mholgatem

Some general questions regarding 2 joysticks
yes, you can plug in 2 joysticks and play 2 player games. Right now, you will have to manually configure each of the config files. In the next update, we should have the controller config program running with 2 player setup.

Comment by mholgatem August 2014 permalink
Joystick Problems, please help
The problem with ignoring previously used buttons is that some people map a single button to several actions (I have x,y, & z all mapped to 1 button on genesis). I might be able to add a spam catcher though. I think that there is a way to just a…

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problems i have encountered
That error in the scraper means that you have a game title with a non-ascii letter. Right now, to set up two players, you can manually set the config files (like in the dark ages). Otherwise, I have already created the script to configure 2 control…

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Noob Guide for building a cabinet (Help)
@krayzielilsmoki - we are happy to give advice, but unfortunately I have not seen 2 builds that are anywhere near the same. Everyone seems to have a different idea of what they want You can take a look at my blog if you'd like to see my build p…

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Noob Guide for building a cabinet (Help)
@Pongo - I have my system overclocked to 'Turbo' (use the raspi-config overclock settings to keep your warranty intact). I don't use heatsinks, they are rather unnecessary in my opinion. I used them for a while when I ran a content he…

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Tron Themed custom arcade
Thanks! I actually found it on youtube somewhere, I can't remember where though. But I did make it available Here!

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Feature Requests: What do you want to see in PiPlay?
@Pongo - I have already added 2nd player support to the controller config. It's just awaiting approval from Shea and should be available in the next update.

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Hiss on audio, but only when nothing is playing and the sound is active
have you tried updating your alsa drivers? Also, try turning down the raspberry pi volume, and turning the speakers up. are you running through 3.5mm or hdmi?

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0.8b5 NES emulation don't work properly
I'm guessing that something is not getting initialized properly for some reason. After running X, something is becoming available that is needed to run fceux. my question is why is it just for some people and not everyone?

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Feature Requests: What do you want to see in PiPlay?
@djgalmarini - N64 [probably] won't ever be able to run on the standard raspberry pi flavors. It's just too much for it. The reason that ps1 is able to get away with it, is that the architecture is much more similar. as for the custom spl…

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0.8b5 NES emulation don't work properly
@tearexairz - hmm... according to documentation, that should be equivalent to 'auto'. have you tried setting them to your actual resolution settings?

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Remove emulators and roms
try this: sudo nano /home/pi/pimame/pimame-menu/config.yaml

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Remove emulators and roms
easiest way to remove roms is via FTP program (I recommend FileZilla). To keep the emulators from showing up in piplay, just edit /home/pi/pimame/pimame-menu/config.yaml Under each emulator that you want hidden, set Visible: No

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0.8b5 NES emulation don't work properly
also, check the permissions of /home/pi/pimame/emulators/fceux/fceux and make sure that they are at 775

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0.8b5 NES emulation don't work properly
@redwing1978 - That's what I am running right now is the official release. try editing /home/pi/.fceux/fceux.cfg. Find the area that reads: SDL.YResolution - and - SDL.XResolution and set them both to 0

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0.8b5 NES emulation don't work properly
try copying this into your /home/pi/.fceux/ let me know if that works.

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Permanent sound with VGA?
yeah, that should do it, I'm not sure why it would switch back. maybe try an update to see if that fixes it? sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get upgrade

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Xin-Mo Compatible Emulators (PiSNES/MAME4ALL/PiFBA)
@mephistod - yeah, I plan on doing some more. I've just been very busy with a side project :D

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Problem updating from Piplay Beta 4 to Beta 5
you have a problem with your config file. it seems like you are missing a ':' Line 10 in config.yaml is for displaying or hiding the mouse cursor, which you had asked about previously, so I'm guessing that is where the problem is.

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[Atari 2600 VCS] Rom Scraper?
hey @redwing1978, I built the romscraper. right now it is just set up so that if it sees a path for roms, then it will download images, regardless if piplay is used as the frontend or not. I haven't run the 2600 emulator, so I'm not sure i…

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0.8b5 NES emulation don't work properly
The rom scraper only checks the name, it doesn't check the CRC value of the game. I would recommend getting a different copy of the game. NES is my favorite and I have been able to run just about everything that I have thrown at it.

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Permanent sound with VGA?
use sudo raspi-config I believe that it is under 'advanced options' then 'audio', you can set it to 'force audio through 3.5mm'

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Problem updating from Piplay Beta 4 to Beta 5
you can upload it to imgur and then post a link.

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Mouse no longer working in PiPlay
yeah, it should actually be enabled by default. It must have gotten switched when I updated last (I have it disabled on my machine)

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Beta 5 Issues
I believe that 8.7 is actually 8 beta 5, I think that there were a few small changes that were added that didn't really warrant a new official number. I could be wrong though. Shea takes care of all of the versioning

Comment by mholgatem August 2014 permalink
[Mame4all] Problem with Rom Scraper
in the main menu, bring up the popup menu (tab/joystick button3). down near the bottom there should be an option to show clones. It is disabled by default. That should get it showing up for you.

Comment by mholgatem August 2014 permalink
Beta 5 Issues
I believe it's just a matter of convenience for Shea right now. You could always just grab a previous smaller version, then use the updater utility. Don't worry, after he gets all of this kickstarter stuff out of the way, I'm sure he&…

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Beta 5 Issues
this round of the image is super large because it is the exact image that is being written to the SD cards for the backers.

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Beta 5 Issues
@luisusmc - In the newest version, there is a new theme setting that allows us to set a max width for labels. If it is bigger than the designated width, then it will resize the label. That is probably what you are seeing. If the size difference both…

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Mouse no longer working in PiPlay
did you make sure that the mouse is set to 'visible' via the popup menu (tab key)?

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