lowie81 Posted January 27, 2023 Share Posted January 27, 2023 Hi all first time here im new to launchbox. Wondering if someone here can help me out. Whenever i set up an overlay no matter what i try i cant seem to save it. Once i quit a game and go back to a game the overylay is gone. Is there a way to save that overlay for all games on that core? Appreciate any and all help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bundangdon Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Are you using these overlays with Retroarch or Mame? If you're using them with Retroarch, then you need to save the configuration for each game or system within the Retroarch program itself. It's a bit complicated at first, but becomes easy once you've set up a few overlays. As for Mame, the overlays usually save themselves automatically Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowie81 Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 Retroarch. I tried saving game by game per core even. Nothing saves. The overlays dissapear everytime i reload the games. I need to re enable them everytime. Soooo frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bundangdon Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 There are probably better tutorials out there (youtube), but here's a quick step by step on how you should save your retroarch overlays. Load up a game in retroarch, and choose your overlay (F1, Quick Menu, On Screen Overlays) Go back into the game, and press F1 once more Choose "Quick Menu", Scroll all the way down to "Overrides" and then choose either "Save Game Overrides" (only for individual games) or "Save Core Overrides" (for all games in that system/platform). And that should save the layout you want for that particular game or system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowie81 Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 yeah i did that didnt save I think i might have an overide or something. Would you happen to know what file i need to edit or even delete to remove an override? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bundangdon Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 1 hour ago, lowie81 said: yeah i did that didnt save I think i might have an overide or something. Would you happen to know what file i need to edit or even delete to remove an override? Thanks. Check your "config" folder. For example, for the nestopia core (NES), it would be located here: ...\retroarch\config\Nestopia And if you want to start all over with that core, delete the Nestopia.cfg file However, you should be able to keep that file and when you save an override, it automatically over-writes that same file. If you're still running into problems, here's a pretty decent youtube tutorial on how to set up bezels/overlays within Retroarch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowie81 Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 Thanks for the help mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bundangdon Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 57 minutes ago, lowie81 said: Thanks for the help mate! No problem! Hope you're able to get those layouts/bezels working properly with Retroarch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.