Make Start stop killing the game!! For the life of me I can't get it to stop killing it.

bog

Wait, no, it didn't work perfectly. It doesn't "remember" my keymapping for nintendo games. And you're probably thinking I don't have "Save Configuration on Exit" set to On. Nope, I totally have it set to on, and it never remembers.

MajorDangerNine

@bog

And you're probably thinking I don't have "Save Configuration on Exit" set to On. Nope, I totally have it set to on, and it never remembers.

That page I linked to didn't say to do that... and the only mention of it on the page explicitly says to never turn it on...

Anyway, as far as I know... from experience, turning on "Save Configuration on Exit" in RetroArch is something that breaks the way the RetroPie developers have things set up entirely.

No idea how to fix it short of restarting from scratch and not doing that again. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but your only hope of avoiding that is for someone else here to offer a quick fix for what you've done.

bog

@eckaji Ok, nope, you're wrong. I just reinstalled everything, SCP'd the roms, and rebooted. I went into Super Mario Bro's, did select-X, changed the buttons maps, went back to the game, and then quit it with select-start.

When I went back into the game, my remapping didn't stick.

And no, Save Configuration on Exit was/is set to "Off".

That's literally ALL I did. The only thing I did. It's a virgin install.

cosmo0

@bog Why are you changing the button maps from the Retroarch menu?

At the EmulationStation menu (the first screen you get after booting), press start, configure input, then press the buttons as prompted. When asked for the hotkey, press select.

bog

@cosmo0 I only want the mapping to change for Nintendo games specifically.

dankcushions

@bog
define "Nintendo" - retropie only understands individual systems or games. i'll assume you mean NES.

did you follow https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/RetroArch-Configuration#core-input-remapping when running a NES game? did you select Save Core Remap File after doing the remapping? please give the exact steps.

bog

@dankcushions Yes, I mean NES.
No, I did not Save Core Remap File. I was guessing I shouldn't because it was apparently wrong of me to have previously did "Save Configuration on Exit", and I didn't want to go through reinstalling everything a third time.
Should I Save Core Remap?

My steps:
Started Super Mario Bros.
Pressed select and X.
Went to Quick Menu -> Controls
Changed the mapping for the B button to Y.
Went back to previous menu "Quck Menu" and chose Resume.
Played the game enough to see that the remapping worked.
Pressed Select->Start to exit the game.
Went back into the game.
B was no longer remapped to Y.

Thanks you for your continued support.

mitu

@bog Saving a remapping is not the same as 'Save Configuration on Exit' and it's ok to use it to reconfigure the buttons for an emulator (core). Look in the documentation (as pointed by @dankcushions) and follow the steps on the page to save your re-mapping.

bog

@mitu Aha, yes, it worked. I was also confusing "Save core overrides" with "save core remap file".

It all makes sense when I think about it- each system is using a different emulator of course, even though it's seamless in the gui. (And that's a good thing.)

FYI, this tutorial expressly says to use Save Configuration on Exit:

https://www.howtogeek.com/286842/how-to-build-your-own-nes-classic-with-a-raspberry-pi-and-retropie/

I guess it's outdated.

mitu

@bog said in Make Start stop killing the game!! For the life of me I can't get it to stop killing it.:

FYI, this tutorial expressly says to use Save Configuration on Exit:

You should always prefer the official docs to other sources of information. When in doubt, ask in the forums. Have fun with RetroPie !

bog

@mitu Yes of course the docs overrule tutorials, but obviously there's a place in the universe for tutorials, especially for beginners. (And in doubt, I asked in the forums!)

Thanks guys you've all been great,

-Actually since I'm a developer I might come back to be a contributor later.

Thanks agian

bog