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    MAME cfg Folder Question...

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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator
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      By default, mame2003(-plus) will use the Save folder to create the necessary sub-folders (cfg/artwork/ctrlr/hi/nvram), which - for RetroPie - is the same as the ROM folder.

      You can re-configure the save folder on a per-system basis if you'd like, by modifying the retroarch.cfg in /opt/retropie/configs/<system> , but IMHO would be easier to use a single folder for each arcade emulator, based on the ROMset used, instead of spreading the ROMs from the same version in several folders.

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        TPR @mitu
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        @mitu said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

        By default, mame2003(-plus) will use the Save folder to create the necessary sub-folders (cfg/artwork/ctrlr/hi/nvram), which - for RetroPie - is the same as the ROM folder.

        You can re-configure the save folder on a per-system basis if you'd like, by modifying the retroarch.cfg in /opt/retropie/configs/<system> , but IMHO would be easier to use a single folder for each arcade emulator, based on the ROMset used, instead of spreading the ROMs from the same version in several folders.

        That's actually exactly what I want to do. One folder for each core: mame2003, mame2003-plus, and mame 2010.

        I'll go looking for those configs now to modify. Thank you.

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @TPR
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          @tpr said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

          That's actually exactly what I want to do. One folder for each core: mame2003, mame2003-plus, and mame 2010.

          In this case there's no need to configure anything else. Use one folder (arcade) for MAME2003(-plus) and another (mame-libretro) for Mame 2010, each emulator's configuration folders will appear only under the used folder.

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          • TPRT
            TPR @mitu
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            @mitu said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

            @tpr said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

            That's actually exactly what I want to do. One folder for each core: mame2003, mame2003-plus, and mame 2010.

            In this case there's no need to configure anything else. Use one folder (arcade) for MAME2003(-plus) and another (mame-libretro) for Mame 2010, each emulator's configuration folders will appear only under the used folder.

            This is what I'm already doing, but I have my roms broken up into sub-folders, for example:
            /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/D/mame2003-plus

            And each letter has it's own mame2003, mame2003-plus, and mame2010 folder for the config files.

            How can I get that to be instead be in:
            /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/mame2003-plus

            I can't seem to find the core config file to tell it a specific folder to look for rom .cfg files.

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @TPR
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              @tpr said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

              I can't seem to find the core config file to tell it a specific folder to look for rom .cfg files.

              You can re-configure the save folder on a per-system basis if you'd like, by modifying the retroarch.cfg in /opt/retropie/configs/<system> ...

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                TPR @mitu
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                @mitu said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

                @tpr said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

                I can't seem to find the core config file to tell it a specific folder to look for rom .cfg files.

                You can re-configure the save folder on a per-system basis if you'd like, by modifying the retroarch.cfg in /opt/retropie/configs/<system> ...

                I found that file, but all it says is this:
                input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro/"

                And that folder doesn't seem to be keeping the config files.

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                • TPRT
                  TPR @mitu
                  last edited by

                  @mitu said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

                  @tpr said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

                  I can't seem to find the core config file to tell it a specific folder to look for rom .cfg files.

                  You can re-configure the save folder on a per-system basis if you'd like, by modifying the retroarch.cfg in /opt/retropie/configs/<system> ...

                  And I don't seem to have a <system> folder for each mame core, just a general mame-libretro folder.

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator @TPR
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                    @tpr said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

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

                    Yes, the configuration file is minimal, since it includes the global RetroArch configuration file from /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg.

                    Add your configuration before the #include line:

                    savestate_directory="<your chosen directory>"
savefile_directory="<your chosen directory>"
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                    • TPRT
                      TPR @mitu
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                      @mitu said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

                      @tpr said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

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

                      Yes, the configuration file is minimal, since it includes the global RetroArch configuration file from /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg.

                      Add your configuration before the #include line:

                      savestate_directory="<your chosen directory>"
savefile_directory="<your chosen directory>"

                      Trying now... thank you.

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                      • TPRT
                        TPR @TPR
                        last edited by TPR

                        @tpr said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

                        @mitu said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

                        @tpr said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

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

                        Yes, the configuration file is minimal, since it includes the global RetroArch configuration file from /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg.

                        Add your configuration before the #include line:

                        savestate_directory="<your chosen directory>"
savefile_directory="<your chosen directory>"

                        Trying now... thank you.

                        For the location of that retroarch.cfg file....

                        Do I need to make a folder in configs for each of the MAME cores? For example:
                        /opt/retropie/configs.hdmi/mame2003
                        /opt/retropie/configs.hdmi/mame2003-plus
                        /opt/retropie/configs.hdmi/mame2010

                        or should that file stay in:
                        /opt/retropie/configs.hdmi/mame-libretro

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator @TPR
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                          @tpr said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

                          Do I need to make a folder in configs for each of the MAME cores? For example:
                          /opt/retropie/configs.hdmi/mame2003
                          /opt/retropie/configs.hdmi/mame2003-plus
                          /opt/retropie/configs.hdmi/mame2010
                          or should that file stay in:
                          /opt/retropie/configs.hdmi/mame-libretro

                          No, the configs folder hosts each system configuration, not the core configuration. It's /opt/retropie/configs/arcade, /opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro, etc. Configurations for the arcade folder will apply to any Libretro core that's started for the arcade system, not just one.

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                            TPR @mitu
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                              TPR @mitu
                              last edited by TPR

                              @mitu said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

                              @tpr said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

                              Do I need to make a folder in configs for each of the MAME cores? For example:
                              /opt/retropie/configs.hdmi/mame2003
                              /opt/retropie/configs.hdmi/mame2003-plus
                              /opt/retropie/configs.hdmi/mame2010
                              or should that file stay in:
                              /opt/retropie/configs.hdmi/mame-libretro

                              No, the configs folder hosts each system configuration, not the core configuration. It's /opt/retropie/configs/arcade, /opt/retropie/configs/mame-libretro, etc. Configurations for the arcade folder will apply to any Libretro core that's started for the arcade system, not just one.

                              So here is what I currently have in 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/"
                              savestate_directory= "/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/"
                              savefile_directory= "/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/"

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

                              Yet it is still saving the cfg files to:

                              /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/A/mame2003-plus/cfg

                              What do I need to do so that all cfg files save to:

                              /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/mame2003-plus/cfg

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                              • mituM
                                mitu Global Moderator @TPR
                                last edited by

                                @tpr said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

                                savestate_directory= "/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/"
                                savefile_directory= "/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/"

                                This is an invalid location, this folder doesn't exist - you forgot the /home part.

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                                • TPRT
                                  TPR @mitu
                                  last edited by

                                  @mitu said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

                                  @tpr said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

                                  savestate_directory= "/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/"
                                  savefile_directory= "/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/"

                                  This is an invalid location, this folder doesn't exist - you forgot the /home part.

                                  This is what the file currently looks like:

                                  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/"
                                  savestate_directory= "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/"
                                  savefile_directory= "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/"

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

                                  And same results.

                                  cfg files are still being saved to:
                                  /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/A/mame2003-plus/cfg

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                                  • mituM
                                    mitu Global Moderator
                                    last edited by mitu

                                    In this case, it means MAME2003 does't act like I though and uses the content dir (where the ROM is located) to save those values. I don't have any other ideas, sorry.

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                                    • TPRT
                                      TPR @mitu
                                      last edited by

                                      @mitu said in MAME cfg Folder Question...:

                                      In this case, it means MAME2003 does't act like I though and uses the content dir (where the ROM located) to save those values. I don't have any other ideas, sorry.

                                      Thank you for your help

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