Can you switch the stick into XInput mode, instead of PS3 mode ?

@mitu
Yes, I manually edit the gamelist files all the time to add games not picked-up by scrappers and to add missing artwork. Other than bad formed .xml formatting I never had any similar errors. Running with the --debug parameter fails to produce a .log file. I think that is since I have to kill the process in order to exit? I found the es_log.txt. It is the same as the pastebin link I posted earlier which doesn't seem to indicate the missing path.

I want to avoid blank loading screen time. Instead of blank loading screens I want to display some short clips and family photos.
I had some success with "splashscreens" catalogue. But it works only on external screen with HDMI and then only for clips because the images are overridden with console logging screen.
The 3.5 LCD only displays console logs until the UI is loaded.

You can create your own script(s) to show images/videos on the LCD screen, by using the EmulationStation scripting support.

I was able to disable the EmulationStation loading screen but is there a way to display something instead of blank screen.

No. The only thing shown during loading is the ES splashscreen (which you disabled).

However, you can use the RetroPie's boot splashscreen to display an image during boot and increase the time it's shown so that by the time it stops, EmulationStation is already loaded.

I tried adding a console "launching" screen but when launching a game the screen is mostly blank and for a few moments the picture shows and than the emulator is still loading with black screen.
Is there a way to add an loading image or mp4 for each game instead of for each console.

Apart from the regular splashscreen support in runcommand, there's no other mechanism in RetroPie to add additional loading screens. But once the emulator is loaded, there's nothing RetroPie can do - it's up to each individual emulator to display things.

Is there a way to simplify the retropie UI to scroll and select games directly without emulator selection?
Also instead of just the name of the game I wish to show an image to select like for choosing a console.

Probably easiest is to use the Grid View support in EmulationStation and show only games' images instead of the list. You can try also other front-ends, like Pegasus or Attract-Mode.

@LeatherWing Thank you for the confirmation. The fix has been merged now.

@sleve_mcdichael well, it works now.

Thanks that you deployed a fix for this too 😃. I havent tested the fix but I will also mark this thread as solved 😊

@sleve_mcdichael

I wasn't aware that was an option. On the "Please choose a package from below"; jzintv showed jzintv (Installed - via unknown). I selected Install from Source and it is now up and running. I have a few launch issues but I should be able to work those out. Thanks much for your help.

@m33ts4k0z Thanks for reporting back. Please add to the subject [solved] or similar.

@retropieuser555 Thanks, I researched it a bit, the best action for me is probably to have a dual boot:

microsd with Raspian 64bit and Plex server, ssd via usb with my existing Retropie installation

And have a dual boot option with a choice at startup that defaults to Raspian after 5 seconds.

Any idea how I could set that up?

Best!

@Manukan depends how your controller is mapped in Emulationstation maybe? If you've got the d pad and analog controls mixed up there? It'll mix them up in Retroarch.

Anyway glad you got it working, very few n64 games use dpad anyway so just map it to analog stick

I just had a convo on discord with the screenscraper guys and it looks that version 3.9.1 is broken.
This command yields no results on 3.9.1, but it does work on 3.7.7

Skyscraper -p switch -s screenscraper --query "romnom=Super%20Mario%20Odyssey%20(World)%20(En,Ja,Fr,De,Es,It,Nl,Zh,Ru)%20(Rev%203).xci" /home/retropie/RetroPie/roms/switch/super-mario-odyssey.xci

@windg said in sudo: /usr/bin/sudo must be owned by uid 0:

Now that mitu mentions it, it seems that I put the theme here : /etc/emulationstation/themes and maybe that's why it failed from FTP .

Yes, that's a root folder and so you need root permissions to work there.

Custom themes or those you want to edit should be placed in ~/.emulationstation/themes or /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/themes (they're the same, via symlink) where they can be worked on by the regular user.

I saw the option to enable Jiffydos at retroarch and I see that, when enabled it loads a .d64 file somewhat quicker. Is this the only advantage, or you can do other things with it?

Just a note: 2X is the default resolution for PPSSPP in the source code. I built it from source recently, and that's the resolution that comes up the first time it's booted.

So, this is not a Retropie specific problem. It's the default for the application. Whether Retropie wants to override the default I'm not sure. Personally I think that 2X with frame skip is way more enjoyable than 1X without frame skip. But that is of course personal preference.

Also, with the Raspberry Pi 5 the default of 2X should run great. Though I won't know until my board gets here.

Cheers.

@SaturnX said in Adding 2xUSB Gamepads to Arcade Setup for P3/P4?:

What’s the best approach for this such that I don’t muck up my controller settings?

There's not much to do besides connecting the controllers and configuring them in EmulationStation. The only caveat is the controller order - it's possible the external controllers to switch places with the encoders and replace the P1/P2 slots, but if you don't keep the external gamepads connected all the time it's not going to be a problem.

I’m concerned that I’ll mess up the controller configurations and I don’t have a complete understanding of how controller configuration files are set behind the scenes.

Generally the configuration files are matched based on the controller name, unless your external gamepads are also named DragonRise, ... (highly unlikely), configuration files will not be a problem.

Also is it possible to limit the 4p setup to just select games? Is that even necessary?

It's not necessary, you just have to pay attention to the games that have 4p/2p versions and not start the 2p when playing with 4 controllers by mistake (like TMNT / Sunset Riders / etc.).

RetroPie is just a RaspiOS Lite image underneath, so a regular Linux/Debian installation.
You can add your code to the autostart.sh script that RetroPie uses to start EmulationStation (see here how to access the script) or just create your own service to start on boot (see here).

Aha, I actually figured out how to make it work, for anyone reading this in the future!

The problem is for whatever reason the entry that emulationstation creates just starts with "roms/gbc." It works once you simply replace "roms/" with "./" in front of that, which is what is listed for the paths for games before the rom name too (and I suppose substitutes for the entire filepath to the root folder). So adding this to my sgb gamelist...

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Creates this in my emulationstation system for SGB:

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Which is exactly what I was hoping for. Clicking through those two directories takes me to all my SGB-compatible GB and GBC games, and I didn't need to add duplicate roms to do it as the gamelist points to the GB/GBC rom locations I have for those systems. Woohoo!