@darksavior said in psx emulator not working. tryd everything:

@steptoe Eh..even the most minimal of compression, eboot conversion is still my preferred way. Especially to convert multi-disc games to a single eboot file. You still need a cue file for .img.
It also doesn't hurt that just about every US release is already converted and it's more convenient to download those instead.

I pretty much do the eboot way as well cause some of my games i have copied over to ISO's would total up to around 1.4GB which after converting them to eboot files it would usually drop down to a little over 900mb instead which i am able to add more games onto my Pi because of that.

@mitu , thanks mate, exactly what I was looking for.

@cloudlink Not currently.

IIRC there is no root password.
Single user mode won't help as it requires root password too, and you need to be root to edit /boot/cmdline.txt in order to remove this.
So you can :

use a windows computer to add init=/bin/sh at the end of cmdline.txt in the /boot (fat) partition of the SD card use a linux computer (live distro if you don't have one), then mount root partition of the SD card and change ownership of sudoers.

@nestor1924 If you want to have a better scrapping for your games/systems i would suggest using Universal XML Scraper V2 since it looks better than the default scraper on the Pi.
Also Universal XML Scraper V2 you have to use on your PC but it is very simple to use.

@bpmnyc

It wouldn't work for a couple of reasons. Primarily, RetroArch will only use a mouse or pointer device to emulate a light gun. Popular solutions to this are AimTrak USB guns, as well as a Dolphinbar/Wiimote/Gun casing combo. Another big hangup was input lag, as the screen flash has to occur at the exact moment the trigger is pressed. However, thanks to recent developments that were previously thought to be somewhat impossible, this would no longer be an issue when using capable hardware. Still, support would nonetheless have to be added for RetroArch to interface with actual light guns.

@mediamogul This worked. It's not perfect for me as I prefer to skip the intro, however this is much easier.

I figured it out (Wii U), thank you so much!

@semper-5 sorry my mistake! I was on my phone and it abbreviates the titles of posts, so you are right I misunderstood.

@mitu This is what I’m talking about: xboxdrv. Scroll to the xboxdrv section and it talks about how this was broken. I ran into this on either retropie 4.3 or 4.2. I can only assume it is still broken, but I’ll give it a try again.

@batesman

Not a problem. I'm glad it worked out in some capacity.

@markyh444 I did your instructions and deleted the downloaded images and xml games list file on samba shares because I was tired of looking at the scrapes art on emulation station.

Only problem is that I rebooted emulation station and there is no recreated xml file, I checked on samba shares too. Not sure why there’s no new xml...

@chizzer thanks for the reply ill give it a shot

Here is another fact, I started a new image from scratch and moved exactly the same amount of roms, the system is duplicated manually in a fresh install and it takes 2.84 seconds more to load ES on the new PI3B+ running Retropie 4.4 than the PI 3B running 3.9, its akward, but true. I have an intro video wich overlays the ES loading screen and now I have to make it that time longer because Retropie 4.4. with a PI3B+ takes more time loading.

@teve Some additions to @Lurker 's comprehensive post:

This video explains the majority of arcade joysticks on the market.

A extremely detailed website about joysticks and button layouts is slagcoin.com. Its creator approaches the topic with almost scientific commitment.

Another thing about the buttons you're considering: They have microswitches that make rather noisy clicks every time they're pressed and released. If you don't like that (I don't), you should look for leaf switches which are somewhat less durable but nearly inaudible. Alternatively, there are "silent" microswitches that are promoted as (nearly) noiseless, but they are more expensive and I don't have any experience with them.

The choice of speakers depends on your quality standards. I didn't like the sound of cheap speakers. Now I'm happy with wideband speakers for 30€ each. See my Asteroids-themed cabinet for a picture of them where you can see their brand and model.

@dankcushions Thanks so much!

I've never gotten it to run. I've tried multiple flash & boot bins as well as cdi & gdi conversions. Mine is USA though, I don't have access to a Japan/Euro version to test.