I Can't Escape Games

CtotheVizza

@mitu Yeah I don't get it- it detects two gamepads - both Dragonrise generic usb joysticks and here's the file in the \retropie\configs\all\retroarch\autoconfig\ directory:

input_device = "DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick  "
input_driver = "udev"
input_l_btn = "4"
input_load_state_btn = "4"
input_start_btn = "9"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "9"
input_down_axis = "+1"
input_r_btn = "5"
input_save_state_btn = "5"
input_right_axis = "+0"
input_state_slot_increase_axis = "+0"
input_select_btn = "8"
input_left_axis = "-0"
input_state_slot_decrease_axis = "-0"
input_l2_btn = "6"
input_up_axis = "-1"
input_a_btn = "0"
input_b_btn = "1"
input_reset_btn = "1"
input_enable_hotkey_btn = "11"
input_r2_btn = "7"
input_x_btn = "2"
input_menu_toggle_btn = "2"
input_y_btn = "3"

mitu

So your hotkey button is 11 and the exit button is the same as start, so Hotkey + Start should exit the emulator. However, if the button that inputs 11 is on the 2nd gamepad, this will not work.
Can you confirm you have the hotkey wired to the P2 controller or you also have a hotkey for the P1 controller ?

CtotheVizza

Yes but now I've gone down a deep hole and will be re-connecting all to the encoders. Then It's off to work so I'm going to go dark for awhile. Thanks for your help so far!

CtotheVizza

Now I can use the joysticks and buttons in the Retropie Menu screens but when I launch a game the controller(s) aren't working . when I start a game I I get the message "Dragonrise Inc. (Generic) USB Joystik Not Configured" in yellow. I can use the keyboard to exit the games but I can't play them. ARRRRRGH!!!

mitu

@CtotheVizza That means the .cfg file in the RetroArch auto-config folder has not been created and RetroArch doesn't know how about your controller.
Is the file you posted earlier present in that folder ?

CtotheVizza

@mitu Yikes! No. There's nothing in that folder.

mitu

Try to configure the 1st controller again in Emulatiostation and see if any .cfg file appears in that folder.

CtotheVizza

@mitu Trying that now- thanks a bunch for your help!

CtotheVizza

@mitu Okay- I have gone into retroarch and re-configured the joysticks, saved the auto and retroarch configs, and tested it out. Now the joystick and all the buttons are programmable in MAME, and I can escape games by using the keyboard but still no hotkey/select + start escape available in MAME and no way to bail out in any other type of emulator. I do now have a file in autoconfig and it looks like so:

input_driver = "sd1"
input_device = "DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick "
input_vendor_id = "121"
input_product_id = "6"
input_b_btn = "2"
input_y_btn = "3"
input_select_btn = "8"
input_start_btn = "9"
input_up_axis = "-1"
input_down_axis = "+1"
input_left_axis = "-0"
input_right_axis = "+0"
input_a_btn = "0"
input_x_btn = "1"
input_l_btn = "4"
input_r_btn = "5"

CtotheVizza

it's missing this, isn't it?:

input_enable_hotkey_btn = 8
input_exit_emulator_btn = 9

CtotheVizza

ADDED:

input_enable_hotkey_btn = "8"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "9"

same results.

mitu

@CtotheVizza said in I Can't Escape Games:

input_enable_hotkey_btn = 8
input_exit_emulator_btn = 9

Yes, that's added by Emulationstation's scripts. It's also missing the shortcuts for Load/Save/Next/Prev Save state, but you can add them manually - following the mappings in https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroArch-Configuration/#default-joypad-hotkeys.

CtotheVizza

@mitu I think I got it! There was an odd line in /all/retroarch.cfg that was turning the controllers off or something. Anyway, I can escape the games with hot keys again. At least I can get the side buttons to work in arcade/mame games as well. Thanks for your help and for this site as well! I read that controller page about 100 times and it finally sank in enough to get this working right!

MyFartSoTart

@CtotheVizza I know this is an old thread but I’m having the same issue, I saw a line in retroarch.cfg that said something like “input_hotkey_enable = nul”. Do you remember If that’s the line you changed?

mitu

@MyFartSoTart Please don't bump old topics - open a new topic and explain your issue, adding the info about your setup as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.