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    How can I setup 2 player controls for emulators other than Mame. Specifically for the "arcade" set of emulators.

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      boie
      last edited by boie

      I'm using ipac ultimate with a custom built joy pad. I eventually want to make it four players but I can figure out how to get the second player active in the arcade emulators. I've figured out Mame set up fine with rgui. But Arcade doesn't seem to have any setup option. I'm using pi module b+ retropie version 4.1

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        BuZz administrators @boie
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        @boie Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          rbaker @boie
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          @boie said in How can I setup 2 player controls for emulators other than Mame. Specifically for the "arcade" set of emulators.:

          But Arcade doesn't seem to have any setup option

          It's just a folder, not an emulator.

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            boie @rbaker
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            @rbaker well then for the folder

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              rbaker @boie
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              @boie There are no setup options for folders because they are folders. What is your question regarding this?

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                boie @rbaker
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                @rbaker I can't get my second player active in anything other than Mame.

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                  rbaker @boie
                  last edited by rbaker

                  @boie Its all in the instructions provided as detailed:
                  https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/First-Installation#controller-configurations
                  and
                  https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/RetroArch-Configuration

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                    boie @rbaker
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                    @rbaker yea I've done all that and got one player working fine, still doesn't help with my two player setup. But thanks for trying.

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                      rbaker @boie
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                      @boie You haven't or it would be working. I have an ipac too and it works out of the box after auto configure. You should post the config file that you are using for retroarch so that people can assist you and fill out the form as advised by buzz in the second post.

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                        boie @rbaker
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                        @rbak## Skeleton config file for RetroArch

                        Save all save files (*.srm) to this directory. This includes related files like .bsv, .rtc, .psrm, etc ...

                        This will be overridden by explicit command line options.

                        savefile_directory =

                        Save all save states (*.state) to this directory.

                        This will be overridden by explicit command line options.

                        savestate_directory =

                        If set to a directory, Content which is temporarily extracted

                        will be extracted to this directory.

                        cache_directory = "/tmp/retroarch"

                        Save all input remapping files to this directory.

                        input_remapping_directory =

                        Save all playlist files to this directory.

                        playlist_directory =

                        If set to a directory, the content history playlist will be saved

                        to this directory.

                        content_history_dir =

                        Automatically saves a savestate at the end of RetroArch's lifetime.

                        The path is $SRAM_PATH.auto.

                        RetroArch will automatically load any savestate with this path on startup if savestate_auto_load is set.

                        savestate_auto_save = false

                        savestate_auto_load = true

                        Load libretro from a dynamic location for dynamically built RetroArch.

                        This option is mandatory.

                        Path to a libretro implementation.

                        libretro_path = "/path/to/libretro.so"

                        A directory for where to search for libretro core implementations.

                        libretro_directory =

                        A directory for where to search for libretro core information.

                        libretro_info_path =

                        Sets log level for libretro cores (GET_LOG_INTERFACE).

                        If a log level issued by a libretro core is below libretro_log_level, it is ignored.

                        DEBUG logs are always ignored unless verbose mode is activated (--verbose).

                        DEBUG = 0, INFO = 1, WARN = 2, ERROR = 3.

                        libretro_log_level = 0

                        Enable or disable verbosity level of frontend.

                        log_verbosity = false

                        If this option is enabled, every content file loaded in RetroArch will be

                        automatically added to a history list.

                        history_list_enable = true

                        Enable or disable RetroArch performance counters

                        perfcnt_enable = false

                        Path to core options config file.

                        This config file is used to expose core-specific options.

                        It will be written to by RetroArch.

                        A default path will be assigned if not set.

                        core_options_path = "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-core-options.cfg"

                        Path to content load history file.

                        RetroArch keeps track of all content loaded in the menu and from CLI directly for convenient quick loading.

                        A default path will be assigned if not set.

                        content_history_path =

                        Number of entries that will be kept in content history file.

                        content_history_size = 100

                        Sets the "system" directory.

                        Implementations can query for this directory to load BIOSes, system-specific configs, etc.

                        system_directory = "/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS"

                        Sets start directory for menu content browser.

                        rgui_browser_directory =

                        Content directory. Interacts with RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_GET_CONTENT_DIRECTORY.

                        Usually set by developers who bundle libretro/RetroArch apps to point to assets.

                        content_directory =

                        Assets directory. This location is queried by default when menu interfaces try to look for

                        loadable assets, etc.

                        assets_directory = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/assets"

                        Dynamic wallpapers directory. The place to store the wallpapers dynamically

                        loaded by the menu depending on context.

                        dynamic_wallpapers_directory =

                        Thumbnails directory. To store thumbnail PNG files.

                        thumbnails_directory =

                        Sets start directory for menu config browser.

                        rgui_config_directory =

                        Show startup screen in menu.

                        Is automatically set to false when seen for the first time.

                        This is only updated in config if config_save_on_exit is set to true, however.

                        rgui_show_start_screen = true

                        Flushes config to disk on exit. Useful for menu as settings can be modified.

                        Overwrites the config. #include's and comments are not preserved.

                        config_save_on_exit = "false"

                        Load up a specific config file based on the core being used.

                        core_specific_config = false

                        Video

                        Video driver to use. "gl", "xvideo", "sdl"

                        video_driver = "gl"

                        Which OpenGL context implementation to use.

                        Possible ones for desktop are: glx, x-egl, kms-egl, sdl-gl, wgl.

                        By default, tries to use first suitable driver.

                        video_context_driver =

                        Windowed x resolution scale and y resolution scale

                        (Real x res: base_size * xscale * aspect_ratio, real y res: base_size * yscale)

                        video_scale = 3.0

                        Fullscreen resolution. Resolution of 0 uses the resolution of the desktop.

                        video_fullscreen_x = 0

                        video_fullscreen_y = 0

                        Start in fullscreen. Can be changed at runtime.

                        video_fullscreen = false

                        If fullscreen, prefer using a windowed fullscreen mode.

                        video_windowed_fullscreen = true

                        Which monitor to prefer. 0 (default) means no particular monitor is preferred, 1 and up (1 being first monitor),

                        suggests RetroArch to use that particular monitor.

                        video_monitor_index = 0

                        Forcibly disable composition. Only works in Windows Vista/7 for now.

                        video_disable_composition = false

                        Video vsync.

                        video_vsync = true

                        Video swapchain images.

                        video_max_swapchain_images = 3

                        Forcibly disable sRGB FBO support. Some Intel OpenGL drivers on Windows

                        have video problems with sRGB FBO support enabled.

                        video_force_srgb_disable = false

                        Attempts to hard-synchronize CPU and GPU. Can reduce latency at cost of performance.

                        video_hard_sync = false

                        Sets how many frames CPU can run ahead of GPU when using video_hard_sync.

                        Maximum is 3.

                        video_hard_sync_frames = 0

                        Sets how many milliseconds to delay after VSync before running the core.

                        Can reduce latency at cost of higher risk of stuttering.

                        Maximum is 15.

                        video_frame_delay = 0

                        Inserts a black frame inbetween frames.

                        Useful for 120 Hz monitors who want to play 60 Hz material with eliminated ghosting.

                        video_refresh_rate should still be configured as if it is a 60 Hz monitor (divide refresh rate by 2).

                        video_black_frame_insertion = false

                        Use threaded video driver. Using this might improve performance at possible cost of latency and more video stuttering.

                        video_threaded = "true"

                        Use a shared context for HW rendered libretro cores.

                        Avoids having to assume HW state changes inbetween frames.

                        video_shared_context = false

                        Smoothens picture with bilinear filtering. Should be disabled if using pixel shaders.

                        video_smooth = "false"

                        Forces rendering area to stay equal to content aspect ratio or as defined in video_aspect_ratio.

                        video_force_aspect = true

                        Only scales video in integer steps.

                        The base size depends on system-reported geometry and aspect ratio.

                        If video_force_aspect is not set, X/Y will be integer scaled independently.

                        video_scale_integer = false

                        A floating point value for video aspect ratio (width / height).

                        If this is not set, aspect ratio is assumed to be automatic.

                        Behavior then is defined by video_aspect_ratio_auto.

                        video_aspect_ratio =

                        If this is true and video_aspect_ratio is not set,

                        aspect ratio is decided by libretro implementation.

                        If this is false, 1:1 PAR will always be assumed if video_aspect_ratio is not set.

                        video_aspect_ratio_auto = "true"

                        Forces cropping of overscanned frames.

                        Exact behavior of this option is implementation specific.

                        video_crop_overscan = true

                        Path to shader. Shader can be either Cg, CGP (Cg preset) or GLSL, GLSLP (GLSL preset)

                        video_shader = "/path/to/shader.{cg,cgp,glsl,glslp}"

                        Load video_shader on startup.

                        Other shaders can still be loaded later in runtime.

                        video_shader_enable = false

                        Defines a directory where shaders (Cg, CGP, GLSL) are kept for easy access.

                        video_shader_dir = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/shader/"

                        CPU-based video filter. Path to a dynamic library.

                        video_filter =

                        Defines a directory where CPU-based video filters are kept.

                        video_filter_dir =

                        Path to a font used for rendering messages. This path must be defined to enable fonts.

                        Do note that the full path of the font is necessary!

                        video_font_path =

                        Size of the font rendered.

                        video_font_size = "12"

                        Enable usage of OSD messages.

                        video_font_enable = true

                        Offset for where messages will be placed on screen. Values are in range 0.0 to 1.0 for both x and y values.

                        [0.0, 0.0] maps to the lower left corner of the screen.

                        video_message_pos_x = 0.05

                        video_message_pos_y = 0.05

                        Color for message. The value is treated as a hexadecimal value.

                        It is a regular RGB hex number, i.e. red is "ff0000".

                        video_message_color = ffffff

                        Video refresh rate of your monitor.

                        Used to calculate a suitable audio input rate.

                        video_refresh_rate = 59.95

                        Allows libretro cores to set rotation modes.

                        Setting this to false will honor, but ignore this request.

                        This is useful for vertically oriented content where one manually rotates the monitor.

                        video_allow_rotate = true

                        Forces a certain rotation of the screen.

                        The rotation is added to rotations which the libretro core sets (see video_allow_rotate).

                        The angle is <value> * 90 degrees counter-clockwise.

                        video_rotation = 0

                        Audio

                        Enable audio.

                        audio_enable = true

                        Mutes audio.

                        audio_mute_enable = false

                        Audio output samplerate.

                        audio_out_rate = 48000

                        Audio resampler backend. Which audio resampler to use.

                        Default will use "sinc".

                        audio_resampler =

                        Audio driver backend. Depending on configuration possible candidates are: alsa, pulse, oss, jack, rsound, roar, openal, sdl, xaudio.

                        audio_driver =

                        Override the default audio device the audio_driver uses. This is driver dependant. E.g. ALSA wants a PCM device, OSS wants a path (e.g. /dev/dsp), Jack wants portnames (e.g. system:playback1,system:playback_2), and so on ...

                        audio_device =

                        Audio DSP plugin that processes audio before it's sent to the driver. Path to a dynamic library.

                        audio_dsp_plugin =

                        Directory where DSP plugins are kept.

                        audio_filter_dir =

                        Will sync (block) on audio. Recommended.

                        audio_sync = true

                        Desired audio latency in milliseconds. Might not be honored if driver can't provide given latency.

                        audio_latency = 64

                        Enable audio rate control.

                        audio_rate_control = true

                        Controls audio rate control delta. Defines how much input rate can be adjusted dynamically.

                        Input rate = in_rate * (1.0 +/- audio_rate_control_delta)

                        audio_rate_control_delta = 0.005

                        Controls maximum audio timing skew. Defines the maximum change in input rate.

                        Input rate = in_rate * (1.0 +/- max_timing_skew)

                        audio_max_timing_skew = 0.05

                        Audio volume. Volume is expressed in dB.

                        0 dB is normal volume. No gain will be applied.

                        Gain can be controlled in runtime with input_volume_up/input_volume_down.

                        audio_volume = 0.0

                        Overlay

                        Defines a directory where overlays are kept for easy access.

                        overlay_directory = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/overlays"

                        Enable or disable the current overlay.

                        input_overlay_enable = true

                        Hide the current overlay from appearing in menu screens.

                        input_overlay_hide_in_menu = true

                        Path to input overlay

                        input_overlay =

                        Overlay opacity

                        input_overlay_opacity = 1.0

                        Overlay scale

                        input_overlay_scale = 1.0

                        OSK (Onscreen Keyboard) Overlay

                        Defines a directory where overlays are kept for easy access.

                        osk_overlay_directory =

                        Enable OSK overlay.

                        input_osk_overlay_enable = true

                        Path to OSK overlay

                        input_osk_overlay =

                        OSK Overlay opacity

                        input_osk_overlay_opacity = 1.0

                        OSK Overlay scale

                        input_osk_overlay_scale = 1.0

                        Input

                        Input driver. Depending on video driver, it might force a different input driver.

                        input_driver = sdl

                        Input device driver. (Valid: linuxraw, sdl, dinput)

                        input_joypad_driver = "udev"

                        Path to input remapping file.

                        input_remapping_path =

                        Input bind timer timeout.

                        Amount of seconds to wait until proceeding to the next bind. Default: 5, minimum: 1

                        input_bind_timeout = 1

                        If enabled, overrides the input binds with the remapped binds set for the current core.

                        input_remap_binds_enable = true

                        Maximum amount of users supported by RetroArch.

                        input_max_users = 16

                        Keyboard layout for input driver if applicable (udev/evdev for now).

                        Syntax is either just layout (e.g. "no"), or a layout and variant separated with colon ("no:nodeadkeys").

                        input_keyboard_layout =

                        Defines axis threshold. Possible values are [0.0, 1.0]

                        input_axis_threshold = 0.5

                        Enable input auto-detection. Will attempt to autoconfigure

                        joypads, Plug-and-Play style.

                        input_autodetect_enable = "true"

                        Show the input descriptors set by the core instead of the

                        default ones.

                        input_descriptor_label_show = true

                        Hide input descriptors that were not set by the core.

                        input_descriptor_hide_unbound = false

                        Influence how input polling is done inside RetroArch.

                        0 : Early - Input polling is performed before call to retro_run.

                        1 : Normal - Input polling is performend when retro_input_poll is

                        requested.

                        2 : Late - Input polling is performed on first call to retro_input_state

                        per frame

                        Setting it to 0 or 2 can result in less latency depending on

                        your configuration.

                        When netplay is enabled, the default polling behavior (1) will

                        be used regardless of the value set here.

                        input_poll_type_behavior = 1

                        Directory for joypad autoconfigs.

                        If a joypad is plugged in, that joypad will be autoconfigured if a config file

                        corresponding to that joypad is present in joypad_autoconfig_dir.

                        Input binds which are made explicit (input_playerN_*_btn/axis) will take priority over autoconfigs.

                        Autoconfigs can be created with retroarch-joyconfig, manually, or with a frontend.

                        Requires input_autodetect_enable to be enabled.

                        joypad_autoconfig_dir = "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/"

                        Sets which libretro device is used for a user.

                        Devices are indentified with a number.

                        This is normally saved by the menu.

                        Device IDs are found in libretro.h.

                        These settings are overridden by explicit command-line arguments which refer to input devices.

                        None: 0

                        Joypad (RetroPad): 1

                        Mouse: 2

                        Keyboard: 3

                        Generic Lightgun: 4

                        Joypad w/ Analog (RetroPad + Analog sticks): 5

                        Multitap (SNES specific): 257

                        Super Scope (SNES specific): 260

                        Justifier (SNES specific): 516

                        Justifiers (SNES specific): 772

                        input_libretro_device_p1 =

                        input_libretro_device_p2 =

                        input_libretro_device_p3 =

                        input_libretro_device_p4 =

                        input_libretro_device_p5 =

                        input_libretro_device_p6 =

                        input_libretro_device_p7 =

                        input_libretro_device_p8 =

                        Keyboard input. Will recognize letters ("a" to "z") and the following special keys (where "kp_"

                        is for keypad keys):

                        left, right, up, down, enter, kp_enter, tab, insert, del, end, home,

                        rshift, shift, ctrl, alt, space, escape, add, subtract, kp_plus, kp_minus,

                        f1, f2, f3, f4, f5, f6, f7, f8, f9, f10, f11, f12,

                        num0, num1, num2, num3, num4, num5, num6, num7, num8, num9, pageup, pagedown,

                        keypad0, keypad1, keypad2, keypad3, keypad4, keypad5, keypad6, keypad7, keypad8, keypad9,

                        period, capslock, numlock, backspace, multiply, divide, print_screen, scroll_lock,

                        tilde, backquote, pause, quote, comma, minus, slash, semicolon, equals, leftbracket,

                        backslash, rightbracket, kp_period, kp_equals, rctrl, ralt

                        Keyboard input, Joypad and Joyaxis will all obey the "nul" bind, which disables the bind completely,

                        rather than relying on a default.

                        input_player1_a = "q"
                        input_player1_b = "w"
                        input_player1_y = "space"
                        input_player1_x = "ctrl"
                        input_player1_start = "enter"
                        input_player1_select = "p"
                        input_player1_l = "shift"
                        input_player1_r = "l"
                        input_player1_left = "down"
                        input_player1_right = "up"
                        input_player1_up = "left"
                        input_player1_down = "a"
                        input_player1_l2 = "shift"
                        input_player1_r2 = "alt"

                        input_player1_l3 =

                        input_player1_r3 =

                        input_player2_a = "a"
                        input_player2_b = "s"
                        input_player2_y = "i"
                        input_player2_x = "j"
                        input_player2_start = "2"
                        input_player2_select = "6"
                        input_player2_l = "k"
                        input_player2_r = "l"
                        input_player2_left = "v"
                        input_player2_right = "c"
                        input_player2_up = "x"
                        input_player2_down = "z"
                        input_player2_l2 =
                        input_player2_r2 =

                        Two analog sticks (DualShock-esque).

                        Bound as usual, however, if a real analog axis is bound,

                        it can be read as a true analog.

                        Positive X axis is right, Positive Y axis is down.

                        input_player1_l_x_plus =

                        input_player1_l_x_minus =

                        input_player1_l_y_plus =

                        input_player1_l_y_minus =

                        input_player1_r_x_plus =

                        input_player1_r_x_minus =

                        input_player1_r_y_plus =

                        input_player1_r_y_minus =

                        If desired, it is possible to override which joypads are being used for user 1 through 8.

                        First joypad available is 0.

                        input_player1_joypad_index = ""
                        input_player2_joypad_index = "1"

                        input_player3_joypad_index = 2

                        input_player4_joypad_index = 3

                        input_player5_joypad_index = 4

                        input_player6_joypad_index = 5

                        input_player7_joypad_index = 6

                        input_player8_joypad_index = 7

                        Input device buttons.

                        Figure these out by using RetroArch-Phoenix or retroarch-joyconfig.

                        You can use joypad hats with hnxx, where n is the hat, and xx is a string representing direction.

                        E.g. "h0up"

                        input_player1_a_btn =

                        input_player1_b_btn =

                        input_player1_y_btn =

                        input_player1_x_btn =

                        input_player1_start_btn =

                        input_player1_select_btn =

                        input_player1_l_btn =

                        input_player1_r_btn =

                        input_player1_left_btn =

                        input_player1_right_btn =

                        input_player1_up_btn =

                        input_player1_down_btn =

                        input_player1_l2_btn =

                        input_player1_r2_btn =

                        input_player1_l3_btn =

                        input_player1_r3_btn =

                        Menu buttons.

                        menu_ok_btn =

                        menu_cancel_btn =

                        menu_search_btn =

                        menu_info_btn =

                        menu_default_btn =

                        menu_scroll_down_btn =

                        menu_scroll_up_btn =

                        Axis for RetroArch D-Pad.

                        Needs to be either '+' or '-' in the first character signaling either positive or negative direction of the axis, then the axis number.

                        Do note that every other input option has the corresponding _btn and _axis binds as well; they are omitted here for clarity.

                        input_player1_left_axis =

                        input_player1_right_axis =

                        input_player1_up_axis =

                        input_player1_down_axis =

                        Holding the turbo while pressing another button will let the button enter a turbo mode

                        where the button state is modulated with a periodic signal.

                        The modulation stops when the button itself (not turbo button) is released.

                        input_player1_turbo =

                        Describes the period and how long of that period a turbo-enabled button should behave.

                        Numbers are described in frames.

                        input_turbo_period = 6

                        input_turbo_duty_cycle = 3

                        This goes all the way to user 8 (player2, player3, etc), but omitted for clarity.

                        All input binds have corresponding binds for keyboard (none), joykeys (_btn) and joyaxes (_axis) as well.

                        Toggles fullscreen.

                        input_toggle_fullscreen = f

                        Saves state.

                        input_save_state = f2

                        Loads state.

                        input_load_state = f4

                        State slots. With slot set to 0, save state name is *.state (or whatever defined on commandline).

                        When slot is != 0, path will be $path%d, where %d is slot number.

                        input_state_slot_increase = "up"
                        input_state_slot_decrease = "down"

                        Toggles between fast-forwarding and normal speed.

                        input_toggle_fast_forward = space

                        Hold for fast-forward. Releasing button disables fast-forward.

                        input_hold_fast_forward = l

                        Key to exit RetroArch cleanly.

                        Killing it in any hard way (SIGKILL, etc) will terminate RetroArch without saving RAM, etc.

                        On Unix-likes, SIGINT/SIGTERM allows a clean deinitialization.

                        input_exit_emulator = "enter"

                        Applies next and previous shader in directory.

                        input_shader_next = "m"
                        input_shader_prev = "n"

                        Hold button down to rewind. Rewinding must be enabled.

                        input_rewind = "r"

                        Toggle between recording and not.

                        input_movie_record_toggle = o

                        Toggle between paused and non-paused state

                        input_pause_toggle = p

                        Frame advance when content is paused

                        input_frame_advance = k

                        Reset the content.

                        input_reset = "w"

                        Cheats.

                        input_cheat_index_plus = y

                        input_cheat_index_minus = t

                        input_cheat_toggle = u

                        Mute/unmute audio

                        input_audio_mute = f9

                        Take screenshot

                        input_screenshot = f8

                        Netplay flip users.

                        input_netplay_flip_players = i

                        Hold for slowmotion.

                        input_slowmotion = e

                        Enable other hotkeys.

                        If this hotkey is bound to either keyboard, joybutton or joyaxis,

                        all other hotkeys will be disabled unless this hotkey is also held at the same time.

                        This is useful for RETRO_KEYBOARD centric implementations

                        which query a large area of the keyboard, where it is not desirable

                        that hotkeys get in the way.

                        Alternatively, all hotkeys for keyboard could be disabled by the user.

                        input_enable_hotkey_btn =

                        Increases audio volume.

                        input_volume_up = kp_plus

                        Decreases audio volume.

                        input_volume_down = kp_minus

                        Toggles to next overlay. Wraps around.

                        input_overlay_next =

                        Toggles eject for disks. Used for multiple-disk content.

                        input_disk_eject_toggle =

                        Cycles through disk images. Use after ejecting.

                        Complete by toggling eject again.

                        input_disk_next =

                        Toggles menu.

                        input_menu_toggle = "ctrl"

                        RetroPad button combination to toggle menu

                        0 = none, 1 = L + R + Y + D-Pad Down, 2 = L3 + R3, 3 = Start + Select

                        input_menu_toggle_gamepad_combo = 0

                        Toggles mouse grab. When mouse is grabbed, RetroArch hides the mouse,

                        and keeps the mouse pointer inside the window to allow relative mouse input

                        to work better.

                        input_grab_mouse_toggle = f11

                        Menu

                        Menu driver to use. "rgui", "lakka", etc.

                        menu_driver = "rgui"

                        If enabled, the libretro core will keep running in the background when we

                        are in the menu.

                        menu_pause_libretro = false

                        Enable mouse input inside the menu.

                        menu_mouse_enable = false

                        Enable touch input inside the menu.

                        menu_pointer_enable = false

                        Shows current date and/or time inside menu.

                        menu_timedate_enable = true

                        Shows current core inside menu.

                        menu_core_enable = true

                        Path to a .png image to set as menu wallpaper.

                        menu_wallpaper =

                        Dynamically load a new wallpaper depending on context.

                        menu_dynamic_wallpaper_enable = false

                        Type of thumbnail to display. 0 = none, 1 = snaps, 2 = titles, 3 = boxarts

                        menu_thumbnails = 0

                        Wrap-around toe beginning and/or end if boundary of list reached horizontally

                        menu_navigation_wraparound_horizontal_enable = false

                        Wrap-around to beginning and/or end if boundary of list reached vertically

                        menu_navigation_wraparound_vertical_enable = false

                        Filter files being show in 'Load Content' by supported extensions

                        menu_navigation_browser_filter_supported_extensions_enable = true

                        Collapse subgroup settings into main group to create one big listing of settings

                        per category.

                        menu_collapse_subgroups_enable = false

                        UI

                        Suspends the screensaver if set to true. Is a hint that does not necessarily have to be honored

                        by video driver.

                        suspend_screensaver_enable = true

                        Start UI companion driver's interface on boot (if available).

                        ui_companion_start_on_boot = true

                        Camera

                        Override the default camera device the camera driver uses. This is driver dependant.

                        camera_device =

                        Override the default privacy permission for cores that want to access camera services. Is "false" by default.

                        camera_allow = false

                        Location

                        Override the default privacy permission for cores that want to access location services. Is "false" by default.

                        location_allow = false

                        Core Updater

                        URL to core update directory on buildbot.

                        core_updater_buildbot_url = "http://buildbot.libretro.com"

                        URL to assets update directory on buildbot.

                        core_updater_buildbot_assets_url = "http://buildbot.libretro.com/assets/"

                        Automatically extract archives that the cores are contained in to the libretro cores directory.

                        core_updater_auto_extract_archive = true

                        Network

                        When being client over netplay, use keybinds for user 1.

                        netplay_client_swap_input = false

                        The username of the person running RetroArch. This will be used for playing online, for instance.

                        netplay_nickname =

                        The amount of delay frames to use for netplay. Increasing this value will increase

                        performance, but introduce more latency.

                        netplay_delay_frames = 0

                        Netplay mode for the current user.

                        false is Server, true is Client.

                        netplay_mode = false

                        Enable or disable spectator mode for the user during netplay.

                        netplay_spectator_mode_enable = false

                        The IP Address of the host to connect to.

                        netplay_ip_address =

                        The port of the host IP Address. Can be either a TCP or an UDP port.

                        netplay_ip_port = 55435

                        Misc

                        Enable rewinding. This will take a performance hit when playing, so it is disabled by default.

                        rewind_enable = "false"

                        Rewinding buffer size in megabytes. Bigger rewinding buffer means you can rewind longer.

                        The buffer should be approx. 20MB per minute of buffer time.

                        rewind_buffer_size = "10"

                        Rewind granularity. When rewinding defined number of frames, you can rewind several frames at a time, increasing the rewinding speed.

                        rewind_granularity = "2"

                        Pause gameplay when window focus is lost.

                        pause_nonactive = true

                        Autosaves the non-volatile SRAM at a regular interval. This is disabled by default unless set otherwise.

                        The interval is measured in seconds. A value of 0 disables autosave.

                        autosave_interval =

                        Path to content database directory.

                        content_database_path =

                        Path to cheat database directory.

                        cheat_database_path =

                        Path to XML cheat config, a file which keeps track of which

                        cheat settings are used for individual games.

                        If the file does not exist, it will be created.

                        cheat_settings_path =

                        Directory to dump screenshots to.

                        screenshot_directory =

                        Records video after CPU video filter.

                        video_post_filter_record = false

                        Records output of GPU shaded material if available.

                        video_gpu_record = false

                        Screenshots output of GPU shaded material if available.

                        video_gpu_screenshot = "true"

                        Block SRAM from being overwritten when loading save states.

                        Might potentially lead to buggy games.

                        block_sram_overwrite = false

                        When saving a savestate, save state index is automatically increased before

                        it is saved.

                        Also, when loading content, the index will be set to the highest existing index.

                        There is no upper bound on the index.

                        savestate_auto_index = false

                        Slowmotion ratio. When slowmotion, content will slow down by factor.

                        slowmotion_ratio = 3.0

                        The maximum rate at which content will be run when using fast forward. (E.g. 5.0 for 60 fps content => 300 fps cap).

                        RetroArch will go to sleep to ensure that the maximum rate will not be exceeded.

                        Do not rely on this cap to be perfectly accurate.

                        If this is set at 0, then fastforward ratio is unlimited (no FPS cap)

                        fastforward_ratio = 0.0

                        Enable stdin/network command interface.

                        network_cmd_enable = false

                        network_cmd_port = 55355

                        stdin_cmd_enable = false

                        input_enable_hotkey = "p"
                        auto_remaps_enable = "true"
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                          boie @boie
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                          @boie I manually entered the information for the player 2 inputs and still nothing changed.

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                            boie
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                            After doing more reasurch I found that my problem is that I need to configure my second player for PiFBA.

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                              meleu
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                              @boie it seems that you didn't read the "read this first" post yet.

                              Specially this part:
                              Format your posts! - put small logs in code blocks - see http://commonmark.org/help/ - and put large logs on a pastebin type site like http://paste.ubuntu.com/ http://pastebin.com/ or similar.

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                                rbaker @boie
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                                @boie said in How can I setup 2 player controls for emulators other than Mame. Specifically for the "arcade" set of emulators.:

                                After doing more reasurch I found that my problem is that I need to configure my second player for PiFBA.

                                This is true and once again, if you read the guide it will tell you how and with what file. Please do not ask any further questions until you have read https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first. It is obvious that you have ignored it despite it being printed at the top of the page and despite agreeing to it when you signed up.

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