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    • mdx

      kodi & emulationstation back to back
      Ideas and Development • kodi estation retropie config • • mdx

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    • mdx

      systemd integration for kodi & emulationstation
      Ideas and Development • kodi systemd retropie config essystem guide • • mdx

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    • p33te

      Unable to update Retropie
      Help and Support • update retropie config error message • • p33te

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      p33te

      @mitu That did the trick, thanks for your help!

    • servo

      RetroPieRGB Pi2Jamma running Daphne picture squeezed
      Help and Support • 240p daphne retropie config resolution • • servo

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      servo

      Success! Ok i figured it out. This is going to be a long one so sit back, but anyone with a similar problem, i hope this will work for you. Again I am running RetroPie on a raspberry Pi 3 with a Pi2Jamma adaptor and i ran the retropiergb mod to output to a 15khz monitor. so i figured that this was an issue with the run command, so i found a file in the /opt.retropie/configs/all, named runcommand-onend.sh . In it there is a line for HDMI timings that was different then the one in the global config.txt in the boot folder. so i added the correct timings and # out the originals and it worked! but then for some reason mame was outputting a very stretched image at 1920x240, so i went into the configuration options in the run command menu and changed the settings in the edit custom retroarch config option. In it you will see that the custom viewport is set to 1920x240, so i just added a pond symbol before the commands. Since the layout seems to be UK it is a £ instead of # for us Americans but it works just the same. and now mame defaults to the listed game resolution. I have no Idea why these options did this but I wasn't going to let this beat me. I hope this helps.

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    • arcadejacob

      Cannot access RetroPie setup menu
      Help and Support • retropie config retropie-setup retropie help • • arcadejacob

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      cdaters

      @arcadejacob Yes, and don't forget any themes you have installed in /etc/emulationstation/themes/ etc. that you may have "custom" installed, etc.

    • Russy

      Retropie key codes for players 3 and 4
      Help and Support • retropie config • • Russy

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      Russy

      @mitu thank you for the advice really appreciate the help

    • vwgolfman

      lr-gambatte port 1 binds and switch to second controller
      Help and Support • retropie config hotkey mapping tankstick retroarch.cfg retroarch ipac • • vwgolfman

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      vwgolfman

      Hi @mitu ,

      I'm returning to advise you of my good fortune and to help any others who may have been in the same situation as me.

      I had been using my Xarcade tank stick controller in "Mode 1" with the Xarcade2Jstick driver which meant that Retropie was recognising it as a keyboard (iPac-type encoder).

      I have now switched the controller to "Mode 4" and omitted the driver which means that Retropie recognises the controller as two separate XBox 360 controllers.

      I can now configure each side of the controller with identical mappings and any game/platform I wish to use the right side instead of the left side of the controller, I simply change the Port 1 binds for in Retroarch.

      When I do this, Hotkey+Start (even on the righthand side) performs correctly and exits the game.

      Thank you once again for your help mitu.

    • Grumbles

      Game Launching Video Loading Screen Timing Issues
      Help and Support • development load videos tech help retropie config • • Grumbles

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      Grumbles

      @mitu Ah dang, that's too bad. Thanks for the response.

    • pscotto1234

      thebezelproject script doesn’t work
      Help and Support • bezels bezel project retropie config • • pscotto1234

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      pscotto1234

      @busywait said in thebezelproject script doesn’t work:

      @pscotto1234 I don't know, I used 'rm' from the command line, and ended up just downloading the few bezels I wanted "by hand" from the bezel project github and other places mentioned in this forum.

      However, this got very tedious, so if you don't need the GB of space, just leave it there? The problem for me was that my card got totally filled and things like updates started to fail in way that I didn't notice :(

      I think to do this:

      from terminal ls > system_name.txt in each system folder to obtain a file containing roms name; rename the listed file extension in .png ; from terminal ls > system_image.txt in each bezel folder to obtain image list; compare files for the same system to mantain only image name for roms not present in my collection; with command cat system_name.txt | xargs rm I can remove not useful image;

      I hope you understand my method :)

    • iSilenT1337

      Booting to Emulationstation and closing it to get straight to desktop (no terminal)
      Help and Support • retropie config lxde desktop • • iSilenT1337

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      sleve_mcdichael

      Can you do this with autostart.sh?

      /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh:

      emulationstation #auto

      As a quick test I added an "echo" command so the file now reads:

      emulationstation #auto echo Are you there?

      Then I pressed ctrl-D to start EmulationStation and quit with F4. The terminal asked "Are you there?" before displaying the retropie_welcome message and command prompt.

      Note: this worked when using any of ctrl-D, exit, or logout to end the current bash login and call the autostart script. It did not work when just running the emulationstation command by itself.

      So I think if, instead of an "echo" command, you used the startx (start the desktop) command, it might do what you want? Boots to EmulationStation on login and then, when ES quits, go to the desktop.

      /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh:

      emulationstation #auto startx
    • hansoloNZ

      Enabling shaders for scummMV games
      Help and Support • scummvm shaders retropie config • • hansoloNZ

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      hansoloNZ

      @retropieuser555 Thanks so much!

    • eroebuck

      Dual Monitor Mirroring - RetroPie & Raspberry Pi 4
      Help and Support • retropie config monitor mirror • • eroebuck

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      eroebuck

      @iandaemon Not exactly. An arcade cocktail table and I installed dual monitors in them with a Raspberry Pi 4. My plan B is to use a VGA or HDMI splitter but I'd like to see if can be done with the dual HDMI outputs already available on the Raspberry Pi 4. Any ideas?

    • mikebrin

      Cannot get Player 2 Joystick to work
      Help and Support • player 2 retropie config • • mikebrin

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      dankcushions

      @mikebrin
      it explains how to run in verbose mode via the link @Clyde provided:

      @clyde said in Cannot get Player 2 Joystick to work:

      Please run one of the games with verbose logging

      but if you can't get into the runcommand menu, it's a moot point i guess.

      now, as for your issue - donkey kong's 2 player mode uses one stick - the real cabinet only had one (and why not, since, the 2 player mode isn't simultaneous). you take turns on one stick.

      it's possible that there's a cocktail/2p mode you can select via the service menu or dipswitches, or you could map the player 2 controls as alternatives for player 2 via the MAME menu for this game only, or something like that.

      note, these instructions are for mame2003 (which is recommended), not the mame2016 which you're using (which is not recommended).

    • nitrohepcat

      map one keyboard key to two controller buttons
      Help and Support • controller cfg keyboard retropie config • • nitrohepcat

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      IanDaemon

      @nitrohepcat So...
      Situation A) Do you want left shoulder to be "2" and right shoulder to be "2"?
      OR
      Situation B) Do you want left shoulder to be "half of 2" and right shoulder to be "half of 2"?

      I'm not sure you map a controller input to "half a keyboard key".

    • Azev

      [Pi 4 8Go] Problem raspi-config
      Help and Support • pi 4 8gb raspi config retropie config • • Azev

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      Azev

      @mitu Thanks for your answer, I will try it later

      Edit: It works, many thanks.

    • Codafire

      Mame menu lost
      Help and Support • mame menu mame 2003 retropie config • • Codafire

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      Codafire

      @mahoneyt944 thanks!!!!

    • SgtJimmyRustles

      Issues with display resolution after 4.7.1 (fixed it though)
      Help and Support • retropie config hdmi 4k performance • • SgtJimmyRustles

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      mitu

      That happened also in 4.6 and it's not specific to RetroPie.

      Since the Pi4 supports 4k, by default it will use the video mode advertised as 'preferred' by the TV. If that's 4k, then this is what it will use. Previous models didn't have this issue, since they didn't support 4k. You can check with tvservice -m CEA what video modes your TV supports and what is the preferred mode.

    • Unnamedium

      Retropie configuration not working on EmulationStation and Atari 5200 games not working after update
      Help and Support • update 4.6 update broke it retropie config • • Unnamedium

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      mitu

      @Unnamedium You can the latest image, just back-up your existing image and/or ROM folders just in-case.

    • nikosfx180

      Help to run script before emulation station start
      Help and Support • service retropie config emulatiostation retropie 4.5 retropie 4.6 • • nikosfx180

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      mitu

      @nikosfx180 said in Help to run script before emulation station start:

      @mitu two people here are making machines and sell extra images on sd cards and the images are free on the internet.

      it's not the first time scammers are using the forum for support.

      So ihave spend lot of time on my image to crate something good and i dont want to copy this people the image and sell it with cabinets and make money with my image.

      Selling RetroPie images is against the project's license. You're nothing but a scammer.

    • 8birdman3

      Snakebyte game pad S pro D pad Issues .
      Help and Support • help and suppor projects and th retropie 4.4 retropie config • • 8birdman3

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      mitu

      This seems like a Switch only device - I can't find any reference that it works on a PC or compatible system. You can try running jstest to check if the D-Pad is detected by the system - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroArch-Configuration/#determining-button-values.