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    RetroArch Config Confusion and Issues

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    • Wolfman100W
      Wolfman100 @Riverstorm
      last edited by

      @Riverstorm I must also paradoxically say 'hear hear' to that statement too! :)

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      • Wolfman100W
        Wolfman100
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        Ok...so now I've messed something up,I think I turned on the HW Bilinear Filtering (mistakingly thinking that was the smoothing setting!) in RetroArch PSX and now the games won't boot...can I just delete the config files so that it goes back to using the default global settings and then make a new config from there?

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        • Wolfman100W
          Wolfman100
          last edited by

          These are the files I have in my PSX configs folder:

          content_history.lpl emulators.cfg libretro.cfg libretro.so.cfg retroarch.cfg

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          • dankcushionsD
            dankcushions Global Moderator @Wolfman100
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            @Wolfman100 said in RetroArch Config Confusion and Issues:

            Ok...so now I've messed something up,I think I turned on the HW Bilinear Filtering (mistakingly thinking that was the smoothing setting!)

            it is

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            • Wolfman100W
              Wolfman100 @dankcushions
              last edited by

              @dankcushions ahhhh,thats what I thought.....very wierd in that case then as the games wont boot,just returns back to emulation station.I haven't had any issues with turning on smoothing in PSX emulator before

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              • dankcushionsD
                dankcushions Global Moderator @Wolfman100
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                @Wolfman100 said in RetroArch Config Confusion and Issues:

                @dankcushions ahhhh,thats what I thought.....very wierd in that case then as the games wont boot,just returns back to emulation station.I haven't had any issues with turning on smoothing in PSX emulator before

                but of course HW Bilinear Filtering is what it's called in the retroarch GUI, not the configuration editor, so if you've been messing about in RGUI who knows what you've changed :) you could start with /tmp/runcommand.log to see the crash.

                also, weren't you asking about shaders? the config editor tells you not to use video_smooth if you're using shaders.

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                • Wolfman100W
                  Wolfman100 @dankcushions
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                  @dankcushions yes I'm aware about not using shaders with smoothing.Something has changed in the Retroarch config that it doesn't like,but I can't access the retroarch editor now because the game quits before it has a chance to load....I think I need to do it in the main retroarch and load the psx core

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                  • dankcushionsD
                    dankcushions Global Moderator @Wolfman100
                    last edited by

                    @Wolfman100 what does games not loading have to do with the configuration editor? It's a script. hadn't we covered this? :)

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                    • RiverstormR
                      Riverstorm @Wolfman100
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                      @Wolfman100 said in RetroArch Config Confusion and Issues:

                      the game quits before it has a chance to load....

                      Backup early and often...restore when needed...sometimes it's just easier and quicker! :)

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                      • Wolfman100W
                        Wolfman100
                        last edited by

                        ha..also a 'hear hear' for that!as I mentioned though,shouldn't I be able to simply delete the config files for PSX I changed and it'll revert to default 'global ' settings?

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                        • Wolfman100W
                          Wolfman100
                          last edited by

                          well I've managed to ascertain that its something in my

                          /opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg

                          that it doesn't like,as when I remove the file the game boots fine,but without BIOS

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                          • BuZzB
                            BuZz administrators @Wolfman100
                            last edited by BuZz

                            @Wolfman100 said in RetroArch Config Confusion and Issues:

                            Unless I'm going blind I definetly can't see that in there...

                            http://pastebin.com/wTkPZks9

                            How did you edit this file ? via saving in retroarch RGUI or manually ? Because the include needs to be at the end, or the settings in the file wont take effect. When using #include RetroArch will use the first config it sees, so any of the configuration options in this file that are also in the configs/all/retroarch.cfg will be ignored

                            the default per system configs have a comment that mentioned this and the configuration editor will make sure the include is last.

                            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                            • Wolfman100W
                              Wolfman100
                              last edited by Wolfman100

                              @BuZz

                              I edited in RetroArch....

                              Crisis now averted though as I pulled in the Config files for a setup I had on another card.This made the Retro-Pie emulation station menu change,as that build was still on 3.7..but it's working all good besides that.Not sure why it went so crazy though.

                              I did also manually edit the include to be at the end incidently,as I read that somewhere else,and strangely it didn't make any difference at all....

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                              • meleuM
                                meleu @Wolfman100
                                last edited by meleu

                                @Wolfman100 said in RetroArch Config Confusion and Issues:

                                ha..also a 'hear hear' for that!as I mentioned though,shouldn't I be able to simply delete the config files for PSX I changed and it'll revert to default 'global ' settings?

                                I noticed when I (re)install a core using retropie_setup, it creates a retroarch.cfg.rp-dist in the respective config directory. You can use it to "restore factory settings".
                                ;-)

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                                • RiverstormR
                                  Riverstorm @meleu
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                                  @meleu said in RetroArch Config Confusion and Issues:

                                  I noticed when I (re)install a core using retropie_setup, it creates a retroarch.cfg.rp-dist in the respective config directory. You can use it to "restore factory sertings".
                                  ;-)

                                  Good tip! I see the file there and I have always just kind of overlooked it, never opened it. :)

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                                  • Wolfman100W
                                    Wolfman100 @meleu
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                                    @meleu said in RetroArch Config Confusion and Issues:

                                    @Wolfman100 said in RetroArch Config Confusion and Issues:

                                    ha..also a 'hear hear' for that!as I mentioned though,shouldn't I be able to simply delete the config files for PSX I changed and it'll revert to default 'global ' settings?

                                    I noticed when I (re)install a core using retropie_setup, it creates a retroarch.cfg.rp-dist in the respective config directory. You can use it to "restore factory settings".
                                    ;-)

                                    Handy-Dandy Indeed!

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