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      rmak
      last edited by

      Hello all,

      I've installed retropie 4.2 image onto my Pi3. It's all working but i need some help with /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulators.cfg.

      I placed all my roms into the roms/arcade folder.
      Then in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulators.cfg i listed which emulator i would like to use for specific roms/games.

      sample of my emulators.cfg is
      arcade_005 = "lr-mame2003"
      arcade_10yard = "lr-mame2010"
      arcade_1941 = "lr-fbalpha"
      arcade_1942 = "lr-fbalpha"
      arcade_1943 = "lr-fbalpha"
      arcade_1943kai = "lr-fbalpha"
      arcade_1943mii = "lr-fbalpha"

      So the problem im having is, when i select the rom 1941 for example, it doesn't use alpha to play. It pops up a menu asking me which emulator i would like to use. It doesn't automatically use alpha.

      Am i missing a step somewhere? Any help would be great.

      Thank you

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        andrewcoughlan
        last edited by

        Did you get anywhere with this one? I'm looking at the same thing. Thanks

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        • BriganeB
          Brigane
          last edited by

          You should be able to choose emulator on a per rom basis with the runcommand menu.

          https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/runcommand

          Systems: Raspberry Pi 0/2/3 Model B+
          Os: RetroPie 4.5
          Frontend: Emulationstation & Attract Mode

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          • dankcushionsD
            dankcushions Global Moderator @rmak
            last edited by

            @rmak where are you selecting the 1941 rom in this example? what's it's path and file name?

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              andrewcoughlan
              last edited by

              In my case using 1941 as an example.....Path is -- /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade and the file name is 1941.zip
              My emulator.cfg is in /opt/retropie/configs/all and is of the form ..

              arcade_005 = "lr-mame2003"
              arcade_10yard = "lr-mame2010"
              arcade_1941 = "lr-fbalpha"
              arcade_1942 = "lr-fbalpha"
              arcade_1943 = "lr-fbalpha"
              arcade_1943kai = "lr-fbalpha"
              arcade_1943mii = "lr-fbalpha"
              arcade_1944 = "lr-fbalpha"
              arcade_1945kiii = "lr-fbalpha"
              arcade_19xx = "lr-fbalpha"
              arcade_1on1gov = "lr-mame2010"
              arcade_2020bb = "lr-fbalpha"

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              • dankcushionsD
                dankcushions Global Moderator @andrewcoughlan
                last edited by

                @andrewcoughlan that looks good to me :/ i'd have to test it myself but i don't see anything obvious.

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                  andrewcoughlan
                  last edited by

                  I'm sorted now I think. I had my emulator setup looking at a different rom folder. My understanding now is that you should use the arcade folder only for your roms and emulator.cfg file goes into /opt/retropie/configs/all .

                  Mind you, I think if you just add the details...i.e.

                  arcade_005 = "lr-mame2003"
                  arcade_10yard = "lr-mame2010"
                  arcade_1941 = "lr-fbalpha

                  to the emulator.cfg files in the other folders
                  e.g. /opt/retropie/configs/mastersystem

                  it might work too. I will test this out. Thanks for the support

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