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    New controller issue - do not work in game

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      ufa
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      I have just notice tha retroarch says "gamepad not configured"

      Is there a way to force ES to copy the gamepad configuration to retroarch

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        ufa
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        I made it work putting this file :
        https://github.com/libretro/retroarch-joypad-autoconfig/blob/master/udev/GreenAsia_Inc.USB_Joystick_.cfg
        on
        /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads

        But shouldn't retropie create the file automagically? I did not create the others

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          meleu @ufa
          last edited by

          @ufa said in New controller issue - do not work in game:

          shouldn't retropie create the file automagically?

          Only if you configure the respctive in ES.

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            ufa @meleu
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            @meleu I did, and it works in ES

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              ufa
              last edited by ufa

              Just an update.
              NO controller is auto-detected anymore.
              Is there a way I can reset all controller configurations? It seems that ES is not able to pass the controller configuration to retroarch anymore :(

              To test it, I have deleted all the files in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads
              it does not get populated anymore, no matter how many times I configure it on ES.

              Is there a way to populate it by hand?

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                meleu @ufa
                last edited by

                @ufa there's also a possibility that your global retroarch.cfg is not taking the joypad configs. The option is joypad_autoconfig_dir = "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/"

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                  ufa @meleu
                  last edited by

                  @meleu said in New controller issue - do not work in game:

                  retroarch

                  from /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg :

                  joypad_autoconfig_dir = "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/"

                  It is empty, because I deleted the config files, so it should be recreated, but it is not :(

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                    BuZz administrators @ufa
                    last edited by

                    @ufa it won't be recreated unless you reinstall retroarch.

                    To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                      ufa @BuZz
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                      @BuZz How can it be done? Erasing all /opt/retropie/ ?

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                        meleu @ufa
                        last edited by

                        @ufa check if you have a retroarch.cfg.rp-dist and rename it to retroarch.cfg.

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                          ufa @meleu
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                          @meleu already did that. I did not touch that file btw.

                          joypad config dir is still empty. My problem is: how can I populate it?
                          Already reinstalled retroarch through setup script, still let me with an empty directory and non working joypads.

                          Every rom I start, it says with yellow subtitles: "gamepad lalala not configured"

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                            ufa @ufa
                            last edited by

                            Well, I think that will be a huge debugging work, so I think it is easier to just erase the /opt/retropie folder and reinstall everything and reconfiguring my shaders

                            Thank you all for the help on this matter

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                              BuZz administrators @ufa
                              last edited by BuZz

                              @ufa if joypad folder is empty it's because you didn't configure the controller in emulationstation or you removed the es.input.cfg at some point, which would lose an important default config that is needed. You can reset es input config from retropie-setup

                              To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                ufa @BuZz
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                                @BuZz thank you

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