retroarch is messed up

sohailoo

Pi Model : B+
Power Supply used: i don't know actually but its a good one and it gives sufficient power (5v -- 2500mA )
RetroPie Version Used : 4.4.4
retroarch : 1.7.5
Built From: fresh install of retropie from this website
USB Devices connected: sandisk 64 gig usb 2.0
Controller used: xbox one
Error messages (received: no information is available) in retroarch
File: (File with issue - with FULL path)
Emulator: lr-pcsx-rearmed
Attachment of config files: https://pastebin.com/28vt0YWH
How to replicate the problem: i think this will describe the problem and how to replicate it clearly

Ok i'm having a weird problem and is driving me insane

I use an xbox one controller and it work great in every game but one ( tom and jerry trap house )

In this game the controller will work in the menu when it starts up but when the game start it will stop working to fix this problem i have 2 options
1- is to go in retroarch > quick menu > options and change the game pad 1 from default to analog or from analog to default it doesn't really matter i just have to do something with this option even if i just changed it from default to analog and then back to default without getting out of retroarch but this will cause the controller to not work with some games unless i reboot or if i'm lucky it'll work when i change it back to what ever it was but that doesn't work all the time

2- go to retroatch > quick menu > controls and change the controller from retropad to retropad w/ analog if i try this fix the controller will work in other games normally but when i try to run the same game ( tom and jerry ) i'll have to do it again ( change the game pad from retropad w/ analog to retropad and then back to retropad w/ analog )

what i did to try to fix this problem

1- I already made 3 fresh installs trying to have a fix for this problem with no luck
2- deleted retroarch completely and re installed it from source
3-changed the game rom from US to Europe
4- changed the rom extension from cue & bin to ISO and PBP

And when i open retroarch i get a message that says ( no information is available ) and on the top it says select file ( null) and retroarch wont register the first click
after i press (b) for instance the message will disappear and select file (null) on top will be replaced by what ever menu i'm in ( if i was at options for instance it will change to options

If i'm doing this build for me i wouldn't care cuz i don't mind to keep changing these settings when ever i play this game but i want to gift this build to my father and i don't want him to go through all this hassle

Sorry for my bad english , its not my first language

mitu

That's not a bug and it doesn't mean that RA is 'messed up'. It's mentioned in the docs how to change this - this is a core option so it should persist between games. Is this option not persisted between game restarts ?
It doesn't matter what format is the ROM, it's about the game content - and just changing the extension of a file will not make the ROM work differently, it's like changing a text file's extension from .txt to .gif and expecting to find an image in the same file.

sohailoo

@mitu i didn't mean its messed up for every one but for me i'm always runbing in this problem

I thought it was clear but what i meant i downloaded different roms in different extension for the same game so if one rom was corrupted in any way ir would fix

I'm a noobie btw so i did all i can to try and analyze the problem but wasn't expecting to getting it 100% right thats why i posted here because i couldn't figure it out

It is persisting between games abd i have no problem with any other game its just this one

Maybe this also isn't clear so i'll say it again

Changing the game pad to analog will fix the game for now but will cause some games to not work even if i changed it back , i have to reboot for it to work again

And if that was the sulotion to the problem then it should work when i startup the game and the pad 1 is already on analog but no it will not work until i change it to default and then back to analog

mitu

OK, I understand now the problem - even if the core options w.r.t. the RetroPad type are persisted, the game still doesn't start until you've re-toggled the option.
I seem to remember this problem reported somewhere else, though it seems more like a lr-pcsx_rearmed problem (the emulator) and not RetroArch (the frontend). I'll see if I can reproduce the problem myself - maybe there's a setting somewhere which interferes with the core detecting the analog inputs. What BIOS file are you using to start the game ?

sohailoo

@mitu SCPH1001

I actually fixed the problem by creating a rom specific mapping for each game

It was a pain and took 6 hours but atleast i'm done with this problem

Now i ran into another issue

Second controller will not work in retroarch at all

I configured it in emulationstation and it work great then i configured it in retroarch but still it just wont work in retroarch menu or in game

But it seems like a common problem so i'll look around

Thanks

mitu

@sohailoo If you configure a controller in Emulationstation, then it's automatically generating the corresponding mapping for RetroArch, so you don't need to configure it there. See https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroArch-Configuration/#autoconfigurations. Note that the 2nd player (controller) will not have access to the Hotkey actions (open the menu, save state, load state), only the 1st Player can do that.

sohailoo

@mitu yeah i know but i did it anyway because the second controller doesn't work at all in any game
And i cant control the menu in retroarch with it

sohailoo

@mitu ok now i'm having the same problem again probably my fix didn't fix it as i thought

What fixed it was going in quick menu > controls >
And making device type go retropad and analog to digital to none
And then going to option and changing pad 1 from default to analog

But now that doesnt work any more
The fix now is puting user device type to retropad w/ analog
And analog to digital to left analog
And change pad 1 type to default

But that doesnt even fix it

Every time i launch this game the controller will work in the menu but when the game start i cant move or do anything unless i go into retroarch quick menu and changing retropad w/ analog to retropad and analog to digital to none

And then change it back to retropad w/ analog and analog to digita to left analog

I can't figure this out