Mystery solved (for me anyway). Add the following to /etc/rc.local:

echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu2/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo ondemand > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/cpufreq/scaling_governor

Found the fix here:
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/issues/1251

MAME is up to .0173 now. I threw in the towel around .145.

I have 3 MAME cabinets, each running the same ROMset. 2 uprights, and 1 cafe.
It just got to a point that I didn't see a reason to upgrade anymore. I only run retro stuff anyway, all games from the 80's and early 90's. After a while, they all start to look the same. How many clones can you have of one game?

JR

Thank you for the help, much appreciated.

Looks like I just have to install everything Retropie manually.

@Cole_48 RetroPie is already built on raspbian.

This is what you're looking for:

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/FAQ#where-did-the-desktop-go

When using dd you must allways remember the classic uncle Ben's quotation. ;)

@bagheera369 Glad you got it working :)

@Arcuza navigate to samba shares configs\gba\retroarch.cfg
add this line to the top
audio_out_rate = 22000
make sure its above this line of text...

Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line

This should only affect the gameboyadvance emulator
if you want it for all emulators you have to navigate to /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg (i use filezilla for this) or ssh into it
Not sure but i think this is how to do it, if someone else can confirm

if you're using lr-mame2003, update to the latest version via retreopie-setup > install individual emualtors, and follow this https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/lr-mame2003#samples

@chavatar Thanks very much mate, got it sorted. Connection was all good was just using the wrong port number thinking it was meant to be same as the last two numbers in the IP address. Silly me.

Cheers for the help :)

The second link worked. The preset Emulator wasn't working, I changed it and all is good.

Thanks

@herb_fargus said in USB Controller player order:

we really need to add it as an option to the configuration editor tbh

Yes please :)

Although the ps2 shares the commonality of having a 64-bit processor like the Rpi3, there is quite a bit more to emulation than surface similarities. For instance, one general rule that has seen few exceptions is that a machine intending to emulate another machine should be in the neighborhood of four times faster than the original. Even then, there are still circumstances that would prohibit proper emulation. At this point in time, the Rpi is just not fast enough and is unlikely to be fast enough for quite a few updates yet to come.

Of course, I can set the Zero to Player 2 mode with Start + B + R. That's sorted it.

I have fixed it just uninstalling and installing again sixad (PS3 controller) in RetroPie-Setup script and adding a systemd service:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/sixad-start.service

##########
[Unit]
Description=Sixad start service
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sixad -s 2>&1 > /dev/null
ExecStop=killall sixad
RemainAfterExit=yes
User=root
Group=root

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
##########

Then:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable sixad-start.service
sudo reboot

It also works plugin the bluetooth device.

I'll have to try this as it really annoys me too :)

I had this, the interfaces were set to manual.

edit the /etc/network/interfaces file.

Later,
dabone