@mitu

Thank you for reply, I end up with following solution to avoid full graphical enviroments:

sudo apt install openbox xterm xinit

add line on /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart

xterm -fs 14 -x maximized /usr/bin/emulationstation

edit /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
and change from ubuntus defaults "console" to "anybody"

allowed_users=anybody

Still have some issues,

auto launch openbox on boot (seems suprising difficult). I would like to control settings -terminal window with a gamepad. steam link is only available for ARM devices it seems.

@desk87 said in Autostart to ES:

System Options > Boot / Auto Login > B2 Console Autologin

All the times i did a manual install, included RPi5, i didn't have to set console to auto login. Try to revert this and set again ES to start at boot and restart, i hope it works.

@wtstreetglow1 said in No games launching currently (please help); everything worked the last time system was shutdown:

It almost as if it can’t find the games/ rom files or something.

Well, are the games there or not ? You can use the File Manager entry in RetroPie to browse any folder on the system, including the ROMs folders.

I went to retropie setup and enabled usb rom mount again but after the restart, still no luck. I took my usb ssd to a windows pc and everything is still there and looks normal on the ssd.

Wasn't enabled before or did you use another method to add the external disc ?

Run the following commands and post the output:

systemctl status usbmount* mount

Can you also post a verbose log from a game that fails to launch ? Use pastebin.com for the log file's contents.

@Lord-Vek You should duplicate the line that was overwritten by the update/upgrade and save it with a custom name. I.e. if the emulator start looks like:

.. emulator1=/opt/retropie/emulators/b-em-allegro4/b-em $1 -disc "$2" | xdotool sleep 1.5 keydown Alt+Return sleep 1 keyup Alt+Return sleep 1.5 keydown Shift_L+F12 sleep 1 keyup Shift_L+F12 ..

just add a similar line, but name the emulator entry differently:

... emulator1-custom=/opt/retropie/emulators/b-em-allegro4/b-em $1 -disc "$2" | xdotool sleep 1.5 keydown Alt+Return sleep 1 keyup Alt+Return sleep 1.5 keydown Shift_L+F12 sleep 1 keyup Shift_L+F12 ...

You can then use the runcommand launch menu to choose this custom emulator to run games.
Since this is a custom emulator (using @Folly's scripts) I don't know what the defaults are and what is the emulators.cfg looks like.

@duglor I think it is not working because the emulator does not do Midi and the text in this game as i have read says that is it piped thru midi. text rather than sound.

@Linkseo my config file won't work for you unless you're using the exact same controllers as I am. It's also been years since I last played around with settings in Drastic.

@Folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess, lr-mame and mame standalone:

Yes I would prefer to limit those to mame only I think otherwise it is getting too messy.

Thank you for the detailed explanation and quick response! I'll make sure not to add the games that aren't in MAME to my system until after I've shared my lists with you guys.

Sorry to post to an old topic, but I'm having problems with this configuration.

I have used your .ini for emulationstation and am able to navigate the emulatationstation menus with the yoke.

My current setup results in the yoke giving digital controls to the game instead of proportional controls.

Here are my game-specific retroarch settings for the PORT 1 controls:
Type: RetroPad w/Analog
A to D Type: Left Analog
...(various button settings)...
D-Pad (4 directions): set to ---
...(various button settings)...
Auto: +0 (N/A): Joystick Right
Auto: -0 (N/A): Joystick Left
Auto: +1 (N/A): Joystick Down
Auto: -1 (N/A): Joystick Up

Could you share the your RetroArch config (in detail) for any game successfully using the GRS Yoke? I think I've tried every variation for the in-game [retroarch-->Controls-->PORT 1 Controls] without success. Either there is no control, or the control is discreet.

Thanks!

@windg thak you ! i don't care about your enghish my enghilsh under constrution too wow !

@mitu Thank you. I went thru the link you mentioned. I think I can follow the instructions on how to set it up. The main problem I have is how to configure buttons that I have available. By default, the emulator looks to be set for keyboard so I need to reprogram all the buttons and the joystick as the keyboard is not connected to the system. I just don't know what options to set for each button so I can launch a game, play it and then come back to the emulator to select another game.

As to the screenshot, it is Batocera but I am just trying things. Have same problem with button setup in Retropie as well.

@alphatoanant Cool, that's really helpful. I have a GitHub account (user: nautipuss) but not familiar with pull requests, I'll stick to uploading them via comments as I create them. I have a few I can upload straight away, and a few more that need some work as they're not pixel perfect and I need to find better source screenshots for them.

For the genre game selections they are mostly from games I'm familiar with from my own gaming past, so let me know if you know of alternative ones that might work better for that genre. I started my gaming life in the arcades of the late 1970s so I have a reasonably good selection in my head, but always open to new ideas.

@billydent said in USB controllers/keyboard no longer work in games, only ES:

I didn't have to go through reinstalling Retroarch -- I deleted retroarch.cfg and rebooted and everything worked again!

As I said earlier, re-installing will add the default RetroPie configuration, which you'll need. Just removing the file and running RetroArch will generate the default RetroArch config, which is not always suited for a Pi. YMMV.

@Golden-Shellback

Hello. In regards to the light gun games you have on your Rpi4... Are the arcade games listed the arcade versions? Like Terminator 2 or Time Crisis? Or are the port versions?

@windg ok it was in Caps didnt know the folder was case sensitive. roms are showing up now Thanks all for help

It seems that the problem was with the multiple .bin files. After I follow the instructions from the link and converted them to a single .bin file, the games work fine. Many thanks!

@windg Thank you!