Need help with a couple of things please

misticknight

Hey guys to cut a long story short my 64gb SD card I set up for weeks trying to perfect with right metadata and boxart and all the programs I want broke today when I was removing it from my case to put into my new Snespi case :( the only other microsd I had laying around was a 32 gb one so instead of starting again I downloaded a premade image. I kind of like this image tbh even more than what I set up (should of done this to begin with lol)except for the fact it always loads up with a different “RetroPie” splash screen and it annoys me. Is there anyway to get rid of them so only one pops up?

Also I followed the instructions from the official github for reteoflag to install safe shutdown mode but when I turn the case off I have to press reset for it to register a shut down? Is that normal?

And one last question please slightly unrelated I finally set up my Wii U pro controller but is there a way to make it turn off after not being in use by itself? I like to leave my Pi on unless I need to reset or shut down and my PS3 controller I was using before shuts down after like 5 minutes of not touching it on the WIi U controller just stays on.

herb_fargus

@misticknight read the forum rules. We don't support third party images.

misticknight

@herb_fargus

Hey sorry didn’t see that. Surely a question on splash screens should be allowed though even the official image has a splash screen. Say I didn’t want that I just wanted to boot right into ES how do I go about it?

Efriim

You could go to manage packages, and find the splash screen package and either configure and disable or remove it, I didn't have any preference for splash screens but when I downloaded them I set them to random and all I get is BMO from adventure time so I was happy.

This is the multiswitch script I used for my megapi case, you'll want to uninstall the script you're already using.
I think if you "remove /opt/retroflag-picase/" and "systemctl disable picase" and "remove /etc/systemd/system/picase*" then you'll be good to go but don't quote me, because I can't remember specifically. (and probably shouldn't tell you to remove anything with wildcard modifiers.)

I don't know about Wii U controllers, I know that you can't use the PS3 driver with them though.

misticknight

@Efriim

Thank you so much :)

Efriim

@misticknight
You're so welcome.
I busted my sdcard in two when I first got my megapi case, I left it in when I was assembling. Retroflag gave me back $5 on amazon I guess I should go buy half an sdcard replacment. No they're great cases though and that was cool of them to reimburse my mistake, the power switch is a must.

misticknight

@Efriim

Haha glad I’m not the only one must be something about those cases. Feel a little better now :p

Efriim

@misticknight
Did you get the US snes case, or the Japanese Super famicom case? Is the ethernet port a pain to get to? On the megapi case it looks like they were trying to design something for the eject to press down the ethernet to un-hook it, but it's just blocked off and in a compartment and requires %50 lockpicking skill to get it back out.

misticknight

@Efriim

I got the jap case and it’s really easy to get to. There’s a little flap comes off easily if you want access to Ethernet or you can just cover it if your not using.

misticknight

@Efriim said in Need help with a couple of things please:

You could go to manage packages, and find the splash screen package and either configure and disable or remove it, I didn't have any preference for splash screens but when I downloaded them I set them to random and all I get is BMO from adventure time so I was happy.

This is the multiswitch script I used for my megapi case, you'll want to uninstall the script you're already using.
I think if you "remove /opt/retroflag-picase/" and "systemctl disable picase" and "remove /etc/systemd/system/picase*" then you'll be good to go but don't quote me, because I can't remember specifically. (and probably shouldn't tell you to remove anything with wildcard modifiers.)

I don't know about Wii U controllers, I know that you can't use the PS3 driver with them though.

hey finally got a chance to try this and that script doesnt work to remove the old script. do you remember where you found instructions to delete retroflags script and install this new one? if not what would happen if i just installed the multiswitch script anyways?

Efriim

@misticknight
Yeah I googled it, I think I gave instructions to remove a different modified safeshutdown script.

from github
"To uninstall follow these steps:

ssh into your retropie or press f4 to get to the retropie terminal
Type and run sudo apt-get ---purge remove python3-gpiozero
Type and run cd /opt/RetroFlag
Type and run sudo rm SafeShutdown.py
Type and runcd /etc
Type and run sudo nano rc.local
Remove only the follow line of code: /opt/RetroFlag/SafeShutdown.py &
Hold ctrl and press x and then type yes to save changes
Reboot and your set!"

misticknight

@Efriim

So that’s to both remove old code and add new shutdown script or the entire script is just to remove it?

Efriim

@misticknight

This is to remove the original script from Retroflag
https://github.com/RetroFlag/retroflag-picase/issues/9

I'll try to rewrite the instructions for installing the modified safe-shutdown multiswitch script from this thread

wget -O - "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crcerror/retroflag-picase/master/install.sh" | sudo bash

EDIT Step 3 was unnecessary you should revert the changes.
Step 4 is also unnecessary, as I don't know how to get the shutdown_fan script to work, or if it even does what I want it to do if it did work.

misticknight

@Efriim

Thanks again for the help :) couldn’t get my fan to fit in so that step probably not needed for me anyways.

Efriim

@misticknight
You're welcome, I think that one script does it all so my steps were pretty useless.
There is a manual install method that starts the multiswitch script differently, it might be worth trying if you aren't satisfied. You can read about it in the first post of that thread.

My case came with a fan, it's small but it does prevent overheating, you really should use a fan, but I guess it will be fine without an overclock.

Efriim

I guess I should include how to uninstall this script.
It's as easy as deleting the /opt/RetroFlag/ folder
and edit remove this the second to last line in /etc/rc.local

sudo python3 /opt/RetroFlag/SafeShutdown.py &

so that it is no more. That is only edit that one line of /etc/rc.local and leave the rest of it intact.

misticknight

hey

finally got everything working the way i want even the Wii U pro controller. just one more question now, is there anyway to copy an es_config i made on windows to retropie? I find it easier to type in windows instead of the raspberry pi OS its too clunky...also not to mention ive already started now and dont want to start again. whenever i use putty or WinSCP (is this the recommended ssh programs?) it wont let me copy over any files, it just lets me add roms.

Efriim

@misticknight
Maybe, you should be able to but I think your wanting to transfer your gamelist.xml check to see if you are using relatively the same version of emulationstation on windows. Retropie is updated to ES V2.8.1.

If you have samba shares enabled. You can connect to your networked pi by either typing \\pi_hostname\ or \\ipa.ddr.ess.pi\ in windows explorers URL bar, sometimes you can also find your share by exploring the network.

If you have SSH enabled, you can connect using ssh or ftp, using whichever client program you want.

You can find the gamelist.xml for each system at
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/"system name"/
or
\\pi_address\roms\"system name"

A cool trick I learned from reading this forum.
If you copy the file from /etc/emulationstation/es_systems.cfg
to /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/
This will override the default config and you can edit this file to change the order that the systems are in in emulation station.
After you copy it you can also edit this file at
\\pi_address\configs\all\emulationstation\
Make sure to keep all the encapsulation{<brackets>} intact.
And be wary that if you add a new system that is not on the list, you may have to tend to this file in order for it to appear, you can always delete the override copy at \configs\all... or use the original file at /etc/emulationstation/ as a reference to rebuild it.

misticknight

@Efriim

You are the man ! Thanks heaps bro. This build now is working out so much better than the 64gb one on the sd card I broke. Things happen for a reason :p

Efriim

@misticknight
I hope that answered your question. If you are copying a gamelist.xml over it probably wont work without some editing, you may have to replace all the backward slash directories with the correct forward slash directories on the pi.