Save state not working

[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.