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    Hotkey not working with PS1/PS2 controllers - Can't exit game

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    • caver01C
      caver01 @DD-Indeed
      last edited by

      @DD-Indeed What emulator? This is crucial, as the choice of emulator may or may not recognize hotkeys.

      My 4-player cocktail style cabinet built as a custom "roadcase"

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      • pjftP
        pjft
        last edited by

        If you have updated your system, you'll likely need to re-define your controls in ES, as hotkey handling was changed recently.

        Try re-setting your controls and see if/how it works.

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        • DD-IndeedD
          DD-Indeed @caver01
          last edited by

          @caver01 said in Hotkey not working with PS1/PS2 controllers - Can't exit game:

          @DD-Indeed What emulator? This is crucial, as the choice of emulator may or may not recognize hotkeys.

          The default one, PCSX-Rearmed.

          My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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          • pjftP
            pjft @DD-Indeed
            last edited by

            @DD-Indeed

            lr-pcsx-rearmed or pcsx-rearmed?

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            • DD-IndeedD
              DD-Indeed @pjft
              last edited by

              @pjft said in Hotkey not working with PS1/PS2 controllers - Can't exit game:

              If you have updated your system, you'll likely need to re-define your controls in ES, as hotkey handling was changed recently.

              Try re-setting your controls and see if/how it works.

              I did that already and also deleted the previous config file and rebooted to create new one, still didn't work.

              My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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              • DD-IndeedD
                DD-Indeed @pjft
                last edited by

                @pjft said in Hotkey not working with PS1/PS2 controllers - Can't exit game:

                @DD-Indeed

                lr-pcsx-rearmed or pcsx-rearmed?

                lr-pcsx-rearmed

                My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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                • pjftP
                  pjft @DD-Indeed
                  last edited by

                  @DD-Indeed Did you explicitly configure a hotkey in ES?

                  Can you access the RetroArch menu in-game?

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                  • DD-IndeedD
                    DD-Indeed @pjft
                    last edited by

                    @pjft said in Hotkey not working with PS1/PS2 controllers - Can't exit game:

                    @DD-Indeed Did you explicitly configure a hotkey in ES?

                    Can you access the RetroArch menu in-game?

                    With keyboard yes, but with controller, no.

                    My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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                    • pjftP
                      pjft @DD-Indeed
                      last edited by pjft

                      @DD-Indeed Hm.

                      What if you select a different key as hotkey?

                      What's the content of a sample file inside /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/, ideally the one with the name of your controller?

                      Can you paste here the content?

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                      • DD-IndeedD
                        DD-Indeed
                        last edited by

                        This is the content of that config:

                        input_device = "Twin USB Joystick"
                        input_driver = "udev"
                        input_r_y_plus_axis = "+2"
                        input_l3_btn = "10"
                        input_r_x_minus_axis = "-3"
                        input_l_btn = "6"
                        input_load_state_btn = "6"
                        input_start_btn = "9"
                        input_exit_emulator_btn = "9"
                        input_l_y_minus_axis = "-1"
                        input_up_btn = "h0up"
                        input_r_y_minus_axis = "-2"
                        input_a_btn = "1"
                        input_b_btn = "2"
                        input_reset_btn = "2"
                        input_enable_hotkey_btn = "8"
                        input_down_btn = "h0down"
                        input_l_x_plus_axis = "+0"
                        input_l_y_plus_axis = "+1"
                        input_r_btn = "7"
                        input_save_state_btn = "7"
                        input_r2_btn = "5"
                        input_r3_btn = "11"
                        input_right_btn = "h0right"
                        input_state_slot_increase_btn = "h0right"
                        input_x_btn = "0"
                        input_menu_toggle_btn = "0"
                        input_select_btn = "8"
                        input_l_x_minus_axis = "-0"
                        input_y_btn = "3"
                        input_left_btn = "h0left"
                        input_state_slot_decrease_btn = "h0left"
                        input_r_x_plus_axis = "+3"
                        input_l2_btn = "4"

                        My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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                        • pjftP
                          pjft @DD-Indeed
                          last edited by

                          I see nothing wrong here, unfortunately. Things seem to be as I expected.

                          Could it not be picking up the two events simultaneously?

                          Have you tried changing the hotkey to a random button (say, A or B), and see if it works?

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                          • DD-IndeedD
                            DD-Indeed @pjft
                            last edited by

                            @pjft said in Hotkey not working with PS1/PS2 controllers - Can't exit game:

                            I see nothing wrong here, unfortunately. Things seem to be as I expected.

                            Could it not be picking up the two events simultaneously?

                            Have you tried changing the hotkey to a random button (say, A or B), and see if it works?

                            Not yet, as I don't know, that which button is which from those normal buttons, like ABXY, etc, etc. Could it be, that the whole system doesn't recognize button combo presses ? Because this whole issue is with other emulators as well, not just the PS1 one.

                            My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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                            • pjftP
                              pjft @DD-Indeed
                              last edited by

                              @DD-Indeed Well, do that in ES.

                              Re-define controls, and when asked for select and start just press any other button (and, likewise, when asked for those other buttons, press select and start instead). Same for the hotkey. These will update the emulator controls.

                              Just to check whether if for some reason there's some problem with the controller events.

                              You can then re-define the ES controls, to reset it.

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                              • DD-IndeedD
                                DD-Indeed
                                last edited by

                                Didn't work. Its gotta be about the combo buttons, and that the system doesn't recognize them.

                                My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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                                • pjftP
                                  pjft
                                  last edited by

                                  Hm.

                                  Well, there's a reasonable way to test that. When you play any game, does it detect when you press two buttons (A and B together for instance)?

                                  I'm hopeful it does, otherwise you'd be complaining more about it by now, if you couldn't say jump and fire? :)

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                                  • DD-IndeedD
                                    DD-Indeed @pjft
                                    last edited by

                                    @pjft said in Hotkey not working with PS1/PS2 controllers - Can't exit game:

                                    Hm.

                                    Well, there's a reasonable way to test that. When you play any game, does it detect when you press two buttons (A and B together for instance)?

                                    I'm hopeful it does, otherwise you'd be complaining more about it by now, if you couldn't say jump and fire? :)

                                    Shooting works in RE3, R1 to raise up the gun and X to shoot. So yea, this is getting pretty mysterious.

                                    My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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                                    • dankcushionsD
                                      dankcushions Global Moderator @DD-Indeed
                                      last edited by

                                      @DD-Indeed there are a number of config files that could override your controller settings, so for psx you could check:

                                      /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg
                                      /opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg
                                      

                                      the latter file should normally be about 5 lines long

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                                      • DD-IndeedD
                                        DD-Indeed @dankcushions
                                        last edited by

                                        @dankcushions said in Hotkey not working with PS1/PS2 controllers - Can't exit game:

                                        @DD-Indeed there are a number of config files that could override your controller settings, so for psx you could check:

                                        /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg
                                        /opt/retropie/configs/psx/retroarch.cfg
                                        

                                        the latter file should normally be about 5 lines long

                                        I'm new to this place/thing, so I dunno what to look for, but I saw couple lines, where was some information missing.

                                        I could paste the config information here, if that's allowed, long message. :D

                                        My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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                                        • mediamogulM
                                          mediamogul Global Moderator @DD-Indeed
                                          last edited by

                                          @DD-Indeed

                                          I could paste the config information here, if that's allowed, long message. :D

                                          It's fine, so long as you put small logs in code blocks - see http://commonmark.org/help/ - and put large logs on a pastebin type site like http://paste.ubuntu.com/ http://pastebin.com/ or similar.

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                                          • DD-IndeedD
                                            DD-Indeed
                                            last edited by DD-Indeed

                                            Okay, got it. Here's the one found in the RetroArch All-folder:

                                            (https://pastebin.com/Fpkv10gC)

                                            And here's the one found in the psx-folder:

                                            (https://pastebin.com/rJSMybmU)

                                            My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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