How to configure controller for pcsx-rearmed (pi3) ?

hhromic

@Duxa

I don't know how to force bios, other than by suggesting to the lr-core by removing the other bios options, and I haven't tested this, or known any priorities other than it prefers scph101.bin

The search order for BIOS files is fixed: https://github.com/hhromic/pcsx_rearmed/blob/588bf7918460109815d5cc505ada4334a4c5a791/frontend/libretro.c#L1934-L1939

	const char *bios[] = {
		"SCPH101", "scph101",
		"SCPH5501", "scph5501",
		"SCPH7001", "scph7001",
		"SCPH1001", "scph1001"
	};

@Duxa

Quick Menu -> Options -> Enhanced Resolution (slow) - disabled

Quick Menu -> Options -> Enhanced Resolution speed hack - disabled

Both of these were enabled by default.

Are you 100% sure these are enabled by default? As far as as I know that is not true.

From the source code: https://github.com/libretro/pcsx_rearmed/blob/588bf7918460109815d5cc505ada4334a4c5a791/frontend/libretro.c#L495-L497
It can be seen that these options are defaulted to disabled, and as far as I remember they are disabled on fresh install of the core.

mitu

@Duxa I would advise to use the manual mount method, it's more flexible (i.e. edit /etc/fstab and add the mount manually). I've found the old topic (see here) with the similar problem.
You can modify the autologin service to start after any local filesystems have been brought online (i.e. mounted). The systemd unit file is at

/etc/systemd/system/autologin@.service

so just add a After=local-fs.target in the Unit's dependencies sections.

Duxa

@hhromic said in How to configure controller for pcsx-rearmed (pi3) ?:

@Efriim

@Duxa

I don't know how to force bios, other than by suggesting to the lr-core by removing the other bios options, and I haven't tested this, or known any priorities other than it prefers scph101.bin

The search order for BIOS files is fixed: https://github.com/hhromic/pcsx_rearmed/blob/588bf7918460109815d5cc505ada4334a4c5a791/frontend/libretro.c#L1934-L1939
	const char *bios[] = {
		"SCPH101", "scph101",
		"SCPH5501", "scph5501",
		"SCPH7001", "scph7001",
		"SCPH1001", "scph1001"
	};
@Duxa

Quick Menu -> Options -> Enhanced Resolution (slow) - disabled

Quick Menu -> Options -> Enhanced Resolution speed hack - disabled

Both of these were enabled by default.

Are you 100% sure these are enabled by default? As far as as I know that is not true.

From the source code: https://github.com/libretro/pcsx_rearmed/blob/588bf7918460109815d5cc505ada4334a4c5a791/frontend/libretro.c#L495-L497
It can be seen that these options are defaulted to disabled, and as far as I remember they are disabled on fresh install of the core.

Fairly sure, I certainly didnt set them, maybe some other setting set these? Although if I select to Load Defaults, it still sets these to Enabled. Which is a good thing for 99% of other games, because it does make them look better. Its just these two games need a custom config added or something to future builds.

truglodite

@Duxa

I know this is a necro, but I just discovered some quirky stuff that may help some folks out in this same situation.

I am working with the latest retropie on a 3b+ (usb mount roms), and in the process of building it out I noticed probably half of the psx titles I try wouldn't play at all (back to es after rgui), while the other half played perfectly. Similar to the OP's situation, these happened to be ringer titles for me... I wasn't going to give up on these without a good fight. I tried 4 different ROMs of the same game and none worked. I tried 3 different bios downloads, including mixing some of the files together, without success. So guess what randomly worked for me?

Converting the zipped cue/bin roms to chd v5 using the chdman.exe script, lol... so worth the shot in the dark!!!

I learned how to make such chd's in the process of getting reicast working, and noticed an excerpt in the retropie psx docs about chd compatibility. I already downloaded 4 slightly different copies of one of the games and none of them work. So what was there to lose by trying just one of those downloaded cue/bins as a chd. Sure enough it worked!!! So I converted the rest of the non-working psx titles to chd, and now they all work!!!

It's a 4xwin situation too... gets non-working roms to work + reduces file size + reduces file count + (this is a big one) the games load up like 100x faster using chd vs bin/cue!!!