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    Mupen64 Plus FZ broken on RP3+?

    At some point, I don’t know when, Mupen64 Pro FZ stopped launching games on my Retroid Pocket 3+. I have the paid version from the play store, and my N64 games are stored as zip files. I haven’t messed with any settings (I think) and it used to work fine, so I’m a bit baffled.

    Does anyone know what’s going on or if there is a fix? Thanks for any help.

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    Guide: How to set up dual-analog controls for Perfect Dark and GoldenEye in Mupen64 Plus FZ (Android)

    Edit: I'm going to leave this here, but fyi this tutorial is also in a magazine I created on Kbin for Retroid users. (!retroid@kbin.social)

    NOTE: This is a tutorial a made for r/retroid on Reddit. I am migrating it here.

    Open the Mupen64Plus FZ emulator from android (not from the [retroid] launcher):

    Step 1A: (In Perfect Dark)

    • Bring up pause menu, scroll to Options > Control
    • Set Control Style to "2.4 (Two-Handed)"
    • Reverse Pitch: [OFF]
    • Exit the game

    Step 1B: (In GoldenEye)

    • Start a mission and bring up the pause menu.
    • Change control style to "2.4 Goodhead"
    • Next tab over, set Look Up/Down to "Upright"
    • Exit the game

    NOTE: If the games don’t allow you to change to 2.4, it’s likely because the is emulator is acting like there’s only one controller connected. If so, just do these steps (1A, 1B) last. It’s tricker to do after changing the controller profiles for the game, but it’s possible.

    Step 2: (Mupen's Main Menu)

    • Access Settings > Profiles > Controller > +NEW
    • Name: “PD Left” or something you remember. Map the following...
    • Z: L2 (and/or L1, if that’s more comfortable for you)
    • S: Start
    • A: B
    • B: Y
    • Analog R/L/U/D: (Use your Right stick)

    Step 3: (Make a second one)

    • Settings > Profiles > Controller > +NEW
    • Name: “PD Right” or something you remember. Map the following...
    • Z: R2 (and/or R1)
    • S: Select
    • A: A (Optional)
    • B: X (Optional)
    • Analog R/L/U/D: (Use your Left stick)

    Step 4: (Return to Mupen game select menu)

    • Select GoldenEye (Don't launch game) > Scroll to Settings > Controller
    • Controller 1 Profile: PD Left
    • Controller 2 Profile: PD Right
    • Share Controller: Yes
    • Return to game select menu and repeat steps for Perfect Dark.

    Now just those two games games should have a more traditional dual-analog setup. Launch one of the games and see if anything else needs tinkering or toggling to better suit your personal play style.

    NOTE: Crouching in game is now done by holding the left trigger and pulling back on the left stick. (Unless you’re holding a sniper rifle)

    Good luck!

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    Guide: Converting BIN/CUE and ISO files to CHD on an M1 Mac.

    Edit: I'm going to leave this here, but fyi this tutorial is also in a magazine I created on Kbin for Retroid users. (!retroid@kbin.social)

    NOTE: I joined Lemmy yesterday and this is my very first post. It is a guide I made for r/retroid on reddit. I'm migrating it here because I might be removing my post history from reddit soon and I think this guide should be kept around. Since I'm new to Lemmy, if there's something I'm doing poorly with regards to posting, don't hesitate to let me know so I can improve.

    Disclaimer: I’m not a coder, I just took the time to hunt down some instructions on various [reddit] threads and put them together. Feel free to comment if you have a better method. (Better yet, if anyone knows how to somehow turn this into a handy-dandy Siri shortcut, that would be outstanding!!)

    .chd is a lossless compression format. It can better preserve the quality of things like audio while still saving a lot of storage space. There are tools available on Windows that will allow you to compress bin/cue and iso files to chd easily, but not so much on Mac at the moment, so here’s my attempt to lend a hand until there is.

    Anyhoo, here’s the guide.

    ——

    Install Homebrew to your Mac by opening terminal and typing in the following:

    /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

    It’ll prompt for your admin password. Just type it out and press enter. I didn’t see anything get typed out, but it worked anyway.

    It’ll ask you if you want to install, so hit enter to approve and wait it out.

    When finished, type out:

    brew install rom-tools

    If it fails, it’s because (congratulations!) you are a proud owner of an apple silicon Mac! Try this fix (which was mentioned in this thread. )

    While still in terminal, type:

    cd /opt/homebrew/bin/

    enter, then:

    export PATH=$PATH:/opt/homebrew/bin

    enter, then:

    cd ~/

    enter, then:

    touch .zshrc

    enter, then:

    echo export PATH=$PATH:/opt/homebrew/bin >> .zshrc

    enter. You should be able to install rom-tools now, which includes CHDMAN: (Same as before…)

    brew install rom-tools

    Now you should be ready to convert bin/cue files to CHD, and this is how I did it.

    In terminal, run this script (which I pulled from an old reddit thread):

    #!/bin/bash echo "Will proccess files on directory: $1" cd $1 for i in */*.cue; do chdman createcd -i "$i" -o "${i%.*}.chd"; done echo "All done"

    When you run it for the first time, MacOS will ask you for permissions to a bunch of directories. I just said “yeah man, I wanna do it”, and gave it carte blanch. I had a bunch of bin/cue files in my Downloads folder and this script just found and converted them in the same directory.

    If you want to convert .iso files, run the same script but use “.iso” instead of “.cue”

    ——

    Platforms I know that can use CHD files on retroid include PS1, PS2, Sega CD, Saturn, and Dreamcast. I hope this guide works for you.

    Good luck!

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