@roary It says in "retropie setup". That's an option in the RetroPie menu in EmulationStation. Much of the RetroPie configuration is there.

Thank you. I'm such a noob ;). That is perfect. I just could not remember what I had done.

Cheers

If someone wanted to boot directly into mame on ES, the only way currently is to have just mame enabled and nothing else.

Well if no one else is gonna root for any other controllers, how about a couple non-portable ones (I like a beefy controller):

Logitech f310/f710. Good solid controllers, can be found lots of places (local and online), and they work with zero fuss (and have for a while). The analog triggers make good Z triggers in N64 games. The right analog usually substitutes for the C buttons.

PS3 controllers. Also easy to set up (auto-registers with bluetooth upon plugging in: no pairing needed). Also full-sized. Also available all over the place.

I also like that both have "unused" buttons (the PS/Logitech "guide" buttons) that make great hotkey buttons. It's a godsend in games that make heavy use of the select button.

The wired Logitech should never be over $20, and the other two can be had for $30-$40.

Don't get me wrong: the 8bitdo controllers are great. I just think that for N64/PS play, both original controllers had grip handles (to compensate for fingers manning the shoulder buttons more frequently), so using a controller with them helps. I find L2/R2 harder to use effectively on an NES30Pro.

If I was sticking primarily to the less shoulder-button/trigger-heavy games, I'd be all over a paddle-style controller like an 8bitdo.

@edmaul69
Yeah, I am considering that too. I can't justify having the sega and PCE sections different from each other.

@bazmonkey - turning off 'Wait for network at boot' has solved the problem, and also sped up my boot time - thanks! :)

@Russelkm - Thanks for your input also.

Cheers all.

Thought I had made that clear already :-) Yes.

I found the answer. I ordered a second RPi Zero to test the theory that I had hardware issues, and sure enough the exact same peripherals, SD card, and RetroPie image fired right up on the first try. I don't know exactly what happened, but replacing the main board did the trick. Thanks for your help, @herb_fargus!

They should all control ES if you have configured them (press enter to bring up the menu to add a new controller), works for me anyway - i.e. you can press buttons on both/all at the same time.

Moving to Carbon fixed it. I removed the extra systems that got put into ES after the install but I noticed the simple theme now still gives the "white screen of death" makes me wonder if with the changes with ES in Retropie 4.0 that the simple theme is just completely broken now?

@herb_fargus

thanks :) managed to work it out in the end it was a permissions issue

@BuZz Ohh thanks, i followed the whitescreen guide and it works despite of my screen wans't white but showed Emustation Logo when freezing.

Just looked through the settings, do you mean the "Windowed Scale" - I dont think that would kick in when running it on the Pi as its always in full screenmode? Unless it ran under X or something?

Your mockup is exactly what happens when running it (1.3.6) in windowed mode in MS Windows.

So yes, I think if people want a small video output they are best to use a custom viewport setting.

@mrbwa1 said in How do you check your temps?:

The watch command will update the temp every 2 seconds in the SSH window

I find the watch command very handy. I do the same in a putty SSH window running this script even though there's plenty of built-in commands without the need but I like the formatted output.

#!/bin/bash cpuSpeed0=$(cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq) cpuSpeed1=$(($cpuSpeed0/1000)) cpuTemp0=$(cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp) cpuTemp1=$(($cpuTemp0/1000)) cpuTemp2=$(($cpuTemp0/100)) cpuTempM=$(($cpuTemp2 % $cpuTemp1)) gpuTemp0=$(/opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd measure_temp) gpuTemp0=${gpuTemp0//\'/°} gpuTemp0=${gpuTemp0//temp=/} echo echo CPU Speed: $cpuSpeed1" MHz" echo echo CPU Temp: $cpuTemp1"."$cpuTempM"°C" echo GPU Temp: $gpuTemp0

@backstander said in Help Remapping Retroarch Hotkeys:

@bazmonkey

You're welcome and this has got me thinking as well, maybe I should give this a try using the Xbox button to do this!

Did it work? I found that the Logitech f(310,710) can similarly use their center button. I'm thinking most "guide" buttons will work.

Yeah, cheers man. I've gotten a few N64 games working now and even a couple of Playstation ones. I might look at the DC next