Just thought I'd throw this out there and mark this as resolved. For anyone looking to do what I did which is fully configure your RetroPie, then remove your controller configuration for a clean backup solution (Where you can then restore and configure whatever controller you want as it came Out of the Box) all you have to do is this.

Configure your Raspberry Pi fully (with RetroPie) Make sure all settings are exactly as you'd like with splash screen, themes, core configs, scrapes, roms Delete any save files for the cleanest backups Go to RetroPie > RetroPie Setup > Manage Configurations > EmulationStation > Clear input Configuration Exit to ES, press start on controller and Shutdown System Remove MicroSD card, and insert in computer Create your backup with your favorite backup software, then "Pi shrink" it

Hi meleu - thanks for your reply :-)

Sorry for the the lack of info. I thought it was enough to answer this.

I also thought retropie options were "version based" and not "distro based" or whatever it is called - too many geeks spoil the soup, you might say ;-)

But yes- I forgot the version - it is 4.2.12

Is there, by chance, another way to this - with making kodi quit to retropie afterwards?

@flyingtomahawk

Many thanks, I think i will stop wasting my time and just go with rom set for lr-fbalpha.

@dunginhawk said in lrmame 2003 not exiting game:

i do have keys, or a keyboard or whatever but I cant find where to map them... it doesnt show up when i hit tab to general settings, or in game settings, or whatever.. its simply not in there...
If you dont mind me asking, where can i bind it if its not in there?
thank you

EDIT - i found that lrmame2010 has the volume controls in another tab, but i cant map keys to them for some reason. lr2003 doesnt even have an area to do volume.

lr-mame2003 is a libretro core - system controls like volume and so on should be handled through the retroarch menu, not the TAB menu. someone has explained how to set volume buttons up here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3667/single-gpio-button/8

I got mine working as well, the trick, I think was to copy in the ini file (changing the name) and let the config file generate it's own information based on the ini file (device id etc). I did set the number to 0 (full manual) for the controller, but it doesn't seem to matter as it changes back automatically once you launch a mupen64* emulator.

The controller will only work in mupen64 emulators though, so I may still return the adapter for something better. N64 is SOOOO much better with a real N64 controller though.

Not sure why this failed for me the first time, I think by taking in the cfg file I corrupted something.

@mrscruff300 if you update Kodi it will remove the broken repo (no longer needed)

@dragonsparks i found a big name site that sells tons of knockoffs with them.

That's been a problem with a lot of people with that type of controller. Although I can't seem to think there are any ways to fix it, but if someone can, that'd be great.

@meleu Thanks. I am pretty new to this so sorry. I am not sure what occurred because one second everything worked fine the next it stopped. Thanks for helping me out. Not sure why this file would disappear all of a sudden.

@christiang you have to follow the advice on the read-this-first post before asking for support.

We don't know any info about your setup to be able to help you.

Sorted; I realised I was using Retroarch emus, so am going to experiment with this again in the week in the pursuit of absolute Mario nirvana. 🙂

Rob

Quick tidy to add @caver01 's latest tip, just the sort of stuff we need, VERY useful!

@regios I fixed the problem by doing the hyperpie 1.01 update kodi text fix. Just download the update and follow the kodi text.

@edmaul69 Yea I just got them and it's working now. I guess I just found some bad copies before, weird coincidence.

@stelario

Have you transferred any ROMs to your Pi. If you have not transferred any ROMs you won't see the emulators. Check out transferring ROMs in the wiki.

@red2blue i believe the overlays are in that thread.