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Depends which systems you wish to emulate? The B+ will emulate most 16 bit and older consoles/systems no problem apart from SNES which has some issues on certain games (mainly super fx games) MAME/FBA also runs well generally. Anything after 16 bit era is hit and miss but performance gets an instant boost on the new Pi 2 according to members on this forum (don’t own a Pi 2 yet myself) which makes previously unplayable games playable. If you can get a good deal on the B+ and are aware of it’s limitations it’s a good starting point as there is plenty of info on this forum to get you up and running. The Pi 2 is the same form factor as the B+ so any cases you purchase will fit the Pi 2.

Lastly it’s important to get a decent micro SD card (Samsung class 6 are reliable in my experience) and a 2A power supply, this applies to both models.

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Can’t wait to get a Pi 2, great to hear there are instant speed improvements for the emulators! Didn’t think there would be a Pi 2 so soon! Exciting times ahead :-)

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Tru changing runcommand to either 1 or 3, info here: https://www.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/issues-on-new-43-display/

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You can use SFTP to transfer, this thread may help: https://www.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/cant-find-the-right-directory/

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Hi, if you have a retroarch.cfg in the respective emulator directory in /configs/ it *should* override the default retroarch.cfg in /configs/all/

Is this not the case?

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@ricdeau

Yes you’re right there! I agree , stupid name for the new Xbox! Xbox One controller support was added in Kernel 3.17, current Raspbian uses 3.12 so could be a long time before the Pi gets support. It might be possible to update the Kernel but that’s beyond my knowledge, perhaps ask on the Raspberrypi.org forums?

[trimmtrabb]

sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

Will let you edit Samba config

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Xboxdrv supports Xbox One controllers now: http://pingus.seul.org/~grumbel/xboxdrv/

@natecbc

I started with absolute zero Linux knowledge and found all the information I needed on this forum. It does require some tinkering to get RetroPie setup to your liking, personally I found learning about Linux along the way interesting and worthwhile. If you want something plug and play get an Android box. Or if you need help start a thread here detailing your issues and what you have tried so far.

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First thing you should try is look in your tv/monitor settings for a ‘fit to screen ‘ option

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With the pad plugged in what does the command ls /dev/input show?

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Info on where to place the BIOS here: https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/The-gpSP-Emulator

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You might want to overclock the Pi as well, mine runs stable at 1000mhz, it helps with some emulators. There’s an overclock thread in the forum for reference.

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Glad you sorted it :-) The runcommand script changes the resolution when an emulator is started, more info here: https://github.com/retropie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/master/supplementary/runcommand.sh

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Change: gpu_mem=64

to: gpu_mem=256

Or 128 if you have model A

Remove these:
config_hdmi_boost=7
hdmi-_safe=1

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Try changing runcommand.sh 4 to runcommand.sh 2 in the SNES section of es_systems.cfg (reboot for changes to take effect)

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What video mode do you have set in /boot/config.txt

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Check your tv setting for a ‘fit to screen’ option

[trimmtrabb]

What display resolutions does the monitor support? And are you using pisnes or the retroarch/libretro core (check es_systems.cfg)

[trimmtrabb]

sudo nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg will let you edit it

[trimmtrabb]

The file you need to edit is retroarch.cfg located in /opt/retropie/configs/all/

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Which emulator are you running?

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You don’t have to assign all of those buttons by the way just remove the ones you don’t need although the hotkeys are useful

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The file you need to edit is retroarch.cfg in /opt/retropie/configs/all

Here is mine for example, use it as a template. More config options here:
https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/blob/master/retroarch.cfg

Note ‘joypad_index’, this is the number your gamepad is assigned. Looking at your post above 0 should be right

input_player1_joypad_index = “0” input_player1_b_btn = “1” input_player1_y_btn = “3” input_player1_select_btn = “8” input_player1_start_btn = “9” input_player1_up_axis = “-5” input_player1_down_axis = “+5” input_player1_left_axis = “-4” input_player1_right_axis = “+4” input_player1_a_btn = “0” input_player1_x_btn = “2” input_player1_l_btn = “4” input_player1_r_btn = “5” input_player1_l2_btn = “6” input_player1_r2_btn = “7” input_player1_l3_btn = “11” input_player1_r3_btn = “12” input_player1_l_x_plus_axis = “+0” input_player1_l_x_minus_axis = “-0” input_player1_l_y_plus_axis = “+1” input_player1_l_y_minus_axis = “-1” input_player1_r_x_plus_axis = “+2” input_player1_r_x_minus_axis = “-2” input_player1_r_y_plus_axis = “+3” input_player1_r_y_minus_axis = “-3” input_enable_hotkey_btn = “8” input_exit_emulator_btn = “9” input_enable_hotkey_btn = “8” input_save_state_btn = “5” input_enable_hotkey_btn = “8” input_load_state_btn = “4” input_enable_hotkey_btn = “8” input_state_slot_increase_btn = “7” input_enable_hotkey_btn = “8” input_state_slot_decrease_btn =”6″ input_enable_hotkey_btn = “8” input_menu_toggle_btn = “3”

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Locations of binaries/configs etc have changed since RetroPie 2.x see here:

Major Update for RetroPie

[trimmtrabb]

Not worth messing about with N64 on the Pi, it’s very frustrating! Playstation emulation can run fairly decently though :-)

[trimmtrabb]

By the way the retroarch.cfg you posted has the controls commented out, remove the #’s to enable them

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EDIT: Try suggestion in last post first

If you got the autoconfig to work I would delete everything in retroarch,cfg and run that again. Then you can adjust the controls to your liking using jtest (it will display the buttons you are pressing so you can work out which is which and edit accordingly):

sudo apt-get install joystick

jstest /dev/input/js* (replace * with js number you used for auto config)

[trimmtrabb]

It’s a guess, I have seen similar issue related to GPU ram with the new Emulation Station. You need to reboot after editing config.txt

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Hmmm, do you experience slow down without the receiver plugged in?

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No

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Yes, sudo nano /boot/config.txt

Change to: gpu_mem=256

If that doesn’t work try 384

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Easiest way is to use a SSH client such as Putty (Windows) or use built in Terminal on a Mac.

Connect via SSH to the PI, you need the Pi’s IP. If you type ifconfig in the terminal on the Pi it will display this.

Port number is 22 for SSH

Username is pi and password is raspberry (you can change this once you have logged in with: passwd)

Then to edit retroarch.cfg:

sudo nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

Copy from the template I posted and edit input_player1_joypad_index= as mentioned above. Ctrl X and press Y to save. You can also modify using jtest as mentioned above.

I recommend you read up on using SSH and FTP with the Pi, it makes things a lot easier.

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Which model Pi do you have and what is your memory split, ES 2 requires at least 128MB GPU ram

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What is the current rating of your power supply?

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With the pad plugged in type: ls /dev/input/ (this list the assigned device numbers of joysticks/gamepads)

Note the number after js

Here is my retroarch.cfg setup for a 360 pad: https://www.petrockblock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/retroarch_xbox360pad.zip

You need to edit it and change input_player1_joypad_index = to the number noted above.

Place it in /opt/retropie/configs/all/

To test buttons and make adjustments:

sudo apt-get install joystick

jstest /dev/input/js* (replace * with js number as above)

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