zip.cfg files not working , please help!!!

[bigcache]

Hello,
after trying a lot i cannot get custom overlays per game working, I copied arcade bezels on overlays folder and zip.cfg on roms folder, give 755 permisions but when i enter the game is loading the core-override, this are my cfg:

\opt\retropie\configs\mame-libretro\retroarch.cfg

# Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line

input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/"

# 20 = Config, 21 = 1:1 PAR, 22 = Core Provided, 23 = Custom Viewport
aspect_ratio_index = "23"

# these two define the pixel size of the emulated screen
# keep this in the same ratio as the original console
# eg: GBA 240x160 * 3 = 720 x 480
custom_viewport_width = "1280"
custom_viewport_height = "960"

# the following two decide how far from the left and top the game screen is shown
# to centre the game display use your original resolution, minus the screen size, divided by two
# this example for 1080p screen (1920x1080)
# (1920 - 1280) / 2 = 320
custom_viewport_x = "320"
# (1080 - 960) / 2 = 60
custom_viewport_y = "60"
input_overlay_enable = "true"
input_overlay = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/overlays/Genericos-Finales/arcade-generic-red.cfg"

#include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"

\home\pi\RetroPie\roms\mame-libretro\blaster.zip.cfg :

# Config created by Floob
# https   ://github.com         /biscuits99/rp-video-manager
# htt  p ://ww w.youtube        .com/c/SmartretroCoUk-Gaming

video_shader = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/shader/arcade-bezel-shader/crt-pi.glslp"
video_shader_enable = "true"

input_overlay = /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/overlays/arcade-bezel-overlays/blaster.cfg
input_overlay_enable = true
input_overlay_opacity = 0.800000
input_overlay_scale = 1.000000

aspect_ratio_index = "20"

video_scale_integer = true

Anyone can help me??? (sorry for my English, is not my native language)

[mitu]

I think that's normal, the core settings override your game settings. Remove the core overlay settings and see if your game .cfg file gets loaded.

[bigcache]

@mitu Thaks for your help!!! , I removed the first file as sugested \opt\retropie\configs\mame-libretro\retroarch.cfg then enter a game, custom overlay for that game worked and a message shows that core override file was created, BUT now every game has the game overlay for that initial game I entered , plus a new retroarch-core-options.cfg was created besides retroarch.cfg.
Also now retroarch menu shows playstation alike and not in pixels with a green square as before,

I'm complete lost now hahahahhahaha

[mitu]

@bigcache I said to remove the overlay settings, not the file. You should create the file back, with the initial contents. RetroArch created the default configuration file (since it found none), which has the XMB Gui by default.

The correct way to enable per-game overlays is to use the game overrides - https://docs.libretro.com/guides/libretro-overlays/.

[bigcache]

@mitu thanks again, No problem I did a backup prior deletion , anyway If I remove the overlay from \opt\retropie\configs\mame-libretro\retroarch.cfg , all the mame games are shown with not overlay at all, if I save game override (as describes on the link you provided) a cfg file is created on \configs\all\retroarch\config\ <emulator>\ <game>.cfg ( I don't want to edit game by game)

what I can never get working is the <game>.zip.cfg from rooms folder these I downloaded from a know arcade bezel pack. From what i read these file should overrides the other cfg files but that's not my case :-(

[mitu]

@bigcache You just said that it worked. If you don't have any bezels in the system's config, the game bezel should be picked up.

[bigcache]

@mitu I replaced \mame-libretro\retroarch.cfg for a rp-dist back up and It worked, thank you!!!

now, do you know how I can set up a generic arcade bezel for the rest of the games without have to enter one by one and without lose the zip.cfg ones???

[mitu]

@bigcache said in zip.cfg files not working , please help!!!:

now, do you know how I can set up a generic arcade bezel for the rest of the games without have to enter one by one and without lose the zip.cfg ones???

My guess is you can't.

[bigcache]

@mitu said in zip.cfg files not working , please help!!!:

My guess is you can't.

I got it removing the "zip" from the name and placing the files in:
/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/config/MAME 2003-Plus

Thank you so much for your help!!!! I was struggling with this a lot :-S

[mitu]

@bigcache That's the correct solution.

[bigcache]

If anyone interested I used this Regexp to renamed the files automatically using powershell,
cd into the folder and then :
dir | rename-item –newname { $_.name –ireplace '(.+?).zip.cfg$','$1.cfg' }

[mitu]

@bigcache I thought in CMD is would be simple as

move *.zip.cfg *.cfg