Player 2 Left

[deadherring]

Hi,
I am using retropie on an arcade cabinet. Player 2 left does not work. This is what is in retroarch.cfg.

What do i have wrong?

Thanks!

Nathan

input_player1_a = "z"
input_player1_b = "shift"
input_player1_y = "ctrl"
input_player1_x = "alt"
input_player1_start = "num5"
input_player1_select = "c"
input_player1_left = "left"
input_player1_right = "right"
input_player1_up = "up"
input_player1_down = "down"

input_player2_a = "e"
input_player2_b = "w"
input_player2_y = "q"
input_player2_x = "s"
input_player2_start = "num6"
input_player2_select = "]"
input_player2_left = "d"
input_player2_right = "g"
input_player2_up = "r"
input_player2_down = "f"
input_player2_l2 = "a"
input_player2_r2 = "["
input_player1_l2 = "space"
input_player1_r2 = "x"

[grant2258]

what emulator are you using?

[deadherring]

I am seeing the problem on all systems--Sega, NES, SNES.

Is that what you are asking?

Nathan

[mitu]

@deadherring Is the d key registering correctly in the terminal - if you exit Emulationstation and press P2 left ?
Please add more info about your system, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

[deadherring]

@mitu When I exit emulation station and press player 2 left, nothing shows. When I press other keys (e.g. player 2 right) I am seeing the corresponding key show in the window.

Not sure why that is happening, this is what I am seeing in retroarch.cfg:
input_player2_left = "d"

I am using retropie on a Pi 2 emulation station 2.8.1. Here's what git show is showing in terms of version of retropie.

commit 872e2ae669edae08a0819f57736f5b64bf6d3fd6
Merge: 8af428cb f22f92d1
Author: Jools Wills buzz@exotica.org.uk
Date: Wed Feb 27 15:50:54 2019 +0000

Merge pull request #2634 from joolswills/download_extract

helpers / downloadAndExtract - allow additional parameters for both t…

[mitu]

@deadherring said in Player 2 Left:

@mitu When I exit emulation station and press player 2 left, nothing shows. When I press other keys (e.g. player 2 right) I am seeing the corresponding key show in the window.

This means the d-pad/joystick is not registering in the OS, so it's not a configuration issue - but a hardware one, the button is not registering as d (maybe it's registering as Shift/Ctrl/Alt ?). Make sure it's correctly wired - what controller are you using ?

EDIT: Try running evtest from the command line - after you exit Emulationstation - and press the P2 Left to see if anything registers (key/modifier/F key).