Setting controls for "Arcade" and Emulation Station not working help!
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@TMNTturtlguy Just to reiterate, everything was working fine as it should until I had to redrill my control panel and pull my buttons. I have 2 separate controllers for player 1 and 2. I was careful to wire all the buttons back the way they were though but for some reason I have created issues....
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@TMNTturtlguy Not sure how buttons are read in Emulation Station but in "arcade" controller setup they do not register.
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@ChristianG at this point I am out of suggestions. If they all register in emulationstation, your wiring should be ok, so it is probably an emulator issue. The fact that you are using tab in arcade tells me you are not using the lr-mame2003 emulator. I again would try using a retroarch emulator- they start with lr. That said, any emulator should work.
Sorry but I am out of suggestions. I have shared how to delete all old controller settings and start new. That isn't working for you, so there must be other issues.
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@TMNTturtlguy Thanks for your help. I might just create a new sd card with a fresh version of retropie. Do you know any procedure I would use to copy the existing game folders to my hard drive so I can reinstall those games on my new retropie disk image?
Thanks!
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@TMNTturtlguy When I set up my arcade everything worked and I didnt set anything in retroarch.
Here were my steps...
- Disk image of retropie
- Rotate screen for Portrait mode (commands inserted)
- Install games
- Switch "arcade" to mame2003 emulator
- Set up controls in Emulation Station
- Setup controls in "Arcade"
Thats pretty much it.
So I guess I better figure out where retroarch comes into play here :)
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@ChristianG retroarch is just the emulators that start with lr. Try lr-mame2003. Just try it on one game and see if your controllers work. The lr emulators use the same settings for controllers as emulationstation by default. In Theory if the controllers work is es they should work in the lr emulators. That is why I have asked you to try this.
My other thought is that you need to us a keyboard when using the tab button to set up your controls in the non retroarch name emulator. Are you doing that? I believe you need to press escape on the command you want to set and then hit the controller button you want to set. Are you doing that?
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@TMNTturtlguy Yes I am using a keyboard to setup all my controllers. I hit esc once in the arcade game and goto controller setup. I use my keyboard to input my controls. It seems some buttons work, other are not picked up. So my one player, two player and coin buttons won't enter. They were before but now they are dead. I can use them for start select and hot key in emulation station, but they are dead in arcade controller config. Ill try lr-mame2003 now.
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@ChristianG did you set your one player, two player and coin buttons up in the controller setup? For example I set my coin buttons the "left thumb". You have to set all your buttons to a button in the controller setup.
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@TMNTturtlguy I set up my buttons in the tab command in arcade mode. I cannot get the coin button, one player and two player commands to stick to those buttons.
Those buttons are configureable in emulation station, but in "controller setup" in arcade mode they are dead and don't take values. Its like they don't exist and aren't plugged into the board.
In other modes like n64 and atari i am finding no buttons work.
I checked and I am using the lr-mame2003 emulator for arcade..
Thanks!
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@ChristianG I guess at this point I need to learn how to use retroarch.
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@ChristianG if you are using lr-mame 2003 tab should not work to set your buttons. You need to use select and x to get into the retroarch menu. Then go to quick menu and then controls.
As for the others like nes. You might need to go into the emulators folders and delete the retroarch.cfg file. Again, I am on my phone so I can't give you exact locations. You should be able to find more info by searching the forum.
First try select x in arcade to see if you can edit the retroarch menu. Be sure to save changes to core.
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@TMNTturtlguy ill give it a shot. Select and x button at the same time?
Thanks.
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@ChristianG yes at the same time
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@TMNTturtlguy Yes that doesnt work. Something is up. Is there a way to default your system to original settings at install without wiping ur games etc?
Thanks.
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@ChristianG First question, did you set up a keyboard as a controller? Try select X on your keyboard when in an arcade game to see if you can enter into the retroarch menu.
Second, i already gave you instructions on how to delete the controller config files, that is how you reset your controller settings without redoing your entire build. I again apologize that i don't have my pi so I can't get you exact paths, but i think my paths and file names should have been pretty close to get you where you need to be.
Did you do a backup of your build before you starting having these issues? It is always good to make backups of your builds before trying new things, changing or updating. If you have a backup, you could install that.
If not, do you have a second SD card? You could try a fresh install and see if you can get the controllers to set up on that build. You could do this before putting all the games back on. Maybe just load one arcade and one nes game and see if they work. If they do, you have a few options, you could copy the config files from the new sd card build that works over to your existing setup, or just decide to start over.
Sorry I don't have better suggestions. Good luck
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@TMNTturtlguy Thanks man your awesome for giving your time to help. Is there a way to move all your games off your retropie disk image sd card easily? Ill start there. Then do a fresh copy and go from there.
If I pop the sd card into my windows computer will I just see all the game folder in the file system?
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@ChristianG I enjoy helping when i can!
No - do not just stick your sd card in your computer. Your computer will see it as a boot disk only. I recommend that you install WinSCP. It is an ftp client and you can easily move the roms on and off. What have you been using to modify the config files we have been working on?
You can also use samba share which works by just putting your pi on your network.
There are instructions for both in this forum and on youtube. Lots of options to use so pick what works best for you. I like WinSCP myself.
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@TMNTturtlguy I was just going into the file while on my arcade and using my keyboard and changing the command lines and hitting save.
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@ChristianG Got it! That works too. If you have a computer and ability to get your pie online, WinSCP is a much easier way to do some of these things. I also use putty with is an SHH. I tend to prefer to do most of my command line work through putty and my file work through WinSCP when I can.
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@TMNTturtlguy well my Pi 3 is on my WiFi network so I guess I'll install these and read some tutorials on how to use them. Makes sense and seems like an easier way to work on your file.
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