Hi all!

I will find myself in a trick Christmas situation. I will receive a brand new RaspberryPi B+ (as a present), I will have no access to a computer and huge wishes to play RetroPie right away with my brothers :D So my question is:

Is it possible to save roms in a USB pendrive BEFORE I plug it for first time? My idea is to do this:

1) Create a folder called “retropie” in the pendrive. Inside that folder create a folder called “roms”. Inside that folder create the folders of the emulators roms “amiga”, “amstradcpc”, etc..
2) Save the roms inside their respective folders.
3) Plug it to the RaspberryPi B+ for first time so it can automaticaly create the rest of directories (“configs” and subfolders)
4) Unplug it, and plug it again to “sincronize” the roms.

Will it work? In case it won’t, any idea on how to?

Thank you for your help!!

Best,
Nomte

So I ordered a second Buffalo SNES USB controller to go along with the one that I used to set up my Retropie a few days ago, but Amazon is backed up and it won’t be delivered until after our upcoming game night with friends. I am going to have the Retropie set up as a classic gaming station in one of our rooms, and I’d like to have two controllers ready for use with it.

I have PS3/PS4 controllers that I could just use wired, but I’m worried about what will happen to my SNES controller’s config if I plug in and configure a PS3 controller. Does Retropie remember configuration based on each controller’s unique ID or something? Basically what I want to happen is I plug in both the SNES controller and PS3 controller (hardwired) and have it apply their button configurations correctly every time.

Retropie might already handle this on its own (separate configs per controller and randomly assigning player 1 and 2 when they are connected via USB), but I haven’t been able to find clear documentation on this process. Thanks in advance to anyone who can clarify this.

So I recently bought a USB SNES controller off Amazon and it works great (Gtron SNES USB gamepad) ! It works perfectly well in every other emulator EXCEPT MAME. Weird thing is that the retroarch commands still work (such as Sel+X ; start+sel does not work on the gamepad, only keyboard) but no matter how many times I’ve remapped the controller in the RetroArch GUI settings and saved it (saved as libretro.cfg), and EmulationStaion menu mapping and it still does not work in MAME. I am using lr-imame4all as the emulator since my roms only work on this and not mame4all emulator option so remapping the controls with the mame4all tab settings will not be possible. If anyone can please help me it would be greatly appreciated !

the mame configs are below ( found in /opt/retropie/configs/mame-mame4all )

http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=10591152337684684884

I am using a:
-Raspberry Pi Model B+
-RetroPie v3.2.1
-Rii wireless keyboard
-Gtron SNES USB gamepad
-CanaKit wifi dongle

Hi all!

Quick question, slowly putting together a setup for a cabinet but I am currently running into the following problem:

I would like to use a pre-made USB 2 player stick (X-Arcade comes to mind) to work with because it seems it has built in support in Retropie and it would allow me to use the setup without a cabinet too.

Problems I am running into: the X-Arcade resellers in The Netherlands seem to not exist anymore and even contacting the X-Arcade crew themselves just lead to me getting a (rather unfriendly) email back suggesting I try eBay.

EDIT: The reason I was looking for a Dutch reseller is because the shipping costs are almost as much as the stick itself.

I would like a 2 player stick if possible, would make life a lot easier but perhaps somebody here can suggest a different brand?

I would also like it to be 2×4 rows so that that can be used well with NeoGeo and other arcade emulation.

I am rather fearing making my own setup (I am just not very handy) so a pre-made solution is what seems most attractive.

Perhaps 2xUSB stick is the solution?

I hope the question is clear. Any advice is very welcome on the matter!

Hi all-

I got my Xo Min joysticks working great with emulationstation and using with the MAME and FBA emulators. I also use the N64./SNES/NES emulators and would prefer to use my xbox360 controllers with those roms. If my Xbox360 adapter isn’t plugged into the USB, the joysticks workgreat, if it is plugged in, the Xbox360 controllers take default as player 1 and 2 in MAME and FBA despite my Retroarch.cfg file (below) . Is there a way I can specify to just use the joysticks as player 1 and 2 for some emulators and have the Xbox360 be the default controllers for other emulators without having to plug and unplug them as I do now? i.e. leave the xbox360 adapter plugged in and still have my Joysticks as the controls for MAME and the xbox360 for all other emulators?

input_player1_joypad_index = “1”

input_player1_up_axis = “-1”
input_player1_down_axis = “+1”
input_player1_left_axis = “-0”
input_player1_right_axis = “+0”
input_player1_a_btn = “1”
input_player1_b_btn = “0”
input_player1_x_btn = “2”
input_player1_y_btn = “3”
input_player1_l_btn = “4”
input_player1_r_btn = “5”
input_player1_select_btn = “6”
input_player1_start_btn = “7”

input_player2_joypad_index = “0”

input_player2_up_axis = “-1”
input_player2_down_axis = “+1”
input_player2_left_axis = “-0”
input_player2_right_axis = “+0”
input_player2_a_btn = “1”
input_player2_b_btn = “0”
input_player2_x_btn = “2”
input_player2_y_btn = “3”
input_player2_l_btn = “4”
input_player2_r_btn = “5”
input_player2_select_btn = “6”
input_player2_start_btn = “7”

As always, much appreciation to everyone here for all the help!

I have a usb to snes adapter, when i use snes controller it works great in retropie, but when i plug in my nes controller nothing happens.
If I use usb to snes with the nes controller in windows it works perfect.

please help me.

Hi,

I’ve done a clean install of retropie and all emulators work fine.

I want to change the button layout of FBA.

/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/DragonRiseInc.GenericUSBJoystick.cfg

input_device = "DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick  "
input_driver = "udev"
input_b_btn = "3"				
input_y_btn = "0"

input_select_btn = "7"
input_start_btn = "6"

input_up_axis = "-1"
input_down_axis = "+1"
input_left_axis = "-0"
input_right_axis = "+0"

input_a_btn = "2"
input_x_btn = "0"
input_l_btn = "4"
input_r_btn = "3"
input_l2_btn = "4"
input_r2_btn = "3"
input_l3_btn = "4"
input_r3_btn = "3"

input_l_x_plus_axis = "+0"
input_l_x_minus_axis = "-0"
input_l_y_plus_axis = "+1"
input_l_y_minus_axis = "-1"
input_r_x_plus_axis = "+0"
input_r_x_minus_axis = "-0"
input_r_y_plus_axis = "+1"
input_r_y_minus_axis = "-1"

input_enable_hotkey_btn = "7"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "6"

input_menu_toggle_btn = "0"
input_load_state_btn = "4"
input_save_state_btn = "3"
input_reset_btn = "3"					
input_state_slot_increase_axis = "+0"
input_state_slot_decrease_axis = "-0"

I wanted to switch around keys in FBA so i’ve change the following

/opt/retropie/configs/fba/fba2x.cfg

[Joystick]
# Get codes from "jstest /dev/input/js0"
# from package "joystick"
# Defaults to XBOX 360 Controller
A_1=1
B_1=0
X_1=2
Y_1=3
L_1=4
R_1=5
START_1=7
SELECT_1=6
#Joystick axis
JA_LR=0
JA_UD=1

[Graphics]
DisplaySmoothStretch=1
# Display Effect: 0 none, 1 scanlines
DisplayEffect=0
DisplayBorder=0
MaintainAspectRatio=1
DisplayAutoRotate=0

[Sound]

I switch around a and b for instance but the keys stayed exactly the same.
also editing the retroarch.cfg within the fba folder had no effect.
(did a proper reset in between aswell)

Can someone tell me what I can do to fix it?

kind regards,

Peanut

Pi Model: 2B
RetroPie Version Used: 3.2.1 (latest ISO file)
Built From: SD Image
USB Devices connected: 1 Hp Keyboard, 2 usb nes controllers
Controller used: usb nes controllers (random from China)
Error messages received: none
Guide used: Standard installation guide
File: ALL nes games
Attachment of config files: –
How to replicate the problem:

snes games/megadrives are working, but I can’t start my NES games.
When I start a nes game, the runcommand screen comes up and it goes back to the selection screen with all games.

The emulator is lr-fceumm, but also with lr-nestopia it’s not working.
The roms are playable on the computer with an emulator.
Also I tried a NES game in the snes folder, but also then it’s not starting.

/tmp/runcommand.log gives also no error.
Has anyone an idea how I can find out what the cause is of this problem?

Hello all I’m having abit of trouble with my Pi playing some n64 games. So let me start off by giving some of the specifics. Raspberry Pi 2, retro Pi 3.1 image, it’s clocked to the second fastest speed, snes usb controllers. When I go into my Pi thru my home network I open the rom folder and only see 1 n64 emulator listed. I’ve read that there were 2 at one point? One played games better than others?lets specifically speak about Mario kart it loads with the Nintendo swinging fine, the cover screen works fine, but once I press the start button the picture is fuzzy top to bottom, the audio works, the game even though the screen is just fuzzy/scrambled still functions and can choose all choices to get to the race… Other games like f1 work ok minus some small details only being scrambled, like the shift lights etc… game works fine, I can live with that.

Can anyone explain to me how to get my n64 dialled in so it works nice. I am by no means a Linux programmer so a detailed step by step Is needed. I’m working on understanding certain functions and this site is certainly helping with that. Every other system works perfect, just this little setback. So I know I am new here and don’t have any neat things to contribute but I guess this post could help someone else.

Thanks