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I do the same as @Sbaby but with ds4windows (it supports a lot more than dual shocks), basically I create a profile linked to each controller (all emulated as xbox360 controllers) with remaps as required, ds4windows detects the Mac address of the controller which is unique so no mixup possible and you can also hide the original detected hardware from windows to avoid issues like double input. Gyro supported controllers will also work like dual sense or Exlene GameCube controller for Cemu for example. The idea is to keep a consistent button mapping between both bigbox navigation and pause screen as well as games.

I went ahead and purchased the Exlene GameCube updated Bluetooth Switch controller as well as the Brawler 64 (N64) Bluetooth Switch controller, as I reckon they should be detected as Switch Pro controllers (with the Home and Select buttons) which means they will also allow me to emulate an XBox360 controller via DS4Windows (creating a separate profile and mapping for both) and enjoy all the BigBox (navigation and pause screen with home button) & Retroarch/Dolphin (Hotkeys shared across all controllers) capabilities for N64 & GameCube emulation. I'll share the results once I test them for anyone that might be interested in going down the same route in the future.

I don't have the figures for you, just open either Launchbox or BigBox and then check what the process consumes for CPU, RAM and GPU in the Windows Task Manager (I don't know if consumption is increased due to added functionalities when a game is launched vs without a game launched so you could inspect both scenarios). If your machine has VERY low specs it may impact it.

Hey for anyone who'll stumble upon this in the future I managed to find a solution to this 1. Set the M30 to Switch mode (Hold start+Y for a few seconds) and pair it to Windows. 2. Set it to D-Pad mode (Hold Select+D-pad up for a few seconds) 3. If like me you tried to fiddle with controller configs in Retroarch, make sure you use the default auto-config profiles in Retroarch and save your config. 5. I took my Dual Sense (Emulating an Xbox360 controller via DS4Windows) and had to reconfigure it manually for some reason. 6. Connect your M30 using DS4Windows (Hide the Nintendo controller in Hid Hide wizard), it will now be recognized as a Switch pro controller and emulate an X360 controller with it also. 7. Retroarch will recognize both as the same x360 controller which is good (it means that hotkeys will work on both controllers the same way)! 8. Make sure you create a separate profile in DS4Windows for both controllers in DS4Windows and that they are linked to each by default. 9. You now have to re-assign a few buttons manually in the DS4Windows profile config (A,C,X,Y,Z only were needed IIRC) for your M30 to match the auto config mapping of the x360 controller in Retroarch. Now everything works and Mega Drive and Saturn buttons are mapped well without any modifications needed on the cores (which means you can also use the regular controller if you want to :D

Hello, I've just received the Bluetooth version of this controller (already upgraded firmware to v2.0) and I am setting it up as XInput (and pad set as D-Pad) for full compatibility with LB/BB (navigation and pause screen for which I use the Xbox corresponding button to open, Retroarch menu is set to open with "Start+Select" only), until now I have mainly used a DualSense emulated as XInput with DS4Windows and it works great! But I am trying to map the controller in Retroarch from the main menu, the controller is recognised as XInput compatible Bluetooth device. Since the GenesisplusGX core is mapped this way: - Joypad Auto: A -> X B -> A C -> B X -> LB Y -> Y Z -> RB Start -> Start Switch mode -> Select (However I have unmapped this since the pad converts automatically according to games I believe) I then setup my controller this way in the main Retroarch menu (Buttons are labelled as digits and axis values which makes it very confusing also...): A -> X B -> A C -> B X -> LB Y -> Y Z -> RB Start -> Start Select -> Middle bottom button L -> LT R-> RT It seems to work more or less in GenesisplusGX, however in Mednafen Beetle Saturn, the core default mapping is completely different (although the controller was very similar to the Mega Drive one), I guess I may just do a core-remap and forget playing Saturn games with my DualSense on this core completely since the controls would then be completely messed up. However here are the issues: In Mednafen Saturn both L and R work as LT although the mapping of the core clearly shows that L and R are set to LT and RT... I use "Select" as my hotkey toggle in Retroarch and then LT as Rewind, RT as fast-forward (hold) and RB as fast-forward toggle, but C is used as fast-forward (hold) and R is used as Rewind. Has anyone gone through this? I'm starting to lose my mind. I have already updated controller profiles in Retroarch (V1.16.0) before doing the custom config.

Really hope you will be able to get it back, it really added to the library experience and helped making you want to play unknown gems in a romset that you never heard of before.

Yes I also think there should be a select disk option separate from additional apps but it's just my retro OCD

Sorry if this was already asked and answered. I am looking to use the same tv bezel for all games in Xemu and Dolphin that don't work in widescreen (the ones compatible with either native support/cheats or hacks will have game specific pre-sets that will display them in widescreen, I have already done this for Dolphin thanks to @Warped Polygon's amazing work on various platforms, still need to check if it's possible in Xemu though). Is it possible with this plugin?

Looks like an interesting option already, I'll check it out!

Yeah I was looking to see this as an option in the game detail screen.

Hello! I was wondering if something even remotely similar to this option available in Batocera is possible within LB/BB? Maybe there's plugins but I couldn't find anything. That would be an amazing addition if not.

Anyone ever found a way to not trigger start-up/game over screens on mouse click when using Retroarch?

And get an M2 nvme drive for windows and Launchbox files, you can store games on another sata SSD or use a traditional HDD if you have a huge collection, I just don't use those anymore they're noisy and just feel old school to me.

Decide on a budget you will spend for it, I have an i7 13700k CPU and an rtx3070ti, you probably can get a GPU that is older but if you can get a recent one why not it will allow you to play pc games as well. Don't spend too much on motherboard and RAM I think it's not worth it. 32gigs of DDR4 ram is cheap and plenty. Depending on the case format and CPU wattage you get you will have to decide if you get an air cooler or a water cooler, the i7 13700k is really amazing when it comes to emulating but you can probably get something that runs cooler and just get a smaller air cooler to save a bit and make things easier to build. Also bearing in mind that my pc is plugged in to my 4k TV so I upscale everything to 4k requiring a bit more processor power, everything runs smooth at 60 FPS Wii u switch PS2 and some PS3 xbox360 but mostly those that don't is because the emulator not being advanced enough yet. BigBox is also running super smoothly even with a theme like colorful 4k. PSU I don't know if it's worth spending much for platinum grading etc honestly, just think of all your parts and use a psu wattage calculator to determine how much wattage you need.

There are loads of options and brands out there but it really depends on what you are looking for. Esthetics and form factor of the case? Will you upscale to 4k or just 1080p? How much storage will you need? Xbox360 and PS3 gen emulation requires beefy specs. To give you an idea I can't run red dead redemption on Xenia at 4k 60fps yet, with an i7 13700k and an rtx3070ti. All I can suggest honestly is build it yourself, it's fun, much cheaper, done better and you'll find that having full control on what your pc contains is just better

Yes also changed to the other default plus theme (or a similar name) because of this, try it out it's like the old default but with very nice animations. The right panel is now too big on a 4k TV compared to the rest and doesn't leave enough space for game boxes for my taste.

Hey since you can now boot Bigbox as shell I'd like to dual boot my current installation of windows 11 by cloning it to another partition on the same drive (I spent countless hours tweaking it), so that would allow to select either my OS for normal computing where I would get rid of everything gaming or emulation related, or the other OS with Bigbox as shell only 🆒. Is there a way to do this without having to go through a fresh installation of Windows and reconfigure everything from scratch? Looked over the internet but there doesn't seem to be an easy way...

Any idea when this will work again?

Same thing happening when using a dual sense or ds4 with ds4windows and accidentally touching the touchpad as it emulates the mouse (had to disable the touch pad in ds4windows)