@meleu thanks for responding, I've added my different controllers now, sorry for not doing this earlier. However I don't think this is of any importance since every controller (except for my bog standard keyboard) gives the same results.

@pieguy which n64 emulator are you using? Right after you select a game where it says press a button to configure it says what emulator.

@LiqwdE I think I know what you mean. The type of connector that used to come on the old PCMCIA laptop cards back in the day.

My little pi zero is flanked by a microcontroller and a lithium battery protection board, you can read the whole project here

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2089/yet-another-pi-zero-portable

I normally make my photos backup to my Google drive then just right click and copy the image URL from photos.google.com seems to work ok

@BuZz Thanks mate, I'll try it tomorrow (got a banging headache at the moment)

It managed to fix its self. Trying to delete the file another way the whole system crashed and led me to an abort screen. When I rebooted the system everything worked fine.

@rmiller6 If the scenario is exactly what you described and what you want is
player1 = keyboard
player2 = joystick (the only one you have plugged)

The only thing you need is edit /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg and look for the lines with input_player1_device_index (same for player2), remove the comments and do the following:

input_player1_joypad_index = 20 input_player2_joypad_index = 0

The index 20 is a high and inexistent joystick (who has 21 joysticks connected?!) and it makes the player1 unplayable via joystick, only the keyboard controls it.
The index 0 for the player2 is the first joystick connected.

This isn't the only way to achieve what you want, but I can assure it works. I've just tested here before posting.

@RandoCalrisian It's pretty impressive how fast you moved through this problem to a solution. The community here is great!

I do agree regarding the emphasis on the hand-held controller method of defining inputs. My cocktail setup sounds similar to yours--three panel, vertical games played from the ends. Because most of the console emulators are horizontal, my default retroarch.cfg is setup with that in mind, but I have a lot of in game adjustments in lr-mame2003 GUI. For FBA my default mapping is a NeoGeo setup, yet that forces me to do per-rom configs for most fighter games. You are definitely doing the right thing, or rather, the necessary thing to get what you need. It's tricky, but I appreciate how flexible it is. The biggest win from my perspective with RetroArch is the shaders. It's so great to have passably realistic scanlines and curvature across multiple systems. The exception for me is vector arcade games which I use AdvanceMAME exclusively for it's ability to specify high resolution.

@Rascas This seems to have worked! Thank you. If it stops I'll let you know.

Hi!

Yes that's what i mean => Hotkey used in emulator (emulationstation is OK and as you say, don't have/use hotkey)
I read the wiki about the file retroarch.cfg (and already edited this one) but in lr-FBANext, i still have a hotkey active (the one that make the game on "pause") and i wonder if some emulator core configuration file have also some hotkey.
If yes, where are they?

@RetroNoob can you see that message on top of every single page of this forum?
I'm pasting here for you:
Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

@meleu In the end, I bought a simple wireless keyboard (without mousepad or media buttons) and it works perfectly. The keyboard I had before (microsoft all-in-one media keyboard) gave too much problems in RetroPie.

@pajordan said in configure keyboard inputs in retroarch.cfg:

i'll try to read more instructions before posting. didn't see the instructions from the "download" page but i see now it's all in the "documentation" section (installing retropie - first installation). thanks!

The instructions couldn't be much bigger on the download page - in bold

If you are installing RetroPie for the first time please follow the OFFICIAL Installation Guide

@jpretpiuser14 you may have saved a "per system" retroarch config which overrides it (eg by settings save config on exit to on in an emulator ). There are a bunch of topics related to this and some info on the wiki (Sorry short on time to explain further).

Never mind, worked the second time with no input no output security. Weird.

@Forlife said in Optimal way to shut down RetroPie? (also other questions..):

...or actually go to menu, quit, shut down?

Disco!

Does it make a difference?

You risk corrupting your SD card otherwise.

Also, is it necessary to have a usb keyboard?

It's not absolutely necessary, but I would highly recommend keeping one handy for maintenance.

@ther3dhood Power supply inadequate? Plug USB hub into other usb port?, on a pi zero, one is power only so this is the order as you look at it...

HDMI MicroUSB MicroUSB(power only) - use the middle one. Cheap hubs don't work, search the threads on here for best options.

@BuZz premade from downloads section. It DID happen after upgrade, I'll read that post and give it a shot. Thanks for the prompt reply.