@JimmyDansbo After testing with the official repo i updated the script to point to it and it exits the emulator fine with ALT + F4 so that's perfect. Just need to work out how to squeeze better performance out of the Pi as i only tested a handful of games getting them in game and then closing the emulator.

I would say it's on par so far with the Sega Dreamcast, Sega Saturn which means it can be used but it's certainly not ideal and it also depends on a per game basis. I ran a text based adventure on the Pi and it ran ok and completely usable but one of the space games it was sluggish both in game play and sound and was a little distracting from the enjoyment.

I'm wracking my brain to figure out what could be done to squeeze a little more performance out of i, even if we got 5/10% extra it would be something although ideal if we can get closer to 95-100%. I'll report back when i find a solution or something.

@duglor i dont know. i dont try it on older versions. you will have to go and manual copy the file over if you are using anything older then 4.8.9.

i did that since im using new helper commands that PR uses that are not there in the older versions and im not making different files for older RP versions. thats too much and can make things too messy
sorry

@mitu I had no idea the Pixel environment was a thing. Just rebuilt my RetroPie and it works much better, thanks

The ppsspp repository is quite large, so a full (shallow or not) clone may exhibit issues due to the amount of submodules and data transferred. If you already have the emulator installed, then there's no point in re-installing it, otherwise try again later on - there's a Github/connection issue and not a RetroPie problem.

@Vircon32 Alright. Let's continue the discussion in "Ideas and Development" - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/36435/

Hi, I have been tinkering with the ZEsarUX on the Retropie 4. I don't know which version it is, however. It's from 2023. I think it's before X.

Anyway, to keep it simple. There is a game - head over heels.nex For the ZXSpectrum Next that i'd like to play on the pie on this emulator.

If i default the rom to Zesarux in emulation station, it does not play simply from a launch there. After launch, there is a menu i can bring up with F5. Can anyone please tell me what i must set and what bios files (i already have them in place from 2 years ago for lr-fuse) i need and where they must go and any other extras?

I dont see tbblue(ZX spectrum Next) on the menu list of machines when i bring up F5 and peruse the machine list.

So simply put, what must i set on the menu to play this game? Or should i make the emulator default in the emulators.cfg file to
ZXSpectrumNext = "/opt/retropie/emulators/zesarux/bin/zesarux --mmc-file tbblue.mmc --enable-mmc --enable-divmmc-ports --machine tbblue %ROM%" ?

i have the tbblue.mmc .h .c and loader.rom sitting on my computer desktop waiting to put them anywhere you tell me to ! be well! -Doug S
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@mitu
Thanks for your reply,
I have both an eep and srm file however the srm file is the most recent one by date.
Below is a screenshot of files,
IMG_20231227_191025.jpg

@mitu Thank you. I went thru the link you mentioned. I think I can follow the instructions on how to set it up. The main problem I have is how to configure buttons that I have available. By default, the emulator looks to be set for keyboard so I need to reprogram all the buttons and the joystick as the keyboard is not connected to the system. I just don't know what options to set for each button so I can launch a game, play it and then come back to the emulator to select another game.

As to the screenshot, it is Batocera but I am just trying things. Have same problem with button setup in Retropie as well.

@jamrom2 Thanks

Alright, made it work and runs nicely!

Only one small problem remains, that is, the mouse API doesn't seem to pick up any mouse movements which leads me to think maybe I need a mouse driver loaded?

Looking forward to do some performance tests too later on.

@skankieflank You can install it like any other emulator, though we don't have the latest version (yet) added.

@tmxretro the "h" key is the default retroarch "reset content" hotkey and, without a controller connected, there is no default "enable hotkey" hotkey configured, so all the other ones (like "reset content") will work on their own, with just a single keypress.

You can toggle game focus with the "game focus (toggle)" hotkey (default: scroll_lock, configurable from settings > input > hotkeys > game focus (toggle)). While game focus is enabled, other hotkeys (including "exit emulator") will not function, passing full keyboard control to the loaded core; press scroll_lock again to disable game focus and return hotkey functionality.

@windg thanks and sorry for not spotting that post before making my own.

@DTEAM

I switched to lr-picodrive for SMS/GG/Genesis/Sega CD/32x a few years ago when there was some kind of breakthrough on the devs' part in terms of accuracy and compatibility, even on my x86 machines.

The speed of the thing is incredible (It can run Sega CD games full speed on a Pi Zero W!) and the accuracy is also good. It even emulates weirder things like the YM2413 synth chip the Japanese SMS had.

Thank you all very much for your help. Everything turned out updating the script retropie_setup.sh . Thanks a lot

@mitu So where i can ask?

I remove lr-mupen64plus-next and lr-ppsspp from retroarch setup.
I install it again and it works ! I can go into the rgui menu (strange thing i mapped hotkey on the xbox button and i can with select + Y !!! (but i can !).
With another emulator (lr-beetle-psx, i can quit a game with select + start.
Not from fresh install emulator. Have i something to parameter in rgui menu

Regards.