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    • mituM
      mitu Global Moderator @naddel81
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      @naddel81 From the RetroPie setup script - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Updating-RetroPie/#updatinginstalling-individual-packages.

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        naddel81
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        ok, removed, installed and updated from source (not binary). hope that was OK. will test now.

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          naddel81
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          UPDATE:

          removed the .cfg
          re-installed retroarch from scratch
          re-configured gamepad in ES

          still the same.

          how can I reset the inputs completely?

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          • mituM
            mitu Global Moderator @naddel81
            last edited by

            @naddel81 said in No controls:

            how can I reset the inputs completely?

            https://retropie.org.uk/docs/EmulationStation/#controller-configs - use the RetroPie setup script.

            What gamepad do you have - make/model ?

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              naddel81
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              just found out there were retroarch.cfg files on each emulator folder. deleted them and now it works?!?!

              why is that?

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              • mituM
                mitu Global Moderator @naddel81
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                @naddel81 Because you've used 'Save Configuration' or toggled the 'Save configuration on Exit' while playing a NES game, thus overriding (and ignoring) the main config file.

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                  naddel81
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                  ok, so how can I prevent this or fix it for the future without having to delete the emulator .cfg files and use the global one instead?

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                    mitu Global Moderator @naddel81
                    last edited by mitu

                    @naddel81 Don't use Save Configuration or toggle the Save Configuration on Exit in RetroArch - which is the default in RetroPie. If you want to modify a few RetroArch settings, use the main RetroArch menu entry in Emulationstation to perform those modifications and use Save there.

                    And certainly don't use 'Reset Configuration'.

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                      naddel81
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                      so I will delete the retroarch.cfg in each subfolder now and then start from scratch using the main retroarch menu, right?

                      thanks so much!

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @naddel81
                        last edited by mitu

                        @naddel81 said in No controls:

                        so I will delete the retroarch.cfg in each subfolder now and then start from scratch using the main retroarch menu, right?

                        The retroarch.cfg file is not re-created automatically, so I wouldn't advise you to delete every one of them. In fact, I suggest you don't do that.
                        Do you have problems with other system(s) ? If so, then check their retroarch.cfg file - if it contains a lot of configuration lines, then it needs replaced - rename it, then re-install the emulator for that system to re-generate the file.

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                          naddel81
                          last edited by naddel81

                          deleting the subfolder's (emulator) retroarch.cfg files made it work again on any emulator that had trouble finding my ontroller. on first start it recreated retroarch.cfg from the retroarch-folder. seems to be default setting.

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