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    non-libretro emulator for 4.8 rpi4

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      sshht @Floob
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      @Floob

      attached retroarch cfg below

      retroarch-arcade

      retroarch-all

      retroarch-mame-libretro

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        Floob @sshht
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        @sshht
        And if you comment out the hotkey enable button line in your controller file, does your IPAC exit with the single esc press?
        I think you're right in the easiest way would be for you to use the hotkey on the IPAC unless you wrote a script to change the controller cfg based on the system that you loaded.

        Please read the Docs before asking a new question.
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          sshht @Floob
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          @Floob

          Are you saying to comment out the "input_enable_hotkey_btn = "6" found in my \config\all\retroarch-joypads\USB,2-axis 8-button gamepad .cfg ?

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            mitu Global Moderator @sshht
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            @sshht said in non-libretro emulator for 4.8 rpi4:

            I bet if I disconnect the gamepads I could exit the game with 'esc' key on keyboard (or IPAC since that's mapped to esc).

            Have you tried that ? Disconnecting the gamepads will ensure no hotkey gets set in any input profile.

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              sshht @mitu
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              @mitu

              Yes, when I disconnect the gamepads, then i can use ESC to get the arcade game.

              So when I use LR-mame2003 or any LR based emulator with my gamepads connected I can't use the 'esc' key to exit an arcade game.
              It's like I need to disable the gamepads and hot key when loading libretro emulators in arcade.

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                mitu Global Moderator @sshht
                last edited by mitu

                @sshht said in non-libretro emulator for 4.8 rpi4:

                It's like I need to disable the gamepads and hot key when loading libretro emulators in arcade.

                If you're sure you won't be using any gamepad for the Arcade games, you can try disabling the gamepads by adding to retroarch.cfg (for the arcade system):

                input_player1_joypad_index=nul
                input_player2_joypad_index=nul
                input_player3_joypad_index=nul
                input_player4_joypad_index=nul
                
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                  sshht @mitu
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                  @mitu said in non-libretro emulator for 4.8 rpi4:

                  input_player1_joypad_index=nul
                  input_player2_joypad_index=nul
                  input_player3_joypad_index=nul
                  input_player4_joypad_index=nul

                  Weird, I added in those lines you said to my retroarch.cfg in the arcade folder and restarted emulationstation, but when loading lr-mame2003 arcade game it still detected the gamepads and of course ESC key wouldn't exit, but the gamepads still exited with select-start.
                  Any other ideas to disable the gamepads strictly in the arcade system?

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator @sshht
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                    @sshht Can you get a verbose log when running the arcade game and post it on pastebin.com ?

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                      sshht @mitu
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                      @mitu

                      Here is the verbose log running asteroids. verbose log

                      Here is my arcade retroarch: arcade retroarch.cfg

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator @sshht
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                        @sshht Hm, I thought that would disable the gamepads.

                        Try adding just

                        input_autodetect_enable  = false
                        

                        and no gamepad detection would be performed, leaving only keyboard devices to work. Note - this might disable also any mice, so if you have a spinner, it could disable it too.

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                          sshht @mitu
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                          @mitu

                          Sweet!!! that did the trick. It disabled my gamepads while playing arcade. I can now exit the arcade using the 'esc' key.
                          Thank you!!!!

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