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Post by jchoffa on Aug 13, 2017 17:18:53 GMT
I haven't gotten to mess with my RetroEngine too much, but one small thing I'd like to know is how create save states. Is there a controller button to press? Sorry for such a noob question, but I don't technology (or English) as good as most people on this forum.
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Post by kevinw on Aug 13, 2017 17:57:36 GMT
I just tested a game to see if it'd save my progress. Donkey King Country for the SNES saved my game even after exiting the game & returned to it without doing anything.
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Post by Jhova on Aug 13, 2017 22:48:05 GMT
L2 R2 select saved it on both nes excitebike and Joe n Mac on the arcade, then L2 R1 select loaded the saved state
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Post by brad on Aug 14, 2017 2:43:52 GMT
What if you have an snes style controller? How do you quick save and load? I tried left shoulder+select and right shoulder + select and nothing. Did I map wrong? I mapped top left shoulder=L and top right shoulder=R. I skipped over bottom L/R shoulders. Is that wrong?
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Odin
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Post by Odin on Aug 14, 2017 19:07:43 GMT
Where is the on switch? Or do i have to unplug it all the time???
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Post by Kevin on Aug 15, 2017 0:04:18 GMT
yeah i'm curious about powering it on. there is an option to power off when its plugged in but is there a way to power it back on?
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Post by kevinw on Aug 15, 2017 0:58:17 GMT
Theres no power on function. Literally gotta unplug & plug it back in.
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wryly
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Post by wryly on Aug 16, 2017 10:58:15 GMT
To be honest, I wouldn't leave it's power supply powered up when not in use anyway and the software method of powering down allows me to shutdown the RES without getting out of my chair. I may be spoilt with being able to switch on my Xbox or PS by simply pressing a key on my controller, but as I have to put away my controller on the RES, with it's trailing cables, I don't find this to be too much fuss.
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Post by jchoffa on Aug 16, 2017 15:16:18 GMT
Is there any way to delete all the roms on a given emulator all at once? Like if I wanted to delete all nes roms at one time?
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wryly
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Post by wryly on Aug 16, 2017 16:21:08 GMT
The easiest way is to just browse to the folder over your home network via your computer. I had a whole set of Mame roms I'd had for years, but most didn't seem to work. Once I'd found a better source for roms, I just deleted the whole lot (several hundred) and dumped my new ones in there.
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Post by kevinw on Aug 16, 2017 19:56:27 GMT
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Post by Angie on Aug 17, 2017 1:34:47 GMT
For anyone having problems getting your RetroEngine to work send Scott an email directly internationalheadquarters.org/principals/ . I got tired of waiting for an answer on Indiegogo so trying here as well!! I spent the last 6 hours trying to get this thing connected to WiFi and i'm tearing out my hear! Please help or give me a refund!!
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wryly
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Post by wryly on Aug 17, 2017 3:39:52 GMT
Maybe it's time to go the RetrOrangePi route. www.retrorangepi.org/ - go there and download the OrangePi Lite image. It needs to be unzipped twice to get at the image file. 7z is recommended for the job. etcher.io/ - get this program and use it to flash an SD card with the OrangePi Lite image. A 32gb class 10 is ideal, or larger if you have one. It's very simple and will take around 20 minutes with verification. Put the SD card in your RetroEngine Sigma (RES) and power up. It will install and rejig the SD card for use. Once it boots, configure a joypad. The analogue pad is your best bet. Once that's done, go to the RetroPi menu and just set up your wi-fi in there, it's just the same as connecting anything to your home wi-fi. Once that's done, the RES will be discoverable on your computer (It should be listed as Retrorangepi). You may need to add a network location if it doesn't show up immediately. I just added the Roms folder, as a shortcut. You won't have the bundled software in this build, so it'll all be down to you to copy roms. If you look at the various emulator menus on the RES, they will tell you which folder to put the roms into. www.picades.com/ - This site has compiled collections of roms for Pi builds, so they should all be fairly compatible. You may have your own roms, but compatibility can be an issue, so I recommend getting their collections for the major consoles. Unzip the packs and dump the contents in full (roms & images folder), into their respective folders on the RES, via your network, directly from your computer. There is also a bios pack that you can download from Picades. Again unzip and copy the contents over in full to the bios folder on the RES. Those collections at Picades will get you started, but you can add your own at any time later to fill in annoying gaps. The content at Picades largely downloads via torrents BTW. Just a tip, the Mame roms can be put where suggested by Retrorangepi's Mame emulator, but it's worth trying them out in the Arcade folder first. The one that shows up initially, only displays the games at their original resolution. On my TV thats the top left hand corner of the screen, but the default emulator in Arcade will display them in full screen. If you want to copy the games that came with the original SD card, you'll need a usb mouse and the usb SD adapter. On the RES press the start button to get the menu up and select Desktop from the Apps. Unplug your joypad and plug in a mouse. Click the dropdown in the top left of the screen and open the file manager. Find the roms folder (I think it's under Home, or RetroPi. I don't recall offhand). Now plug in the USB adapter with the original RES SD card in and open another window in the file manager (the flash drive will also show up on the desktop as 3 separate removable drives and I think that if you double click on the bottom one, it will open up a window for you that way). Again browse to the roms. I think that all the bundled content can be found in the Arcade, Amiga and PC folders. Just copy them across to the RES and you are done. The vast majority of your time will be taken up downloading the roms, but the initial set up of the RES will be under an hour, and that includes flashing the SD card.
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Post by kevinw on Aug 17, 2017 13:38:40 GMT
Wow! Thank you wryly for sharing this information, very helpful, seems like the better route at this point!
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Post by upsidown on Aug 18, 2017 16:51:14 GMT
For anyone having problems getting your RetroEngine to work send Scott an email directly internationalheadquarters.org/principals/ . I got tired of waiting for an answer on Indiegogo so trying here as well!! I spent the last 6 hours trying to get this thing connected to WiFi and i'm tearing out my hear! Please help or give me a refund!! I can't find his e-mail. And using the contact page is not working for me as it keeps telling me the security code I entered is incorrect each time I try.
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