It's OK I found how to have the Kempston Joystick at the start of Fuse :) you have to add the following line input_libretro_device_p1 = "513" to file /opt/retropie/configs/all/zxspectrum/retroarch.cfg

@ksuquix since there is no official release of Retropie for the Pi4 yet, I doubt you are going to get much tech support at this time.

@NINJAcupcake798 drastic is not open source so there is currently no chance of a libretro version. However the main dev for drastic posted something recently that he would be open sourcing drastic after the new year so there is some hope that there may be in the future.

@BuZz That was exactly it at least for me and your question was all it took to figure it out. It did something to mesa/nvidia drivers in general and i realized i was in a "I dont know wtf that repo did" situation. I ended up nuking it finally tonight (been super busy lately) and removed that ppa from my script entirely..My fault! I kind of wonder what the other guy did and it would be great if he posted if he figured it out for someone else later on down the line because it may be different from my situation.

UPDATE: Not sure how it happened, but the keyboard was no longer "configured" in retropie. So I re-configured it as a controller... and now my keyboard is working for both the Atari2600 and 800. I am able to use the old school joysticks for gameplay, with the keyboard for the extra buttons. So to tweak my question... for those of you using older joysticks with limited buttons, what's your favorite way to handle those extra buttons for emulators that need it? Use the keyboard and label those weird buttons (like Option, difficulty, etc) so others can play without you babysitting? I saw someone solder buttons onto the atari joystick to handle those extra 2600 buttons - that seems aggressive! I was thinking of a small, wireless keypad (like this: https://www.amazon.com/Jelly-Comb-Financial-Accounting-Extensions/dp/B078XQR7R6/) that I can label to make it easy for others. Thoughts?

@mitu I don't have triggerhappy on a Playstation Classic, but it is linux and has a systemd. There is with "Network Command interface" also "Command interface" support but I don't know how to use this, I guess maybe echo a command at the process?

@mitu I will definitely look into this. Thanks!

@granderjoree I don't think that's possible either. The input_exit_emulator_btn can only have one value.

Yes. Some games you can manipulate by changing setting to 2 coins/1 credit if the game in question has that option, some do not. I have tried re-installing mame 2010/ 2003 but same outcome. Will probably do a fresh install now that the pi-4 is out anyway. Thanks for your input.

Just a heads-up: setting the fuzz to 0 will break the sixaxis helper's timeout functionality, as the joystick axes produce constant output in the resting position. I'm a bit swamped lately but I'll take a look at this issue soon and see if anything better can be done.

@mitu so far I've changed every setting I can find to fix this but it's either fully stretched or displays in the far right bottom corner with most of the screen cut off including the retroarch menu I gave up editing config files manually and just adjusted the screen from within retroarch gui, it ended up being an odd size resolution tho

Retried using Android mode on the controllers instead of Switch mode and everything seems to work fine. I'm going to go with that. Thanks!

@Agustinb14 said in Controls don't work in retroarch or in console games: I can't seem to be able to bind 2 different hotkey keys for my controls but that's ok. At least I can play now. Only Player1 is able to access the hotkeys' functions - P2 cannot control them (including opening the menu). Glad you got it working in the end.

I got it working with gambatte. This will work for me. Thank you for your help folks! I appreciate it!

@Efriim there is a better solution. Buy a dolphinbar and sync it to that. Remove all syncing of it previously done on the bluetooth first.