Config file creation

[battlecat]

If I delete a config file from say
\retropie\configs\from_retropie\configs\all\retroarch.cfg

Will it be recreated by RetroPie?

Thanks,

[meleu]

@battlecat if you reinstall retroarch from retropie-setup, then yes.

[battlecat]

ahh okay. So it isn't like the MAME ini files when you delete them they come back.

[battlecat]

@meleu

Hey there! :) Thanks for the response.

I noticed that on the WIKI there is this page: https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/MAME

Which has this note about config files. Does this mean that if I need to reset the retroarch.cfg it too will reset to defaults if I remove it?

Note: Should your input configuration or other aspect of the RGUI configuration need resetting to defaults, remove the default.cfg or ROM specific .cfg file, and it will be re-created with default values next time you start Mame4all or modify the ROM configuration.

Thanks,
BC

[Floob]

@battlecat said in Config file creation:

ahh okay. So it isn't like the MAME ini files when you delete them they come back.

Correct, its not like MAME where the files will just be re-created. As meleu says, you would need to re-install RetroArch - or just put the default file back.

I noticed that on the WIKI there is this page: https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/MAME
Which has this note about config files. Does this mean that if I need to reset the retroarch.cfg it too will reset to defaults if I remove it?
Note: Should your input configuration or other aspect of the RGUI configuration need resetting to defaults, remove the default.cfg or ROM specific .cfg file, and it will be re-created with default values next time you start Mame4all or modify the ROM configuration.

This is just saying you can reset MAME to the default controls by removing the existing MAME config files, it doesnt have any direct relation to RetroArch configs (unless you are using lr-... obviously, in which case you just use your controller config).

[meleu]

@battlecat said in Config file creation:

Does this mean that if I need to reset the retroarch.cfg it too will reset to defaults if I remove it?

Your original post is about ...configs/all/retroarch.cfg. If you delete it, RetroArch won't create a new one for you.

If you don't believe me, you can test it and see. :D Rename retroarch.cfg to a different name and execute the emulator you want. Then look at your ...configs/all/ directory to see if there's a new retroarch.cfg there.

Be aware that if you delete/rename the retroarch.cfg, the RetroArch will use its own defaults (what is default in its source code), but not the RetroPie defaults. Do you get what I mean?

When you reinstall RetroArch, like I suggested in my first response, you get a brand new retroarch.cfg with some presets made for RetroPie using.