First attempt with Retropie 4.2 install trouble

rbaker

@RetroHopeful said in First attempt with Retropie 4.2 install trouble:

When I replugged SD card into my windows 10 machine it said it found errors on SD card and asked if I wanted to fix this. I said yes.

I believe that this is your problem. The best thing is to format your card and just write a fresh image. Why did you put the card into your PC? The card will have Linux partition on that cannot be read by windows.

The process is download image > extract image > write image and you are good to go. Now, based on this:

On the first boot I only saw Retropie and in grey bar on emulation station it never showed 13 games like all the pictures, it had configuration instead

It seems you are actually working! You have to configure your controllers at this point. have you followed the guide step by step? What are the 13 games that you are referring to? Retropie does not come with any, you are most likely seeing the configuration menu options. Emulators only show up when you add roms. Reading back through your post, I am not clear what the issue is really? You have to press start and select together to escape a game.

RetroHopeful

@N-A-R-E-K-96
Both, I think I used standard windows formatter on the initial download of Retropie that I keep in my Raspberry Pi and I used SD Formatter with format size ON to my SD card I tranfered Rom with. Could that have created a problem? I am really learning as I go.

RetroHopeful

@pjft

Hi how would I go about redefining my controls?
I'm sorry I'm so new to linux.
Yes, I agree I cringe every time I cut the power. :/
Yes, I'm thinking I may have to start from scratch again, too.
Thank you for encouragment, I have a scatter brain and have been lost at what to do next.

RetroHopeful

@rbaker
Hi
I put the card into my PC to download and do the process you mentioned to my SD card.
Is there a better way?
I have tried to press start and select together my controller has no effect in a game But it will let me select one. Then nothing. game does it own thing and doesn't recognise any input.
Thanks

RetroHopeful

@RetroHopeful
Yes, I followed that exact guide.
The 13 games I'm referring to, that I don't see, is in the link you posted(retropie first installation) above just a bit more than half way down the page.
If I don't see that does that confirm I have done something wrong or is it normal to say configuration instead of 13 games in the most up-to-date version of retropie?

mediamogul

@RetroHopeful

is it normal to say configuration instead of 13 games in the most up-to-date version of retropie?

It is indeed. "13 Games" was referencing the 13 default menu items in the RetroPie menu of emulation Station. Since no games are ever in that menu, it was changed to avoid confusion. The tutorial images just haven't been updated to reflect the change.

herb_fargus

@mediamogul said in First attempt with Retropie 4.2 install trouble:

The tutorial images just haven't been updated to reflect the change.

My bad :p

pjft

@RetroHopeful no need to do anything in Linux. :)

On EmulationStation press start and there should be a menu option for controls configuration.

If you don't have an entry for hotkey, though, do make sure to have set up the select key as exiting is fl done by pressing select and start at the same time in that case.

RetroHopeful

@herb_fargus

Thank you Herb
Believe me I have Read so many Docs, some more than once; but, my head can only absorb so much at one time and this is all so new to me. Problem is most of it is above me and requires knowledge to understand what is being explained.

RetroHopeful

@pjft
please clarify what this means: "as exiting is fl"
I turned Pi on and went back into configuration > configure input > configuring usb gamepad 2 >re-inputted the control settings for my SNES and at end it said I didn't have a hotkey enable and pressed start and select at same time but it did not define. > OK > You didn't chosse a hotkey enable button. This is required for exiting games with a controller. do you want to se the select button default?Please answer yes to use select or no to not set a hotkey enable button> YES> quit>restart system.
Same thing gamepad has no effect in game. :/

pjft

@RetroHopeful It's a typo. "As exiting is currently done by pressing select and start".

Does your controller have a "select" button?

Can you explicitly press "select" when asked for the hotkey?

Also, can you update the RetroPie-Setup script? You need to go to the RetroPie section > RetroPie Setup > Update RetroPie Setup scripts (or similar).

Then redefine the inputs.

What happens if you press Select + (the top button - triangle on the PSX controller, maybe X on the SNES)?

What emulator are you using when it launches a game? What text shows up?

RetroHopeful

@pjft
yes it looks just like the image in first installation doc. SNES
I did it again and pressed 'select' as hotkey enable in configuring gamepad 2 but it stayed not defined and moved onto ok and same thing asked "You didn't choose a hotkey enable button. This is required for exiting games with a controller. do you want to use the select button default?Please answer yes to use select or no to not set a hotkey enable button" I clicked YES >
atari 2600 lr-stella
I will run update script again. I think I did it but will do again now.
Thank you for your help.

pjft

@RetroHopeful Hm.

That is weird, the fact that it does not select a hotkey.

Can you retrieve the contents of /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_input.cfg?

Or, alternatively, go to the command line and run

cat /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_input.cfg

I'm keen on seeing what's set for HotKey and Select - I'd expect it to be the same key.

I don't know where it would be stored on the RetroArch settings, but it's a start.

RetroHopeful

@pjft
did not find need package trying to install now.... ok> would you like to update the underlying OSpackages choose YES
Reading package lists....

NB: The fist time I plugged my noobs 16gb sd card was into my PC not the Raspberry Pi and reformatted before doing anything to it. Is this where I went wrong?

it is doing a lot of Get:87 http:// mirrored director.raspbian.org/raspbian/ jessie/main blahblah stuff now at Get:91 and Reading changelogs..

Thank you so much I feel like I'm getting somewhere. :)

Unpacking.....

pjft

@RetroHopeful Oh, oh, oh... :|

Well, if you're going through it already, it's fine, that that may be an overkill.

I was actually just suggesting updating the RetroPie-Setup scripts - it should be a 5 second thing, under "Update RetroPie-Setup script".

You may be going for a full blown update, which would likely not be needed. If you get a prompt to interrupt it at any time, feel free to stop it. :/

If not... well, let's go with it and see where it takes us.

RetroHopeful

@pjft
I'm not sure how to actually tell it to go to command line area. It just takes me there. It's been along time since I've actually used sudo shotdown properly. I'm usually stuck in game watching it play by itself without control. I think I buggered something up the first time it asked in a game to setup control and I got stuck and went to a place I shouldn't be allowed and changed configurations to something.

But I will see where I'm at after it does its thing here. it lookes like it is now installing lots of lr stuff.

If I get to command line you would like me to paste this: cat /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_input.cfg in there eh?

RetroHopeful

@pjft

okay it says installed packages have been updated. > OK > restarting system

RetroHopeful

@pjft
Can you retrieve the contents of /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_input.cfg?

Or, alternatively, go to the command line and run

cat /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_input.cfg

How would I go about doing this? I don't know how to get back to where all scripts ran.
I tryed reading a doc but I am not on the same page lol literally.

pjft

Have you confirmed after updating and re configuring the controls that you can't exit with select+start, and that nothing happens when you press select+triangle/X in game?

RetroHopeful

@pjft
Hi
I was scared to do that due to fact I always end up pulling plug to get out.
I did figure out Fn and F4 takes me to command line though

do you want me to run the command or see if I get stuck in game first?