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    MAME cfg Folder Question...

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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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        • 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> ...

          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
                last edited by

                @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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                    • TPRT
                      TPR @mitu
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                      • TPRT
                        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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                          • 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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