@jp Please open a new topic and state your problem, don't resurect old - resolved - topics. Add the information requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first when opening the new topic.

@stavros7575 Please open a new topic and explain your problem, don't bump old topics.

Okay so update!
At long last I figured out the issue... Hallelujah!
I opened up the hardware and looked hard at the xin mo encoder. I had a diagram to reference where the connections need to be beforehand in case.
I then simply unplugged the 2nd player side's 4 pin (up, down, left, right) connector and turned it around and plugged it right in and BAM! All of the configurations read right and the controls were as they should be!
Hopefully this can help anyone who was at a loss like I was. It seems when all software issues fail... Check the physical connections to verify. 😂👍

@red2blue try setting them to:

input_player1_joypad_index = 0 input_player2_joypad_index = 1

@lordbarker in a terminal eg via SSH.

@udb23 Nevermind, I figured out the problem.... It is a bad wire or pin on 2START on the IPAC. Here I was thinking the all the 2nd player controls were not working. Figured out opening WINIPAC V2 and notepad++, replacing the button switch (same issue), and then re-assigning a unused pin on the IPAC.

cheers! :D

@meleu said in Emulators Designating My Primary Controller As 2nd Player:

@Jiryn said in Emulators Designating My Primary Controller As 2nd Player:

How do I install a joystick selection?

https://github.com/meleu/RetroPie-joystick-selection/

It's not part of RetroPie-Setup (yet?).

We discuss about joystick-selection tool in this thread: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/1167/here-is-a-way-to-select-joystick-for-players-1-4-global-or-emu-specific

Thank you so much!!

I suggest to continue the discussion in your other thread at https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8155/controlblock-not-functioning-properly.

hey mate, i'm stupid.
i wiring alla exactly buttons and joy of player 1 in player 1 side of xin mo.
and player 2 in p0 side of xin-mo.
i unmount all wirings, and so, i after swap all wiring:
so
player 1wired to p0 side
player 2wiredto p1 side

joystick of player 1 and 2 in up and down movements WORKS,
select and start of p1are swapped after mapping and reboot,
select and start of p2the same swapped after mapping and reboot,

i can fix this about swapping select and start of player1?

here my cmdline.txt

# code block dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=serial0,115200 console=tty2 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait quiet loglevel=3 logo.nologo consoleblank=0 usbhid.quirks=0x16c0:0x05e1:0x040 plymouth.enable=0

@gothats yeah, I noticed it stopped to work as expected. I'll check what's wrong and let you know if I discover something.

@cemcyp the OP didn't provide enough info about the system. I suggest you to start your own thread after reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

@hueblo in the documentation as usual:

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Netplay