MAME cfg Folder Question...

TPR

@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.

mitu

@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.

TPR

@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.

mitu

@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> ...

TPR

@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.

TPR

@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.

mitu

@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>"

TPR

@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.

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

mitu

@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.

TPR

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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

mitu

@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.

TPR

@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

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.

TPR

@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