button mapping issues -

[dookieshooter]

I have a few issues with button mappings using the latest versions of retropie/emulationstation-dev on PC - ubuntu 20.04.

I have 2 extra buttons installed on a modified arcade1up cabinet. These are identified as buttons 8 and 9 via jstest. I mapped them to right/left triggers in emulation station input setup.

I have buttons 6 and 7 mapped to start and select.

I have deleted es_input.cfg and redone the controller setup for p1 and p2.

Issues:

1. to exit a game, I'm having to press button 9+start/6. Pressing start+select does nothing. I understand that this should be the default way to exit a game and would like it to work that way. Looking through configuration files, I'm not seeing anything that is overriding this behavior, though.

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EDIT: Fixed. At some point I must have modified the hotkey config in retroarch to be button 9. So changing that back to select and saving the config fixed it.

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2. lr-mame20XX config/Tab button mapping.
   I'd like to map hotkey + button 8 (or even button 8 and button 9) to get into the config menu. However, none of the lr emulators seem to be recognizing buttons 8 or 9. every other button is detected.

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EDIT 2: I was able to get this going, but I had to go into retroarch and make rretroarch button 7 map to physical button 8 then add physical button 9 to an unused retroarch input (i actually used mame TAB/Config for button 9). Then, I was able to go back into mame 2015 and 2010 and set the config option to use TAB or P1 B9 P1 B8....

I thought that setting up those buttons through the emulation station input config would have setup RA for me.

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I'm using dragon rise usb encoders if that matters. jstest detects all the buttons I have installed. Appreciate any help!

I was also wondering if it was possible to use the hotkey to do this as a combo.

[mitu]

@dookieshooter said in button mapping issues -:

I thought that setting up those buttons through the emulation station input config would have setup RA for me.

It would have, until you've deleted es_input.cfg and thus threw away the auto-configuration part. The correct way to reset your controls is described here.

[dookieshooter]

@mitu

doh! thanks for the link. i'll back up what i've got currently and reset using those directions.

[mitu]

@dookieshooter You should delete/rename es_input.cfg and then re-install the emulationstation package, this would generate the correct es_input.cfg file. You'll have to re-configure your controls next time ES boots.