Setting up a ps3 on retropie n64

mitu

I don't think the controllers are causing a 'crash'. Use lr-flycast instead of redream and see if the game boots/starts. There may be an issue with redream's latest update.

fatfei

@mitu yep, installed ir-flycast and tried to open a rom. It freezes when it loads up.

Every other ROM I tried I get immediately booted out back to the ROM screen when I try to load it.

I tried N64, Mario kart. Got to the player select screen using what would be the 'a' button, then nothing works other than the "B" Button after that point.

mitu

@fatfei said in Setting up a ps3 on retropie n64:

@mitu yep, installed ir-flycast and tried to open a rom. It freezes when it loads up.

Did it ever worked before ? Is the game image (Dreamcast used .gdi GDROM files or Naomi/Atomiswave .zip files ) correct ? Note that you'll need a BIOS file for lr-flycast - make sure you have the right BiOS file copied.

I tried N64, Mario kart. Got to the player select screen using what would be the 'a' button, then nothing works other than the "B" Button after that point.

Please post a screenshot of the gamecontroller settings from the RetroArch's RGUI - open the menu (Hotkey + X) then navigate to Controls -> Port 1 Controls and take a screenshot.

fatfei

Yes, it worked and the n64 emulators with mario kart and the "crazy taxi" rom on dreamcast both worked when i set the retropie up a few weeks ago (With my 10 button joy stick)

The problems with this controller and the joystick happened when i installed the ps3 controller.

Confirmed, the dreamcast game image is a .gdi

I wasn't sure where i find out about bios file for the flycast so i screenshot the folder its in.

I really appreciate this help, i'd be lost without you help.

Going by the two port screen shots (port one joystick, port 2 ps3) seems its not configured (na)?

fatfei

@fatfei here are the port 1 configs (joy stick)

mitu

Based on your screenshots

Dreamcast BIOS is missing - see the docs at https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Dreamcast/#bios. If, after adding the BIOS file(s), the game still doesn't work, then get a verbose log and post it on pastebin.com, providing the link to it so we can take a look.
For the N64, your PS3 controller is the 2nd player, so they might not be able to control/start the game. If you wish to switch the players - so that P1 is controlled by the PS3 gamepad - then you can use the Basic Configuration option in the Configuration Editor to re-arrange the joysticks for the N64 system.

fatfei

@mitu I added dc_flash.bin which was missing from the DC folder. However it didn't change anything, so launched with verbose logging. (Freezes on the title screen)
However I can't find the directory /dev/shm/runcommand. log where the output file apparently goes anywhere, by browsing the root of retropie on from my phone via my network. Ssh sudo does nothing neither

I swapped over the controls too for N64 via retropie setup which also didn't work.

I will have another play around with it tomorrow and do some more reading to get my head around this to see where I'm going wrong with both issues & will get back with some hopefully better news.

Thank you.

fatfei

@fatfei I went via win_sp and found the folder for the verbose output but it's not recorded the output file. Perhaps because the game is freezing as soon as it loads?

I'll keep researching & see if there's anything else I can do

mitu

@fatfei said in Setting up a ps3 on retropie n64:

@fatfei I went via win_sp and found the folder for the verbose output but it's not recorded the output file. Perhaps because the game is freezing as soon as it loads?

The log file is not available via file shares - it's noted in the doc page I posted. You'll need to either user SSH to connect and get the file or copy the file to one of the shared folders - the roms folder for instance - via the command line:

cp /dev/shm/runcommand.log $HOME/RetroPie/roms/

fatfei

@mitu

DOH! Sorry, I got confused when it said about "Once the game is exited, the log file can be downloaded via SFTP or viewed directly via the command line" I then went on to read & misunderstand.

Thanks I'll try to SSH. 🙂

fatfei

@fatfei Done! 🙂🙂🙂 Thank you.

I tried exporting that file using SSH, went into the directory and used your command but it said it didn't exist to copy (paraphrasing)

So I went through everything on retropie setup menu googling everything as I went. (On a side point I never discovered what 'full screen paging for lb/rb' retropie meant)

Anyway, went through the controller configs again, changed a & b buttons swapping back to do not swap. I then made sure dreamcast & n64 primary controllers were set to ps3.

Both ROMs I tested on Dreamcast and n64 now both work fully with the ps3 controllers. 🙂 Thanks for the help & patients. 🙏

mitu

Glad you got it working out. Have fun gaming !

fatfei

@mitu thanks