Every time I play dreamcast, displays the setting screen time/date
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Hi,
The problem is not with the configuration controls, so I've done, I can play the games.
The problem is the setup screen date/time to start any game.
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@Twitch0815
Nice to hear my information was of any good. Perfect that you placed this info on the wiki. -
@senkun said in Every time I play dreamcast, displays the setting screen time/date:
@misslehead3 said in Every time I play dreamcast, displays the setting screen time/date:
@Folly Getting past it istn the issue. the issue is it comes up every single time and I dont want it to. I am not sure if OP is having the same issue.
exactly, guess no way round this for now. All the so called "fixes" eg: date/time ntp issues, setting it 5 mins and save etc., don't apply to retropie I guess.
Indeed i was aware of this, i was helping dthree36 and TwoGuidosGaming.
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The problem that the time and date isn't remembered could be an RTC issue.
I think reicast looks for the real time clock (saw some source-code Get RTC). And in the '/home/pi/.reicast/emu.cfg' the text Dreamcast.RTC = 2092685318. Probably it doesn't work because Raspberry PI has no Real Time Clock. Perhaps it would work on a Raspberry Pi with a RTC addon board.Can anyone, with a RTC addon board, test this ?
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So, If I am reading all the posts correctly. The Date Time screen will pop up every single time you try and play a game and there is no way to save these settings so this doesn't pop up every time? Its not a big deal just a bit annoying.
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Would the auto save on exit fix it?
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@Folly I also think that may be the issue with RTC. I will try to work in this line.
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@dthree36 Well, playing is not the problem. But it is not legal.
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Here's the deal.
When you run reicast from the therminal like this :
/opt/retropie/emulators/reicast/bin/reicast
And if you keep the original date and time 11/27/1998 00:00 it won't ask every time.
So perhaps change the way it starts from the es_systems.cfg in 'etc/emulationstation/'
So next to the RTC issue there could also be a runcommand.sh issue.
See if it works by changing :
<command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS dreamcast %ROM%</command>
into this :
<command>/opt/retropie/emulators/reicast/bin/reicast %ROM%</command> -
@Folly No dice, it still asks for time and randomly it makes roms run about 5x faster then they do when the command is the origonal way.
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@Folly said in Every time I play dreamcast, displays the setting screen time/date:
make a file in '/home/pi/.reicast/mappings' called controller_Your Gamepad.cfg and paste the text in this file.
now enjoy !
Ok, so I am trying to follow the instructions above. I use an IPAC-4 keyboard interface controller.
I ran ./reicast-joyconfig and selected it, went through the mapping process, received my configuration text. Created a file in the mappings folder called "Ultimarc I-PAC Arcade Control Interface .cfg" because that's what the config program output: mapping_name = Ultimarc I-PAC Arcade Control Interface .
So, I have this config file in the mappings folder. How do I tell reicast how to use that config file? When I launch the emulator, I get to the date screen, and I can't do anything! The clouds are animating, and it's just waiting for my input, but none of the keys I setup are doing anything. I need to login remotely and restart the pi.I must be missing a step. Right?
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@caver01 said in Every time I play dreamcast, displays the setting screen time/date:
@Folly said in Every time I play dreamcast, displays the setting screen time/date:
make a file in '/home/pi/.reicast/mappings' called controller_Your Gamepad.cfg and paste the text in this file.
now enjoy !
Ok, so I am trying to follow the instructions above. I use an IPAC-4 keyboard interface controller.
I ran ./reicast-joyconfig and selected it, went through the mapping process, received my configuration text. Created a file in the mappings folder called "Ultimarc I-PAC Arcade Control Interface .cfg" because that's what the config program output: mapping_name = Ultimarc I-PAC Arcade Control Interface .
So, I have this config file in the mappings folder. How do I tell reicast how to use that config file? When I launch the emulator, I get to the date screen, and I can't do anything! The clouds are animating, and it's just waiting for my input, but none of the keys I setup are doing anything. I need to login remotely and restart the pi.I must be missing a step. Right?
Hi caver01,
I think you forgot to put 'controller' in file name.
Your file has to be called :
'controller_Ultimarc I-PAC Arcade Control Interface .cfg'
When you start it will automatically find your controller. -
@misslehead3 said in Every time I play dreamcast, displays the setting screen time/date:
@Folly No dice, it still asks for time and randomly it makes roms run about 5x faster then they do when the command is the origonal way.
Too bad.
Tried it myself.
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@Folly You are absolutely right! Exciting now, I will need to correct my error and try again--tomorrow I am afraid. Thanks!
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@Folly Hi, tomorrow I will do the tests suggested. Anyway, I decided to buy an RTC module.
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@Folly said in Every time I play dreamcast, displays the setting screen time/date:
@caver01 said in Every time I play dreamcast, displays the setting screen time/date:
@Folly said in Every time I play dreamcast, displays the setting screen time/date:
make a file in '/home/pi/.reicast/mappings' called controller_Your Gamepad.cfg and paste the text in this file.
now enjoy !
Ok, so I am trying to follow the instructions above. I use an IPAC-4 keyboard interface controller.
I ran ./reicast-joyconfig and selected it, went through the mapping process, received my configuration text. Created a file in the mappings folder called "Ultimarc I-PAC Arcade Control Interface .cfg" because that's what the config program output: mapping_name = Ultimarc I-PAC Arcade Control Interface .
So, I have this config file in the mappings folder. How do I tell reicast how to use that config file? When I launch the emulator, I get to the date screen, and I can't do anything! The clouds are animating, and it's just waiting for my input, but none of the keys I setup are doing anything. I need to login remotely and restart the pi.I must be missing a step. Right?
Hi caver01,
I think you forgot to put 'controller' in file name.
Your file has to be called :
'controller_Ultimarc I-PAC Arcade Control Interface .cfg'
When you start it will automatically find your controller.Bummer. So, I tried adding the word controller_ to my mapping file as suggested, but it didn't matter. 3.6 came with reicast and a mappings folder that already had several in there like controller_gcwz.cfg, controller_pandora.cfg, and so now I have mine, but it doesn't work. I still get into the date screen and I can't do anything with my controls. Is it perhaps waiting for input from an analog stick? All I can really map to keyboard is the d-pad and buttons. Ideas?
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im having a similar issue with reicast where it keeps assigning my nes adapter to the first and second player instead of my 8Bitdo bluetooth controllers. is there anyway in the controller configs to force controller priority?
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@caver01 said in Every time I play dreamcast, displays the setting screen time/date:
@Folly said in Every time I play dreamcast, displays the setting screen time/date:
@caver01 said in Every time I play dreamcast, displays the setting screen time/date:
@Folly said in Every time I play dreamcast, displays the setting screen time/date:
make a file in '/home/pi/.reicast/mappings' called controller_Your Gamepad.cfg and paste the text in this file.
now enjoy !
Ok, so I am trying to follow the instructions above. I use an IPAC-4 keyboard interface controller.
I ran ./reicast-joyconfig and selected it, went through the mapping process, received my configuration text. Created a file in the mappings folder called "Ultimarc I-PAC Arcade Control Interface .cfg" because that's what the config program output: mapping_name = Ultimarc I-PAC Arcade Control Interface .
So, I have this config file in the mappings folder. How do I tell reicast how to use that config file? When I launch the emulator, I get to the date screen, and I can't do anything! The clouds are animating, and it's just waiting for my input, but none of the keys I setup are doing anything. I need to login remotely and restart the pi.I must be missing a step. Right?
Hi caver01,
I think you forgot to put 'controller' in file name.
Your file has to be called :
'controller_Ultimarc I-PAC Arcade Control Interface .cfg'
When you start it will automatically find your controller.Bummer. So, I tried adding the word controller_ to my mapping file as suggested, but it didn't matter. 3.6 came with reicast and a mappings folder that already had several in there like controller_gcwz.cfg, controller_pandora.cfg, and so now I have mine, but it doesn't work. I still get into the date screen and I can't do anything with my controls. Is it perhaps waiting for input from an analog stick? All I can really map to keyboard is the d-pad and buttons. Ideas?
Check your filename again :
'controller_Ultimarc I-PAC Arcade Control Interface .cfg' (no space in front of .cfg(so there was a second fault))
it has to be :'controller_Ultimarc I-PAC Arcade Control Interface.cfg'Hope it helps.
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@JoargTheBard said in Every time I play dreamcast, displays the setting screen time/date:
im having a similar issue with reicast where it keeps assigning my nes adapter to the first and second player instead of my 8Bitdo bluetooth controllers. is there anyway in the controller configs to force controller priority?
Don't know exactly how this works, but i think you can edit this in '/home/pi/.reicast/emu.cfg
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@lcsjuniorsi said in Every time I play dreamcast, displays the setting screen time/date:
@Folly Hi, tomorrow I will do the tests suggested. Anyway, I decided to buy an RTC module.
Nice to hear you want to try this with an RTC module.
Should be nice if that's the solution.
Like to hear your results.
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