: 9552f87 [INFO] ================================================= [INFO] Loading dynamic libretro core from: "/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2003/mame2003_libretro.so" [INFO] [Overrides] core-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/MAME 2003 (0.78)/MAME 2003 (0.78).cfg. [INFO] [Overrides] no content-dir-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/MAME 2003 (0.78)/arcade.cfg. [INFO] [Overrides] no game-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/MAME 2003 (0.78)/polepos1.cfg. [INFO] Config: appending config "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/MAME 2003 (0.78)/MAME 2003 (0.78).cfg"

Does anybody know if a Xbox 360 wheel with wireless receiver will work with retropie?