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    USB controller joystick selection

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      dcaputi
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      Pi Model or other hardware: Pi5 8Gb
      Power Supply used: 27w
      RetroPie Version Used v4.8
      Built From: Raspberry Pi Imager
      USB Controllers: Xinmotek 2 player encoder, Trooper V2, Thrustmaster FGT
      Emulator: lr-mame v0.265, built from source

      I've been using the joystick-selection tool to order my USB controllers so that Xinmo sticks 1 and 2 are mapped as player 1 and 2 respectively. I could swear this was working great until recently (?) ... no clue why suddenly I can't get these controllers to come up in Port 1 and 2.

      I've even physically plugged the Xinmotek USB cable into the Pi5 USB Port 0 and no joy!

      Has anyone been able to figure out how to plug in USB controllers and make them STICK?

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        Lolonois
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        I guess this could help

        https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/pull/16647

        However, these options are included in retroarch 1.20 onward AFAICT.

        RetroPie uses v1.19.0 of RetroArch currently.

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          dcaputi @Lolonois
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          @Lolonois thanks for that. This is exactly what I need.

          Unfortunately, RetroArch 1.20.0 crashes on game loading after I reserve the dual Xinmos for ports 1 and 2. Which BTW, the mapping seemed to get very wonky and I had to disconnect all my other controllers to get the assignments to stick.

          One clue is this encoder uses a unique (?) driver implementation where 2 USB controllers apparently share the same IDs.

          Is this a known issue or do I need to write a bug report?

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          • LolonoisL
            Lolonois @dcaputi
            last edited by

            @dcaputi From the distance I assume it is a known issue with the firmware of the Xin-Mo. See here for a workaround: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Xin-Mo-Controller/

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