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The initial setup I had was done by someone else so it’s very possible they enabled it and I didn’t notice. But I’m glad I figured it out because it’s working MUCH better now!

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Actually, I think I found a solution that has worked in about 99% of the games I was having trouble with.

In the advmame-1.4.rc settings there was this option:

display_vsync yes

and I changed it to:

display_vsync no

That seems to clear up a lot of the sound issues without distorting anything else.

[tpr70]

Thank you!

[tpr70]

Controls, yes. But some of the games you have to “press 1” on the original console’s keyboard to start the game, and I’m trying to do a stand-alone RetroPie without a keyboard, so I want to be able to map that key to a button on the controller.

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RE-installing worked! Another question – Is there any way to map some of the keyboard keys to controller buttons? I want to map the “1” key to one of the buttons on the control pad, but I can’t find anywhere in any of the documentation on how to do that.

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Is /_SYS_/ a hidden directory? I don’t seem to have that anywhere on my RetroPie install.

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Looks like I just found it.

In advmame-1.4.rc display_magnify was set to “auto” when it needed to be set to “1.” Here’s the settings I am using now:

display_magnify 1
display_magnifysize 640
display_mode 224x 256s 1.00×1.00

This gives a more “pixelated” look like it was in the original arcade and doesn’t “smooth out” the edges like the other option did. It’s a personal preference thing.

[tpr70]

That worked! Thank you! I’ll paste the instructions here so that anyone searching will know:

Do you have this line in your advmame.rc file

misc_quiet yes

And in RetroPie that file is located here: /home/pi/.advance

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So has no one ever recompiled it and posted the file for others to use?

[tpr70]

To be honest, I’m not sure because someone else set this up for me, but I’d have to imagine it’s whatever the latest version is. The system I have is made for the CV controller, but I did unplug the USB to CV controller adapter and put in a normal USB NES controller and I was able to play CV games just fine. The Start button seemed to be mapped to the “1” key on the keypad so I could at least start all the games that required a number push from the keypad to get them going.

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Using the CoolCV emulator. Here’s the link: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/240800-coolcv-emulator-for-mac-os-x-linux-windows-and-raspberry/

I think I now have most of the issues sorted out just by trial and error. I’m super impressed with MAME on the Pi although I get a strange error when running Bagman as it tells me the “Sound Emulator cannot be started” and then it crashes. I’m using AdvanceMAME. Any ideas?

[tpr70]

hi fella, have you looked here?

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

Yes, of course. Unfortunately, it doesn’t answer any of the questions or issues I have.

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Been messing around with configs and other settings and I’m still getting the same error with Stella and I can’t get any roms from systems like NES or SNES to show up in Emulation Station.

Looks like I’m running RetroPie 3.18.7-v7

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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