Retropi not allowing 2 player with ipac2
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@kc1123
I haven't played the N64 games myself. I'm using raspberry pie 2 and the performance looks poor to me at best.
Read this post HERE. The guy discusses some N64 controller configurations. As I understand this emulator is a special case, since it is not tied to the retroarch system. You can probably ask him for an advice too.
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@rbaker hey I am trying to play ma me games. I downloaded the romsets for the game. The game shows up in the retropi menu but when I select it it acts like it's loading then just sends me back to the retropi menu. Do you know what I'm doing wrong. I have the romsets in the bios folder and the roms in the mameall folder. I have one zipped and the same copy unzipped not sure what they need to be. thanks
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@kc1123 MAME is not straightforward. However, you need to read the instructions. Your questions suggest that you haven't read this page:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2859/how-to-use-mame-with-retropie-help-guide
now onto some quick answers:
I downloaded the romsets for the game
Which romset? A full set or a single rom? Chances are, nothing will work if you are guessing on single roms. If it's a full set and I will assume that you are using mame4all as opposed to mameall like in your post, you will need the 0.37b5 set. Have you verified that this is your set according to this page:
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs
The game shows up in the retropi menu but when I select it it acts like it's loading then just sends me back to the retropi menu. Do you know what I'm doing wrong.
I do know, this means that the emulator that you are trying with the rom you have are not compatible. i.e. you have the wrong romset for your emulator of choice
OR
You have the correct romset for your emulator of choice but you do not have the bios roms in the same folder as your game roms according to the instructions here:https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/MAME
e.g. neogeo.zip is the bios file that must be in the same folder as neogeo roms.
I have one zipped and the same copy unzipped not sure what they need to be
Why have you unzipped anything at all? you should not be doing this. You must have generated a huge number of files by unzipping them unless you are dealing with a single rom download from somewhere. You should avoid this if that is what you have done and find the correct full set .
I have the romsets in the bios folder
For MAME, this is not the correct place.
Good luck, read all these links and you will have MAME working in no time.
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@theink
I was reading you post that you posted about 5 months ago... I was wondering if you would help me ... I just got my IPAC2 and have trouble configuring the buttons within retroarch.cfg. I also was trying to use the link within your post to see if that would help me, but the links are broken. -
@rolrod66 said in Retropi not allowing 2 player with ipac2:
lso was trying to use
Hi.
No problem, I can help you out.
I will need some more information about the arcade you are building.
What platforms do you plan to use? What is the button layout you are using?I can send you the files which I have configured for my project, but for them to work properly we need to have matching button layout. Otherwise, changes need to be made in the configuration.
For starters, this is the button layout I decided to use.
And these are the instructions I prepared for the cabinet art.
They will give you an idea of how I mapped the controls for each individual platform.
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@theink
That's is awesome!! I am going to use attact mode platform if thats what you mean all new to me. Also this is my button layouts for now..
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@theink
I really like your set up !!! I am thinking now to redo mine and set up like yours but adding a trackball. -
@theink are you still willing to assist me on this setup ? I am going to setup exactly like your setup , but with a trackball (utrak).. Thank you!!!
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Hi.
Sorry for the delay.At this very moment, I'm writing a HUGE post which I plan to publish in several hours.
I will write down everything I can extract from my head and share the preconfigured files I'm using for my cabinet.I will most probably post it in a separate thread as this one I feel is overcrowded and would not be of much help to newcomers.
Will notice you when it is ready. -
@theink
Thank you !! Your awesome!! -
@rolrod66 I wanted to just drop you a line.
Unfortunately writing the post took me more time than I expected.
I wrote 8 pages of text and am nearly finished, but I still have to prepare some files and preview images.
Promise to finish it on the weekend.By the way.
How do you plan to use the trackball?
I'm not familiar with this one. Retropie is set up to work with simpler arcade controls
Where are you going to use it? -
@theink
Good deal!! Yes, the trackball is utrak that connected to the iPac2!!
to play golden tee, Millipede, bowling games , etc... -
@rolrod66
I posted the Guide I wrote for you on the forum.
The name of the post is : Guide: Setting Up a RetroPie controls using IPAC2 Controller -
@rolrod66 Can you tell me what these other two buttons are intended for? The exit and display I mean. I see that you have a matching pair for each player.
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@theink it was save and load, but I went with your layout.
By the way you did an excellent job on the post. I can't thank you enough. It's help me out a lot. -
@rolrod66 Glad to hear it. Share some thoughts. I would be interested to know if I everything worked straight out for you.
Did you get how the controller map images are supposed to be used?
If there is something unclear I can try to improve the text.It would probably be better if you comment on the other post cause this one turned out pretty messy.
Take care. :)
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