I did start an issue here requesting it: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/6843

It's probably not hard to add a new row that just says something like "User 1 Controls----" between each section but then again, maybe it is hard. :shrug:

For better or worse, it's probably the best idea to tilt toward this new scheme instead of trying to fight against it with a work around.

That may be so, definitely inevitable in the long run. The problem is, there does not seem to be any solid guide regarding this - rather convoluted - subject. Unless somebody can point me towards one, I'll definitely delay upgrading for as long as possible.

Everything described in this thread is contingent on the version of RetroArch you're running -- the version of the individual cores does not affect this feature.

I may not be understanding you exactly, but you'd always want your auto-config to cover as many systems as possible, thereby limiting the number of remaps you'd need to make.

@hooperre

I believe, aside from saving over a previous map, you'd need to delete them manually from /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/config/remaps/.

I oddly have no files here. I've saved my autoconfigs. Should I only be using the Options > Controls sections, and not the Settings > Inputs section?

Edit to Add:

As I understand it Settings > Inputs > Autoconfig will be the same among every core. I would like my standard autoconfig layount to represent a PSX controller. So if I go into lr-pcsx-rearmed and save my autoconfig to match that controller layout I should be good. Then, I need to go into each core and map them out under the Options > Controls section. This would make sense to me. Correct?

I believe, aside from saving over a previous map, you'd need to delete them manually from /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/config/remaps/.

Or should I go ahead and totally reconfigure my controls as this is how things will be for the foreseeable future?

For better or worse, it's probably the best idea to tilt toward this new scheme instead of trying to fight against it with a work around. That said, I'm not completely sold on it myself. I had an idea in my head of what they were trying to achieve, but the actual result has me scratching my head too. It really seems like a lateral change rather than a straightforward improvement, but that's just my opinion.

im trying the new 1.7.3 on a pi. anyone figure out how to remap controls? seems the new way has no real logic behind it.

Same here. My N64 controls seem to be all out of wack..

@mediamogul Any advice as to what to do for now? Thanks. (Specifying further, do you anticipate a workaround for this to be released? Or should I go ahead and totally reconfigure my controls as this is how things will be for the foreseeable future?)

It just means that the current script module will only install version 1.7.1 no matter under what circumstance you launch the RetroPie-Setup script.

point of order: if you update via the setup script, even via source, you won't get the latest retroarch, only the last 1.7.1 version, which doesn't contain any of this stuff.

Thanks. Consider this to be a warning from the future!