game reset

[nightflyer]

i have a bartop machine with retropie/emulation station.
No matter what emulator or game i load, after 20-30 seconds of playing a game, the game resets itself and jumps to the start screen of dat particular game.
It must be some settting but i am working on it for weeks and i can't get it figured out.

Somebody here who knows what's going on?

thanking you in advance.

Nightflyer.

[Floob]

@nightflyer
Maybe somehow you are triggering the reset content key?

# Reset the content.
# input_reset = h

This is usually in your global retroarch.cfg file
opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

[nightflyer]

@Floob
Thank you for your reaction.
I will try to find that cfg file.
You mean that i have to change the "H"
In that line?

Nightflyer.

[Floob]

@nightflyer
It might help if you paste your retroarch.cfg into pastebin.com so we can see how it looks. But basically yes, I think you may be hitting your reset content button.

You could load a game, and just leave it running for 20/30 mins or so - if it doesnt reset then it must be something you are hitting.

[sleve_mcdichael]

@nightflyer said in game reset:

@Floob
Thank you for your reaction.
I will try to find that cfg file.
You mean that i have to change the "H"
In that line?

Nightflyer.

If your config is default, that line should have a # in front of it meaning it's commented out (will be ignored) and even if not, it would only be triggered if your controller was detected as a keyboard, anyway.

More likely, your players have inadvertently triggered the reset with joystick hotkey combination (select + B) which is configured in your controller's autoconfig in:

/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig/[device_name].cfg

Look for a line in that file that says input_reset_btn=[button value] and either #comment or remove that line.

If that doesn't sort you out, please post the full controller autoconfig profile and global retroarch.cfg (redact your cheevos password if it's in there) so we may review them.