Maybe a config override for that core?

4.2 is very old release, you should update to a more recent RetroPie version, as we cannot continue supporting such old version.

..near the end I accidentally enabled the mode button on the gamepads and suddenly they worked as expected! Thanks everyone!

@stattmone If you're using the standalone emulator, then the configuration you've done have no effect. Look in the /opt/retropie/configs/n64/mupen64plus.cfg file and re-arrange the controllers there (look for [Input-SDL-Control1], [Input-SDL-Control2], etc.). The same file is available at \\retropie\configs\n64, if you're using file shares to access your Pi.

I currently don't have another controller.

@lupsyn This post can be close solution can be found here : https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/24544/reicast-mapping-controllers-2020-version-stuck/20

Yes, they should work fine.

If anyone else has this problem, it seems that InputAutoCfg.ini is what you are supposed to edit. Changing plugged to false just gave a no controller message. Since I didnt see any section for order, I changed the order of the controller configs but that didnt change anything. However just deleting the nes gamepad section worked and now my bluetooth controller is controller 1. It also stayed that way through restarting.

Take a look at https://github.com/recalbox/mk_arcade_joystick_rpi, it's similar to what you have in mind and it's already included in RetroPie.

Please add more info about your setup, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first. Can you test your gamepad with jstest /dev/input/js0 from the command line to see if the device registers correctly ? Exit EmulationStation, disconnect all controllers, then reconnect only the Fighting Board and run the command. You can interrupt the test with Ctrl+C then run emulationstation to get back to EmulationStation.

update: I think I found the main problem with my config. I installed the joystick selection tool https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/1167/here-is-a-way-to-select-joystick-for-players-1-4-global-or-emu-specific to check what's been set up for the players. Yeah, okay... ;-) No idea what caused that configuration... I moved The DragonRise Controller to P1 now and set P2-P4 to ** UNSET ** Now, in lr-genesis-plus-gx all keys are working as expected, Retroarch GUI is showing up also! :-)

@NurseAngela what I have is a cheap usb PS2 replica controller which I have assigned as player one for consoles such as N64, PS1 etc that would need the trigger buttons

@quicksilver Thank you. I will try that in the coming days. I don't have a wireless keyboard at hand :p I did a complete test of the Xbox360 controller inside PPSSPP. This is a list of the buttons I'm pressing and how PPSSPP recognizes them in the menu. Main Buttons Back - pad1.back Start - pad1.ThumbL X-Box - pad1.ThumbR Directional Pad Up - Don't Register! Down - Don't Register! Left - pad1.Up Right - pad1.Down Face Buttons A - pad1.b2 B - pad1.B3 X - pad1.b4 Y - pad1.b1 Left Analog L3 - pad1.Left Up - pad1.Y Axis - Down - pad1.Y Axis + Left - pad1.X Axis - Right - pad1.X Axis + Right Analog R3 - pad1.Right Up - pad1.Pressure - Down - pad1.Pressure + Left - Don't Register! Right - pad1.TouchMajor + Shoulder Buttons LB - pad1.b6 LT - pad1.b9 RB - pad1.b5 RT - pad1.b10

@mats164 said in Problem with controller mapping being different in games and menu: @mats164 Could I delete the es_input.cfg.bak as well, and then reconfigure the mapping? No, that's not the way. You can reset your input configuration through the RetroPie-Setup script - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/EmulationStation/#es_inputcfg-edits.

@maschine said in Completely reset all controller configs: This will also remove remappings of single cores/ROMs? No, if you've saved additional remaps, you need to manually delete them from the the \\config folders - each system has its own folders to store the input remapping.

@SeanP2001 any luck with that?