Custom configs for CRT using the built-in composite out
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@Sakitoshi No, I came from recalbox, I tried all this with a new installation of retropie 4.4. By the way I managed to see the games, the problem is in the archive retroarch.cfg that are in the configs folders, one option o more failed.
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I found the problem.. i change "aspect_ratio_index=23" for "aspect_ratio_index=22 (custom viewport)" and now the black screen problem it fixed. Can you explain me more about this command? Thanks for your help and for this great work.
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@handlolo said in Custom configs for CRT using the built-in composite out:
I found the problem.. i change "aspect_ratio_index=23" for "aspect_ratio_index=22 (custom viewport)" and now the black screen problem it fixed. Can you explain me more about this command? Thanks for your help and for this great work.
That's because of a change in RetroArch code, where the
aspect_ratio_indexvalue that meant 'custom resolution' was bumped from 22 to 23, so the old configuration files would not work anymore - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/19598/custom-viewport-problem-retroarch-1-7-5/5. -
@handlolo oh, well that is explained at the beginning of the readme, but since you are new you didn't knew better (and I completely forgot that was a thing).
since retroarch 1.7.4 the aspect_ratio_index setting changed, this configurations follow this new aspect_ratio_index setting for default. if you want to use them with retroarch 1.7.3 or older you need to run the "fix_aspect_ratio_index" script located at runcommand > user menu, that script will automatically change the aspect_ratio_index setting of every config file depending on the version of your currently installed retroarch.
vanilla retropie 4.4 has retroarch pre 1.7.4, if you do update retroarch from the retropie setup you'll end up with retroarch post 1.7.4 and the problem will come back (but a little different). just follow those instructions and you'll be fine.
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@Sakitoshi Ok now i will do another clean install, following this instructions, by the way how can I pass the theme for Crt that you have uploaded, if the themes folder is not shared and through Putty does not let me write in it?
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@handlolo to install themes manually you have to create a folder named themes in configs\all\emulationstation
they will appear immediately in the theme selection of es.
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emulationstation update:
- added autostart.sh with custom launch line to adjust emulationstation and don't lose the borders due to overscan.
I thought that this couldn't be fixed, disabling overscan benefits emulation greatly, but hurts emulationstation because it bleeds out of the screen borders.
I was very wrong and with this (hopefully) nobody will complain again about es looking bad.little reminder that if you are installing this to a non-fresh install of retropie, check your autostart.sh if you have a custom command there before overwriting it.
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@Sakitoshi
Thanks again for your continued work on this. Hands down my preferred way to play Retropie! -
Hello again everyone!.
You know some way to fix the microstuttering that occurs when you play in a 50 hz pal monitor?
the emulators on a TV that holds 60 hz ntsc are smooth as butter. But I have that problem in an old monitor that can not support ntsc 60 hz. -
@handlolo no known fix. this configs are made specially for ntsc (thus 60hz).
I guess I could fix it by adding pal configs, but I don't have access to a pal/multinorm tv. -
@Sakitoshi you can try made the configurations forcing the video to Pal in the config.txt of the Raspberry.
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Getting some seriously gorgeous results with this. Solid 10/10 work you've done.
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I'm having a bit of an issue with some games with the Atari 2600 that use the top and bottoms of the screen like warlords. There is a bit of the top cut off not displaying which game you have selected and the score. There is a black bar at the bottom of the screen like as if it had been moved up. If there is any way to fix this let me know because I would really like to play this game with my family instead of lugging around a whole Atari console with me.
Thanks.
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@polish-potato it seems to be a quirk of the emulator or the game.
you can work around it by creating a game specific override using the normal means or creating a cfg file yourself after the name of the rom (Warlords (1981) (Atari).cfg in my case) inside the configs/atari2600/config_crt/Stella/ folder (create the config_crt and Stella folders if don't exist) with the following text:custom_viewport_y = "46"if is too low or still too high you can change that number until you are satisfied, the default value is "30".
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I did the extension configs/atari2600/config_crt/Stella/ folder and it would not edit after rebooting several times trying to figure it out. I even went into retroarch_crt.cfg to set it to 46. No luck after saving and rebooting. I am using notepad++. What am I doing wrong?
All the games vary from what is cut off.EDIT: is there supposed to be a space in front of " folder" or is there not supposed to be " folder"? If that fixes it I'll try it.
The only problem with the systems I am having is with the Atari and if I could adjust all the games I would. All the games are made differently from my understanding.
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@polish-potato is configs/atari2600/config_crt/Stella/
not configs/atari2600/config_crt/Stella/folder
the name of the file you need to create is exactly the same as the name of the rom. in the example below my warlords rom is named Warlords (1981) (Atari).a26, so the name of the config has to be Warlords (1981) (Atari).cfg
lastly, retroarch_crt.cfg is not the active configuration, is only the preset that is applied when you use the runcommand > user menu scripts. the active config is always retroarch.cfg.
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I had tried it that way even before asking and I did not find the solution.
Does where the rom file is make a difference? What I mean is, it is in a folder. -
@polish-potato sorry for the late reply. maybe it's because you have it in a sub-folder.
you'll be better off opening retroarch menu and saving a game override (open the game > quick menu > overrides > save game overrides > close the game), that way the configuration file will be automatically created at the correct location and then you can open the file with notepad++, delete everything and add only the custom_viewport_y line. -
Funny enough it set it where it was supposed to be in lr-stella just not the stand alone stella that allows you to use paddles and the keyboard. If you have any idea what to do with that let me know cause that's what I use it for. Sorry for the late reply I have been busy.
I also looked at an nes game with a bunch of text on the screen and some was cut off at the top and bottom. I was using lr-fceumm. This shouldn't be happening. I updated the rpi a long time ago when you had a revision but I didn't start from scratch. Maybe that is the problem.EDIT: The NES game was some crappy homebrew game it was just that. The stella is a problem though.
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Long awaited update:
- vertical configuration for arcade games.
- slightly more precise scaling for genesis low res and neogeo.
- shader preset cleanup.
One of the questions people asked was how to run vertical arcade games like pacman without having to rotate the whole tv and I had no idea of how to easily do that so I ignored the topic altogether.
but some time ago I found the answer and thoroughly tested it to make sure it worked as intended. sadly is not an automatic process so you'll need to edit some files to make it work, but I tried to make it as painless as possible by providing a template configuration.
for the full details of how to use it the instructions are as always in the github readme.vertical mode in action:
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