Controls not saving in RGUI menu

[mitu]

@Lugzyboy82 The Controls section of the menu has entries for all Players - P1, P2, P3, etc. Doesn't it work to re-assign those from the RGUI ?

Maybe it's easier to follow @caver's instructions for an IPAC - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Keyboard-Controllers/#ipac-features.

[Lugzyboy82]

@mitu I will have a read and give it a try. Thank you as always.

[Lugzyboy82]

@mitu hey there. I have used the guide with no joy. Something must be wrong with my .config file. I have just been browsing through to see if I can make any sense of it and I have noticed that in the controls section there are no # before the entry.

For example, my config file shows:

input_player1_a = "x"

Should it read as:

input_player1_a = "x"

I have attached an image of my config file so you can see what I mean.

[mitu]

@Lugzyboy82 said in Controls not saving in RGUI menu:

input_player1_a = "x"
Should it read as:

# input_player1_a = "x"

The # is a comment sign, any line that has it at the beginning will be ignored. So looking at your config, the A button on the RetroPad is assigned to the x key on your keyboard and so on.

[Lugzyboy82]

@mitu correct. Bu its still not working. This is so frustrating. I looked through retroarch last night and it seems that the RGUI menu still thinks my controls are a retropad. I went to the joypad config file and the only thing there is USB controller config. Im really confused with this now.

[mitu]

The keyboard input is automatically added by RetroArch by default. Can you check if you have menu_unified_controls = true in your retroarch.cfg ?

[Lugzyboy82]

@mitu I can confirm that it is there, yes.

[Lugzyboy82]

@mitu as mentioned earlier in the thread, I can set the buttons up perfectly for both players including the hotkeys in the input section of the RGUI menu. After exiting the ROM and re entering, all the controls I previously set up disappear.

Im not sure if this is due to having the USB gamepad plugged in at the same time so that I can access the RGUI menu. As soon as the RGUI menu appears I unplug the USB gamepad and use the joystick and buttons to create the binds in the input section.

[mitu]

@Lugzyboy82 said in Controls not saving in RGUI menu:

as mentioned earlier in the thread, I can set the buttons up perfectly for both players including the hotkeys in the input section of the RGUI menu.

This is the same as editing the .cfg file. I just tested a 2P game and the bindings added to retroarch.cfg are the same as the ones in the Input menu.

After exiting the ROM and re entering, all the controls I previously set up disappear.

These mappings are not saved, you need to save the configuration - but I advise you to do so without any game started, by starting RetroArch from the RetroPie system in EmulationStation - this way the input mappings are available in any system/game.

[Lugzyboy82]

@mitu ok hopefully this will work. I will try it this evening. You say start retroarch from the retropie system in emulationstation. How would I do this? I want to do this correctly first time so any guidance or steps would be much appreciated.

[mitu]

@Lugzyboy82 said in Controls not saving in RGUI menu:

You say start retroarch from the retropie system in emulationstation.

In EmulationStation, you enter the RetroPie system and there's a RetroArch menu entry which starts RetroArch. I don't think I can put it simpler than that.

[Lugzyboy82]

@mitu hahaha. I thought it was going to be something other than that. I will give it a go. I will keep you informed.

[Lugzyboy82]

@mitu here's an update. I updated the binds etc in retroarch as mentioned above. I saved and exited and then restarted the whole system. I went back to retroarch to see if the controllers have saved, which they did. But upon playing a ROM the controls are completely different again. So annoying so I am no further on.

[Lugzyboy82]

@mitu I have also checked the config file which now corresponds with the binds I entered earlier, but the controls don't seem to work.

[Lugzyboy82]

@mitu I have noticed this line at the top of the config file:

config_save_on_exit = "false"

Is this correct??

[mitu]

@Lugzyboy82 said in Controls not saving in RGUI menu:

config_save_on_exit = "false"
Is this correct??

Yes.

I went back to retroarch to see if the controllers have saved, which they did. But upon playing a ROM the controls are completely different again.

Did you 'save' the configuration when you started a game from that system at some point ? What game/rom did you start (and doesn't have the controls you've set) ?

[Lugzyboy82]

@mitu hi there. I don't think I have saved a game at all. I have tried to use Alien Storm and I cant even access the game as the start button seems to be set as reset the emulator.

[mitu]

@Lugzyboy82 said in Controls not saving in RGUI menu:

I don't think I have saved a game at all

Not saving a 'game', but the RetroArch configuration for that game/system - with 'Save Configuration' from the RGUI. What system is this ROM from - arcade/mame-libretro/etc. ?

[Lugzyboy82]

@mitu its for the sega mega drive. I cant recall doing a save. If I have, then the controls are completely different to what I would use.

[mitu]

@Lugzyboy82 Post the contents of the /opt/retropie/configs/megadrive/retroarch.cfg (also accessible via file shares at \\retropie\configs\megadrive\retroarch.cfg) to pastebin.com and provide the link.