Save state not working

Mark_H

Hi.
I’ve just built a retro arcade machine with a pi4. When using a USB joypad I tapped select and right trigger to save game progress.

I’ve used buttons with a Picade x hat and am unable to save anymore. If I plug the USB controller back in it works / anyone got any ideas as to what the issue is?

Thanks

mitu

This indicates an issue with the mapping of the hat - did you map the L/R triggers ?
Do they work in game ? Also, please add more info about your system, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

Mark_H

@mitu I’ve mapped the triggers and they work in game. I’m using Retropie v 4.6 on Raspberry Pi 4 using a Picade x hat with joystick and buttons

mitu

@Mark_H Did you also map a hotkey for the hat ? On the USB gamepad, select acts as a hotkey if you don't choose one explicitly.

Mark_H

@mitu hi, yes I mapped a hot key (escape)

mitu

Do you also have the gamepad plugged when you try to save via the picade hat ?

Mark_H

@mitu no. Using joystick and buttons.

I can save if I hit hotkey and x to enter retroarch to save state. Cannot get hotkey and trigger combos to work / very strange

mitu

@Mark_H said in Save state not working:

I can save if I hit hotkey and x to enter retroarch to save state. Cannot get hotkey and trigger combos to work / very strange

Re-configure your controller in EmulationStation again and re-try. If that doesn't work, then post the configuration file from \\retropie\configs\all\retroarch-joypads (should be a .cfg file named after the controller).

Mark_H

@mitu have reconfigured without success.

Looked in joypad location dir for joystick config files - there aren’t any

mitu

Hm, it means the HAT is not a gamepad, but a keyboard. Can you post the \\retropie\configs\all\retroarch.cfg on pastebin.com, so we can take a look ?

Mark_H

@mitu thanks. I have pasted to pastebin

mitu

@Mark_H Well, great - but can you post the URL where you posted your configuration so we can take a look at it ?

Mark_H

@mitu https://pastebin.com/Za2EtE4i

Thanks

mitu

The save/load key-bindings are not set - usually a keyboard input is used directly, without hotkey.
Edit the file and search for the input_save_state and input_load_state, then modify the lines to read:

input_save_state = "alt"
input_load_state = "ctrl"

Mark_H

@mitu thanks for your help. The amendments to the CFG file worked.