retroarch video settings not working

mitu

@benjaminjay normally it appears at 5he bottom of the screen, after the controller messages. Or you can try with another/new gamean see if the screen area is the same.

benjaminjay

@mitu how would I go about deleting those options manually? Is there a file I can look for?

mitu

@benjaminjay there should be an opt file named after the rom name, somewhere under /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/.

benjaminjay

@mitu What about editing /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/mGBA/mGBA.cfg ??
When I load up a ROM in mGBA I get a message at the bottom saying "failed saving config to /opt/retropie/configs/gba/retroarch.cfg"

mitu

@benjaminjay did you edit the .cfg file - with the resolution settings- as root ? That's probably why the file cannot be written by Retro arch,if you try to save the settings.

benjaminjay

@mitu I'm not sure... I have a very basic understanding of the permissions system but I do remember using sudo chown to be able to edit some files using WinSCP
Can I work around this by editing /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/mGBA/mGBA.cfg ??
Or can you tell me how to properly set permissions for this stuff ?

mitu

@benjaminjay I'mon mobile now, so can't give precise instructions, but you can remove the file, then reinstall mgba and the file will be created with the right settings. After the file is created, you can add back the configuration settings I posted yesterday.

benjaminjay

@mitu ok so I installed mGBA from the retropie setup script. When I add those config settings back, the game is displayed down in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. When I try with aspect_ratio_index = "22" added on the 2nd line instead, it is back to being centered but stretched again.
Also the file /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/mGBA/mGBA.cfg wasn't replaced when I installed the emulator again

mitu

@benjaminjay said in retroarch video settings not working:

When I add those config settings back, the game is displayed down in the bottom right hand corner of the screen

I don't get this behavior. Are you sure your display resolution is 1080p ? Use the RGUI, go into the Video settings part and check what your display settings are - including the ones you set in the .cfg file, they should be there.

Also the file /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/mGBA/mGBA.cfg wasn't replaced when I installed the emulator again

I thought you were referring to the /opt/retropie/configs/gba/retroarch.cfg. The mCGBA.cfg must be a core override file, you can create it from the RGUI menu, by using the Ovrrides -> Save core override menu entry.

benjaminjay

@mitu so far I've changed every setting I can find to fix this but it's either fully stretched or displays in the far right bottom corner with most of the screen cut off including the retroarch menu
I gave up editing config files manually and just adjusted the screen from within retroarch gui, it ended up being an odd size resolution tho