Can't start Apple2 games in Retropie 3.8.1.

BuZz

you are editing the wrong config - that is the distributed config and is unused

All user editable configs are in /opt/retropie/configs in this case /opt/retropie/configs/apple2/

BuZz

PS. Please format your posts (eg code blocks) - details in the link in my signature.

herb_fargus

@pimpmaul69 also the config to edit is clearly mentioned in the documentation:

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Apple-II

pimpmaul69

@BuZz so why does the one in config folder not have those controller options? even just now i updated the retropie setup script to 6b4e7ac and it did not update the linapple.conf in /configs/apple2. i know it didnt because yesterday i copied the one from /emulators/linapple and put it in /configs/apple2 and made controller changes. that file still remained untouched even after updating linapple just now. and yes you are correct that the one in the config folder is the one that makes changes. i disabled player 2in it just now so that both buttons work in lode runner. however using the linapple.conf i stole from linapple and putting it in the config folder all the extra controller options do not work. my question is now, are they supposed to work? these are the extra options from the /emulator config that dont work in /config config:

Joy0Index	=	0
Joy1Index	=	1
Joy0Button1	=	0
Joy0Button2	=	1
Joy1Button1	=	0
Joy0Axis0	=	0
Joy0Axis1	=	1
Joy1Axis0	=	0
Joy1Axis1	=	1

JoyExitEnable	=	1
JoyExitButton0	=	8
JoyExitButton1	=	9

BuZz

it does not overwrite your existing config - you will need to move your existing config and re-install. I can make it generate a .rp-dist config though perhaps if there is an existing config.

BuZz

I can't promise you there isn't a bug, but it should be using the config in /opt/retropie/configs/apple2 for everything - that folder is the one symlinked from /home/pi/.linapple - I didn't make the emulator changes.

pimpmaul69

@BuZz said in Can't start Apple2 games in Retropie 3.8.1.:

PS. Please format your posts (eg code blocks) - details in the link in my signature.

i apologize i am not sure what you mean by code blocks? i read your signature link and i apologize for not knowing what that is. also i went into an apple game just and now all of a sudden the extra controller options are working fine. so problem solved for me.

BuZz

Earlier you posted some code lines. You can use markdown to style it, as I am doing with the paths in my posts (in red).

http://commonmark.org/help/

you config snippet was styled as it started with 4 spaces

see the changes I made to your earlier post - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2126/can-t-start-apple2-games-in-retropie-3-8-1/3

pimpmaul69

@BuZz i see what you mean. i apologize. i will do my best to highlight them differently/correctly when i post them. so i agree there should be a backup linapple.conf added to the config/apple2 folder if it isnt going to overwrite the old one since the old one is outdated.

pimpmaul69

Just an update after further testing. Going from rpie 3.7 to 4.0 beta 2 even with the latest rpie update from earlier today linapple will not get out of window mode or allow joystick to work if you do the full install. Mame2000_libretro wont work at all. However if you do the quick install and then update those two emulators then do a full update after that they work. I have repeatedly tested this all day today. Same results every time.