Downloading cheat files through retroarch using wiki

[geneworld]

Hey Guys I was looking through the wiki and found this page https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Cheats/ which talks about being able to download cheat files through the retroarch menu.

My issue is that when i open up the rgui menu, either in game or from emulationstation I cannot find the Online Updater section that is being talked about.

Has anyone been able to do this or is there a better way to download a full cheat file set? Is the wiki out of date in this section?

[mitu]

@geneworld said in Downloading cheat files through retroarch using wiki:

No, it's not out of date, the updater is available after you enable the 'Advanced Options' in the RGUI.

[retronoobie3000]

Thank you so much, I have had the same problem and the wiki did not make it clear that that was needed.

[geneworld]

Yeah the Wiki seems to be missing some necessary steps. Here are the full steps:

1. Main Menu --> Settings --> User Interface --> Show Advanced Settings --> Turn On
2. Main Menu --> Settings --> User Interface --> Views --> Show Online Updater --> Turn On
3. Main Menu --> Online Updater --> Update Cheats

Seems like the first two steps are missing for some reason. Is there a way to have to wiki updated to show the complete steps? This will only help those after me.

[dankcushions]

you can edit the version stored here, which will eventually migrate to the docs: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Cheats

thanks!

[mediamogul]

@geneworld

I added a notation about enabling advanced settings, but I'm not sure the second step you mentioned is necessary. After enabling advanced settings, I was able to see, navigate to and select 'Update Cheats'

[geneworld]

@mediamogul Oh great thanks for updating that. Maybe it would be worth noting though. I'm not sure of the other versions of RetroPie but the one I'm running, 4.3.8 I needed to turn on the Online Updated Like mentioned above.