It’s working

Ok not sure what the problem was but after set up I expanded the sd card, over clocked etc. I now explanded the sd card again from the options screen and also try all the USB port with my usb stick. suddenly a lovely moment seeing the nes snes emu appear after reboot.

Thanks for the vid mate might try that another time for my ps/mame files.

Do you know of a link for optimizing each emu to get best performance? As trying to load up xenon 2 mega blaster (classic game a must play) but so far it start to load up title but screen was flicking, now when I try it’s only a red screen hmmmm will try to work on it tonight. I’ve not spit memory yet but seeing a few people say to do it (512?).

Thanks again for take the time to help

I did it 100 times and never had issue but still last version the folder structure doesn’t be created automatically

I create the folder Retropie on my USB and after reboot it should create all the emulator folder inside as they say in the link you give me (The first time you plug the USB stick into the the RPi, a ROM directory structure is generated on the USB stick) and it alway work for me but now nothing is created and the USB service is on I check it.

It happens since version 3.1

@jedimaster666: unfortunately per system links do not work either. As stated above not all systems are affected, strangely enough. It seems more emulator related than anything else as switching to some other emulators for, say, SNES work (although these are not the emulators of choice, as one would prefer the libretro ones).

@dankcushions: did you symlink the roms folder in its entirety? I take it you are running 3.X? So I take it your USB stick is read write? The USB stick mounts fine each boot, just as read only. I altered the SRM directory to reside on the SD as the size is not that big of a problem

I have just reinstalled everything and still it’s not seeing the usb stick followed you tube vid step up step aaaarrrrr whyyyy. what am I doing wrong hahaha I’m sure I get it sorted. Please if anyone can help

I was able to eventually figure this out on my own. Maybe someone else will find this useful, so I’ll go through everything I went through to figure this out. I’m sure I could have made it easier on myself, but online searches kept pointing me to information that was outdated. Anyways, here you go:

First off, I previously tried screwing around with /opt/retropie/configs/n64/retroarch.cfg. Thankfully I had a backup and just restored it to the original. Secondly, I hooked up a keyboard and regained the ability to at least choose the n64 default emulator and specific choices for individual ROMs. So from there I found a n64 compatibility list and started selecting emulators from that sheet.

If I had a game based on lr-mupen64plus (Libretto? I think it’s called sometimes), I started a game with that emulator choice and was able to pull up an on-screen menu via F1 on my keyboard to do a custom mapping for my Xbox 360 controller.

However, most of the other games I was trying used mupen64plus, and either there is no onscreen menu to do the mapping or I can’t find one. Either way, I had to edit the /opt/retropie/configs/n64/mupen64plus.cfg file to make the specific mappings for my controller work.

To even know what the mappings were I had to plug in a keyboard, exit emulationstation and run the following command: jstest /dev/input/js0. It brough up text listing axis and buttons for the controller. I pressed every button, one at a time, watched what values changed for 0, and then made a notation. This is what I came up with for my Xbox 360 controller connected wirelessly to a 3rd party USB to wireless adapter (YMMV of course):

L Analog up:          axis -1
L Analog down       axis +1
L Analog left          axis -0
L Analog right       axis +0

R Analog up          axis -3
R Analog down     axis +3
R Analog left          axis -2
R Analog right        axis +2

Digital up               axis -5
Digital down          axis +5
Digital left               axis -4
Digital right             axis +4

Select    button 8
Start       button 9
Xbox button     button 10

A          button 0
B          button 1
X          button 2
Y          button 3

L trigger          button 6
R trigger          button 7
L shoulder button     button 4
R shoulder button     button 5

I then modified the mupen64plus.cfg file and looked for the [Input-SDL-Control1] section to modify the settings for the controller. In that section I HAD TO set mode = 0 (fully manual), otherwise it would just revert my custom mapping. Right under the # Digital button configuration mappings section is where I put in the customizations. Obviously these are my preferences but maybe this will be an example for someone:

# Digital button configuration mappings
DPad R = "hat(0 Right)"
DPad L = "hat(0 Left)"
DPad D = "hat(0 Down)"
DPad U = "hat(0 Up)"
Start = "button(9)"
Z Trig = "button(5)"
B Button = "button(1)"
A Button = "button(0)"
C Button R = "axis(2+)"
C Button L = "axis(2-)"
C Button D = "axis(3+)"
C Button U = "axis(3-)"
R Trig = "button(7)"
L Trig = "button(6)"

Lastly, it bothered me like crazy that there wasn’t a hotkey for me to exit the mupen64plus emulator from my controller. Since I did the hard work earlier to understand the configuration of every button and stick on my Xbox 360 controller, I just had to pick a single button for the hotkey (I believe that key combinations for mupen64plus are not allowed, but maybe I’m wrong). I decided to use the Xbox button, which for my controller was button 10. From looking online, I had list the joystick number. Since it tested as js0, then it’s joystick 0, or J0 for the parameter, and B10 for “button 10”. I modified the following area to allow the hotkey:
Joy Mapping Stop = "J0B10"

Frustrations with the controller on mupen64plus are now over! Hope this helped someone other than myself.

Yeah! well, it will do for now. My USB speaker bar fits great into my bartop too – so if anyone has a fix for it Id be glad to hear about it. However, I can get my mame fix for now at least!

Ok, so removed the ASLA config and disconnected the USB Speaker. MAME4All starts working again and my roms spring back to life – as the other emulators seemed to work ok within the RetroPie environment I can only assume this is a “feature” of MAME4All. Hope this thread is useful is someone else is having similar issues – plus, if anyone has a resolution to this let me know!

Thanks everyone in this thread for the help and advice,

Ciao

Mark

Ok Gents, heres the plan for the weekend :

1. Reset the ALSA changes and see if Mame springs back to life – if it does then Ill try troubleshoot it. However, im not spending too much time on a $20 USB soundbar – Ill replace it with a regular speaker if I need to.

2. If it doesn’t work Ill reload Mame4All – any tips on how to do that discretely?

Below is the content of my runcommand.log file :

ALSA lib pcm.c:7431:(snd_pcm_set_params) Rate doesn’t match (requested 44100Hz, get 0Hz)
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 704: 2451 Segmentation fault /opt/retropie/emulators/mame4all/mame $

so it looks like my USB audio “fix” may have screwed up Mame4All…meh

/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
and changing this : #options snd-usb-audio index=-2 to options snd-usb-audio index=0

Anyone seen this before?

After a bit more investigation i think i may have found my answer. i am not at home right now so i cannot physically do any more than a remote ssh session allows.

To answer your question – Yes. I originally setup my keyboard as an input device. After rebooting, i plugged in my PS3 via USB and configure it as an input device. After this, i was unable to navigate emulationstation using my keyboard.

I am going to assume what i need to do is go to setup script > Setup /Configuration > Configure Input Devices for RetroArch > Configure keyboard for use with retroArch

Although, i am not 100% sure this is going to do anything- Will RetroArch settings also be used in the emulationstation interface? i would like to be able to navigate the menu using keyboard and/or joystick

Everything is fine and working great! I got a friend to format the sd card on his pc and we plugged it in and it worked fine. Thanks for all your help! Now it is time to buy case, power supply, hdmi cable and usb hub!

1 question. Is there any way to connect control block or power block but still have a case?

Still have not managed to sort this problem out.

Since my last post I have purchased a wifi dongle to make things easier.

Here is where I am at:
– Fresh installed Retropie
– Expanded system
– Configured wifi
– Connected to Raspberrypi on my mac using Terminal
– Accessed cmdline.txt file and added this quirk: usbhid.quirks=0x16c0:0x05e1:0x040
– Rebooted
– Went into rom to test and saw that it now recognises two controllers instead of just one
– Accessed retroarch.cfg file to add my controller configs into the file.
– Added this:
input_player1_r_btn = “15”
input_player1_save_state_btn = “15”
input_player1_start_btn = “6”
input_player1_exit_emulator_btn = “6”
input_player1_l_btn = “14″
input_player1_load_state_btn = “14″
input_player1_up_axis = “-1”
input_player1_a_btn = “11”
input_player1_b_btn = “13”
input_player1_reset_btn = “13”
input_player1_down_axis = “+1″
input_player1_right_axis = “+0”
input_player1_state_slot_increase_axis = “-1”
input_player1_x_btn = “10”
input_player1_menu_toggle_btn = “10“
input_player1_select_btn = “7”
input_player1_enable_hotkey_btn = “7”
input_player1_y_btn = “12”
input_player1_left_axis = “-0”
input_player1_state_slot_decrease_axis = “-0”
input_player1_shader_next_btn = “13”
input_shader_prev_btn = “7”

input_player2_r_btn = “8”
input_player2_save_state_btn = “8”
input_player2_start_btn = “6”
input_player2_exit_emulator_btn = “6”
input_player2_l_btn = “9”
input_player2_load_state_btn = “9”
input_player2_up_axis = “-1”
input_player2_a_btn = “1”
input_player2_b_btn = “3”
input_player2_reset_btn = “3”
input_player2_down_axis = “+1”
input_player2_right_axis = “+0”
input_player2_state_slot_increase_axis = “-1”
input_player2_x_btn = “0”
input_player2_menu_toggle_btn = “0”
input_player2_select_btn = “7”
input_player2_enable_hotkey_btn = “7”
input_player2_y_btn = “2”
input_player2_left_axis = “-0”
input_player2_state_slot_decrease_axis = “-0”

– I ran a test to see what buttons are assigned to what number and took them down BUT when I rebooted and tested the controllers in a game it is not working properly.
– Joystick on one side is fine, on the other it is messed up. The start and select buttons no longer work and the jump button (I’m testing on Sonic 2) also pauses the game at the same time.
– Another thing to note is that when I exited the game (used the keyboard as start and select now do not work) I navigated to the retropie controller configure menu that comes up when you first boot up retropie to set buttons that way.
– Where before I did a test and start and select were assigned to 16 and 17 they now appear to read 6 and 7 when set this way. Also the A,B,X,Y buttons on both sets are reading the same values (1,3,0,2) even though there is no possible way they could be wired to the same place?

I feel like I’ve made some good progress but am unsure what to do now!

>>Slayer
Tried pressing the PS button after reboot when in EmulationStation but no go.

>>miahotrod
Interesting. Bug introduced in newer RetroPie?

Is anyone else successfully using PS3-controllers in RetroPie 3.2 or 3.2.1?

This is what it looks like the same instance as i disconnect the USB cable from the controller (rightclick and chose View image to zoom):

Thanks for the prompt reply!

I have the iBuffalo USB-gamepad connected, plus a Bluetooth dongle in case I use my PS3 sixaxis, but I haven’t used that one any longer after I got the iBuffalo.

Here are my configs:

retroarch.cfg:
http://pastebin.com/UnFQgcZ6

USB,2-axis8-buttongamepad.cfg
http://pastebin.com/mDuETfVy

PLAYSTATION(R)3Controller.cfg
http://pastebin.com/AJZhb3Kq

Cheers,

F.

For anyone suffering from this issue in the future, delete es_input.cfg AND es_systems.cfg and reboot. It will then accept the USB controllers.