I wonder if there is a solution to getting PS1 controllers working on the Pi?

@sheeep said in Emulationstation won't start, fresh install:

@mitu but shouldn’t more people be with exactly this problem? because they use the given image?

I don't know, I'm not familiar with the RetroFlag's case configurations. You can probably just pick a few lines from their config.txt to add to the default (from the image) configuration file, but since I can't test, I'm not sure what/if will work.

@cdaters You mean I can use png files also? And the naming, system.png instead of system.svg?

Post some details about your setup, as asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

Get a verbose log from running an emulator and then post the resulting log file on pastebin.com. Also post your joystick configuration profile here in the topic, surrounded by code tags (``` before and after the contents)

Thanks all. Will keep on trucking.

It's ok, I figured it out, the problem was that the roms where in folders. This thread can be closed. Thanks.

@mitu It doesn't let me verify it

@eje211 said in Dolphin works from the GUI but not from Emulation Station:

There are still a few more things to configure, such as getting RetroPie's shortcuts to work in Dolphin, but at least the games start!

If you are referring to the Hotkeys, you would have to be running lr-dolphin for that to work. The standalone emulator does have the ability to configure hotkeys, but you will need to do it through the dolphin settings menu.

@eje211 https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Add-a-New-System-in-EmulationStation/#step-31-launch-roms-with-the-runcommand-script

You need to edit the launch command in your emulators.cfg at /opt/retropie/configs/gc/emulators.cfg and/or /opt/retropie/configs/wii/emulators.cfg. Replace the command (or add a new one) to use your installed binary instead of /opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/dolphin-emu

Can you please add the full details about your setup asked in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first ?

Try running EmulationStation manually from the command line (after it crashes) with

emulationstation --debug

and post the last error shown on the screen when it crashes ? I still suspect there's a connection issue with the controller, the crash is usually indicating a bad connection (controller disconnects immediately after being detected).

@TPR Thanks for reporting back in detail. Good to see it working now. As a courtesy to other users pls mark the subject in the original post with "solved".

@lovemehate said in No matter what image i use on RP3+ controllers wont get detected:

is this the same one that comes with Raspberry pi imager ?

Yes, Raspberry Pi Imager downloads the same images.

@Robbierob1973
If it is not a typo mistake and you are using RecalBox, then, i think that you confused the forums.
RecalBox : https://forum.recalbox.com/

Well... I just figured out what was causing this, although I still don't understand why it was causing it, so if anyone has any suggestions I'd still like to hear them.

I start EmulationStation with the "screensize" command line parameter, because I'm running at 240p on a CRT with a super-resolution (1920x240), and if I don't do that Emulationstation gets confused and scales things wrong. I then use XWindow's built-in scaling to scale EmulationStation to the full width of the screen.

This morning I changed it from this:

--screensize 300 225

to this:

--screensize 300 222

because a few lines were getting cut off on the bottom. I neglected to change the horizontal though, I should have changed it to 296, to keep the aspect ratio at 4:3. Apparently it was the aspect ratio change, even though it was tiny, that screwed the buttons up.

I had moved on to editing my theme and completely forgotten about making that change by the time I noticed the messed up buttons. Oops. :-)

@frogmelodies
Impressive could you list the systems supported?

@mitu Will do, thanks!

Sometimes gameplay snaps loop with no problem. Can you perhaps give any insights on why sometimes the snaps freeze after about 15 seconds, but then play ok when I back out of the menu and repload?

@Manukan Ahoy .. I see that the topic is old, but i have going back and forth trying to fix the crash that occurred on my Rp48gb .. I have 2 projects mem card with retropie and o e with emulationstation...
The first works great no problems .. But the second crashes after the boot... I have tried everything that is here and there (all tricks and tips) but with no results...
Finally i decide to try something random that i didnt saw in any forum - ** i have connected the raspberry pi to another tv (the main one was 55in, the second one is 10in and for my surprise it runs without problem)**

So i have no idea did i discovered the hot water... But at least that can save a few ours of pointless wandering around the forums.

If there is fix for thah to be ok with higher resolution so it wont crashes on 55in tv let me know, thanks !

@sleve_mcdichael Sorry but im brand new to using the retropie, so I am not sure how to get the log file, but ill try and do it now :)

@mitu I tried to install the RetroFix theme
It was confirmed that the function of the theme was not supported normally.

First, the system does not seem to support video output and path {random}.

Second, since the minimum size of the image cannot be specified in the grid view, the size ratio of the image is not constant. Moving the selection cursor changes the size of the selected ones, but I hope to ensure a consistent size from the beginning.

There are other minor issues.