I would add that in the /boot/cmdline.txt parameters, I changed the resolution to 768x768 and everything is now centered and looks correct....except, the top few lines of the [TAB] menu in Mame are cut off....

This is so strange.....

@ReadyPlayaWon that’s interesting, thanks. Not too bothered about trying Moto Racer, but I think I’ve got CM2.0 lying around somewhere - I’ll give it a try.

@treki said in Are the individual configurations also backed up?:

Where are the RetroPie settings (RetroPie setup) stored?

Most of them are in the /opt/retropie/configs folder, which is shown as \\retropie\configs over file shares.

Could someone explain to me why amiberry is seen as more plug and play compared to puae, and is the recommended emulator here? Everything I've thrown at puae (lha and hdf) seems to work, I get access to the lovely CRT shaders, and I'm probably going to have to mess about with config on a per game basis for either anyway? Amiberry seems way more of a pain in the arse on several levels, to me - and that's not even considering the strange resolution switching issue I'm getting.
I'm considering just binning it off and going with puae; am I going to regret that for some reason I've yet to experience?

@fatfrog 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

Welcome to this forum.

For RetroArch cores, see https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroArch-Configuration/#hardcoded-configurations. Besides, that applies to the official RetroPie image. Third-party images may have other config hierarchies and are not supported here for that reason (among others).

Other emulators are not standardised and may save their configurations in different places. Which emulators are you exactly interested in?

@BuZz I didn't copy anything on my 4.6 fresh install. Permission issue arose immediately. Of course I should be able to fix with chown.

@Wojima said in Override cfgs won't load:

I also have Save Configuration on Exit and Use Global Core Options File turned off.

You should save a game remap file, not a game override, I don't think input controls are saved in configuration overrides - see https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroArch-Configuration/#core-input-remapping.

You can also leave the global core options on, if you want a per-game option file, then you can save game options just as you do with overrides/remaps.

@Kookamunga said in need help saving settings in retroarch:

Check out my response here:

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12318/failed-saving-config-to-opt-retropie-configs-psx-retroarch-cfg/13?_=1588868505415

See if that works for you.

i found the close session, but when it exited to the nothing running in retroarch menu, i couldn't press anything to navigate...this is difficult for me. i've been trying to fix this for like 4 days hahaah! i suck at this, but i enjoy the challenge i guess! anyway, thanks if anyone has had this happen to them and would throw me a bone, i'd sure appreciate it!
thank you

Self-Solving Problems Department: the trick is to put "cocoe" in the EMULATORS.CFG line rather than "coco"...

@mitu said in Making Gambatte tell the difference between GB and GBColor:

core_options_path =

That was the bit I was missing. Never seen a "core_options_path =" line before. Thanks :)

Okay so I ended up reflashing the sd card and start from scratch, which helped.

@mindfieldx Yes, it's part of the 4.5 release: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/commit/47035624de6e26b52a9c0d7529926c307440a6f5

0 joolswills committed to RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup fixed: make sure autoconf.cfg is owned by $user when adding/changing values

@DetroitKp The 2nd config you posted (corresponding to the USB controller being plugged in) is a full RA config, that is produced when you save the config from the GUI (or enable saving on exit).
Are you sure it's the same file you're posting ? I don't think there's any mechanism in RetroPie to switch those files depending on the controllers used. Maybe the 1st file is the one from /opt/retropie/configs/all and the 2nd one from the /opt/retropie/configs/arcade ?

When you configure a controller, Emulationstation will create a controller configuration file in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads with the button mappings, and that's all.

Your configuration steps are fine, and to choose what player the controller gets assigned, you indeed have to set input_playerX_joypad_index. So 1st controller would have the index 0, assigning it to P3 would be

input_player3_joypad_index = 0

etc.

You can leave input_autodetect_enable to true , otherwise the auto-config mapping for the controller would not be loaded.

I would check where the 2nd file is coming from and if it's from the /opt/retropie/configs/arcade folder, you should reset it to default:

# Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/arcade/" #include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"

I found the problem (or just one solution atm). There is something that libretro does not like in the driver implementation. Now I can fully play the Super Mario in the PC browser and on Android Chrome in my smartphone.

Sorry for the noise and thanks for your time, but hopefully everyone will benefit from this once I have made a demo.

@raulitob You need to learn how folders and paths work in Linux. And also read carefully forum posts.
In Linux, ~ has a special meaning - it's the home folder of the logged on user and its path is /home/<username>. So you're 2nd listing shows the contents of the ~/RetroPie/roms folder (=/home/pi/RetroPie/roms) and NOT the /RetroPie/roms folder.
Please re-read by previous post on configuring the cache folder in Skyscraper's config.ini - which path did I specify ?

ANSWERING YOUR OWN QUESTION AGAIN DEPARTMENT:

Don't ask me to explain this, but to navigate the boot menu you have to hold up on the joystick while tapping the down cursor key on the keyboard.

And I was right, get past that and the emulation is superb, bringing some real curios to the Pi. (For many years, the Tutor had the ONLY home-TV licenced port of Scramble, the only other format to get one being the Vectrex. Quite a brutal version of Mr Do as well.)

@SpudsMcToole I wonder if you get the same results by using

content_directory="/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/x68000/

That might be something worth setting for disc based games.

@mediamogul That sorted the Channel F (with a bit of tweaking), cheers.

The Astrocade I'd already fixed, and it works fine for every game I've tried EXCEPT Space Fortress (unfortunately the best game on the system), which used to run fine but now goes at about 1fps. I tried using your .RC file instead, but the exact same thing happened.

The really freaky one is the Arcadia, though. I can get it to run no problem, right up to the point where I start any game, at which point it plays them by itself. No matter how I set the controls, the player ship will just lurch around, moving and shooting (or whatever) all on its own, regardless of whether I touch the controls or not.

But here's the REALLY wacky part.

If I boot up Pleiades on the Arcadia, it plays through the first three stages by itself. It's pretty good - it clears them all. So I wondered if I'd (somehow) recorded and then played back a previous game. But THEN, and only then, it gives me back control for the last stage (the one where you steer onto an airstrip dodging the parked ships). Keyboard and joystick both control the ship perfectly.

Once I've steered to the target and completed the stage, the Pi takes over and plays by itself again.

If anyone can explain any of THAT, I'm all ears.