Hi,

I had RetroPie running on Mint for a short time and I didn't need to mess with the fullscreen options. All I did was add a startup delay of 3 seconds to the RetroPie entry. This stopped the issue. I would leave it as fullscreen and try that? I think this happens because if ES starts before X is running it doesn't launch. Not sure though but a slight delay should resolve.

@billyh Try it first. I have two PS3 controllers (original) and RPi3 and it works good for me. Played for like 2 hours straight with my brother without any issues.

There is other issue with PS3 controller though - if I let it idle for a few minutes, the daemon (service) responsible for connecting with the controller hangs and I canßt get it back to working condition (I may be able through command line or SSH, haven't tried though). From what I read this issue gets resolved by using USB BT dongle...

@hbornstein You need to read the instructions. If it is not working - your emulator / rom pairing is incorrect as stated above.

@rdelaura Did you re-configure your input in Emulationstation after you paired them ?

I have found a solution. simply install 4.0 rather than 4.3 and update the setup software on the pi after first boot

For anyone else that is having this issue i have discovered the solution.
install retropie 4.0 rather than 4.3 and simply update the setup software from on the pi rather than when mounting the micro sd card.

@mitu Thanks so much! Everything is working now!

I did a little edit. Seems to be an issue with the 8bitdo FC30 Arcade Stick in bluetooth mode - but not in USB mode.

@spudsmctoole mame4all is not a libretro emulator.

Sorry for necropost, but it is on-topic.

I suppose you are running RetroPie on RaspberryPi. If you do, you should be able to overcome the issue by using symbolic link (command named "ln" with parameter -s). You enter the folder with the savegame in command line via ie: "cd /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/psx" and then you make the symbolic link via ie: "ln -s gt2_(simulation).srm gt2_(arcade).srm" The first one should be the already existing file and the second one should be the name of the link. After that the gt2_(arcade).srm points to the gt2_(simulation).srm and that means whatever disc you load both of them would actually load the same file.

Before trying, make backup of the .srm file!

@dudleydes windows 95 is hard as hell to get working at all on the pi and games are slow as crap and virtual drive doesnt work. Dont think 98 can run at all on the pi.

@nevsan said in How do I find out and change the Retroarch Hotkeys for each system?:

Hotkey for enabling RETROARCH when in a game.

there is no such hotkey. there's only one hotkey - it's set during https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/First-Installation#configure-controllers - it's the last one to be set. typically you'd set it to the 'select' button on your controller.

then, you access various hotkey combos by holding your hotkey and pressing some other button. eg: https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/First-Installation#hotkeys

if you configure it this way, the same combo will work in every libretro (lr-) emulator.

@rsn8887

Try selecting a keyboard preset from the on screen display menu.

@RetroFreak - This may help .

• Go to "Machine Settings" and then "Joystick Settings".
• Then go to "Map Joystick", this screen will show you the mappings for two joysticks. Navigate to the "up" mapping, select it and then press "up" on the joystick. Repeat this step for all the other mappings, and for both joysticks if you have a two players connected.
• Now go to "Joystick Settings" and "Joystick Device 1" and set this as "Jyostick", you can also set "Joystick Device 2" as "Joystick" if you have two players.
• Next go to "Machine Settings" and "Joyport Settings". Choose "Control Port 1" and select "Joystick, do the same for "Control Port 2".
• Now exit the gui and the joystick should now work.
• However, C64 games are sometimes played from Joystick port 1 or 2, this may mean the joystick will not work. The way to remedy this is to re-enter the gui, navigate to "Machine Settings" and then "Joystick Settings". There will be an option to "Swap Joystick Ports" press enter and then exit out of the gui. The joystick should now work. You can also map the "Swap Joystick Ports" to a hotkey (see below).
• Now these keys have been set they need to saved so that VICE will use these mappings next time it is started. To do enter the gui and choose "Settings Management", then choose "Save Current Settings" and "Save Joystick Map" then exit out of the gui.

@lostless i’ll look at it tomorrow but i don’t think it’s recallbox, thank you

@40wattrange

Unfortunately, you can only remove it globally. It would work for what you want, but the rest of the hotkey combos would be affected. For example, pressing 'start' by itself would always exit a game.

@samuelcole Please try in terminal
sudo ifup wlan0
and after this
iwlist scan

Can you post output if you type ifconfig?

Can you post /boot/config.txt
Did you disable some of the Bluetooth or WLAN components?

@mitu Cool, good to know multiplayer shouldn't be a hassle. I figured Dualshock 4 would work on Bluetooth as well but I only have two of those, and my wife ever so occasionally games with me. Seeing as I have three PS3 controllers and I haven't used the PS3 in ages, especially in co-op, I'd rather use two PS3 controllers than the PS4 ones, even if I do think that the PS4 controller feels better (not as good as the Switch Pro controller, but that's neither here nor there). So if Bluetooth works without a bad lag then I'll probably stick with the PS3 controllers simply because I already have enough of those lying around. If Bluetooth isn't good enough then I'll either get a Bluetooth dongle, or a wired Switch Hori Pad.

@sammyboy No problem at all. In future if you want to cancel something Ctrl + C will interrupt it rather than just pulling the power. Now, that's not to say you won't get the same thing, it might happen but it is just a bit more graceful and should avoid it.
Good to hear you are back up and running.