can launch games but can't start them--start button doesn't work

[mitu]

On what system are you experiencing this ? It may be your friend remapped the buttons, so check the \\retropie\configs\<SYSTEM> for any .remap files.

[lydgate]

Hmm. When I launch the game (Dig Dug) it briefly states lr-mame2003. Is that what you mean by "system"?

I checked the configs dir. On my system it is located at /opt/retropie/configs. I don't see anything specifically for lr-mame2003. I don't see any .remap files around here.

[mitu]

@lydgate said in can launch games but can't start them--start button doesn't work:

Is that what you mean by "system"?

The folder where the ROM is located - arcade, mame-libretro, nes, snes, etc.

[lydgate]

looks like arcade/mame2003/hi/digdug.hi

[mitu]

Check the \\retropie\configs\arcade folder - what files are in that folder ?

[lydgate]

@mitu I don't know how to copy that here... but I see roughly:
content_history.lpl
emujlators.cfg
retroarch.cfg
retroarch-core-options.cfg

[mitu]

@lydgate said in can launch games but can't start them--start button doesn't work:

retroarch-core-options.cfg

Strange, that shouldn't be there. Can you post the retroarch.cfg file's contents on pastebin.com ?

[lydgate]

sorry, I'm too dense to figure out posting to pastebin.
retroarch.cfg contents looks like this:

input_remappong_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/arcade"
#include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"

[mitu]

@lydgate That should be ok, I was thinking your friend used the 'Save Configuration' menu option in RetroArch and overwrote the config.

Try to delete the MAME input config file (default.cfg) from the arcade/mame2003/cfg/ folder and see if this solves the problem.

[lydgate]

It worked! Unbelievable. That is absolutely amazing. Thank you, @mitu !