[jrodger]

@whywilson1,, have you tried using the image from buzz as yet?

Have you tried using another display? Or maybe setting hdmi safe mode in the config.txt

I see you saying that you are looking at using his image? Download and flash it via the pc.

[jrodger]

Oh haha.. thought there was two really helpful people. Just you in two places. Thanks for helping me with the freetype2 issue,See you’ve now added it to the script..

[jrodger]

Hey Buzz,

Anywhere we can keep track of what has been updated? Or is yours an independent build of the source? Would like to keep mine updated without re flashing.

[jrodger]

Sorry for double post. 2.5 image has recompiled emulators for armv7 so getting that image will save you having to recompile everything. Maybe just copy ur configs off and use that image.

[jrodger]

Yea, worked for me.
There was one more I ran, can’t remember off the top of my head. Think it was sudo rpi update not sure if necessary though.

[jrodger]

Hi, probably easier to use the 2.5 image from buzz. Or if u still have the b+ u can run the update and upgrade and then put it in the pi2.

[jrodger]

1) RetroPie sets up everything emulators, emulation station etc.
you can run the setup script from RetroPie-Setup/ .retropie_setup.sh here you can install/update the different components.

2) Yes, ES is basically a front end for emulator selection. works very well.

3) Retroarch.. not sure.

4) Some emulators yes, i.e. Fba – opt/retrogame/emulators/pifba/fba2x.cfg
or opt/retrogame/emulators/pisnes/snes9x.cfg

i guess it depends on the emulators. but someone correct me if im wrong.

5) Not sure on filters.

6) as per configs.

7) Not all the roms work, i prefer using pifba, and i use the 37b5 mame rom set. but you will have to try them. i also added the neogeo.zip bios in the rom folder for the neogeo games.

not sure if that helps.

[jrodger]

Hi,

For some reason when i tried that the games still didnt boot until i
added the system directory directly to the psx config.

/opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg

add the following to the bottom.

system_directory= /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS

although i might have been an issue on a previous release.

got the info from here.

Link

[jrodger]

Hi Buzz,

Thanks for the great work.

Noob question, can i compile the emulators etc myself for the pi2?
is it just a matter of gcc -march=armv7-a -mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=hard
or is there alot more to it?

i’ve already upgraded my 2.4 image.

[jrodger]

Hi, did you come right?

Busy completing my bartop arcade at the moment. had to redo my setup for the 2.4 image of retropie. but it definitely does work.

i have 4 buttons for each joystick, 6 buttons for each player + additional start and add coin buttons for each player. total of 24 buttons.

there is some setup required, im using Adafruit-Retrogame, which is another version of retrogame which is what osnoogie posted.

easy way to test is wire the buttons up, once you have done the retropie setup (not forgetting the modprobe uinput) you can just call ./retrogame from the command line and press the buttons, it should pick up. you can then open retrogame.c and change the button mappings.

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