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I did not know that. The reason I was using custom configs still was for stuff like handheld platform where I had the unit as the border on screen. Though, if these content overrides work the same I will look into those this afternoon. So that is possibly why the custom configs may not have been saving like they used to? Thank you for the tip.

I was trying to add a shader to my Genesis/ Mega Drive games, I am using the Genesis_Plus_GX_libretro core. Though, this issue I am having applies to all platforms and cores in RA. I have it set to save on exit and my Launchbox/RA folders are not read only. I am using custom cofigs for each system and they are all functioning okay. However, when I exit RA and go back into it on a game for a platform I had set the shader on it does not load it. I have tried saving it in the configuration option under "save current configuration". The only way it saves the shader is if I do it globally and then of course it applies to everything making some platforms/cores not work properly. It should be saving to the custom configs and I cannot figure out why it is not. Asides from the above mentioned is there anything glaringly obvious I have not tried, thank you.

Yes, I have it set to show advanced settings.

Did RA at one stage remove the "settings > user interface > menu widgets OFF" option from its' menu? I am still seeking an answer and saw this recommendation in another forum also but my RA, which is the latest version, does not have this option.

I have tried every USB port on my computer regarding my controller as well as a completely fresh download of RA and I’m STILL getting this message. The first two messages say that the controller is configured in port 1 and 2 but then just constantly repeats the message saying that it’s disconnected from port 1. I just can’t figure it out.

It is indeed. I edited the bat file and just replaced it with "Mameui64.exe" and it created an ini for Mameui64, thank you.

I did check my ini folder and it was not there. Not to worry though because your batch file worked a treat. Thank you very much for that, much appreciated. Does it also work with MAMEUI64? I do not want to try it without asking in case it makes me computer explode or turn into a killer robot of some kind.

I did this nearly two years ago and got it all to work. I have only now just updated to the latest MAME and tried to do this again but it will not create the mame.ini file. I just wanted to check if I am entering the command line correctly. This is what I am typing into command prompt: C:\Users\Dane\LaunchBox\Emulators\MAME\Mame64.exe -cc I am running command prompt as an administrator and made sure the folder MAME is in was not read only.

Okay, so for some reason my NES games which use nestopia libretro do not display the annoying messages. Is there something in the individual config files that would mention a port number regarding the controller that I might be able to delete?

Thank you for the recommendation. My controller said it was using the most up to date driver so unfortunately that was not the solution to my issue. I feel like I might just have to remove RA and install a fresh one. It has been so long since I used RA I forget, do I just keep my 'config' folder due to keep all my important platform settings such as my overlays and shaders etc? Or, can I just delete the 'retroarch.cfg' and 'retroarch.default.cfg' in the main folder to do fresh start? EDIT: Never mind, I tried deleting 'retroarch.cfg' and 'retroarch.default.cfg' and the same messages were occurring.

Unfortunately that does nothing in this case. It is almost like these are separate from your "normal" notifications in RA. It is just a continual stream of that message over and over again, weird.

1.8.5

Actually, my menu lacks that option in "settings > user interface". There is nothing for "menu widgets". I do have advanced settings turned on.

Ahh, okay. I went to something like 'onscreen notifications' and turned the a widgets setting off there but I did not know about that one so will give that a go today. Thank you very much.

@Lordmonkus Haha, I posted that after a long work day of having done manual labor and my mind was frazzled.

I’ve not used LB at all for quite some time as I was renovating a house. I plugged everything in today and everything works as it should except I get an annoying message in the bottom right corner of RA about my controller. The controller is working just fine though. Turning off ‘on screen notifications’ does nothing. I did update RA and cores via the Stella updater and then RA wouldn’t work as it was missing some .dll files but I sorted that out easily so I’m not sure if the update had anything to do with this. Thanks in advance. I have tried my controller in every USB port which results in the controller working but the message still occurring.

On arcade machines and ROM sets whilst you have been playing other games and doing other things humans do like eating sandwiches.

I think that will work well. I suppose everyone has different ideas and there is no one correct way to do it. I used to only want to use an arcade panel, and did for many years, but now I cannot imagine going back to anything other than a controller (Hori FC4). I think the six buttons will still allow you to play 99% of what is out there and those extra buttons for miscellaneous will make it so you do not have to pull out a keyboard every time you want to navigate your front end etc.

If it were I I’d go with an eight button layout like one of the following: Especially because you’re wanting to play the later systems. Then you’ll be set for pretty much anything. If the panel were big enough I’d have extra buttons for P1-Coin, P2-Coin, P1-Start, P2-Start, Enter, Exit, Pause etc. so that’s 23 buttons right there. Good idea for the USB ports to connect controllers so you have that option.

Quite a generic reply which I guess you’d expect from most companies these days. You never know though, it only takes one thing or idea to get something going.

Sometimes companies listen, so hopefully this is one of those times. If they do I’ll be buying my very last controller ever.

Bam!

I was just curious is all as it is a good looking shader. Have you played this shmup before?: