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    MAME cfg Folder Question...

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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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        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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              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> ...

              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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                  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
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                            @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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                              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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