Non-working controls on updated PS1 emulator (pcsx-rearmed)

mitu

Due to a recent change in the input handling of the lr-pcsx-rearmed emulator, used by default to play Playstation 1 games, controls might not be responsive in-game.
The problem appears if have used the emulator and then you have updated lr-pcsx-rearmed.

To fix the problem

start a Playstation 1 game
open the RGUI (RetroArch's menu) using Hotkey + X and open the Options menu.
toggle the Show other input settings option to ON (see Pic 1 below), then close the RGUI (Hotkey + X) and re-open it again.
in the Options menu, set the Multitap 1 and Multitap 2 options to OFF (see Pic 2 below).
After the change, exit the game and restart it again, this should solve the issue.

Pic 1- input settings	Pic 2 - Multitap options

Notes:

if you'd like to edit the core options file instead of using the RGUI, the options are named pcsx_rearmed_multitap1 and pcsx_rearmed_multitap2, which should be set to disabled.
if you'd like to use Multitap for Playstation 1 games that support it, make sure you create a Game options file from the RGUI's Options menu with the Multitap options turned on, then turn them off so they're not applied to all games.

fraisdos125

@mitu
Thank you for this. I had to do this to get back the joystick (8bitDo SF 30 to work again). In addition I had to remap all touches.
There is one thing I didn't get working, the hotkey + R/L to load or save game (Using emulater lr-pcsx_rearmed)
Any idea ?

mitu

@fraisdos125 said in Non-working controls on updated PS1 emulator (pcsx-rearmed):

There is one thing I didn't get working, the hotkey + R/L to load or save game (Using emulater lr-pcsx_rearmed)

Does this happen for all emulators or just for PS1 games ? Re-configuring the gamepad in EmulationStation should add the standard hotkey combos, including Save/Load.

fraisdos125

@mitu
Only for PS1 games.
I bind hotkeys in the retroarch menu to get back standard behaviour. Now OK.

I didn't try to re-configure the gamepad. I will try to reset the configuration for retroarch when lunching ps1 games and see.

mitu

@fraisdos125 said in Non-working controls on updated PS1 emulator (pcsx-rearmed):

Only for PS1 games.

You may have reset RetroArch's config for PS1, in which case the RetroPie defaults (including auto-configuration of joypads) might not apply. This isn't related to the topic at hand, so if you still have issues with this, then open a new topic please.

fraisdos125

@mitu
Thanks for your good return. I will do if needed.

RedMarsBlueMoon

I was going to post to ask if it was normal that WipEout (the first one) didn't seem to take analogue stick input!?
Maybe it could be this thing?

mitu

@redmarsbluemoon said in Non-working controls on updated PS1 emulator (pcsx-rearmed):

Maybe it could be this thing?

No, it's not that - as said in the topic starter, the symptoms of this problem is that your input doesn't work at all. Check if the controller type is set to 'Dualshock' in the controls settings - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Playstation-1/#the-controller-problem-digital-only-analog.

dankcushions

@redmarsbluemoon said in Non-working controls on updated PS1 emulator (pcsx-rearmed):

I was going to post to ask if it was normal that WipEout (the first one) didn't seem to take analogue stick input!?
Maybe it could be this thing?

the first wipeout came out before the analog controller so doesn’t support it. it does however support the negcon, so there may be a core option that translates analog to that

RedMarsBlueMoon

@dankcushions

Ahh cool that would explain it then! I have this on my old PS1 somewhere in a loft but that's back in Europe so can't test it.

retrodaniel

@mitu said in Non-working controls on updated PS1 emulator (pcsx-rearmed):

@redmarsbluemoon said in Non-working controls on updated PS1 emulator (pcsx-rearmed):

Maybe it could be this thing?

No, it's not that - as said in the topic starter, the symptoms of this problem is that your input doesn't work at all. Check if the controller type is set to 'Dualshock' in the controls settings - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Playstation-1/#the-controller-problem-digital-only-analog.

Today after updating to the latest version, I followed steps mentioned in this thread. My PS3 controller is working back again, EXCEPT for the analog sticks. I have checked every possible setting, and the setting for selecting the "pad type" is nowhere. It used to be in the quick menu but now it's completely gone after updating. Any idea on how to recover it? Before updating I had changed it to "dualshock" but now it's nowhere to be found.

Raspberry Pi 4 Model B and using the lr-pcsx-rearmed core.

mitu

@retrodaniel I think the controller type has moved under the Controls menu, it's no longer under the core options.

retrodaniel

@mitu said in Non-working controls on updated PS1 emulator (pcsx-rearmed):

@retrodaniel I think the controller type has moved under the Controls menu, it's no longer under the core options.

Yeah, I've seen that menu, however, the "pad type" where you can choose "dualshock" or "standard" isn't there. In the Controls menu there is only "device type" which can't be changed.

mitu

@retrodaniel It can be changed and this is where the controller type is set (dualshock/negcon/guncon). Are you sure you're using the latest version of lr-pcsx-rearmed ?

retrodaniel

@mitu said in Non-working controls on updated PS1 emulator (pcsx-rearmed):

@retrodaniel It can be changed and this is where the controller type is set (dualshock/negcon/guncon). Are you sure you're using the latest version of lr-pcsx-rearmed ?

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Do you mean here? This is the only place where I see negcon/guncon.

Under "help" it says 1.8.8 - PCXSX-ReARMed (r22 3aa64bb).

mitu

@retrodaniel No, under Controls, choose the controller # and then device type is where you set the controller type.

retrodaniel

@mitu yeah, I've been in that menu, but the controller type can not be changed. That setting (controller type) does not trigger any other menu or toggle for it to be changed.

Edit: facepalm it is now changed with the left and right buttons on the D-pad. Before that it was changed by selecting it and going through a list of options. The user experience for these menus is rather awful tbh.

retrodaniel

@mitu thanks by the way :)

Konstantin

Hi everyone i am new here i have a raspberry pie 3b+ and the retropie 4.4 version original charger miscosd samsung class 10 and a usb stick 32 gb intenso i can play nes games with bios so well but i try to play psx games and when i press lanch dont boot and go back to list with games i try everything update scripts update the psx emulator i try multiple bios i extrach the files correct but still no work please any help?

mitu

@konstantin Your issue is not related to the problem in this topic. Make sure your read through the Docs and have the correct files (disc and BIOS) - if you still have an issue after checking your files, then open a separate topic.