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      grale22
      last edited by grale22

      Hi,

      I was playing an old game and accidently accessed some random configuration menu from inside the game and without realising it managed to unconfigure the B button on the controller. I've tried rebooting, removing controllers and re-adding, different physical controls and the normal controller config method in the retropie menus, but no matter what, player 1's B button does nothing. I can't work out what I pushed to get to the strange menu either.

      Can anyone help? Please!

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        rbaker @grale22
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        @grale22 https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          grale22 @rbaker
          last edited by grale22

          @rbaker Thanks, but does that help me? I'm hoping someone might have had the same experience and be able to point me in the right direction.

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            rbaker @grale22
            last edited by rbaker

            @grale22 It's not supposed to help you, it's supposed to help me to help you. You do not provide any information. What emulators? What configs? What Pi? What version of Retropie? What roms? Same experience as you with what? What Pi? What setup? Strange menu? You mean retroarch gui? Or accidentally pressing TAB in one of the many Mame emulators? The list goes on and on but it has all been asked for already. It's really frustrating when people post "Help me please" but don't say what the problem is. You have done it twice in one thread.

            https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

            Also in bold at the top of the page.

            Also you agreed to read it when you signed up.

            P.S. What controller?

            P.P.S I did point you in the right direction!

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              grale22 @rbaker
              last edited by grale22

              @rbaker Ok, you're right, that was a lazy post from me. I was hoping it was a common seen problem and someone would know the answer straight off.

              So here's some initial details...

              Pi B
              RetroPie 4.1.3
              Emulation Station 2.0.1A

              I've swapped power supplies and the problem continues with both. Both are supposed to be decent power supplies.

              I didn't have a keyboard attached, so can't have pressed TAB by accident.

              Depending on the try of controller you're using, it's the B or X button that doesn't work. I've tried switching between wired controllers and wireless PS4 ones and it's the same on both. The problem only exists for player 1, player 2 is fine.

              The controllers are configured correctly in initial 'Configure input' option from the start button menu and looked ok in the menu you can bring up by pressing Select and X while in a game.

              The odd menu came up in the Arcade emulator while playing a P.O.W. ROM.

              It wasn't the Retroarch gui as I recognise that and know how to bring it up. It was a different black menu. Sadly I can't give much information about the menu itself as it came up mid button mashing in a game, when we weren't expecting it, and a few misplaced button presses later, it was gone again and I've not been able to get it back no matter what I press.

              Any help with this really would be much appreciated. As you'll have guessed, I've had this running for all of about 3 days, so it's not started too well. lol

              If more information would be useful, could you tell me where to find it as I really don't know my way around this thing yet.

              Thanks

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              • dankcushionsD
                dankcushions Global Moderator @grale22
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                @grale22 on ps4 pad in lr-mame2003, R1 (or R2, can't remember) brings up the mame 'tab' menu.

                in short, my guess is that you've done something there. you can reset everything to default by deleting 'default.cfg' as mentioned in here: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/lr-mame2003#mame-menu

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                  rbaker @grale22
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                  @grale22 And remember that Arcade is a folder, not an emulator so it's important to know which emulator you are dealing with. See here:
                  https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/MAME#arcade

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