@thelostsoul said in Retropie general info:

RetroPie is a collection of emulators and tools. You can't use it without an operating system. If you want, you can install RetroPie on your PC as an application. If you have problems running it smoothly, ask in the Help section. The Raspberry Pi images use Raspbian distribution, which is based on Debian. https://retropie.org.uk/download/
Further, if you want install RetroPie manually on Raspbian: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Manual-Installation/

The RetroPie SD image is built on top of Raspbian lite (Raspbian without the PIXEL desktop environment) RetroPie can also be installed on top of the full Raspbian but you can't run Retropie and PIXEL at the same time, you will need to logout of the PIXEL desktop environment in order to run emulationstation and the emulators RetroPie installs.

Thanks, it worked for me

@mitu
Thank you. I kept a browser window open for that and will give it a try.

@celly I have read this be for. I think I should be asking about how to download the free Daphne games eta prime talked about

ROMs are not included. Did you check the documentation for that game and install the correct ROM?

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Cannonball/

The 8bitdo SN30 Pro+ is a great choice for RetroPie, and it works both wired and wireless.

@dankcushions

2x Sony ps4 controllers

Thanks I updated from source

Another note to add

Player 2 controls seem messed up unless it's just me.

E. G. Mortal kombat 2 and 3

Player 2 controller has same config as port 1 controls minus the keyboard keys but low kick button doesn't work on player 2 joystick
(It does nothing.)

Using mame 2003 and 2003 plus with same controls all buttons work.

Thanks
Sim

@mitu perfect thank you

I formatted using the USB formatting guide here:

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/format-large-hard-drive-fat-fat32/

Using FAT32 Format

Plugged the stick in, clicked format and waited haha.

@stevedee78 The original poster hasn't been online on this forum for almost 2 years.
Please don't post to 3 years old topics - open your new topic instead, referencing this topic. Make sure you add the info asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first to your topic. Thank you.

yes, with the official image it works after your help. Now i have a similar problem (with an unofficial image) and i was hoping you could help me. Sorry for the inconvenience, thanks anyway.

Thanks I think that works, It doesn't change the button pictures on the setup but it says swapped.

So hotkey + x will open Retroarch now, is that right?

ISSUE SOLVED

I was an idiot & using the wrong content in the config. Can't remove the post since it's after 3 minutes from upload.

Hi,

Try the followings process :

install mk_arcade_joystick_rpi driver from ~/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh edit /etc/modprobe.d/mk_arcade_joystick_rpi.conf adding the following line : options mk_arcade_joystick_rpi map=5 gpio=5,6,13,19,21,4,26,12,23,20,16,18

Did you re-configure the controller after switching modes ?
Please add more info about your system, as detaile in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

@Simrose in retroarch, go to:
quick menu -> controls -> port 1 controls -> analog to digital type -> left analog
Then you can map digital and analog in the mame menu as you wish.

@russs15 Thats the exact adaptor I got that never worked with retro pie properly for me. It might be an issue with a driver that changed higher up the chain that's not related to RetroPie itself but raspian, or even in the core linux kernel.

@JusteBelmont said in Lightning bolt appears after previously error-free use! Help please!:

Dosbox is a whole other issue! tell me how to make my mouse work on The Summoning, and I will owe you a beverage XD first world problems

Challenge excepted :) I'm pretty good with getting stuff running on dosbox. Open a new help topic with specifics about the issue with that game and I'll see if I can get it working.

@draxd

Hi, Can you give some pointers on how you did it?
I would like to do the same for a ps4 controller.
I tried editing the config file but I can't figure out the bindings (number) of my controllers buttons. I checked the emulstation config file for the bindings but they're not the same?

The order is alphabetical by default, and EmulationStation shows them in the order they appear in the configuration file (es_systems.cfg). You can create your own es_systems.cfg and re-arrange them in the file as you want - see https://retropie.org.uk/docs/EmulationStation/#es_systemscfg-edits.