@mitu said in Where does Arcade folder store configs on which emulator for each game?:

/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulators.cfg

Thank you, that is exactly what I have spent the last few days looking for. I've been looking in the rom folder and the config/arcade folder.

@Odd_Pixie said in Having issues with HotKeys not working and saving games.:

Problem 1: Hotkeys do not seem to work when running SNES games but seem fine for N64.

What button have you mapped as Hotkey during the controller configuration ?
If you don't choose a button, the configuration dialogue will ask you if you want to use Select. You problem is that RetroArch doesn't know which is your Hotkey (the N64 emulator is not a RetroArch emulator, so I think it's set by default with Select + Start, that's why it doesn't work).

Problem 2: I seem to be having issues with game saves. As I understand it, the save doesn't actually write until you perform the Start + Select to exit the game. Is it possible to save progress in a game without using an in game save point first? Is there another way to work this or do I misunderstand something?

Yes, you can use Save States , which are handled by the emulator itself (RetroArch most of the times). You can use the Save State and Load State commands to save/load your save states (see https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroArch-Configuration/#default-joypad-hotkeys). Note that you still have to exit cleanly the emulator with Hotkey + Start. Shutting down your PI while the emulator is started is not advisable anyway, you should always use the Emulationstation menu to shutdown your PI (unless you have a button that does the shutdown).

The docs have a detailed page on overclocking here , including how to actually do it (https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Overclocking/#overclocking-methods).

@clyde i just tested marks update it does appear the offsets are wrong now for what you choose im sure mar will fix it soon enough.

@quicksilver That's true, that's the video I watched and yes it's innacurate. Thanks for the link. Is there any way to stretch the screen with mupen64plus ? Any way to change the resolution ?

@theretroprince said in Xbox One Blue Tooth Joy-Pad Connection Problem:

@lip9571 The udev rules are an option that you can automatically set in RetroPie-setup. They just write a line of configuration to your bluetooth rules. It is not enabled by default. As long as you haven't enabled them, you don't need to concern yourself with them. If you have enabled it, you can disable it within the Bluetooth setup in RetroPie-Setup.

Thanks for the reply. I got it all working in the end all I need to do was re bind the buttons for Bluetooth in retro arch and it worked perfect

Awesome! Thanks @mitu and @BuZz !

- George

@gpmcty You probably figured this out a long time ago but the config file is in the /opt/retropie/configs/atari800/ folder.

It depends if you enable the option ROM folder for gamelists & images in Selph's Scraper. I do have enabled it, so my gamelists are located in the rom folders, not in /home/pi/.emulationstation/gamelists. See https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Scraper/#where-are-my-scraped-media-and-metadata-saved about the possible locations.

@hallda12 What I think it might happen is that the triggers are actually registered as analog axes instead of just button presses. The xpad driver has a parameter for this (triggers_to_buttons) which is always on in the RetroPie installations and disables this behavior. It doesn't seem that xpadneo has a similar parameter - or it behaves differently.
You can try and running jstest /dev/input/js0 from the command line and see how the trigger appear - button presses or axis movement.

Got it thanks again for all the help. I guess this brand is more commonly referred to as a shenwen controller and that's what the pi recognized it as.
After installing the PS3 drivers, I used this guide to help:
https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/54522/retropie-ps3-controller-over-bluetooth/54630

I appreciate the help as I'm now able to play from the comfort of my couch, as opposed to a folding chair I had set up in front of the TV.

Thanks you for sharing the solution.
I have fixed the link to the Libretro assets page in the Wiki, hopefully in the future this will be useful for people trying out the Game & Watch emulator.

@mitu Thanks a lot, all is clear.

ANSWERING YOUR OWN QUESTION AGAIN DEPARTMENT:

Don't ask me to explain this, but to navigate the boot menu you have to hold up on the joystick while tapping the down cursor key on the keyboard.

And I was right, get past that and the emulation is superb, bringing some real curios to the Pi. (For many years, the Tutor had the ONLY home-TV licenced port of Scramble, the only other format to get one being the Vectrex. Quite a brutal version of Mr Do as well.)

Ok, I found the problem : the rom I used was a .z64 one I grabbed from an emulation web site, and this rom was apparently patched for the z64 linux graphic plugin for mupen64 and this confused the controller setup. I got another one and this time it works...

@Ronoh55
FYI - think your issue with this one would be wrong quote signs used. eg:

custom_viewport_width = “960” custom_viewport_height = "720”

note the different types of quote signs you’ve used around the numbers. only the vertical ones are right - " - not the slanted type. in fact, i’m not sure you need quotes around things like the aspect ratio index, but check an existing config to be sure.

@mancity I believe it's under experimental packages.

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/First-Installation/#installing-additional-emulators

You could also look into the new(ish) run ahead feature. It helps to eliminate input lag and from what I understand works very well on early system emulators. https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/17438/new-emulation-method-to-eliminate-input-lag

@WDW plug in a working controller and press start then exit emulationstation(takes you to command line).
type: sudo /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh (setup menu)
then go to config, then find bluetooth. (while youre here check 8bitdo hack is off). Next forget devices and reconnect one gamepad.
If it stays connected then:
run: jstest /dev/input/js0 (checks input of first controller device- press buttons)
If the previous works then you might have a problem with emulationstation or something thus i dont know how to fix.

If not then try the following:

sudo hciconfig hci0 reset

(resets bluetooth adapter)

sudo invoke-rc.d bluetooth restart

(then restart it)

sudo bluetoothctl

(open bluetooth commandline)

scan on

( start scanning)

output looks like this:

[CHG] Controller xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Discovering: yes [NEW] Device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx LAPTOP-4BNKAVN8 [NEW] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 8BitDo N30 Pro 2 [bluetooth]# pair E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72

(pair your mac address)
will output like this

Attempting to pair with E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 [CHG] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 Connected: yes [CHG] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 Modalias: usb:v2DC8p2865d0100 [CHG] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 UUIDs: 00001124-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb [CHG] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 UUIDs: 00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb [CHG] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 ServicesResolved: yes [CHG] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 Paired: yes Pairing successful

(then trust it)

trust E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72

(then connect it)

connect xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

NOTE- change the address to yours.