@nex86 said in How to launch (start) menu in emulationstation from keyboard?:

@mitu how am I'm supposed to enable SSH when I can't go into the menu to enable it?

Look at the page I mentioned, the 2nd method is simpler - pop-up your SD card and insert it into your PC, then create an empty file called ssh (no extension) on the /boot partition, the same folder as the config.txt file.
Put the SD card back and boot the PI, you should have SSH enabled.

@inky1003 Please open a new topic and provide the details of your setup as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

@pjft said in Sanity check - Whats your Arcade Preference?:

what's your 128GB Thumb Drive make and model?

I've heard of people having a lot of problems with 128GB thumb drives. I was very fortunate to find a reliable option on my second try. The one I use currently is a Samsung, model MUF-128BB/AM. It's going into its second year of use with no issues so far. My original SanDisk Ultra Fit SDCZ43-128G-GAM46 got so hot, I had to let it cool down before removing it and it even raised the reported operating temperature of my Pi considerably. It burnt out after about three months and I started going over user reviews with a fine-toothed comb before I found the Samsung. Of course there might even be a better option now. I haven't looked in a while.

It is hard to tell 100% from the images but I agree with @grant2258 that it you have flipped at least one of you wire sets for the micro switches.

I would put my money on that as the issue.

After you fix it you might need to re-run the input configuration as well.

@thelostsoul

I don't know the full extent of the problem, but it seems like you could create a script that would first launch RetroArch and then after a wait, send a network command to load the game. You could then create a launch command in /opt/retropie/configs/emulators.cfg that would launch the script and apply it to the ROM. Granted, this is a very involved solution and there might be a better way. Out of curiosity, why are you opposed to simply launching the games with a core that will run them?

And please use markdown when posting logs. Click the question mark in top right of edit box for help. Use a code block to improve formatting. This is detailed in the post linked at the top of every forum page (and in my signature below).

Thanks.

The TV supports 1080, but I found the solution by hot swapping the unit after booting with the computer monitor. This boot up set the output to the monitors resolution. Once attached to the Television I had a clear and steady picture. Using the video set-up in the Retropie menu I set it up to use the monitors default resolution. I then shut down and rebooted, and the system loaded to the retropie config I had just corrected. Going back into the Retropie menu's video set-up, I was now given the option to change the resolution to television, progressive, at 720, which is where I wanted this to run to allow for portability. I saved and rebooted and the system loaded on the next try. Four reboots later the system is still easily displayed.

@edmaul69
I notice a much better speed on vice warp mode than in the lr-vice "auto" skip, I also notice than the auto forward function is too slow.
I am doing something wrong? I have tried enabling and disabling true emulation. tap games run worse on lr-vice than vice instad

after your list is made you can enable "parse gamelist only" (or something like that) then the folders will not show in the list.

Remember if you add anything though you will need to turn it off so ES can see and add it..then when you are dine you can re-enable it.

@dnbarnes1983 Emulationstation is a general game launcher frontend - it's also used by Recalbox. You didn't specify in any of your posts you have RetroPie installed and which version.

Not sure what OS you're using but the default location is configs\all\emulationstation\downloaded_images[system_name] and you can remove them from there

For example: if I were to do this from my Windows machine I would open Windows explorer and browse the RETROPIE computer shown with the other computers attached to my network and then browse the above address. Then sort the folder contents by filetype and delete the unwanted video files

I don't think it's a perfect fit for all your problems, but in this project:
https://github.com/PRElias/win10_emulation_station/tree/choco-auto-install

I built a powershell script which put video and marquee TAGs based on the name of your ROMs on you gamelist.

Copy the gamelist_manager.ps1 to your ROMs folder and execute it as admin.

Worth a try

@darkside1305 did you ever solve this issue? I've tried everything listed elsewhere to no resolve. I keep getting the KB unknown key for many of the buttons I want to map. Using a bluetooth xbox one S controller. In the drastic.cfg file I notice that anything listed as KB unknown key is changed to a zero. If I knew how the emulator worked with retroarch I might be able to figure out the numbers but they do not match up with the normal 1-14 buttons retroarch uses.

I installed a new SD card today in my new system. So new flash on a 3B board and I downloaded all my games to it. Most systems I already have a gamelist.xml file but there were a few new systems I loaded due to having more space on the new SD card.

I just used the built-in scraper for 3 different systems - Master System, Gameboy and Atari 5200. It worked fine and was very fast too.

EDIT: I installed the Selph scraper right after posting this and re-scraped Gameboy and Gameboy Color romsets. It worked fine. I had to change the console source to screenscraper and it downloaded videos. Everything seems fine here.

@t-prime
So, while I haven't begun with setting up my project, i still want to ask to be sure, as I'm quite new to all of this... (°_°). To keep the "fully working" hdmi, I can still follow the tutorial by adafruit (https://learn.adafruit.com/running-opengl-based-games-and-emulators-on-adafruit-pitft-displays/pitft-setup) and use their script, but I'll have to answer NO once I'm asked as you described and change the .txt file, right?

@grant2258 This worked. Thank you.

I dont really know what i did, but rebooted and copied the exact same config file (literally made a copy deleted it rebooted and then put it back) and now it is working