Configure Big Box to use same button on controller for two purposes?

[mcfilmmakers]

I am currently able to configure Big Box to use button 1 (the "A" button) to select my wanted platform which take me to the game selection screen. Once there, I have button 4 (the "Y" button) to show the game details page.

I want to make it so that I can press button 1 on my wanted game to PLAY it. As is, pressing button 1 opens the game details page... which is what button 4 is for.

Instead, I have to configure Big Box to use the Start button to play a game without first going into the game details page.

It doesn't make sense to allow me to configure a button to show the game details page when the select command does precisely the same thing. It does make sense to allow me to configure a button to select AND play games because it is natural to want to mash the same button until a game starts playing.

So I figure that I must be missing something. Can someone help?

I'm using the Griddle Boxes theme if that helps.

Thank you.

[Lordmonkus]

Forgive me but I am a little confused on some of your details but I think I get what you are saying.

I think what you are saying is you want the A button to start the game from the game list correct ?

The details I am a bit lost on are some of your controller bindings. The default controls are A to select through the menus, B is to go back, X will start the game from the game list and Y shows you the box and other art work for t he game.

As for changing this you can remap the buttons in the Controller settings under Options but you cannot change what the functions do and @Jason Carr would have to rework this. A more robust controller functionality is something on the Small Things List and actually got asked for by a few people so hopefully Jason tackles it.

 

[Jason Carr]

@mcfilmmakers Try turning on the option to "Skip the game details screen". I believe that will do exactly what you want. Games will play directly from the games lists without having to press a different button.

[neil9000]

3 minutes ago, Jason Carr said:

@mcfilmmakers Try turning on the option to "Skip the game details screen". I believe that will do exactly what you want. Games will play directly from the games lists without having to press a different button.

Yep, exactly that. That is how I have mine setup, I load the game straight from the list and have the game details screen on my start button.

[Lordmonkus]

I never knew that existed, lol.

[mcfilmmakers]

5 hours ago, Jason Carr said:

@mcfilmmakers Try turning on the option to "Skip the game details screen". I believe that will do exactly what you want. Games will play directly from the games lists without having to press a different button.

Thank you so much. I knew I must have been missing something!