RetroPie games are lagging

Bio_Hazard1282

I had RetroPie installed for about a week now. I wanted to manage my roms easier so I installed the MATE desktop environment core. I managed my roms easy and rebooted. I currently have it configured so it boots to the command line with auto-login, and starts EmulationStation automatically.

The problem is, any games that I play are super slow and laggy (with the exception of draStic, those games run fine). Games like SNES, NES, GBA, GBC, etc.

I don't know why this is happening, but it bugs me. I did this a few times before and fixed it by re-installing RetroPie with PINN and updating packages. But I really don't want to reinstall it again, it's a pain to back up important files then re-install, then update, then transfer everything back again.

How can I fix this?

Clyde

Hi. Please give us all the information that's asked for in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

Bio_Hazard1282

@clyde said in RetroPie games are lagging:

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

Pi Model or other hardware: 3B
Power Supply used: Official Raspberry Pi Power Adapter
RetroPie Version Used: 4.7
Built From: PINN
USB Devices connected: PS4 Controller (black), USB Mouse, HP Keyboard
Controller used: PS4 Controller
Error messages received: None
Guide used: None
File: Multiple
Emulator: lr-snes9x, lr-mupen64plus, NES, GB (A,C, original)
Attachment of config files:
How to replicate the problem:

* Install RetroPie 4.6 via PINN
* Update ALL packages
* Place desired ROMS in folders
* Install the Workbench theme
* Reboot
* Exit emulationstation
* Install any desktop environment via command line
* Run the desktop, install some software (e.g. rpi-imager).
* Logout, then reboot
* Play some games and they run slow and choppy

dankcushions

@bio_hazard1282 i'm not clear how you are running retropie. are you exiting the descktop entirely and booting into emulationstation directly? please supply a verbose log as per https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first (please try with a NES game as they should run full speed under normal conditions)

please also supply your /boot/config.txt

Clyde

@bio_hazard1282 said in RetroPie games are lagging:

Built From: PINN

I guess that's PINN? It seems to install it's own image of RetroPie from https://sourceforge.net/projects/pinn/files/os/Retropie4/ which is Retropie 4.6 from 28th April 2020 according to the release_notes.txt there.

I'm asking because 3rd party images are not supported here, only the official ones from https://retropie.org.uk/download/, because we can't know if other ones were changed somehow which may be the cause of the problems in question.

Bio_Hazard1282

@clyde

I'd install RetroPie with normal NOOBS along with Raspberry Pi OS. But I can't get the RetroPie folder that I can paste in the 'os' folder.

It would be nice to install retropie with NOOBS, but it isn't an option.