@chuck_pierce said in screen_orientation in retroarch.cfg doesn't seem to work:

The video_rotation works like a champ (so my games play in the correct orientation), but the retroarch menu doesn't seem to be able to rotate. I've got a cocktail style machine and have the screen rotated 90 deg. I've tried values 1, 2, 3, and 4 with no changes to the retroarch menu.

that's right. this function is intended to rotate the GAME, not the whole session. it is working as intended. it looks like there's an outstanding issue to rotate the whole lot outside of X, that you could follow here: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/6770

unfortunately the ability to rotate the entire session outside of X does not exist for pi4, as far as i know.

natinusala created this issue in libretro/RetroArch open Menu ignores video_rotation configuration #6770

@retro81 Actually I may make it ask the user to update from RetroPie-Setup, to keep updating handled in one place.

@daviidx6tance Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

Please provide more information as detailed in link.

@iga said in retropie on composite tv-out (wrong colors or wrong picture at all) How to config?:

But why exactly 720 not 640??

Why would it be 640 ? That's a standard NTSC TV video mode, 640x480 is a VGA/VESA video mode that appeared later on.

@mitu

OK thank you. I will start from a new image.

@mitu for me it'a Pi 3 so i download for 2/3
i restart all with the fils for Pi 0/1

sorry my mistake.

@redpiperbob Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

Please provide more details of your set-up - which image you downloaded and so on.

@mitu said in Cannot edit /etc/modeprobe.d/bluetooth.conf:

@pscotto1234 Unless you installed the ps3controller driver, which disables the OS Bluetooth stack, there shouldn't be any issues.
You might have to re-pair the controller and - recommended - re-configure it in EmulationStation after installing the driver, but that's all.

Ok. Thanks.

@SuperFella well that command set read write and execute permissions to all users, so it would indeed do it!

Thanks pal will do. Cheers
@windg

Try updating Retropie-Setup and then re-installing drastic.

Yes, it solved the problem.
thank you!

So I just wiped InputAutoConfig.ini and started again.

When it's this:

; Keyboard_START [Keyboard] plugged = True plugin = 2 mouse = False DPad R = key(100) DPad L = key(97) DPad D = key(115) DPad U = key(119) Start = key(13) Z Trig = key(122) B Button = key(306) A Button = key(304) C Button R = key(108) C Button L = key(106) C Button D = key(107) C Button U = key(105) R Trig = key(99) L Trig = key(120) Mempak switch = key(44) Rumblepak switch = key(46) X Axis = key(276,275) Y Axis = key(273,274) ; Keyboard_END

the game works perfectly, but keyboard only - WASD and cursors and a few others.

When I add this:

; usb gamepad _START [usb gamepad ] plugged = True Start = button(6) A Button = button(1) B Button = button(2) X Axis = "hat(0 Left Right)" Y Axis = "hat(0 Up Down)" ; usb gamepad _END

the keyboard stops working and the Start, A and B buttons all map to the proper buttons on the arcade joystick, (and button 5 quits back to EmulationStation) but the stick itself does absolutely nothing.

Those X and Y axis lines are taken from some semi-gibberish here:

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Nintendo-64/

where it says *"Note for configuring Arcade Joystick or non analogue controller to use N64 correctly.
Changing the below inside /opt/retropie/configs/n64/InputAutoCfg.ini

From X Axis = "hat(0 Left, 0 Right)" Y Axis = "hat(0 Up, 0 Down)"

To X Axis = "hat(0 Left Right)" Y Axis = "hat(0 Up Down)""*

But none of those lines, with or without quote marks, make the joystick do anything at all.

If I change it to:

; usb gamepad _START [usb gamepad ] plugged = True Start = button(6) A Button = button(1) B Button = button(2) DPad D = hat(0 Down) DPad U = hat(0 Up) DPad L = hat(0 Left) DPad R = hat(0 Right) ; usb gamepad _END

nothing changes. The stick still does nothing, whether I put quotes round the hat commands or not.

What in blazes do I need to do to make the dumb emulator recognise the stick?

Thanks that fixed it.

Great. That worked. The configuration has been saved to the file.

Regarding the theme for the Commodore 128...

I have found the Commodore 128 system logo from UDb23 (c128_ingo_udb.svg)
Is there also a keyboard image (red) for the C128 available like for the C64?
I haven't found anything yet.

Then my system integration into ES is nearly perfect. :)

Thank you for the support again it was a great help to sort out the errors!

Take a look at https://github.com/recalbox/mk_arcade_joystick_rpi, it's similar to what you have in mind and it's already included in RetroPie.

update: I think I found the main problem with my config. I installed the joystick selection tool
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/1167/here-is-a-way-to-select-joystick-for-players-1-4-global-or-emu-specific
to check what's been set up for the players.

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Yeah, okay... ;-) No idea what caused that configuration...
I moved The DragonRise Controller to P1 now and set P2-P4 to ** UNSET **

Now, in lr-genesis-plus-gx all keys are working as expected, Retroarch GUI is showing up also! :-)