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Anonymous Mon Sep 16 17:57:54 2019 No.5886942 [Reply] [Original]

>clusterfuck: the frontend

Anonymous Mon Sep 16 18:07:28 2019 No.5886957

>>5886942
I'm an RA fanboy, I use it frequently. I will fully admit it's poorly documented, convoluted, and some features flatly do not work. It's not something for normies.
But if you're a nerd, you shouldn't have any problem configuring it. Once you spend uh..a week setting it up, it works very well.

I feel it's worth the effort simply for the ease of using a 10-foot interface as opposed to a desktop UI, the unified controller mapping, and global shaders. The CRT shaders in RA are amazing.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 18:14:59 2019 No.5886983 >>5886957 Seems like only Player 1 can control the menu as well, something I learned the hard way when I tried playing a co-op game with a friend.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 18:15:21 2019 No.5886985 >>5886957 It's really not difficult to setup but it's buggy as fuck and the ui is an inconsistent mess. It's nice having a centralized frontend but sometimes I miss having individual emulators.

Anonymous Mon Sep 16 18:30:22 2019 No.5887019

>>5886983
"all_users_control_menu" is the first line in retroarch.cfg, or at least it is on my system. Change that value to enable it. I suspect you can change it directly from the frontend as well, but it's probably buried in the advanced settings somewhere.

One thing I learned about RA is that things go smoother if you learn to directly edit the config, shader, and playlist files. Make backups of your old config files before tinkering, and use WinMerge or something similar to quickly compare different config/shader/playlist files to find out what's being changed and why.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 18:34:25 2019 No.5887027 >>5886942 I'm glad it keeps brainlets like you out

Anonymous Mon Sep 16 18:36:34 2019 No.5887030

>>5886985
I myself haven't really encountered any bugs but I'm sticking with 1.7.7 for the time being. The latest release has some issues so I've read. Also, the amount of bugginess seems to be dependent on which OS or platform you're running it on. Using 1.7.7 on Windows is smooth sailing, at least in my experience. Can't say the same for the memeberry crowd or those users who run it on Android boxes, or rooted Firesticks and such.
The stock UI blows, so I use the ozone menu instead of XMB, and hide all the menus and options I never use. Makes for a much, much cleaner experience.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 18:41:00 2019 No.5887037 >>5887030 This, is this board just zoomers who don't know how to change the theme of software they use? Ozone is great for me too.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 18:55:02 2019 No.5887073 >>5886942 >brainlet: the op

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:00:19 2019 No.5887080 >>5886942 I don't know, man, this flycast thing is goddamn wonderful, at least for the few games I've tried.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:02:43 2019 No.5887085 it's a pretty simple interface though

Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:03:01 2019 No.5887087

What's the fucking point of a frontend that brings it all together if you have to manually switch cores anyways? Retroarch should be automatically figuring out the correct emulators itself when I select a rom/iso

I'll stick to individual emulators, thx.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:07:20 2019 No.5887101 >>5887087 >figuring out the correct emulators itself when I select a rom/iso Agreed.

Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:09:37 2019 No.5887106

>>5887080
Dreamcast emulation under RetroArch is the very last thing on my list. I made the mistake of diving down the N64 emulation rabbit hole a month ago, and I want that to "work" as well as it can before I move on to the Dreamcast. My major gripe is Mupen64PlusNextProOpen1337 or whatever the fuck they call it now only works with the OGL backend renderer, requiring me to make a config change and restart RetroArch if I want to use it. Meanwhile, every other core I use works perfectly with Vulkan as the backend. First world problem for sure, but it still annoys me.

I recall Dreamcast emulation to be shitty the last time I tried it, which was admittedly several years ago. I check the libretro github page frequently and it looks like flycast is moving along pretty swiftly. Once I have that working to my liking, my entire RA setup will be complete.

Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:20:11 2019 No.5887121

>>5887087
>What's the fucking point of a frontend that brings it all together if you have to manually switch cores anyways?
You do not have to manually switch cores.

I seamlessly go from game to game, core to core. In fact, that's one of my favorite pastimes - just browsing through tons of games and demoing ones that look or sound appealing. I've found quite a few fun games that were previously unknown to me by doing this.

You have to learn how to create your own playlists, which is doable with the RetroArch playlist web app. You just drag and drop content into a browser tab, make mass edits to your liking, then save it and do any final tweaking with Notepad++'s find-and-replace. Then you can browse the playlists and load games seamlessly, with no manual core swapping. If you use No-Intro romsets, the built-in scanner will make a playlist for you, but you may have to do a tiny bit of tweaking afterwards with Notepad++ like I mentioned.

The playlist web app is here https://www.marcrobledo.com/retroarch-playlist-editor/

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:22:04 2019 No.5887124 >>5887121 all of those steps are pure autism

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:24:51 2019 No.5887136 >>5887124 >Drag and drop too hard >ctrl+f too hard Okay then brainlet

Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:29:00 2019 No.5887143
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Why the FUCK can't I reset hotkey binds to default without going into a cfg file
Why the FUCK do I need to manually add romhacks to a playlist through the Desktop Menu
Why the FUCK do all my shaders just suddenly sometimes disappear, making it so I need waste an hour finding what I want again and fine tuning the parameters
Why the FUCK is the shared memory card feature not working for me despite me having it ticked in options? I can't play multi-disc psx games..
Why the FUCK is the dreamcast version of Vampire Survivor zoomed in like 80% when playing it through the dreamcast cores available

All in all I like retroarch a lot but FUCK

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:30:00 2019 No.5887147 >>5887143 Oh, and why the FUCK can't I have hotkey binds be core specific, so I can use L2 and R2 for consoles that don't need them

Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:51:53 2019 No.5887187

>>5887143
>Why the FUCK can't I reset hotkey binds to default without going into a cfg file
You want an option in the input settings to globally reset all hotkey binds to default? Seems reasonable. But I guess you could make seperate retroarch.cfg files and load them as needed.
>Why the FUCK do I need to manually add romhacks to a playlist through the Desktop Menu
The built-in scanner needs a database to compare checksums to. It uses the No-Intro and Redump databases for this, so romhacks won't be added by the built-in scanner. It's kinda like complaining that Plex's content scanner isn't pulling down the correct labels from TheTVDB for my home movies. You're just going to have to use the desktop menu or the web app like I mentioned above to add romhacks.
>Why the FUCK do all my shaders just suddenly sometimes disappear, making it so I need waste an hour finding what I want again and fine tuning the parameters
Never had this happen once. My gut says you're mistakenly trying to use shaders for OGL under a DirectX backend or vice versa. In any event, the "shaders" directory will contain all your presets so you can look there for more info.
>Why the FUCK is the shared memory card feature not working for me despite me having it ticked in options? I can't play multi-disc psx games..
I know for a fact it does work. The PSX documentation is perhaps the most thorough of all the cores, so check the docs and see what you're doing wrong.
https://docs.libretro.com/library/beetle_psx_hw/
>Why the FUCK is the dreamcast version of Vampire Survivor zoomed in like 80% when playing it through the dreamcast cores available
Who knows. I haven't messed with the Dreamcast cores yet. Dreamcast emulation has always been buggy though. Use the FinalBurn or MAME roms for Vampire Savior, they just work.
>Oh, and why the FUCK can't I have hotkey binds be core specific, so I can use L2 and R2 for consoles that don't need them
Create and load customized retroarch.cfg files like I mentioned.

Anonymous Mon Sep 16 19:55:48 2019 No.5887194

>>5887143
>Why the FUCK is the shared memory card feature not working for me despite me having it ticked in options? I can't play multi-disc psx games..

In fact I may have found the answer just now:
>The 'Memcard 0 method' core option needs to be set to 'mednafen' for the 'Shared memcards' core option to function properly.
You're probably using the libretro memcard format by mistake.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 20:15:28 2019 No.5887213 >>5887143 >wanting to emulate a console port of an arcade game Retard detected, post discarded.

Anonymous Mon Sep 16 21:31:43 2019 No.5887349

>>5887106
Flycast only supports OGL for the time being, but the emu is snappy and very compatible, even with WinCE games. The Naomi support is also pretty good, provided you use MAME format ROMs. I think you can set up custom settings per core, but I'm not sure about the video driver.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 23:14:34 2019 No.5887532 >>5887213 The Dreamcast Vampire Survivor is unironically the best version of the game.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 23:31:50 2019 No.5887568 >>5886957 You don't even spend a week to configure it. At most it's just a whole afternoon, from installation to controller.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 23:38:24 2019 No.5887583 >>5887106 Every Dreamcast game I actually want to play actually works. Just not the one I want the most Virtual On stars but crashed to desktop after like 5 seconds

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 16 23:47:25 2019 No.5887598 UI sucks. Emulators don't work with all games. Corrupted save files, especially for MS. Mobile version buttons are terrible. Save state system is bad. Updated and all my cores needed to be redownloaded. Other standalone emulators seem much better.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 00:54:34 2019 No.5887674 >>5887598 >Mobile version buttons are terrible Onscreen Overlay>Overlay Preset

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 01:03:17 2019 No.5887681 >>5886942 >Program selects wrong controller for player one >Want to change order of controllers >"Just rebind all the buttons lol" Am I missing something or did they fail to implement a feature every other emulator on the planet has as standard?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 01:03:38 2019 No.5887682 >>5887019 Good tip. RA is more reliable and stable when you make changes to the configs with a text editor as opposed to making changes in the RA menus.

Anonymous Tue Sep 17 01:58:41 2019 No.5887765
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>>5887583
>Virtual On Starts but crashes to desktop after like 5 seconds
The Naomi or Dreamcast version? The Naomi version was affected by a regression that was fixed five days ago; try updating your core if that's the case. There are commits pushed to flycast daily it seems, so perhaps you should be updating the core frequently anyway.
>>5887681
Yeah, RA likes to auto-assign and map controllers as soon as they're first seen.
With all your controllers plugged in, change the device index for player one in the binds menu to the correct input device and see if that helps. Do this with a mouse and keyboard and not with a controller, because if you set the index to "disabled", you instantly lose controller input. I think there needs to be an "are you sure?" step before RA allows you to disable an input device.
Speaking of, my #1 protip for RA is to disable the automatic saving of retroarch.cfg on exit. This allows you to mess with things and not worry about fucking up. Like say, I don't know, accidentally setting the controller device index to "disabled" and then being prevented from sending controller inputs to the frontend. Not a problem on PC where you have other input devices at your disposal, but if you did that on a console or another platform with only one input device, it can be annoying to fix.

Disable the auto-save of retroarch.cfg and then only save changes to the config when you're sure of something. Of note, core options are always saved on exit and auto-save cannot be disabled for them. When I first started with RetroArch, I made my retroarch-core-options.cfg read-only until I got the hang of things.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 02:03:45 2019 No.5887772 I came here to plug this http://retroachievements.org/ its built into RA and its a great way to keep track of the games you play and compete with friends.

Anonymous Tue Sep 17 02:06:07 2019 No.5887774

>>5887568
>You don't even spend a week to configure it. At most it's just a whole afternoon, from installation to controller.
You're not wrong, but for me, it took a long time as I wanted all the boxarts and shit to display properly, then I got kinda OCD about shaders (scanlines...must....be...perfect) and spent a while customizing the UI. That and other small user experience shit I obsess over.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 02:06:21 2019 No.5887775 >>5887772 What friends are you talking about?

Anonymous Tue Sep 17 02:25:54 2019 No.5887795

>>5887349
>Flycast only supports OGL for the time being
Just my luck it would. Oh well, I'll just have to make a video driver change and restart the front end once I get around to playing with flycast.
>I think you can set up custom settings per core, but I'm not sure about the video driver.
Yeah, I've looked into it and it's not possible to make per-core video driver settings. But hey first-world boomer gamer problems amirite.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 02:29:55 2019 No.5887802 ra has a front end with box art? I'm using ra with launchbox is ra better at it?

Anonymous Tue Sep 17 02:41:51 2019 No.5887809
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>>5887802
Difficult for me to say, as I haven't fucked with LaunchBox in quite some time.
I can say that if you want boxart, screenshots and title screens in RetroArch, download them directly from Github instead of using the front end's content downloader. The built-in content downloader has always been buggy for me.

https://github.com/libretro-thumbnails/libretro-thumbnails#libretro-thumbnails

Just put them in the "thumbnails" directory and name the folder the same way it appears on the Github page but without the @ commit# at the end.

So like, "Console Maker - Name of Console"

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 02:48:17 2019 No.5887818 >>5887765 I'm using the Flycast core, updated. Still nothing

Anonymous Tue Sep 17 02:49:25 2019 No.5887820

>>5887809
Oh, and boxarts and stuff won't display automatically unless you're using a No-Intro/Redump romset and you built a playlist for them.
For my ancient Sega Saturn isos, I just manually re-labeled them in the playlist so they would match known thumbnails and everything worked fine. I need to at some point replace my PSX .isos with ones verified by Redump.

But if you use a No-Intro romset, you don't need to do anything.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 02:53:06 2019 No.5887828 >>5886942 >When Retroarch decide it's a good idea to copy the PS3 OS. What the flying fuck were they thinking?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 02:54:29 2019 No.5887829 >>5887820 thanks. I've spent far more time tweaking front end stuff then I'd like to admit. I'll likely stick with launch box because it's mostly done aside from some mostly arcade stuff with bad file names

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 02:54:29 2019 No.5887830 File: 80 KB, 761x468, Screenshot_1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5887194 not werking

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 02:55:33 2019 No.5887832 >>5887829 it's literally just an option. one you need to even enable first. you've never used the software.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 02:55:45 2019 No.5887835 >>5887828 wasn't that around well before ps3

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 02:56:53 2019 No.5887836 >>5887832 ra? I use it regularly

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 02:58:41 2019 No.5887839 >>5887835 yes.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 02:58:49 2019 No.5887840 >>5887818 You've piqued my curiosity so I'm going to try this myself. I've been wanting to mess around with flycast anyway, as there's been some claimed performance enhancements made recently.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 03:12:02 2019 No.5887852 >>5887830 you have to manually rename the old memcard file if you were using the other method previously

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 03:16:35 2019 No.5887854 >>5887852 Got it working. Is there a way to load the psx bios in retroarch? I've been using SOTN to see what I have saved..

Anonymous Tue Sep 17 03:31:25 2019 No.5887859

>>5887840
Turns out it was just the rom I was using. It was a .cdi. other .cdi's are working for me, just not that one.
The .gdi rom seems to be working just fine, but now I can't get it to show up in the playlist. not even through the desktop menu

weird

Anonymous Tue Sep 17 03:47:44 2019 No.5887870
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>>5887859
Well good, and thanks for enticing me down the Dreamcast rabbit hole. Performance, analog and rumble work great and now I'm gonna be playing Virtual On all night now.

For reference, I'm using the rom from Vimm's Lair just FYI.

>but now I can't get it to show up in the playlist
This is what my playlist entry looks like:

{
"path": "G:\\anon\\videogaems\\Cyber Troopers - Virtual-On - Oratorio Tangram (USA)\\Cyber Troopers - Virtual-On - Oratorio Tangram (USA).cue",
"label": "Cyber Troopers - Virtual-On - Oratorio Tangram (USA)",
"core_path": ".\\cores\\flycast_libretro.dll",
"core_name": "Flycast",
"crc32": "DETECT",
"db_name": "Sega - Dreamcast.lpl"
},

Tailor something like that to your needs. Make sure to backup your playlist before fucking with it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 03:51:47 2019 No.5887872 File: 33 KB, 813x272, json.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5887870 The board kinda fucked up the formatting so here's a screenshot from Notepad++

Anonymous Tue Sep 17 03:56:51 2019 No.5887880

>>5887870
I just tricked it by putting something random in desktom menu and redirecting the path.

Jesus christ these controls, Custom Robo it's not. cant seem to map the rotations to the right stick and movement to left either, unless I'm doing something wrong.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 04:11:21 2019 No.5887896 File: 19 KB, 480x320, 1566928922461.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >config file damaged >Doesn't boot

Anonymous Tue Sep 17 04:26:00 2019 No.5887920
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>>5887854
>Is there a way to load the psx bios in retroarch?
There's no official method that I'm aware of and I'd like to know if one exists. I just now had a hunch that loading an audio CD image would send Beetle PSX HW to the Playstation's CD player, and then from there I could just exit back out to the memory card manager and I was right. I can see and manage my save data by doing this. So maybe try that?

Just take any .mp3, use ImgBurn to build an iso image from it, and then point Beetle PSX at the resulting .cue file.

Anonymous Tue Sep 17 04:59:25 2019 No.5887951
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>>5887880
>cant seem to map the rotations to the right stick and movement to left either
You probably figured it out by now, but you have to first re-map the left analog inputs over to the right stick, then re-map the D-pad to the left analog stick. Note the little icons in the controller UI that show you directional cues along with the axis indicators, that way you can decipher what X- or Y+ means. Make sure to save a game remap file when you're done.

It's been fun helping you and the other anon(s) but I need to sleep. I'll check this thread again tomorrow if anyone else needs general RetroArch tips, as I know a fuckton about that frontend and libretro in general.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 06:22:48 2019 No.5888025 >>5886942 RA is shit. I'd rather use an individual emulator but theres no standalone CRT Royale shader

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 07:00:39 2019 No.5888068 >>5886957 >Once you spend uh..a week setting it up, it works very well. Thats what i did last week. Lol

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 07:19:48 2019 No.5888083 >>5887828 It's pretty efficient for a controller interface, but they have a more recent UI driver that's more akin to PPSSPP

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 07:36:01 2019 No.5888109 >>5888083 Yeah, it's called ozone. I suspect it will become the default soon. I much prefer it to xmb.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 07:39:11 2019 No.5888114 I remember when my friend was shilling the hell out of this a few years ago. I always thought it was overly convulted and thought that just using individual emulators was better anyways.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 08:00:53 2019 No.5888149 >>5887136 lets not forget the "tiny bit of tweaking in notepad+" i personally prefer MaLa over retroarch and hyperspin

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 08:03:20 2019 No.5888153 >>5887775 gay ones

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 08:06:57 2019 No.5888159 >>5888149 >tiny bit of tweaking in notepad+" Which, quite literally, takes 30 seconds. It's not big deal at all.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 08:07:30 2019 No.5888162 Took me no time to set up on Android. I like it, but its available emulators can't handle quite a number of games. And the whole front end lacks support for diagonals, which makes it suck even more.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 09:41:14 2019 No.5888267 >>5886983 >Config>Input>All Users Control Menu Did you even look for it?

Anonymous Tue Sep 17 09:50:42 2019 No.5888280

>>5887896
Assuming you are talking about core config, you can open retroarch-core-options.cfg and just delete the core configuration in there. If you know what specific change you made that caused it to not open you can just delete that.
They realy need to add a core config reset button in there.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 13:28:26 2019 No.5888639 >1.7.8v4 hmmmmnnmnmnmnmn

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 20:08:49 2019 No.5889276 >>5888162 Why does it lack diagonals? Anyone know? It's fucking retarded is what it is.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 20:46:17 2019 No.5889350 >>5887951 not him, but I did exactly as you suggested and doesn't work. the right stick just doesn't do what i want it to

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 21:04:20 2019 No.5889385 >>5889350 >the right stick just doesn't do what i want it to What is it that you want it to do?

Anonymous Tue Sep 17 21:49:14 2019 No.5889482

>>5889385
just want a set up where left stick controls movement and right stick controls camera. i know theres no actual camera in the game and can only turn right and left, but can't even do that.
but it lets me do the opposite. free movement control with the right stick and camera with the left

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 22:19:27 2019 No.5889524 >>5889482 Hold your controller upside down. :^)

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 17 22:35:52 2019 No.5889560 >>5889524 I found a fix by using xpadder to switch left and right sticks

Anonymous Tue Sep 17 22:58:08 2019 No.5889592

>>5889482
I did exactly this last night, with the right stick controlling left and right camera pan, so I know it can work. I was using RetroArch 1.7.7. under Windows with an Xbox One S controller and the latest flycast core.
In any event, glad you got it working with xpadder.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 01:36:28 2019 No.5889832 File: 2.84 MB, 1920x1080, dragster.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >even considering Retroarch a frontend Anybody who puts up with XMB bullshit can hardly be called a man.

Anonymous Wed Sep 18 01:47:00 2019 No.5889852

>>5889832
>Hypermeme
Shiet, that frontend is a 100x more difficult to configure than RetroArch is and that's saying a LOT. Are all the useful features still paywalled?

Plus RetroArch handles tons of other shit on top of just being a 10-foot interface - netplay (that actually works), shaders, control mapping, achievements, integration with streaming services, etc.

>XMB
You don't have to use XMB.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 01:52:31 2019 No.5889860 File: 1.92 MB, 1920x1080, neo geo.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5889852 >You don't have to use XMB. Correct, you can use an actual frontend and reap all the benefits of Retroarch without the horror of its GUI.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 02:53:23 2019 No.5889919 >>5889860 >XMB sucks haha There are other menu layouts to choose from. You can customize them to you liking. >lol XMB You've got nothing, huh?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 02:57:19 2019 No.5889923 File: 144 KB, 1000x1000, _pdp_sq_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5889860 without the xmb i'd probably just use individual emulators

Anonymous Wed Sep 18 07:25:08 2019 No.5890257
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>>5886942
My only issue is the video driver fucks up games a lot, and I can never have a single one be used all the time.

I know the Beetle HW for PS1 gives me a black screen and that's it, but if I change the video driver to another it'll fix this, but changing the driver means all screenshots will be this weird blue tint because it fucks up the R/B channels somehow.

I never use it for Dreamcast or higher since the standalone emulators are fine for that.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 08:02:34 2019 No.5890310 >>5887080 There are standalone builds.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 08:06:24 2019 No.5890319 File: 11 KB, 407x360, sega twin stick.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5887880 I guess you are new to the series. It's an arcade game that is supposed to be played with a special twin-stick controller.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 16:33:14 2019 No.5891194 >>5890319 Anyone tried playing it with dual flight joysticks?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 17:15:07 2019 No.5891284 >>5889860 Do you have to configure inputs for each emulator?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 18 17:23:03 2019 No.5891306 What's the go-to NES emulator these days for windows. I was using Jnes last night to try and mess around with some game genie codes, but it never saves the codes I add to it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 07:23:27 2019 No.5892430 File: 116 KB, 634x634, index.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5886942 based retard

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 08:03:43 2019 No.5892473 >>5887835 psp

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 08:16:08 2019 No.5892485 it's more like >no diagonals: the frontend It's fucking weird cuz all the emulators it has available all have diagonals. do the retroarch people just hate diagonals? wtf

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 08:52:32 2019 No.5892540 >>5886942 Imagine not being able to figure out RetroArch. This is boomer central, alright.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 09:00:09 2019 No.5892556 Looks like PPSSPP and dolphin dont work with amdgpu on linux. GL and Vulkan is ok for the other cores. Anyone got it working?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 09:14:57 2019 No.5892576 >>5892485 What the fuck are you even talking about, mate?

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 10:51:41 2019 No.5892772 The only reason to use retroarch is for meme features like runahead and CRT filters. It's not actually very good at all if you don't care about those

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 10:55:40 2019 No.5892779 >>5892576 He posts this in every thread that mentions RetroArch, just ignore him.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 10:59:35 2019 No.5892783 >>5892576 up/right, down/right, down/left, up/left Retroarch doesn't have input options for those.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 11:20:11 2019 No.5892818 >>5892779 Your mom's a Retroarch.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 14:16:29 2019 No.5893140 >>5892783 And you want those why? Because you're one of those keyboard only plebs, or... ? Ghosting issues? Having a hard time thinking why anyone would need that.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 14:44:57 2019 No.5893192 >>5891306 Follow the links in the sticky and you'll have an answer.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 14:55:49 2019 No.5893223 >>5886942 People who don't understand how to use this should be fired off this planet. It literally takes 2 minutes to google how to search for a core, download a core, link your library and than play a game.

>>	Anonymous Thu Sep 19 15:54:19 2019 No.5893337 >>5889852 Hyperspin took me five minutes, launchbox/bigbox still eludes me. Maybe because I slapped retroarch in there and retroarch is trash.

Anonymous Thu Sep 19 17:36:53 2019 No.5893557

>>5893140
I would imagine the only reason anyone would want that is because it works better for them than otherwise. I'm sorry your reasoning and general cognitive skills are sorely lacking, but I think it seems pretty fucking obvious why he would want that, ya dingus.

Anonymous Thu Sep 19 18:17:59 2019 No.5893654
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I've never really seen the fucking point if I'm being completely honest. If I want NES I run Nestopia, if I want SNES I run ZMZ, Dolphin for GC/Wii, etc. A frontend just seems like needless streamlining, especially when it's bound to introduce issues that weren't present when you just used individual emus.

I use it for my Vita because console homebrew is virtually the only time I could see this being useful.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 05:21:58 2019 No.5894574 File: 1.49 MB, 1728x1080, Xenogears (USA) (Disc 1)-190920-101546.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Anyone know how i can fix this? using Beetle psx (HW)

Anonymous Fri Sep 20 06:31:13 2019 No.5894627

>>5886942
I set it up on my PS3. I like certain parts of it, but it's incredibly buggy in an ironic sort of way for something that's supposed to be a simple front-end.
>no browsing to directories
>it only recognizes roms listed in its database
>download full no intro rom sets specifically optimized for it
>fails to scan the entire folder or freezes mid-scan so I have to do it all over again
>certain cores like the Intellivision emulator are supported on paper but freeze the system
Maybe it's better on PC.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 06:33:24 2019 No.5894629 >>5894627 Also >scan a folder of NES roms >takes 2 hours to finish scanning

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 09:19:53 2019 No.5894835 Agree. The layered keybinds guarantee will confusing new user. The file system fucked up on gnu/linux Also additional input lags especially on MAME

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 09:33:39 2019 No.5894847 if it wasn't for the input lag reduction features I wouldn't care for retroarch much. And there's also the fact that PGXP works more smoothly than dealing with the PCSX-R emulator or whatever that has it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 09:41:32 2019 No.5894853 more like brainlet filter

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 09:52:20 2019 No.5894872 >>5894574 Yes, click on the xenogears.bin file, the use shift+del, hit enter. rm -f if you use the linux terminal. And Iike magic, your life is better.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 10:22:08 2019 No.5894915 >>5892772 It's very good as a 10 feet interface

Anonymous Fri Sep 20 10:47:11 2019 No.5894953

How are you people so stupid?
>open up gui
>download your core
>download a rom set if your core needs it
>supports xinput so you don't have configure your controller like on older emulators
>load core
>load rom
The only thing that might be non-intuitive because of the frontend/core architecture is that there are separated options for the core and retro arch frontend itself, But once you realize if you're trying to change core specific options or global retro arch options, it makes sense.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 11:48:14 2019 No.5895048 >>5887121 My problem with the inbuilt Playlist thing is that if you want to get something like the gameboy romset scanned that is almost 9k files and it takes like 20 minutes

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 13:20:35 2019 No.5895169 >>5895048 It's ~1200 files and takes about 40 seconds.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 15:13:05 2019 No.5895365 >>5888159 can you elaborate?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 15:19:08 2019 No.5895386 >>5894953 what if you transfer retroarch to a computer thats not online?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 17:43:54 2019 No.5895606 >>5893654 >A frontend just seems like needless streamlining, especially when it's bound to introduce issues that weren't present when you just used individual emus. Like a complete disregard for and lack of diagonals.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 17:45:01 2019 No.5895610 >>5886942 It's more of an idiot filter than a clusterfuck.

Anonymous Fri Sep 20 18:46:06 2019 No.5895748
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>>5895365
Sure.
Depending on how you build your RetroArch playlist, you may need to find-and-replace some entries in it.
For example, if you're using the built-in scanner it will create explicit paths, but you may want relative paths for portability reasons. Like C:\\Users\\Anon\RetroArch\\ROMs versus .\\Roms. One hardcodes the rom path, while the other tells RetroArch to look for a rom folder in its own directory. The latter makes RetroArch playlists portable, while the former means that if you move RA to another PC or device, playlist functionality will break. I always use relative paths in my playlists, as I zip up my RA install, upload it, then share it with friends for netplay. Then the user can just unzip and play - no configuration required.
Same thing goes for core path entries. Depending on how you built your playlist, you may have to change the core path to .\\cores to ensure portability (RA uses json format for playlists so you need two backslashes instead of one just fyi)

Making these alterations takes only a few seconds in Notepad++ by using the find-and-replace function. And if you have several playlists that all need their paths changed, you can simply open all of them in Notepad++ at once and apply the changes globally.

One last tip about RA and portability. Shader presets use explicit paths by default, so if you want to move your install or share it with others and you have shader presets, open those up in N++ and change the explicit paths to relative ones.

Anonymous Fri Sep 20 18:57:58 2019 No.5895774

>>5895386
See the wall of text I just replied to another anon with. Place your roms in a folder inside RA's home directory, organize them into subfolders if needed. Build your playlist using the web app or the built-in scanner, then replace any explicit paths with relative ones. Do the same with cores and core paths, and shader presets.

Then you'll have a fully portable RetroArch install that can be migrated to an offline PC. I've done this many times and it works perfectly. Oh, one final thing I forgot - make sure the backend renderer you choose on the online PC is compatible with the hardware on the offline PC you're targeting. For example, you configured RA to use Vulkan on the online PC, but the target PC does not have a Vulkan compatible GPU.

Anonymous Fri Sep 20 19:15:10 2019 No.5895795
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>>5895606
>Like a complete disregard for and lack of diagonals.
Not entirely sure where this meme comes from. The mushbrains of drooling retards I reckon?
I play a shit load of games that require diagonal inputs and they work just fine in RetroArch across D-pads, analog sticks, and fight sticks. If your retarded mushbrain meme was actually true, games like Street Fighter would be impossible to play using RetroArch.
If you want to test just how retarded you are (which would be significantly, significantly retarded), all you need to do is boot an arcade ROM to the service screen, go to the joystick test, and see what happens when you input diagonal directions on your controller. Spoiler: it works just fine and you are a retard.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 19:22:46 2019 No.5895815 >>5895795 That's a whole lot of words there, kiddo, but retroarch still doesn't have inputs for diagonals. :^)

Anonymous Fri Sep 20 19:24:58 2019 No.5895826

>>5895795
>not entirely sure where this meme comes from
I would guess, though I'm not certain, that the reason people say RetroArch doesn't have diagonals is very probably because it doesn't have diagonals. Crazy, I know, but maybe just crazy enough to be true, eh? Why does it upset you so?

Anonymous Fri Sep 20 19:49:35 2019 No.5895890

>>5895815
>>5895826
>You: Doesn't use RetroArch, mindlessly parrots memes, and claims that RA doesn't have support for diagonals.
>Me: Uses RetroArch weekly, sometimes daily with games that literally will not function without diagonals. They all work fine and the joystick service tests on arcade ROMs prove that diagonal inputs are being sent.
Congrats guys, you're earned the (You's) your smoothbrains crave like so much retard seratonin. Keep replying to me while I eat some home cooked food and play retro games.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 19:53:59 2019 No.5895896 I wish there were a good frontend for Linux.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 20:13:05 2019 No.5895938 File: 55 KB, 754x417, lolnodiagonals.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5895890 >she uses a frontend that doesn't have diagonals! lollollollollol

Anonymous Fri Sep 20 21:14:50 2019 No.5896061

retroarch is a mess, but rather than complaining i'm going to go in quick detail.
the ui is a ps3 clone with a shitload of menus within menus and a shitload of scrolling columns.
basically the only 2 columns that matter are HOME menu and SETTINGS menu. SETTINGS menu is a list of options and does what you'd expect.
HOME menu does things like load, update/download cores, save config(why is this here?) and exit.
after booting a core you get a new column called the QUICK menu, and rather than having its own column its a column within the HOME menu.
QUICK menu does loading/saving states, taking screenshots and disk control, but has overlap with some SETTINGS menu options.
also within the QUICK menu is the OPTIONS menu. OPTIONS is actually the core specific settings menu.

an easy change would be merge the quick menu and home menu, but remove all the overlap options to the settings menu.
options (core specific settings) needs to be a separate entry either on the home menu or possibly in a condensed settings menu.
as it is right now the menu system really gives you that group project feel with none of it feeling together. and don't get me started on the 3 types of saving config types.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 21:44:17 2019 No.5896146 >>5896061 Yes, but where are the diagonals?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 21:48:51 2019 No.5896154 >>5896146 They're between the cardinal directions. Are people really this dumb? Is there some secret to mapping diagonals to left trigger or the select button that I'm missing?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 21:58:57 2019 No.5896175 >>5896154 I don't see any diagonals: >>5895938

Anonymous Fri Sep 20 22:05:49 2019 No.5896185
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>Folder for a game I downloaded has ROM files and BIN files
>Go to the folder when selecting content
>Only shows the BIN files
>When selecting one it refers me to cores I have when I already loaded a core the game is supposed to be for, and it's none of the ones it's suggesting
>Tried doing some searching, leads me to believe that renaming the file to be a ROM file will work
>Causes said file to not appear when I go to load content
>Use the desktop extension to attempt to run ROM files directly and all it does is crash it
Maybe I'm too low IQ or too new at self-configuring but I've got no clue what to do here.

I'm trying to emulate In The Hunt's arcade ROM, if that matters at all.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 22:22:16 2019 No.5896216 >>5896185 just drag and drop the .zip

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 22:34:03 2019 No.5896245 >just scroll for 10 minutes to get to anything >this is fine >this design philosophy is ok Meanwhile the "official" frontend is official in name only.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 22:34:40 2019 No.5896247 File: 3.65 MB, 560x315, 1542912269416.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5896216 Wow, that was embarrassingly simple. Thanks. Time to blow up shit as a sub.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 22:42:30 2019 No.5896258 /v/-tier thread

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 20 22:46:03 2019 No.5896267 >>5896245 Have you considered it wasn't designed for unlawful pirates who expect it to manage all 748 various dumps and hacks of link to the past?

Anonymous Fri Sep 20 22:46:53 2019 No.5896268

>>5886942
It used to be garbage until this year. Now it's all I use. It just werks. To think autists work on that for free and brainlets like me get to use it for 0 cost. The days we live in.

Before this year it would take minimum of hours of troubleshooting to get set up, then a few days in x core would cause crashes or the menu would crash at x submenu etc etc but it's great now

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 21 00:20:36 2019 No.5896392 I've been setting Retroarch up on Android phones at the local sesh's for weed. Lots of dealers have iphones, though, cause they're rich. They are hella disappointed when they can't install it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 21 19:54:58 2019 No.5897989 Anyone who uses retro arch is such a cringepilled zoomer

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 01:08:02 2019 No.5898584 >>5897989 Aw, are you too much of a brainlet to figure it out?

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 01:12:02 2019 No.5898593 >>5898584 RetroArch is for brainlets, though. Big brains use mednafen, without any gooeys.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 01:12:44 2019 No.5898595 >>5896245 >>just scroll for 10 minutes to get to anything I know RA is a brainlet filter but this is too much lol There is a search function you know.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 01:16:10 2019 No.5898603 File: 26 KB, 400x463, 1568949158888.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >How do you maintain your relationship status? >By remaining a virgin. Oof

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 01:18:05 2019 No.5898606 File: 200 KB, 1280x853, CLI GOD.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5898593

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 01:25:36 2019 No.5898621 >>5898603 >cringe >oof >u r le incel lel breddy good meme'ing

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 02:10:28 2019 No.5898678 File: 110 KB, 1920x1080, Mario Bros.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >tfw Retroarch can't run Game & Watch through MAME >have to keep a separate MAME install just to play Mario Bros. It's worth it anyways

Anonymous Sun Sep 22 04:00:18 2019 No.5898779

>>5887121
Are you saying I have to use an external web app in a browser just to have the basic functionality of being able to switch cores on the fly? Why the hell can't it be done automatically when I open a ROM or ISO? What kind of autistic solution is "make a playlist"?

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 04:20:20 2019 No.5898806 >>5898779 or just F1 Close Content>Load Core

Anonymous Sun Sep 22 04:24:41 2019 No.5898816

>>5898806
But at the point I might as well have multiple emulators open. Like >>5887087 said, it doesn't make sense to have a frontend that brings everything together if you have to take that extra step just to switch platforms. I should be able to go from NES to Sega Genesis to N64 just by opening the respective games from those consoles. I know this sounds like a needy and autistic complaint, but it really doesn't make sense for that not to be built in to RA already.

Anonymous Sun Sep 22 04:40:03 2019 No.5898834

>>5898779
>Are you saying I have to use an external web app in a browser just to have the basic functionality of being able to switch cores on the fly?
No. You can use the built-in scanner, the web app, or a third-party app called RetroArch Playlist Buddy. I prefer the web app myself but to each brainlet his own.

>Why the hell can't it be done automatically when I open a ROM or ISO?
It can.

>What kind of autistic solution is "make a playlist"?
Let me explain this as simply as I can for you.
People who use emulators download roms in large packs, with the standard pack called a "No-Intro" set. There are also "Goodsets" which contain romhacks and translations.
We're dealing with rom directories that have hundreds and sometimes thousands of files in them that need to be associated with a respective core. They also need verified checksums for use with the netplay lobby, and a standardized label for the boxart scraper.
A database file is required for this functionality, and in RetroArch parlance this is called a "playlist". Every single media/game/rom manager uses an XML or json database file to achieve these functions, from Plex to Emby to LaunchBox.

For people who don't care for that added functionality - or for brainlets who download single roms from virus infested websites - they can simply drag and drop.

Anonymous Sun Sep 22 04:48:49 2019 No.5898845

>>5898816
>I should be able to go from NES to Sega Genesis to N64 just by opening the respective games from those consoles.
I literally do this every single time I boot RetroArch and have no idea why people claim you can't. The quick switching from core-to-core, rom-to-rom is one of my favorite features of RA and it makes exploring your library on an LCD TV with a controller quite fun and simple.
I'd make a webm to show this in action, but I'm tired, it's late, and I'd rather laugh at you than be forced to prove my point with a visual aide.

Anonymous Sun Sep 22 04:52:05 2019 No.5898849

>>5898816
You don't have to manually switch cores you immense fucking retard. That's what the playlist feature is for. You scan a ROMs folder, it creates a playlist, you set a core for that playlist, you play the games. This is no more complicated that importing music files into a player library such as, say iTunes. Are telling us you can't even do that? It's not even an argument you're forming. It's user error - as are the majority of all complaints in here. People are just too tired to explain it for the nth time.

Anonymous Sun Sep 22 05:02:19 2019 No.5898865

Do the whingers understand that there are more than half a dozen emulator cores that can open iso/cue files? If a user has several of those cores installed, how is the frontend supposed to know which core to to open the disc image with? You need to abstract the file extension away and use a database schema to instead assign a label and an associated core to the content.
Look, I said in the very first post in this thread that RetroArch can be convoluted. But holy shit some of you people are helpless or just like to bitch incessantly.

Anonymous Sun Sep 22 05:02:41 2019 No.5898868

>>5898834
>>5898845
I know what Goodsets are. I also know finding a well seeded torrent for a ROM pack can be a pain in the ass, so yes, I'm one of those individual rom downloading brainlets.
>A database file is required for this functionality, and in RetroArch parlance this is called a "playlist". Every single media/game/rom manager uses an XML or json database file to achieve these functions, from Plex to Emby to LaunchBox.
Alright, thank for you explaining that. I haven't used RA in a couple of years but last time I did have to switch cores when changing consoles. But I guess I could have fucked something up in the setup.
>>5898849
>no more complicated that importing music files into a player library such as, say iTunes
iTunes is pure cancer when it comes to music organization, so I wouldn't compare it to that if you're trying to sell someone on how easy it is.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 05:03:28 2019 No.5898870 >>5898865 >If a user has several of those cores installed, how is the frontend supposed to know which core to to open the disc image with? ...By looking at the header of the file that it is opening?

Anonymous Sun Sep 22 05:06:04 2019 No.5898873

>>5898870
The cue sheet? Have you actually opened a cue sheet and seen what it looks like?
Here's an example. Try telling what system it's for.

FILE "ADVENTURE_QUIZ_-_CAPCOM_WORLD_AND_HATENA_NO_DAIBOUKEN_(NTSC-J)_[HCD2028].ISO" BINARY
TRACK 01 AUDIO
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 MODE1/2352
PREGAP 00:03:00
INDEX 01 00:44:71
TRACK 03 AUDIO
PREGAP 00:02:00
INDEX 01 01:41:46
TRACK 04 AUDIO
INDEX 01 02:23:56
TRACK 05 AUDIO
INDEX 01 04:11:31
TRACK 06 AUDIO
INDEX 01 05:03:65
TRACK 07 AUDIO
INDEX 01 07:41:58

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 05:08:34 2019 No.5898875 >>5898873 I don't know anything about ISOs, but cartridge ROMs generally have some indicator of the console within the header and I'd be surprised if disc based games didn't have anything similar.

Anonymous Sun Sep 22 05:11:40 2019 No.5898881
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>>5898868
How believe me. I know that. You just come off as about as competent as an iToddler, so I thought I'd reference something you've likely heard of to make the point.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 05:14:57 2019 No.5898887 >>5898873 I can tell you, but I have a brain filled with 30+ years of video game knowledge. Software does not have a mind of its own, so it needs a database to reference. Christ you are retarded.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 05:16:19 2019 No.5898890 >>5898887 Yeah, this is painful to read. I think discussion of RetroArch should be made into a bannable offense at this point. It's just a shit show all around.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 05:17:04 2019 No.5898891 >>5898868 >finding a well seeded torrent for a ROM pack can be a pain in the ass Go to archive.org and search for "No-Intro".

Anonymous Sun Sep 22 05:25:31 2019 No.5898903

>>5898875
>but cartridge ROMs generally have some indicator of the console within the header
Emphasis on "generally". Some do, some do not, and some emulators like Higan use their own system. RetroArch needs a unified system (unifying emulation under one single API is the entire point of libretro) for identifying content, so it uses the No-Intro and Redump informational schemes. Thus RA needs to scan you content and then compare it to those databases.

But again, this is only required for things like netplay lobbies, thumbnail scraping, and global core association of large numbers of roms. A user can run a single core, with single rom or whatever without worrying about this stuff.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 05:27:47 2019 No.5898907 >>5898887 Who are you talking to? >>5898891 Thank you.

Anonymous Sun Sep 22 05:30:43 2019 No.5898914

>>5898868
>I haven't used RA in a couple of years but last time I did have to switch cores when changing consoles. But I guess I could have fucked something up in the setup.
Well look, beyond popping into this thread once or twice a day and calling people retards, I also offer help to people who want to set up RetroArch. If you have questions, ask away and I'll answer them tomorrow.

Anonymous Sun Sep 22 05:33:07 2019 No.5898917
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>>5898903
Jeez, you do like typing don't you?

>https://docs.libretro.com/guides/roms-playlists-thumbnails/
>Working with Playlists
>Playlists (or Collections as they are sometimes referred to) are the lists of games and other content that can be generated automatically by the RetroArch playlist scanner, generated by a third-party playlist utility or script, or edited by hand in a text editor.

>RetroArch Playlist Scanner
>RetroArch incoporates a ROM scanning system to automatically produce playlists. Each ROM that is scanned by the playlist generator is checked against a database of ROMs that are known to be good copies.

>In order for content to be correctly scanned, you must:
>Have a compatible core already downloaded and installed
>Update Core Info Files via Online Updater
>Update Databases via Online Updater
>Restart RetroArch if any of the above was just done

>Finally, the content must match existing databases from the libretro-database README. If those conditions are met but content is still not being added automatically to a playlist, consider submitting an issue report on github.
>https://github.com/libretro/libretro-database

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 05:37:29 2019 No.5898923 >>5898914 pure cringe

Anonymous Sun Sep 22 05:41:42 2019 No.5898925

>>5898914
>I also offer help to people who want to set up RetroArch. If you have questions, ask away and I'll answer them tomorrow.
I'm at work now and don't exactly have time to be messing with emulators, but I might take you up on that offer next time I have a day off. Thanks!

Anonymous Sun Sep 22 05:55:54 2019 No.5898942

>>5886957
>But if you're a nerd
if its for nerds then why does it have a such a fucking retarded UI instead of a normal pc friendly UI? that shit you get for hitting f5 doesnt count because you still have to use the shitty UI. Why cant I just press the button I want to bind for the game I'm playing like it does for fucking FBA or any other competent emulator handles it. I have to set my buttons in retroarch and then fucking manually bind those buttons in game to the buttons I want. Even that's a pain in the ass because it does it in the most retarded order possible. the order for "retro controller" is b, y, select, start, dpad inputs, a, x. what the fuck is that? Then lets say you want to map a neo geo game to that. you manually scroll through buttons AGAIN in a retarded order A, C, Select, Start, directions, B, D. Why? its so fucking awful. Why couldnt scrolling through buttons have some order that made at least a little bit of sense? If you are developing retroarch please fix that shit and make a fucking actual UI for PC's that non retards can use. please.

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 06:25:57 2019 No.5898964 >>5886942 >built on top of clusterfuck: the operating system

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 06:27:01 2019 No.5898968 >>5898964 >running on clusterfuck: the hardware

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 22 09:38:55 2019 No.5899207 >>5898914 How do I bind diagonals?

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