Well, you guys are awesome. Once I figured out where to change input settings in Retroarch..and then how to save my configuration...I got it working. The mappings for the left analog stick were blank, somehow. Note: I edited the main RetroArch config, and not Core configs. Both were blank, but I wanted it to correct every N64 rom.

I assume that means the Dpad was working, and it just wasn't being needed by Mario64, which I was testing on.

The mappings for N64 are described in the emulators doc page - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Nintendo-64/. If you wish to change it, you can either use RetroArch's input remapping for the lr-mupen64/lr-mupen64-next emulators or editing the InputAutoCfg.ini for the standalone mupen64plus emulator.

@omission229 No, sorry, otherwise I would have said so.

@dankcushions I would think these tweaks would be saved in a ini or text file somwhere.

Use the image from retropie.org.uk/download and it should work fine, we don't support 3rd party images.

Adapter seems to be working great, tried out some more games over the weekend and I'm loving it so far. I was also able to map the table of hotkey combos (updated above), except the "Input State Slot Increase/Decrease" triggers at the same time that I go to Save or Load which is mapped to D-Pad right/left.

All retroarch.cfg:

input_state_slot_increase = "right" input_state_slot_decrease = "left"

N64 retroarch.cfg:

input_state_slot_decrease = "nul" input_state_slot_decrease_axis = "-3" input_state_slot_decrease_btn = "nul" input_state_slot_decrease_mbtn = "nul" input_state_slot_increase = "nul" input_state_slot_increase_axis = "+3" input_state_slot_increase_btn = "nul" input_state_slot_increase_mbtn = "nul"

-3 and +3 are C-Button left and right. If I set the All config to "nul", they won't work in any other emulator, correct? Should -3 and +3 be mapped to input_state_slot_increase/decrease instead of the ones with "_axis"?

@stephenrossi20 said in N64 games running slow on Rasberry Pi 4..Help!!:

is there a way to make them run more smooth?? all options are on the table

Overclock your GPU and via the Runcommand, select a recommended N64 Emulator, Resolution, Setting per Rom/Game as detailed in this list below ...

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Rq4shU1RUSdcc7cTVWeORMD-mcO6BwXwQ7TGw8f5_zw/view#gid=1983504515

@quicksilver it’s not any game specifically, just an general question of where the bottleneck is. With all this extra power in the pi4, many other games on other emulators that slightly struggled on a pi3 systems, perform excellent now, and I can see they are using the pi4s cpu to the max. But n64 wasn’t taking advantage of that extra cpu power, no matter what emulator I chose, it slightly performed better than a PI3b+.

We may have to amend the docs and don't recommend ds4drv anymore. Try with regular bluetooth pairing again - it should work.

@crush Yeah, I think Vilros was going for the original 6 button layout rather than the extra features Retro-bit did. The Retro-bit controllers are admittedly a nicer option as far as Genesis goes.

I think I'd prefer my 8bitDo SN30 pro for SNES and Playstation. But I plan to get this set for the NES and N64 options, and the rest can be used as controllers by friends/family. I've yet to decide what I want to do for Sega, but I may just get this one and get the Retro-bit when I have the luxury of extra game budget.

@quicksilver thanks a lot for this. Worked a treat on the crackling sounds I was experiencing

@dankcushions Ok, now i see, thanks

@nyvram said in N64 question...something overwriting my changes to mupen64plus.cfg. What is it?:

/configs/n64/emulators.cfg included hard-coded resolutions (1920x1080) for widesceen monitors and this was what kept overwriting the [video-general] section in the mupen64plus.cfg file.

That's strange, there shouldn't be any hardcoded values there with a default RetroPie install - unless the user has manually modified the launch scripts. How did you install RetroPie ?

@mitu I sincerely apologize I assumed my message was clear. The buttons were mapped but they were mapped to the joystick and the D-pad, etc. However, I was able to figure it out this morning. I keep trying to change the controller config under Quick Menu and then Controls but it is actually under Settings and then Input. I sincerely apologize for the confusion. I really appreciate your time.

@krystalis I thought it might be more than just that diagram. I did have to do a minor edit to the config file for the controller, but I can't remember what it was. I hope you get it sorted.

@ifail

lr-mupen64plus @ 640x480 (select the resolution from the runcommand menu)

but will only run at about 20fps

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Rq4shU1RUSdcc7cTVWeORMD-mcO6BwXwQ7TGw8f5_zw/view#gid=1983504515

also, consider overclocking

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Optimization-for-Nintendo-64/