@sleve_mcdichael said in stop ScummVM from generating .svm files?:

If you run the command manually, does your output look like mine?

nope, there's an additional line: Using configuration file: /opt/...

using tail -n +4 solves that then. Sorry for bothering you with this, seems like something I could've figured out...

You can try scraping them. That's what the <platform> tag is for in es_systems.cfg, where you configured the custom system.

looks like I'd removed that line (in my attempts to isolate from the main scummvm), but I'm adding it back in now.
(even though not all games there are scummvm...)

i've used skyscraper before, thanks for the tips!

Was there a reason you want to use the scummvm.ini contents, specifically?

oh, no, it just looked like there's more info in there, but not much of it is useful for scraping anyway

thanks for everything, i think i can handle it from here :)

@Finntendo

You should read the Docs.
Here you can find many answers to your questions.

I will try to answer your question.

RetroPie is a collection of bash scripts running on top of a lite linux OS.
Lite means it has no Desktop (windows) environment it only has the terminal.
You can even install RetroPie separately on your own compatible debian based linux OS, even if it has a Desktop environment, even if it's not a Raspberry Pi.

Just see a binary as an EXE files from windows, it is also a binary, you download it and it runs.
But to create EXE files you need to compile it first from source so the computer can understand it.
Compiling is converting the programming language into understandable code for the CPU this can take a long time depending on what computer you use.

The RetroPie guys made it easier by supporting binary installs for the Raspberry Pi and perhaps for some other arm boards.
They compiled it for you and many people can use them.

Source installs can be more up to date if the source code is maintained regularly and the binary files are behind but it takes much more time to install.
Though the binaries from RetroPie are updated quite regularly so if it's possible to update from binary than that is in most cases a better choice as it is much faster.

You say you have updated everything now from source.
This means that all installs are very up to date.
So when everything works I would wait some time to update from binary.
Because it could mean that you downgrade the emulators.

The OS underlying files are updated in a quite normal way.
This does not depend on the source / binary installs.
So you won't downgrade your OS.

Yes, game have vibration, i just tested Crazy Taxi (USA) and it's working. Redream menu doesn't look to have a setting for vibration. Do you have the same issue with lr-flycast ? What controller do you have ? If your gamepad have the ability to change between d-input and x-input then, try with x-input.

Try to reinstall the emulator and find the game from a different source.

Can you add more details about your setup, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first ?

Does this happen to all games or just a few games ? Which version did you have installed before the update (or when was the previous time you updaed) ?

@StrangeJaguar said in 2 Questions:

is there a way to make a cartridge system with sd card where when I put in an sd card with a from on it, it would show up in the retropie UI but when I remove the sd card the game goes away.

Partially. EmulationStation needs to restart in order to add/remove files from disk, so it won't work to add/remove the card at runtime.

is it possible to make custom menus like the start menu that has the scraper and UI settings.

No.

@windg thanks it works !

You can modify the input configuration (in $HOME/.emulationstation/es_input.cfg) file and swap the A and B button inputs. As long as you re-configure your input, it won't be reset by EmulationStation.

Sweet!!

@sleve_mcdichael Thanks for that info. Worked a beautiful treat!

I also found where I likely messed up. Some of the roms I have were copied over from another system that uses the same file structure. I ended up finding some gamelist files where I didn't expect them to be and those were the files that had the "sortname" section. Just removed those files all together and re-scraped and generated new gamelists for all the systems. Everything is sorting perfect now.

Thanks for the help!

@mitu said in mapping select+start to Alt+F4, using xboxdrv:

Try with:

... --ui-buttonmap start=KEY_ENTER,back=KEY_BACKSPACE,back+start=KEY_LEFTALT+KEY_F4 ...

this works, thanks a lot! i could swear i'd tried this...

@mitu No worries - thanks.

Right now, the documentation here https://retropie.org.uk/docs/8Bitdo-Controller/ gives advice which seems kind of wrong.
First of all, you shouldn't be using Bluetooth at all. It has too much input lag for gaming. Maybe if all you want to play is visual novels or watch movies with Kodi then Bluetooth is fine but for anything video game related that has actual game in it which isn't just a video, you shouldn't be using Bluetooth at all AFAIK. Too much input lag. Use a wire.
Second, it suggests that you can go in and edit the RetroArch controller configuration files. Well, maybe. Until the next time you plug a controller in and then RetroPie's EmulationStation will overwrite those files with whatever it thinks your controller mapping should be, completely undoing all your hard work.
There's got to be a better way to handle this whole aspect of RetroPie from a design perspective.

@mitu said in When will retropi upgrade???:

@Darkshadow846 said in When will retropi upgrade???:

So when will there be A upgrade?

We don't have a definitive date for the update that will bring Pi 5 support. Is there something in particular why you're waiting for the Pi 5 instead of getting a Pi4 ?

I think everybody's hoping the Pi 5 will emulate the GameCube with Dolphin. Don't know if that's really going to happen or not.

PS2 emulation is probably still not going to happen on anything that's ARM-based because of pcsx2 still having too much x86 crap in it.

@raspretro314 this feature is meant for retroarch's online updater, which is not what is used when updating cores on retropie.

rpi-update creates a backup, but you'll need a Linux system to read and restore it - see https://github.com/Hexxeh/rpi-update/issues/273.

@mitu Right, Forgot to add that I installed retropie-extra to the retropie setup menu. I still want to know how to change the flags.

Updated ...all/retroarch.cfg to reflect:

input_player1_mouse_index = "3" input_player2_mouse_index = "3"

...and BOOM! It worked.

Check the docs for runcommand_onstart.sh, runcommand_onlaunch.sh, runcommand_onend.sh

These are for pre/post game activities and the docs tell you which cli options are passed to them.

This is my log when using the HDMI output
[INFO] [Config]: Loading config from: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg".
[INFO] RetroArch 1.10.0 (Git e9e85f3d07)
[INFO] === Build =======================================
[INFO] Capabilities: NEON VFPv3 VFPv4
[INFO] Built: Sep 21 2023
[INFO] Version: 1.10.0
[INFO] Git: e9e85f3d07
[INFO] =================================================
[INFO] [Input]: Found input driver: "udev".
[INFO] [Core]: Loading dynamic libretro core from: "/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fceumm/fceumm_libretro.so"
[INFO] [Overrides]: No core-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/FCEUmm/FCEUmm.cfg".
[INFO] [Overrides]: No content-dir-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/FCEUmm/Game Titles - #-Z.cfg".
[INFO] [Overrides]: No game-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/FCEUmm/3-D WorldRunner.cfg".
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_CONTROLLER_INFO.
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_VFS_INTERFACE. Core requested version >= V1, providing V3.
[INFO] [Environ]: RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_CONTENT_INFO_OVERRIDE.
[INFO] [Content Override]: File Extension: 'fds' - need_fullpath: FALSE, persistent_data: FALSE
[INFO] [Content Override]: File Extension: 'nes' - need_fullpath: FALSE, persistent_data: FALSE
[INFO] [Content Override]: File Extension: 'unf' - need_fullpath: FALSE, persistent_data: FALSE
[INFO] [Content Override]: File Extension: 'unif' - need_fullpath: FALSE, persistent_data: FALSE
[INFO] [Remaps]: Remap directory: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/".
[INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save file to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes/Game Titles - #-Z/3-D WorldRunner.srm".
[INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save state to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes/Game Titles - #-Z/3-D WorldRunner.state".
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LOG_INTERFACE.
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_SUPPORT_ACHIEVEMENTS: yes.
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_MESSAGE_INTERFACE_VERSION.
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LANGUAGE: "0".
[INFO] [Content]: Loading content file: "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes/Game Titles - #-Z/3-D WorldRunner.zip#3-D WorldRunner.nes".
[INFO] [Content]: Did not find a valid content patch.
[INFO] [Content]: CRC32: 0xd5ada486.
[INFO] [Environ]: RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_GET_GAME_INFO_EXT.
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: RGB565.
[libretro INFO] Frontend supports RGB565 - will use that instead of XRGB1555.
[INFO] [Environ]: PERFORMANCE_LEVEL: 5.
[INFO] [Environ]: SYSTEM_DIRECTORY: "/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS".
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_CORE_OPTIONS_VERSION.
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LANGUAGE: "0".
[INFO] [Environ]: RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_CORE_OPTIONS_V2_INTL.
[libretro INFO] FCEU_MakeFName: /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/nes.pal
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_INPUT_DESCRIPTORS:
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_MEMORY_MAPS.
[INFO] [SRAM]: Skipping SRAM load.
[INFO] [Core]: Version of libretro API: 1, Compiled against API: 1
[INFO] [Audio]: Set audio input rate to: 48000.00 Hz.
[INFO] [Video]: Timings deviate too much. Will not adjust. (Display = 50.00 Hz, Game = 60.10 Hz)
[INFO] [Video]: Game FPS > Monitor FPS. Cannot rely on VSync.
[INFO] [Video]: Set video size to: 879x672.
[INFO] [Video]: Starting threaded video driver ...
[INFO] [EGL] Falling back to eglGetDisplay
[INFO] [EGL]: EGL version: 1.4
[INFO] [EGL]: Current context: 0x1.
[INFO] [GL]: Found GL context: "egl_videocore".
[INFO] [GL]: Detecting screen resolution: 720x576.
[INFO] [GL]: Vendor: Broadcom, Renderer: VideoCore IV HW.
[INFO] [GL]: Version: OpenGL ES 2.0.
[INFO] Querying EGL extension: KHR_image => exists
[INFO] [GL]: Using resolution 720x576.
[INFO] [GL]: Default shader backend found: glsl.
[INFO] [Shader driver]: Using GLSL shader backend.
[INFO] [Shader driver]: Using GLSL shader backend.
[WARN] [GL]: Stock GLSL shaders will be used.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GL]: Using 4 textures.
[INFO] [GL]: Loaded 1 program(s).
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: "freetype".
[INFO] [Video]: Graphics driver did not initialize an input driver. Attempting to pick a suitable driver.
[WARN] [udev]: Couldn't open any keyboard, mouse or touchpad. Are permissions set correctly for /dev/input/event*?
[WARN] [udev]: Full-screen pointer won't be available.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #0 (/dev/input/event0) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #1 (/dev/input/event1) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #2 (/dev/input/event2) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #3 (/dev/input/event3) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [Joypad]: Found joypad driver: "udev".
[INFO] [Video]: Found display server: "null".
[INFO] ALSA: Using floating point format.
[INFO] ALSA: Period size: 384 frames
[INFO] ALSA: Buffer size: 1536 frames
[INFO] [Display]: Found display driver: "gl".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "freetype".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "stb-unicode".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "freetype".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "stb-unicode".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "freetype".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "stb-unicode".
[libretro INFO] Player 1: Gamepad
[libretro INFO] Player 2: Gamepad
[libretro INFO] Player 3: None Connected
[libretro INFO] Player 4: None Connected
[libretro INFO] Famicom Expansion: None Connected
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_music_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_video_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_image_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading favorites file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_favorites.lpl".
[INFO] [Config]: Saved new config to "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg".
[INFO] [Core]: Content ran for a total of: 00 hours, 01 minutes, 58 seconds.
[INFO] [Core]: Unloading game..
[INFO] [Core]: Unloading core..
[INFO] [Core]: Unloading core symbols..
[INFO] [Core]: Saved core options file to "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-core-options.cfg".
[INFO] Threaded video stats: Frames pushed: 7114, Frames dropped: 2.

And this is when composite is the output
[INFO] [Config]: Loading config from: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/retroarch.cfg".
[INFO] RetroArch 1.10.0 (Git e9e85f3d07)
[INFO] === Build =======================================
[INFO] Capabilities: NEON VFPv3 VFPv4
[INFO] Built: Sep 21 2023
[INFO] Version: 1.10.0
[INFO] Git: e9e85f3d07
[INFO] =================================================
[INFO] [Input]: Found input driver: "udev".
[INFO] [Core]: Loading dynamic libretro core from: "/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fceumm/fceumm_libretro.so"
[INFO] [Overrides]: No core-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/FCEUmm/FCEUmm.cfg".
[INFO] [Overrides]: No content-dir-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/FCEUmm/Game Titles - #-Z.cfg".
[INFO] [Overrides]: No game-specific overrides found at "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/FCEUmm/3-D WorldRunner.cfg".
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_CONTROLLER_INFO.
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_VFS_INTERFACE. Core requested version >= V1, providing V3.
[INFO] [Environ]: RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_CONTENT_INFO_OVERRIDE.
[INFO] [Content Override]: File Extension: 'fds' - need_fullpath: FALSE, persistent_data: FALSE
[INFO] [Content Override]: File Extension: 'nes' - need_fullpath: FALSE, persistent_data: FALSE
[INFO] [Content Override]: File Extension: 'unf' - need_fullpath: FALSE, persistent_data: FALSE
[INFO] [Content Override]: File Extension: 'unif' - need_fullpath: FALSE, persistent_data: FALSE
[INFO] [Remaps]: Remap directory: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/".
[INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save file to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes/Game Titles - #-Z/3-D WorldRunner.srm".
[INFO] [Overrides]: Redirecting save state to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes/Game Titles - #-Z/3-D WorldRunner.state".
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LOG_INTERFACE.
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_SUPPORT_ACHIEVEMENTS: yes.
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_MESSAGE_INTERFACE_VERSION.
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LANGUAGE: "0".
[INFO] [Content]: Loading content file: "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/nes/Game Titles - #-Z/3-D WorldRunner.zip#3-D WorldRunner.nes".
[INFO] [Content]: Did not find a valid content patch.
[INFO] [Content]: CRC32: 0xd5ada486.
[INFO] [Environ]: RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_GET_GAME_INFO_EXT.
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: RGB565.
[libretro INFO] Frontend supports RGB565 - will use that instead of XRGB1555.
[INFO] [Environ]: PERFORMANCE_LEVEL: 5.
[INFO] [Environ]: SYSTEM_DIRECTORY: "/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS".
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_CORE_OPTIONS_VERSION.
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LANGUAGE: "0".
[INFO] [Environ]: RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_CORE_OPTIONS_V2_INTL.
[libretro INFO] FCEU_MakeFName: /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/nes.pal
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_INPUT_DESCRIPTORS:
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_MEMORY_MAPS.
[INFO] [SRAM]: Skipping SRAM load.
[INFO] [Core]: Version of libretro API: 1, Compiled against API: 1
[INFO] [Audio]: Set audio input rate to: 48000.00 Hz.
[INFO] [Video]: Timings deviate too much. Will not adjust. (Display = 50.00 Hz, Game = 60.10 Hz)
[INFO] [Video]: Game FPS > Monitor FPS. Cannot rely on VSync.
[INFO] [Video]: Set video size to: 879x672.
[INFO] [Video]: Starting threaded video driver ...
[INFO] [EGL] Falling back to eglGetDisplay
[INFO] [EGL]: EGL version: 1.4
[INFO] [EGL]: Current context: 0x1.
[INFO] [GL]: Found GL context: "egl_videocore".
[INFO] [GL]: Detecting screen resolution: 720x576.
[INFO] [GL]: Vendor: Broadcom, Renderer: VideoCore IV HW.
[INFO] [GL]: Version: OpenGL ES 2.0.
[INFO] Querying EGL extension: KHR_image => exists
[INFO] [GL]: Using resolution 720x576.
[INFO] [GL]: Default shader backend found: glsl.
[INFO] [Shader driver]: Using GLSL shader backend.
[INFO] [Shader driver]: Using GLSL shader backend.
[WARN] [GL]: Stock GLSL shaders will be used.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] Shader log: Compiled
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GL]: Using 4 textures.
[INFO] [GL]: Loaded 1 program(s).
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: "freetype".
[INFO] [Video]: Graphics driver did not initialize an input driver. Attempting to pick a suitable driver.
[WARN] [udev]: Couldn't open any keyboard, mouse or touchpad. Are permissions set correctly for /dev/input/event*?
[WARN] [udev]: Full-screen pointer won't be available.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #0 (/dev/input/event0) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #1 (/dev/input/event1) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #2 (/dev/input/event2) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #3 (/dev/input/event3) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [Joypad]: Found joypad driver: "udev".
[INFO] [Video]: Found display server: "null".
[INFO] ALSA: Using floating point format.
[INFO] ALSA: Period size: 384 frames
[INFO] [Display]: Found display driver: "gl".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "freetype".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "stb-unicode".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "freetype".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "stb-unicode".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "freetype".
[ERROR] [Font]: Failed to create rendering backend: "stb-unicode".
[libretro INFO] Player 1: Gamepad
[libretro INFO] Player 2: Gamepad
[libretro INFO] Player 3: None Connected
[libretro INFO] Player 4: None Connected
[libretro INFO] Famicom Expansion: None Connected
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_music_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_video_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading history file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_image_history.lpl".
[INFO] [Playlist]: Loading favorites file: "/opt/retropie/configs/nes/content_favorites.lpl".

@sleve_mcdichael Thanks, that seems to have fixed it.