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    Alternate key bindings to exit emulator (besides select + start)

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      KillerQ
      last edited by

      Hey All,

      The next step in my adventure is to get a 6 button Sega Genesis/Megadrice controller and set it up properly.

      I love the select+start combo to exit back to emulationstation, but the 6 button USB sega controllers don't have a select button (I want to avoid getting an actual 6 button with the MODE BUTTON and then converting to USB, i realize that's an option, however).

      I've been reading, and it seems like I can change the key bindings to whatever I want to cause the exit. Can it be a combo of 3 such as START, DOWN, and A, or is it limited to one binder and one button?

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        Nismo @KillerQ
        last edited by Nismo

        @KillerQ You can bind it to up+start, i don't think that any game requires that combination of buttons when playing...

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          meleu @KillerQ
          last edited by

          @KillerQ said in Alternate key bindings to exit emulator (besides select + start):

          Can it be a combo of 3 such as START, DOWN, and A, or is it limited to one binder and one button?

          Let's get back to that wiki page I recommended you on the other thread, there you can see that you can set one button to enable the hotkey function, and one button to exit the emulator.

          # in the example below the select is the button #8
          input_select_btn = "8"
          
          # and select (button #8) is the button used to enable the hotkey functions
          input_enable_hotkey_btn = "8"
          
          # start is the button #9
          input_start_btn = "9"
          
          # and start is the hotkey to exit the emulator,
          # so you have to hold select pressed to enable hotkey function and then press start
          input_exit_emulator_btn = "9"
          

          What I'm used to do is disable the "exit emulator function" (comment the line with input_exit_emulator_btn line). When I want to exit I invoke RGUI and then "Quit RetroArch".

          Sometimes I play with an 8Bitdo Zero and the select/start buttons are very close to each other, it's easy to accidentally press both and f*ck your game progress.

          8bitdozero

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            KillerQ
            last edited by

            Thanks again guys. I appreciate your help!!

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