Never mind. Got configs and maps stuck in my head and used overrides and it worked.

@mitu Never used Reset, at least that I know of. But thanks for that tip. I'll be sure to avoid it.

@snock said in retroarch.cfg global and core.: So if the roms is executed, and automatically the retroarch.cfg of the specific system (turbografx cd) is modified and many configuration lines are added. That's because you've activated Save on Exit in RetroArch's RGUI for that system or maybe you've reset the configuration file from the RGUI - on exit, the simple retroarch.cfg for that system is overwritten by RetroArch.

@mitu thanks at least I know I am not crazy! Yeah playing on a PC for lightgun games and lightgun support is wonky for other mame versions and for various reasons not wanting to do advance mame. I use mame-2003-plus and fb alpha on the pi.

@Dj-EKI If you'd like that combo to open the menu, then open RetroArch from the RetroPie system in EmulationStation, set the option and then save your configuration. To leave a game, you'll have to use either a Hotkey + Start - which you don't want - or disable the Hotkey and choose another button for the exit hotkey. Pressing that button will automatically exit the game.

@StigNasty said in Another total noob question: Two questions: 1. What does this mean? 2. How do I do this? It means you've been using a development branch of the RetroPie-Setup script and that branch (version) will be deleted, so you'll not be able to update in the future. From the command line, execute the following: cd $HOME/RetroPie-Setup git reset --hard git checkout master OR cd $HOME sudo rm -fr ./RetroPie-Setup git clone https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup

@dankcushions Thanks for the response. Dumb of me. I already have many of the game specific RetroArch configs on MAME for overlays. In my personal experience, the per game core saves haven't worked for a while. This goes for my 3B+ and my 4B. Would you mind checking to see that it works? In my experience it defaults to whatever options I used in the core last, regardless of whether there is a game save. Remaps work for me, but core options haven't for some time. May be because my roms are all on a USB? Not sure. I just tried one and when I booted up the rom, it saved over my core settings with the last settings I used. mupen64plus-next-pak4 = "memory" --> mupen64plus-next-pak4 = "none" I've tried using PS1 (lr-pcsx-rearmed) roms as well depending on whether the speed hack and increased res options are viable/necessary or controller needs set to analog. Is this by chance something you (or someone else) would be willing to test quickly? Thanks. ================================ https://pastebin.com/sHc7fVpz -- Diddy Kong Racing (U) (v1.1) [!].opt located in /opt/configs/all/retroarch/config/Mupen64Plus-Next GLES2 https://pastebin.com/SjnGwhR6 --retroarch.cfg

Nobody? Not asking for any solutions, just want to know if it runs properly for anyone else...

Just bumping my post. Still not sure what to do about the hotkey situation.

@ddallman said in Player 1 START button not working IN GAME - CPS1: What could be the deal? If the start button works everywhere except the cps1 games, i would expect the issue to be in mame2003's cps1 emulation ? However i don't think you'll get support for this emulator, using mame2003-plus or FBNeo is highly recommended nowaday. Also, FBNeo is supposed to provide the best experience with cps1/cps2 in terms of accuracy and input lag.

@rkoster ty for tagging :)

If your Gpi is a newer model, the select button was changed to the start button, so select+DPAD LEFT becomes start+DPAD LEFT.

@mitu so far I've changed every setting I can find to fix this but it's either fully stretched or displays in the far right bottom corner with most of the screen cut off including the retroarch menu I gave up editing config files manually and just adjusted the screen from within retroarch gui, it ended up being an odd size resolution tho

@eklynx It's not possible to selectively enable the hotkey for certain commands. It's a global selection - it's either enabled (and it's used for all hotkey shortcuts) or not (and the hotkey shortcuts execute without it).

@Agustinb14 said in Controls don't work in retroarch or in console games: I can't seem to be able to bind 2 different hotkey keys for my controls but that's ok. At least I can play now. Only Player1 is able to access the hotkeys' functions - P2 cannot control them (including opening the menu). Glad you got it working in the end.

Please give more details about your setup - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

@DetroitKp The type of device is internal to the core - if the core should expect a RetroPad (a logical gamepad) or other type of device - it's not for setting which physical device is connected - see https://docs.libretro.com/guides/input-and-controls/. To designate the gamepad as P2, you just need to set input_player1_joypad_index, or input_player2_joypad_index, etc. For you, to set P1 as keyboard, you need to set P2 to have the index 0 (1st gamepad): input_player2_joypad_index=0 which is what the configuration editor will do.

@mitu Thanks Mitu! Really appreciate all of your help!