RetroArch Config Confusion and Issues

Wolfman100

@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

dankcushions

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

Riverstorm

@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! :)

Wolfman100

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?

Wolfman100

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

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.

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....

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".
;-)

Riverstorm

@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. :)

Wolfman100

@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!