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    YetroPly
    last edited by 22 Jun 2020, 05:47

    @mitu said in First-time user issues:

    See https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Xin-Mo-Controller/.

    Thanks! :)

    This usually happens when a sdcard gets corrupted, is this a new card ?

    It's new-ish. I'd be surprised if it got corrupted. I guess I could re-install. Is there a way to verify and/or fix it?

    In kiosk mode, a user can still hit left/right and get into settings. I want to disable that.

    Which settings ? I think the RetroPie system is hidden when running in Kiosk mode.

    So, the UI settings and all of that are unavailable but if you press left/right to select the machine, you can see a configuration page. That lets you check the IP address and lots of other things.

    I want to disable the info box when a title launches, which also says "press a button to configure". I don't want the player to do be able to get into that.

    You can do that by configuring Runcommand and disabling the launch menu.

    Thanks, again! :) I appreciate the help.

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      mitu Global Moderator @YetroPly
      last edited by 22 Jun 2020, 06:04

      @YetroPly said in First-time user issues:

      It's new-ish. I'd be surprised if it got corrupted. I guess I could re-install. Is there a way to verify and/or fix it?

      There are programs that can test the card - something like H2testw.

      So, the UI settings and all of that are unavailable but if you press left/right to select the machine, you can see a configuration page. That lets you check the IP address and lots of other things.

      I think that's normal, Kiosk mode hides the items marked 'hidden', so if you don't hide the RetroPie's system entries, they'll still show up. Kid mode hides the RetroPie system entirely.

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        YetroPly
        last edited by 22 Jun 2020, 08:05

        @mitu said in First-time user issues:

        There are programs that can test the card - something like H2testw.

        I'll look into it.

        I think that's normal, Kiosk mode hides the items marked 'hidden', so if you don't hide the RetroPie's system entries, they'll still show up. Kid mode hides the RetroPie system entirely.

        I wanted to try kid mode but then it said there was nothing to show.

        The Xin-mo tweak worked except that it's incorrectly mapping p0 to player 2 and p1 to player 1. How can I reverse that?

        I'm also confused about the "hotkey" button. It's letting me map it to select but then select+start doesn't quit the game.

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          mitu Global Moderator
          last edited by mitu 22 Jun 2020, 08:24

          @YetroPly said in First-time user issues:

          I wanted to try kid mode but then it said there was nothing to show.

          The Kid only shows items which are explicitly selected to be kid-friendly (aka whitelisting). If you don't mark any game as 'Kid friendly', then nothing will be shown.

          The Xin-mo tweak worked except that it's incorrectly mapping p0 to player 2 and p1 to player 1. How can I reverse that?

          I don't understand what p0/p1 is in this context ? What emulator are you testing ?

          Did you wire the controllers identically - since they use the same configuration, input X (button or joy axis) on P1 controller needs to be wired identically to input X on P2.

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            sirhenrythe5th
            last edited by sirhenrythe5th 22 Jun 2020, 08:40

            Another possible way:
            I deleted the lines concerning the "retropie options" in es_systems.cfg completely to get rid of it in emulationstation.
            I am used to open "retropie_setup.sh" and/or "raspi-config" in the terminal and never used the configuration options within ES anyway.

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              YetroPly
              last edited by 22 Jun 2020, 10:50

              @mitu said in First-time user issues:

              The Kid only shows items which are explicitly selected to be kid-friendly (aka whitelisting). If you don't mark any game as 'Kid friendly', then nothing will be shown.

              Thanks. Understood.

              I don't understand what p0/p1 is in this context ? What emulator are you testing ?

              Did you wire the controllers identically - since they use the same configuration, input X (button or joy axis) on P1 controller needs to be wired identically to input X on P2.

              This is using MAME (libretro). The Xin Mo board has pins divided into two groups labelled "p0" and "p1", corresponding to players 1 and 2, respectively. I started a fresh install and reconfigured things.

              It's close to working but it's not quite there. When I tried Street Fighter 2, two of player 2's buttons didn't work, even though they were readily recognized during configuration.

              The wiring should be identical. So, is there just one controller-configuration for both players, using this method? I assumed I could treat them as separate but that doesn't seem to work.

              @sirhenrythe5th said in First-time user issues:

              Another possible way:
              I deleted the lines concerning the "retropie options" in es_systems.cfg completely to get rid of it in emulationstation.
              I am used to open "retropie_setup.sh" and/or "raspi-config" in the terminal and never used the configuration options within ES anyway.

              This is another way to use the Xin Mo controller?

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                sirhenrythe5th
                last edited by 22 Jun 2020, 11:08

                @sirhenrythe5th said in First-time user issues:

                Another possible way:
                I deleted the lines concerning the "retropie options" in es_systems.cfg completely to get rid of it in emulationstation.
                I am used to open "retropie_setup.sh" and/or "raspi-config" in the terminal and never used the configuration options within ES anyway.

                This is another way to use the Xin Mo controller?

                No, that is about this issue:

                1. In kiosk mode, a user can still hit left/right and get into settings. I want to disable that.

                When you delete the whole entry of the options-menu in the es_systems.cfg it wont appear again anywhere: not in Kiosk-Mode, not in Kids-Mode and even not in normal mode.

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                  mitu Global Moderator @YetroPly
                  last edited by mitu 22 Jun 2020, 11:20

                  @YetroPly said in First-time user issues:

                  The wiring should be identical. So, is there just one controller-configuration for both players, using this method? I assumed I could treat them as separate but that doesn't seem to work.

                  When using the Libretro (RetroArch) input configuration, then yes, you can't have different auto-configs for each player. You can, however, using either a core input remap to change the mapping or use the MAME input configuration, which can be accessed by pressing Tab (you'll need a keyboard for this).

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                    YetroPly @sirhenrythe5th
                    last edited by 22 Jun 2020, 21:54

                    @sirhenrythe5th said in First-time user issues:

                    No, that is about this issue:

                    1. In kiosk mode, a user can still hit left/right and get into settings. I want to disable that.

                    When you delete the whole entry of the options-menu in the es_systems.cfg it wont appear again anywhere: not in Kiosk-Mode, not in Kids-Mode and even not in normal mode.

                    Ah, cool. Thanks! :)

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                      YetroPly @mitu
                      last edited by 22 Jun 2020, 21:57

                      @mitu

                      @mitu said in First-time user issues:

                      When using the Libretro (RetroArch) input configuration, then yes, you can't have different auto-configs for each player. You can, however, using either a core input remap to change the mapping or use the MAME input configuration, which can be accessed by pressing Tab (you'll need a keyboard for this).

                      Thanks! I'll have a look.

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