I had a similar problem to you. Are you having issues while in game or are you having issues with emulationstation as well? I was able to configure emulationstation easy enough from the autoconfig setup, but had issues in game. This guide helped me a lot: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/RetroArch-Configuration I found the best strategy is to set the hotkey to a useless button like L then set the input_menu_toggle_btn = "3" in /opt/retropie/configs/SYSTEMNAME/retroarch.cfg to any button of your choosing. Press the hotkey (L) + whatever button you set to input_menu_toggle_btn at the same time. This will bring up the retroarch GUI. It will have a "controls" section where you can remap the controls while in emulator. Find your optimal settings and save the control mapping. Use that mapping for other games. Another protip is to use the jstest utility (see linked guide) to figure out which buttons map to which numbers. It can help you set comfortable hotkeys like input_menu_toggle_btn. Good luck.

That makes sense now. Thank you.

I tried both values for the usescancodes and both failed. However, i was able to finally make it work by setting the Keyboard type to us instead of auto. I dont know why this would break based on if it is run from inside ES vs command line. My locale is set right.

@tuki_cat And thanks again, I succesfully mapped the 1 to F1, 2 to F3 and 5 to F5. Although it required some steps. First I mapped (as you told above) with the virtual keyboard the correct keys, and then saved it. After restarting the Vice emulator the keys weren't mapped anymore. When I loaded the keymap again the keys still didn't work. Then I thought maybe I can add the changed keys in the dsl-vicerc file (a bit like the F12 file) but then more like this "49 0 4 9" which is 1 to F1. That didn't work but I noticed that it would load the keymap according thje dsl-vicerc file, but somehow that didn't work. Looking in the vice.log file I noticed that it says: Loading keymap `/opt/retropie/emulators/vice/lib/vice/C64/sdl_sym.vkm' Now I wen to that file changed it according to the saved keymap and it works. Strange thing is that is doesn't look at the keymap it should load. And what I did for the Dosbox is create .sh file. Not sure if it works for C64 but you can try this e.g: roms\c64\frogger.sh sc c64/frogger/keymap.vkm /opt/retropie/emulators/vice/lib/vice/C64/sdl_sym.vkm load frogger\frogger.crt The problem is I don't know if there is a command to go from the .sh file to the crt/tap/etc file. Don't think 'load' wil do the trick haha.

@bengalsfan88 said in Help with mapping 4 start buttons for Galaga/Ms. PacMan: I'll be sure to make a post when the project is complete and the cabinet is restored to her former glory! I'd like to see that, thank you !

@garfee If you are using lr-fuse, then it is possible to map key presses to a joypad in the RGUI. More info at: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/ZX-Spectrum/#joypad-to-keyboard-mapping

@johnny5126 I don't think so, how would the system choose which action you intend to perform when you press the key ? If the key acts as a toggle (run/stop), then it might work, but otherwise I don't think it's possible.

@RetroFreak - This may help . • Go to "Machine Settings" and then "Joystick Settings". • Then go to "Map Joystick", this screen will show you the mappings for two joysticks. Navigate to the "up" mapping, select it and then press "up" on the joystick. Repeat this step for all the other mappings, and for both joysticks if you have a two players connected. • Now go to "Joystick Settings" and "Joystick Device 1" and set this as "Jyostick", you can also set "Joystick Device 2" as "Joystick" if you have two players. • Next go to "Machine Settings" and "Joyport Settings". Choose "Control Port 1" and select "Joystick, do the same for "Control Port 2". • Now exit the gui and the joystick should now work. • However, C64 games are sometimes played from Joystick port 1 or 2, this may mean the joystick will not work. The way to remedy this is to re-enter the gui, navigate to "Machine Settings" and then "Joystick Settings". There will be an option to "Swap Joystick Ports" press enter and then exit out of the gui. The joystick should now work. You can also map the "Swap Joystick Ports" to a hotkey (see below). • Now these keys have been set they need to saved so that VICE will use these mappings next time it is started. To do enter the gui and choose "Settings Management", then choose "Save Current Settings" and "Save Joystick Map" then exit out of the gui.

[SOLVED] I noticed that in the main retroarch.cfg file there was a setting as follows: # Toggles fullscreen. # input_toggle_fullscreen = f I wasn't aware that a commented line means that the "default" is still enabled. (ie: "f" is still enabled to toggle fullscreen). I've now changed this to the following (ie: replaced "f" with "nul") and the "problem" is now resolved: # Toggles fullscreen. input_toggle_fullscreen = nul

Thanks for that, think I've got it. I needed to remap the 2 Player start to one of my spare buttons in the mame menu not the RGUI menu - not sure why there is a difference but I'm new to all this and it works so I'm happy!

@swk I thought it says it right on the screen while you are doing it. It's also in the documentation that you should read.

Thanks for that, I've tried the standalone and they work fine with no tinkering. I'm trying the high resolution one as default but it looks like I'll probably need to set alternatives for some roms, as they're a bit sluggish. Mario Kart 64 looks and plays really well though!

@cerealspiller you could try to manually do it in /opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg

@golaat Yes and no. Since some of the emulators run inside retroarch, you are somewhat tied to that environment, but with lr-mame2003 you can actually work around it. You COULD go in and set all of your player 1 inputs to “nul” (don’t use curly quotes like I did here). This is unique for this version of mame because it still “listens” to RAW keyboard inputs. You then have to go into MAME and map keys using the ALL games menu as opposed to just THIS GAME and you will have a nice clean input setup which is what I already proposed above. However, this doesn’t work for other libretro cores. Still, I

@sadkiwi Just some tips, if your question involves something that isn't working, explain it as accuratly as you can, and explain how it is connected/related to the pi. Also sometimes add the code you are using for some projects.

Thanks guys! I'll give it a try!