Having issues with HotKeys not working and saving games.

[Odd_Pixie]

Pi Model or other hardware: RPi 3B+
Power Supply used: (I forget but I originally had issues and after researching got the best kind and haven't had an issue since)
RetroPie Version Used: 4.4
Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website
USB Devices connected: Controller
Controller used: Logitech Gamepad F310

Good morning!
This is my first time posting as I've usually been able to find solutions on your forum until now. Maybe a solution is here but I just don't understand enough to find/implement it.

Problem 1: Hotkeys do not seem to work when running SNES games but seem fine for N64.

Problem 2: I seem to be having issues with game saves. As I understand it, the save doesn't actually write until you perform the Start + Select to exit the game. Is it possible to save progress in a game without using an in game save point first? Is there another way to work this or do I misunderstand something?

Background: I'm not incredibly well versed with Linux based stuff (but I bought the RPi and set it up for RetroPie following the initial install guide on here) but pretty good on Windows, and half of what you guys talk about here is over my head (I'd love to try to overclock but I'm not confident enough!). I can follow step-by-step suggestions and if you can point me to some documentation or other thread I should be able to figure it out but I might have questions. I understand I probably haven't given enough info to get a good answer so I'm willing to try suggestions and return with more info.
We currently only use the NES, SNES, and N64 systems in RetroPie.

Thanks in advance and for all the info you guys post on here!

[mitu]

@Odd_Pixie said in Having issues with HotKeys not working and saving games.:

Problem 1: Hotkeys do not seem to work when running SNES games but seem fine for N64.

What button have you mapped as Hotkey during the controller configuration ?
If you don't choose a button, the configuration dialogue will ask you if you want to use Select. You problem is that RetroArch doesn't know which is your Hotkey (the N64 emulator is not a RetroArch emulator, so I think it's set by default with Select + Start, that's why it doesn't work).

Problem 2: I seem to be having issues with game saves. As I understand it, the save doesn't actually write until you perform the Start + Select to exit the game. Is it possible to save progress in a game without using an in game save point first? Is there another way to work this or do I misunderstand something?

Yes, you can use Save States , which are handled by the emulator itself (RetroArch most of the times). You can use the Save State and Load State commands to save/load your save states (see https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroArch-Configuration/#default-joypad-hotkeys). Note that you still have to exit cleanly the emulator with Hotkey + Start. Shutting down your PI while the emulator is started is not advisable anyway, you should always use the Emulationstation menu to shutdown your PI (unless you have a button that does the shutdown).

The docs have a detailed page on overclocking here , including how to actually do it (https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Overclocking/#overclocking-methods).