USB Controller player order

djgra79

I have watched this video from Herb:

multiple times but the part at around 14:45 when talking about changing the code in retroarch.cfg now appears to be outdated in RetroPie 3.7. The contents of my file looks nothing like that displayed in the video, therefore I cannot find "input_player1_joypad_index" to change the order of the USB ports.
I have an Xin-Mo plugged into USB port 0 (top left) which is player 1 & 2 for my dual arcade button set.
In port 1 (bottom left) & port 2 (top right) I have 2x USB SNES controllers which I'd like to use as Player 1 & 2 for NES, SNES and possibly other emulators. How can I update this in RP3.7? Also FYI, not sure if it changes things but I have a wireless keyboard/mouse plugged into port 3 (bottom right)

herb_fargus

If the lines arent there just add them manually.

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/RetroArch-Configuration#hardcoded-configurations

djgra79

@herb_fargus Thanks.
So do I only need to add in the "input_playerxx_joypad_index = xx" lines or copy & paste the whole file (each key mapping) also?

herb_fargus

@djgra79 well as you are only changing the index and not the controls you'll only want to put in the index info. we really need to add it as an option to the configuration editor tbh

And as you mentioned you'll want it different for different systems you'll want to set it in the per system retroarch.cfg rather than the overall retroarch.cfg as mentioned in the aformentioned wiki page

djgra79

@herb_fargus Does this look right because it doesn't appear to be working:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4n72s2b17sewrbi/2016-05-07 13.58.35.jpg?dl=0

herb_fargus

@djgra79 yes that looks correct but it will only work with retroarch configs. If you're using a non libretro emulator for the n64 of course it will not work.

djgra79

@herb_fargus I'm using mupen64plus-gles2n64 as it is the only one out of the 4 available that runs the games (Mario Kart 64) smoothly

BuZz

@djgra79 that isn't a retroarch/libretro emulator.

djgra79

@BuZz So does this mean the only way to change controllers for P1 & 2 is to physically swap USb cables?

JoargTheBard

Any way to assign indexes for non-retroarch emu's? I'm having a problem with my Bluetooth controllers being assigned to p3 and p4

wetriner

@djgra79 You should be able to make some manual changes in your mupen64plus.cfg in /opt/retropie/configs/n64. The bottom half of the file is dedicated to controller options.

# Controller configuration mode: 0=Fully Manual, 1=Auto with named SDL Device, 2=Fully automatic
mode = 2

Feel free to change the SDL joystick name and set the mode to 1, and those settings should stick. If you rearrange the names to how you want them SDL1, SDL2, etc.. you should have control over player number without a physical port swap.

Rion

@herb_fargus said in USB Controller player order:

we really need to add it as an option to the configuration editor tbh

Yes please :)