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    Using a second controller for the hot key

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      nmlnet
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      Hey all,

      I use a USB SNES controller, which has been great so far but with some games I need the pause button (which I usually map as the hotkey)

      I have no spare buttons - is it possible to map a keyboard key as the hotkey, but continue to use the SNES controller for control?

      When I map the input controller buttons for the controller and get to hotkey, it doesn't recognize the keyboard input

      Hope someone can help - my favorite games await me!

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        nmlnet
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        Note: it's a wireless keyboard, but I have no issue typing when scraping

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator @nmlnet
          last edited by mitu

          @nmlnet said in Using a second controller for the hot key:

          When I map the input controller buttons for the controller and get to hotkey, it doesn't recognize the keyboard input

          You cannot map inputs from 2 separate input devices in EmulationStation, each one should be mapped separately. Try mapping your keyboard as well - separately from your SNES gamepad - and choose a hotkey there.

          TAhis works because your 2nd device is a keyboard and it works as P1 (just as your gampead), otherwise you wouldn't be able to use a 2nd controller for hotkey - only P1 has hotkey control.

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