Odyssey/VIdeopac Controller Player 1 doesn't work

edmaul69

So here is the issue with the odyssey 2. Some games used the left controller and some games used the right controller. There is no consistency in the actual machine. The emulator is emulating it exactly how the real system is. So you need to switch back and forth depending on the game. Your best bet is to make a seperate retroarch config file for all the games that are backwards.

tigerinatlanta

@edmaul69 - So when you say switch back and forth.. You mean physically between the joysticks correct?? Thanks!

edmaul69

@tigerinatlanta yes thats what i mean. so to fix you need to make individual configs for each backwards game and you need to place them in the roms folder. so if you have frogger.bin you need to make a config file called frogger.bin.cfg and inside you add these lines:

input_player1_joypad_index = "1"
input_player2_joypad_index = "0"

if it is a .zip replace .bin with .zip. remember caps matter

tigerinatlanta

WOW Thank you so much @edmaul69 . That did the trick. I am able to do play the game appropriately with only 1 joystick. The only remaining issue is I cant exit out of the game now via joystick or keyboard. Is there another input command I can add to the config to do that, or do I need to purchase another controller? You are the man!!

herb_fargus

@tigerinatlanta hotkeys only work with player one

tigerinatlanta

Ok thanks @herb_fargus . One final question please. If I hook up a 2nd controller will that enable me to escape out of the game using the hotkeys?

edmaul69

@tigerinatlanta do you have a hotkey set for the keyboard? You should set one in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg. I choose ctrl personally. Then you can use ctrl and escape to exit. If you dont have hotkey set it forces you to use hotkey button on controller to use the keyboard.

herb_fargus

@tigerinatlanta if the second controller is set as player1 in the index as above yes

tigerinatlanta

@edmaul69 said in Odyssey/VIdeopac Controller Player 1 doesn't work:

@tigerinatlanta do you have a hotkey set for the keyboard? You should set one in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg. I choose ctrl personally. Then you can use ctrl and escape to exit. If you dont have hotkey set it forces you to use hotkey button on controller to use the keyboard.

Hi @edmaul69 I am not sure
Here is what I found in that .cfg file. I added the last line with the "Ctrl" but it seemed to make no difference
Any suggestions on the coding? THanks

Key to exit RetroArch cleanly.

Killing it in any hard way (SIGKILL, etc) will terminate RetroArch without saving RAM, etc.

On Unix-likes, SIGINT/SIGTERM allows a clean deinitialization.

input_exit_emulator = "escape"
input_exit_emulator = "ctrl"

edmaul69

@tigerinatlanta you set 2 exit buttons. you need a hotkey

input_enable_hotkey = "ctrl"

if you put this at the bottom of the file it will override other options disabling it

tigerinatlanta

Ok, I added that command to the bottom of the retroarch.cfg file. However, pressing the 'ctrl' key doesnt allow me to exit from the Videopac emulator. I am only using the one joystick. Does this require a 2nd joystick for this to work? Thanks for your patience with me.

Turk182

@tigerinatlanta Hi, try with CTRL + ESC, after adding "input_enable_hotkey = "ctrl" in each CFG file you have created.

edmaul69

@tigerinatlanta what the guy above me said. you need to have both exit and hotkey active and remove the "#" in front of them

tigerinatlanta

Thanks @edmaul69 @herb_fargus @turk182 .. That did the trick.. You guys rock!!!

herb_fargus

@tigerinatlanta also just fyi you can easily set the hotkeys through the setup script to alt rather than having to edit the files manually.

derebo

Hi all,

Could you please advise how to set up o2em in Retropie to play with keyboard? I do not have a joystick/controller and with the advice given in the posts above although revealing I have gain insight but not been able to properly configure retroarch setttings to change joystick 2 for 1 in keyboard mode so as to play any Videopac game. Retroarch seems to be so powerful it takes me a great effort to understand what settings must be tweaked. Therefore, any sort of advice would be welcome.

Thank you in advance for your kind support!

PS. I have had some success:

Retropie > Retroarch > Settings > Input > Input User 2 Binds
Configure basic up,down,left,right,b

Then, back and back, to main menu. Then Configuration > Save Current Configurations
retroarch.cfg is saved

Player 2 is enabled and games can be played! Sure, this is sloppy option and there must a much better way to do the config but alas! it works!

Please, kindly submit your suggestions for a better configuration. It is highly appreciated.

Regards to all,