Controls not saving in RGUI menu

mitu

The keyboard input is automatically added by RetroArch by default. Can you check if you have menu_unified_controls = true in your retroarch.cfg ?

Lugzyboy82

@mitu I can confirm that it is there, yes.

Lugzyboy82

@mitu as mentioned earlier in the thread, I can set the buttons up perfectly for both players including the hotkeys in the input section of the RGUI menu. After exiting the ROM and re entering, all the controls I previously set up disappear.

Im not sure if this is due to having the USB gamepad plugged in at the same time so that I can access the RGUI menu. As soon as the RGUI menu appears I unplug the USB gamepad and use the joystick and buttons to create the binds in the input section.

mitu

@Lugzyboy82 said in Controls not saving in RGUI menu:

as mentioned earlier in the thread, I can set the buttons up perfectly for both players including the hotkeys in the input section of the RGUI menu.

This is the same as editing the .cfg file. I just tested a 2P game and the bindings added to retroarch.cfg are the same as the ones in the Input menu.

After exiting the ROM and re entering, all the controls I previously set up disappear.

These mappings are not saved, you need to save the configuration - but I advise you to do so without any game started, by starting RetroArch from the RetroPie system in EmulationStation - this way the input mappings are available in any system/game.

Lugzyboy82

@mitu ok hopefully this will work. I will try it this evening. You say start retroarch from the retropie system in emulationstation. How would I do this? I want to do this correctly first time so any guidance or steps would be much appreciated.

mitu

@Lugzyboy82 said in Controls not saving in RGUI menu:

You say start retroarch from the retropie system in emulationstation.

In EmulationStation, you enter the RetroPie system and there's a RetroArch menu entry which starts RetroArch. I don't think I can put it simpler than that.

Lugzyboy82

@mitu hahaha. I thought it was going to be something other than that. I will give it a go. I will keep you informed.

Lugzyboy82

@mitu here's an update. I updated the binds etc in retroarch as mentioned above. I saved and exited and then restarted the whole system. I went back to retroarch to see if the controllers have saved, which they did. But upon playing a ROM the controls are completely different again. So annoying so I am no further on.

Lugzyboy82

@mitu I have also checked the config file which now corresponds with the binds I entered earlier, but the controls don't seem to work.

Lugzyboy82

@mitu I have noticed this line at the top of the config file:

config_save_on_exit = "false"

Is this correct??

mitu

@Lugzyboy82 said in Controls not saving in RGUI menu:

config_save_on_exit = "false"
Is this correct??

Yes.

I went back to retroarch to see if the controllers have saved, which they did. But upon playing a ROM the controls are completely different again.

Did you 'save' the configuration when you started a game from that system at some point ? What game/rom did you start (and doesn't have the controls you've set) ?

Lugzyboy82

@mitu hi there. I don't think I have saved a game at all. I have tried to use Alien Storm and I cant even access the game as the start button seems to be set as reset the emulator.

mitu

@Lugzyboy82 said in Controls not saving in RGUI menu:

I don't think I have saved a game at all

Not saving a 'game', but the RetroArch configuration for that game/system - with 'Save Configuration' from the RGUI. What system is this ROM from - arcade/mame-libretro/etc. ?

Lugzyboy82

@mitu its for the sega mega drive. I cant recall doing a save. If I have, then the controls are completely different to what I would use.

mitu

@Lugzyboy82 Post the contents of the /opt/retropie/configs/megadrive/retroarch.cfg (also accessible via file shares at \\retropie\configs\megadrive\retroarch.cfg) to pastebin.com and provide the link.

Lugzyboy82

@mitu

https://pastebin.com/L0B7k6vL

mitu

The config you provided looks like it's have been produced with Save Configuration from RetroArch's RGUI. The settings here will override the main settings you defined - for all systems - by using RetroArch started from the RetroPie system, that's why your controls are not working.

Are you using a RetroPie image from retropie.org.uk/download or a 3rd party image downloaded from elsewhere ?

Lugzyboy82

@mitu I am using the retropie image suggested in the initial setup documents. That makes sense what you say, so how do I correct this?

mitu

But if you didn't save this config file, then how it's automatically saved ? It has config_save_on_exit = "true" in there, so if it hasn't been enabled, maybe there's another mechanism that you activated which switches this on, potentially breaking again the configuration.

Lugzyboy82

@mitu yes, I remember that now. I was following a video tutorial online which was unsuccessful. What do I need to do now to make this work? Re-install retropie??