All is working as it should now, thanks again!

@mbernier said in DOSBOX exit key mapping on gamepad issue:

In my case i did not notice immediatly because it only affected non libretro package like redream, dosbox, vice and jzintv. All the others was working properly so it's something that can easily go unnoticed.

My guess is only SDL1 apps would not be able to work reliably without the trigger_to_buttons param, all other SDL2 applications, should have better support for this configuration.

@mitu thanks,it looks like xinit wasn't launching but in any case changing to SDL2 has made it much better! Much appreciated.

@good_punk Not sure what tweaks Dosbian added to their Dosbox versions, one thing I see is that they've disabled the KMS GPU driver in their config

[pi4] # Enable DRM VC4 V3D driver on top of the dispmanx display stack #dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d max_framebuffers=2

Either Dosbox or Dosbox-Staging should be ok, start with the default configuration and try to find a fixed cycles value that's suitable for each game (on ARM, cycles = auto doesn't work so well). You can ask in the Dosbox-Staging topic or look in the Dosbox Staging wiki for pointers.

@muldjord I just tried it and it works as promised. Thanks again!

@eberhab After more research it turns out that this is a "Pro Controller" related issue which affects all cores and emulators. It has already been beautifully solved here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/16503/how-to-connect-a-switch-pro-controller-with-analog-stick-without-xboxdrv

@eberhab hi. Good to know it's working and that you were able to sort a lot by reading that thread.

As far as the emulators... Just stick with Pure and Staging. Not sure what's wrong with the pure setup that you get a blank screen. Make sure the .conf options for pure are specific to the emulator version.

Theyre working on yet another fork of DOSBox that looks promising. Keep an eye on that thread. The guys on there are very helpful.

@codafire

Hi. You kinda skipped a few steps in describing the issue. What emulator are you using. What version of Retropie? RetroArch? There are 4 emulator options for Dos and each is slightly different version from each other. So that's really important.

Also... Are you saving the config to the same file or renaming it to a new one? How are you doing this in the emulator? Do you know how to look at the files of RetroPie? If so, what does the .map file say?

I thought I'd tried that option and have just realised why it didn't work. When you change the Port 1 controls to "Keyboard + Mouse", you can't actually assign any of the controls. You have to go back to the main Controls menu, THEN go back into the sub-menu and assign the ones you want.

@stoo said in "Dosbox" mount c /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc doesn't exist:

sudo mount -t cifs -o uid=pi,guest,nounix,noserverino //192.168.0.250/storage/RetroPie /home/pi/RetroPie

I am not sure why (maybe the vers=1.0) but using your recommended mount worked perfectly. I appreciate all the assistance to get this sorted. I was definitely stumped on this one. Mark this as solved.

@codafire You're welcome!

Everything you need should be right here:
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/EmulationStation/#custom-collections

@andreas99

Looks like a very nice idea.

Can't help you with comments though,
I am not using dosbox that often.

Keep up the good work !

In the meantime, hope someday we might get package versions of dosbox staging and disbox-X too, these seems to be eqally cool projects.

Nobody knows hot to help? Ah the above mentioned combo works with the italian layout which i sat in retroarch otions menu

Well, actually after some more research, as of the current version, the 0.11, there si no way to do this, but only when restarting a game already launched, instructions are in the official github project page here.

@luckyluca
Solved it.

For anybody wondering, you must delete the fle SDLPoP.ini
run prince to generate it again (rename to .ini)
uncomment the gamecontroller line
download the file https://github.com/gabomdq/SDL_GameControllerDB/blob/master/gamecontrollerdb.txt
into the same folder where prince is.

Voila'!

@thorr69 Great solution, thanks a lot :).

I turned the scan off and removed it from the gamelist.xml it's gone now and it stays away, awesome!

@mitu - as always you are a person of high class and a scholar. Renamed the directory with a name shorter than 9 characters and it's good to go. Thx.

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@steams71 I messed around with a few different cycles, it somewhat helps...but it just seems this game is on the cusp of the Pi's performance envelope. I found around 16,000 - 18,000 is the best it can do and not have audio issues.

I turned off all the fun caveats of the game and just run it as a clean ice, bare bones game.

I'm not thrilled...but I'm very happy to have it running and playable on my build.

Thanks for the help!