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    Speed up games

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    • dankcushionsD
      dankcushions Global Moderator
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      yes. retroarch has a fast-foward hotkey function. it is not bound in retropie by default but you could via some configuration.

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        hiru
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          hiru @dankcushions
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          @dankcushions can't find references to fast-forward features tho.. https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/retroarch-configuration#default-joypad-hotkeys

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          • dankcushionsD
            dankcushions Global Moderator @hiru
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            @hiru like i said, it's a retroarch feature that's not implemented in retropie (only so many buttons on a controller).

            see https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/blob/master/retroarch.cfg#L540

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              hiru @dankcushions
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              @dankcushions guess as a normal user I can't add hotkeys to do that :/

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              • dankcushionsD
                dankcushions Global Moderator @hiru
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                @hiru sure you can. https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Configuration-Editor - manual edit function.

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                  Isthisariot
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                  @dankcushions I went in and enabled that line, but I'm still not seeing any speedup on SNES emulation when pressing space. Are there additional config changes I would need to make to enable it, or is this just a limitation of the hardware of the Raspberry pi? (I have a RP 3 B, by the way)

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                  • dankcushionsD
                    dankcushions Global Moderator @Isthisariot
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                    @Isthisariot I would guess you have to hold your hotkey before pressing space. hotkey is assigned to select button by default.

                    just tried it - works fine on a pi3.

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                      hiru @dankcushions
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                      @dankcushions so it pretty much works as a Fn key on a classic pc keyboard, right? You have to press Fn and the hotkey you configured for the fast forward

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                      • dankcushionsD
                        dankcushions Global Moderator @hiru
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                        @hiru yeah pretty much. select btn + space = fast forward. you can change the buttons for either. you could even have to be select btn + (some other button) like the existing combos: https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/retroarch-configuration#default-joypad-hotkeys

                        eg, don't see why you couldn't change to select + y btn, as that's not currently used for anything I think.

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                          Isthisariot @dankcushions
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                          @dankcushions Oh hell, well now I feel dumb. Thanks for the help, it works like a charm!

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