RetroPie - on the Pi models - doesn't use the desktop at all and it runs as a dedicated application (EmulationStation) from the console. If you want to use your Pi4 as a desktop enabled computer, perhaps it would be better to use Raspberry Pi OS and install the same emulators that RetroPie uses and run them standalone.
You can start RetroPie from the desktop environment, but it's not a supported configuration and not something we recommend.

@mitu

In emulation station go to raspi config..look for display and you can set all consoles to play full screen or whatever size screen you want

Nervermind. Thanks for the tone. By the way, I was able to figure it all out with shaders and no lag.

@IanDaemon said in Need to delete collections for systems i don't want:

If you're using a "pre-made" or "pre-loaded" system then you're going to have a REAL hard time finding anyone that can help you.

"Help" posted above :)

@IanDaemon said in Need to delete collections for systems i don't want:

Add ROM, see system. If there are no ROMs in the folder you won't see the system in the carousel.

P.S. Roms list in Carousel and Collections are 2 different things.

Thank you both

It Worked!!!!

that did the trick !!!!!!

I am using the my old boy GBC emulator.

@MartyH1988

First try to follow all these steps (all of them from the top!):
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Wifi/

Then to transfer roms over the network follow these steps:
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Transferring-Roms/#samba-shares

Make sure you place the roms in the right folders! Read the documentation. For example for the SNES:
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Super-Nintendo-Entertainment-System/#roms

If you cant find the network share, perhaps try this way of accessing your pi through SFTP.
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Transferring-Roms/#sftp

I've been unable to connect to the network share on my pi. For me it turned out I'm having a problem that windows 10 had certain group policies disabled that blocked the share. The fix was explained here. Though, I didnt like the idea of leaving insecure policies open, so I decided to transfer roms with SFTP. Or alternatively, using an old windows 7 laptop, which could access the share.

I don't think super glue would work because if it heats up anything over "kinda hot" it melts and starts to smell awful. Another bad glue to use is that stuff you use on fake fingernails. Smells bad without any heat or anything. It has toxic fumes. I once tried to attach a fan to a motor shaft with it. I turned the fan on and it started to blow a cloud of basically poison into the air. It was like hitting a wall. I started coughing, my lungs were burning, my eyes were watering, the whole nine yards. So yeah. If you need to fix your Pi with glue, hot glue is the way the go.

@jpm92 Nice! Thanks JPM!

@mitu I do apologise, I didn't know it was against your licence but I can see why.

Thank you for your help, I will start over and hopefully it will fix my problem.

@vasquez109 said in Help i've broken it!!:

Any advice to make my machine go back to the good old days?

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/FAQ/#why-emulationstation-doesnt-start-automatically-after-an-update

sorry i havent readed the read-this-first. page im new here hope you doint mind.
if you want to know this is the exact message

lvl0: Error creating SDL window!
Could not get EGL display
lvl0: Renderer failed to initialize!
lvl0: Window failed to initialize!

@XionXero said in Controller Help Needed:

Just got my Raspberry Pi 3+ and a preloaded flash drive from amazon.

So, you don't use the official Retropie image? Third party images are not supported here, because they may differ from the official one and thus, may have problems which the official doesn't. If you haven't installed the official image, you should do so. (But don't forget to backup any data that you don't want to lose before that!)

Furthermore, if you bought Retropie, it's illegal and you were cheated by the seller, because the Retropie license forbids selling of any kind.

Sorry to put it that bluntly, but it is like it is. If you're already using the official image, just ignore this post. 😌

@Towerson25 Maybe related to overscan settings

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Overscan

@mitu lol, i didn't know that, ty

@mitu sorry, must have read too quickly. I was thinking one credit per each time the emulator is started, and then drop a credit when the game exits.

@Eyeball_36 I get something similar sometimes with n64 games. I'm not sure what was causing it but I have suspected the resolution changing from my default settings to the rom defined settings when launching a rom has something to do with it.

Are the videos forcing the resolution to change? Also have you tried enabling/disabling dismpmax?

@Rubencn1234 Looks like a corrupted SD card - can you show a screenshot ?