Thanks to report this on GitHub, it s working fine now.

Sorry to resurrect this interesting topic so much later. I came to it after looking for a script that allows us to select in a menu at the start if we want to start emulationstation or the desktop. I know that it's not exactly the same as what was discussed in this thread but it's very related. I've ended up making a custom script modifying /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh, and since I think it might be useful to someone, I'll leave it here for reference (this is the new content of that autostart.sh file):

## Get WT Sizes WT_HEIGHT=18 WT_WIDTH=$(tput cols) if [ -z "$WT_WIDTH" ] || [ "$WT_WIDTH" -lt 60 ]; then WT_WIDTH=80 fi if [ "$WT_WIDTH" -gt 178 ]; then WT_WIDTH=120 fi WT_MENU_HEIGHT=$(($WT_HEIGHT-7)) ## Get Architecture ARCH=$(dpkg --print-architecture) ## Dialog Menu if [ "$ARCH" = "armhf" ] || [ "$ARCH" = "arm64" ] ; then sw=`DIALOG_ERROR=5 DIALOG_ESC=1 dialog --timeout 6 --no-cancel --title "Raspberry Pi Startup Selection Tool" --backtitle "$(cat /proc/device-tree/model)" \ --menu "Startup Options" $WT_HEIGHT $WT_WIDTH $WT_MENU_HEIGHT \ "1 EmulationStation" "Front-end of RetroPie Project" \ "2 Desktop" "Raspbian PIXEL Desktop Enviroment" \ "3 Console" "Abort auto-start and remain in console" \ 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3` else sw=`DIALOG_ERROR=5 DIALOG_ESC=1 dialog --timeout 6 --no-cancel --title "Raspberry Pi Startup Selection Tool" \ --menu "Startup Options" $WT_HEIGHT $WT_WIDTH $WT_MENU_HEIGHT \ "1 EmulationStation" "Front-end of RetroPie Project" \ "2 Desktop" "Raspbian PIXEL Desktop Enviroment" \ "3 Console" "Abort auto-start and remain in console" \ 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3` fi rc=$? #reset #no needed clear source $HOME/.bashrc case $rc in 0) case "$sw" in "1 EmulationStation") emulationstation ;; "2 Desktop") startx ;; "3 Console") echo "" ;; *) emulationstation ;; esac;; 1) emulationstation ;; 5) emulationstation ;; *) emulationstation ;; esac

This is what it looks like:

autostart_retropie_screenshot

It's set to run emulationstation by default. A timeout of 6 seconds is established, so if the user does not press any key for 6 seconds, the default option (emulationstation) is executed. I've used dialog for the menu instead of whiptailonly because this last doesn't have the --timeout option, and although you can achieve a similar effect with other tricks it's a bit more complicated, both should work fine either way.

@kamikadzem22 Thank you! I know this is old, but I signed up just to say thanks! This is what solved my issue. :)

@sleve_mcdichael Yeah I was going down the settings and input route. I did see the other controls options too but couldn't see the Analogue option. I'll check again. Many thanks

@lolonois Yet another option, thank you. That's why I love this forum, everyone is just so helpful.

Try leaving the configuration file aside and use the Core Input Remapping menu in RetroArch to map the L2/R2 (or other buttongs) to the PC-Engine's gamepad buttons, test it in-game, then save it as a game remap.

@yfzdude thanks I will give that a try.

@genos98 said in Main Menu>Configuration File > Save Current Configuration v. Quick Menu>Overrides>Save Core Overrides:

ore overrides will always be prioritized and will rule out retroarch's ge

This makes sense and is super helpful. I think what I was getting confused about is that when I would choose "Save Current Configuration" it was not only available to me when I had a rom running in one of the RA cores, but that it would save the .cfg in the Emulator-specific folder. It being available when emulating and saving it to its own file are why it confused me. I feel like the "Save Current Configuration" almost shouldn't be available when emulation is happening since saving it can cause issues v. core overrides, although I know this is a design choice by RA and not necessarily something that can be resolved/removed just for RetroPie.

Anywa, thank you so much for clarifying a bit! I appreciate it.

@glovewithsauce said in Not downloading themes:

Do I have to be connected to the internet for them to install,

Yes.

What is the maximum number of roms combined across all systems it can handle before start up and/or crash is a problem?

Haven't done any extensive testing, but I recall a while ago a forum member tried to load more than 100k games and ES crashed due to insufficient memory. That was on a RPI 3, which had something less than 800Mb RAM available (the rest being taken by the GPU memory).

On a RPI4, with more RAM available, things might be better. Of course, if you're not using a SBC, RAM may not be an issue.

Is it really necessary to go through checks? Eg. if I symlink within a system to a specific folder on a large HDD, could it build a list only when I go in to that particular folder?

Symlink-ing won't help much, you can already mount your ROM folders from an USB drive and this would speed things up for the initial scan.

I suppose if I built a massive gameslist.xml and not parse, would this help or would that be just the same as that's the way ES works?

It would help with the initial loading, otherwise you'll need to wait for ES to re-scan the folders on start and depending on how many games you have, that can take a while (not only an a Pi).

@stephenuk Had you tried to set the port for the HDMI Parameters within the config.txt? From the Raspberry Pi Documentation

Because the Raspberry Pi 4B has two HDMI ports, some HDMI commands can be applied to either port. You can use the syntax <command>:<port>, where port is 0 or 1, to specify which port the setting should apply to. If no port is specified, the default is 0. If you specify a port number on a command that does not require a port number, the port is ignored. Further details on the syntax and alternatives mechanisms can be found in the HDMI sub-section of the conditionals section of the documentation.

@mitu Can do! New to the forums and still figuring out preferred practices. Thank you!

@buzz Thanks buzz you are a star, dukenukem and Marathon working again, I was going crazy thinking jeeze what have I done to my raspberry pi. Massive thanks again

@windg It sure is! I decided to load up Mizzurna Falls, A game that I knew for sure crashed during the intro now runs fine. I couldn't find any glitches in the Gran Turismo introduction and played driver for about 6 hours without a crash. I know thats not all but those were it for me. The only thing I am unsure of is the end game event is Final Fantasy 8.

@grocket12 The repository used by RasPI OS automatically redirects apt based on your location to the closest Rasbian repository mirror. If that mirror doesn't work for you, you can manually change the URL in /etc/apt/sources.list to one of official Raspbian mirror servers - https://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianMirrors.

@sirhenrythe5th Yes. I even used the official Raspberry Pi program. I think I figured out the problem though. Thanks for the reply!

@cdaters Hmm, hitting Start does nothing for me.

@frederik said in FBNeo error:

can you tell me how to get the missing files from/from FBNeo to the right place on my retropie SD card?

No, rule no. 1 from https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2/forum-rules.