RetroArch & USB Gamepads ?

[ericdthomps]

Searched and still don't understand...

Ok, I've got RetroArch installed and configured for 6 different emulators.

Installed and configured LaunchBox, then upgraded to Premium for Big Box = awesome...

I can't figure out how to configure multiple controllers in RetroArch and have them "load" with the emulator when a game is chosen.

I know how to go in and manually configure, but I believe there is a way to setup each controller individually?

Example, I have a USB Sega Genesis Controller, USB NES controller, USB SNES controller, USB N64 controller, etc...

I want to be able to plug in USB NES controller, select NES game and have it load game and NES button config...

if I switch to N64, plug in N64 controller, select N64 game and it loads with "new" correct button config, etc.

 

Is this possible?  Are there instructions / a tutorial on how to configure this?

Thanks for the help.  Eric

 

[Lordmonkus]

It depends.

If you are unplugging and plugging in different controllers all the time this may make things more complicated depending on the version of Retroarch you are using. Apparently they are working on making this easier but the way I understand it right this moment (and I could be completely wrong) is when you are unplugging and plugging in controllers it messes with their ID number that Windows assigns them.

Now if your controllers are always plugged in things become much easier. I have 3 controllers (2 for emulation) plugged into my system at all times, flight stick, xbox 360 controller and a hori fight commander. My 360 pad and Hori FC are my emulation controllers, I use the 360 for anything that requires and analog stick like N64 and PS1 analog games. Using the stable 1.3.6 build of Retroarch I have "per core configs" turned on and each core is setup with a specific controller. I simply loaded a game for the core and configured the controller for that core and Retroarch saved that configuration for that core.