@mitu ok, Thanks anyway. I also found this pr on github so it seems like they're working on it.

https://gitlab.com/recalbox/recalbox/-/merge_requests/1273/diffs

From the looks of it it seems to be an overlay for button press display. Like, for streamers.

@ClassicGMR That's another rule: "Never do anything stupid without a backup (including not making the backup)."

@JPGraphX just go into raspi-config and change the wait for network on boot setting.

... 1) https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Running-ROMs-from-a-USB-drive 2) http://mardell.me/blog/how-to-load-roms-from-a-usb-drive-on-retropie/. Both links had about the same steps

no they don't. 1) says to not edit your es_system.cfg file, but 2) exclusively says that. they're entirely different approaches. we only recommend method 1).

doing some of hybrid of both methods will break everything. you need to reverse everything you've done and start again.

@Rey no such thing as a pi3 B+. Just get the standard pi 3.

Some links here: https://retropie.org.uk/documentation/building-your-own-retropie-machine/

The problem has resolved itself. Don't know what was happening there.
The only thing I changed was the wifi setup.