Remapping Retroarch Controls - 2019

[Drakkorcia]

I am looking for the easiest way to remap the default controls for Retroarch. I like using it a lot but 9 times out of 10 the control buttons are in the wrong place and the videos I'm finding are really old or don't seem to work. I am alps not finding much information about editing cores and such. I just don't know the keyboard shortcuts, etc. This too would be very useful so I can do things like add the Sega Master System bios and remove FM sound.

[neil9000]

12 hours ago, Drakkorcia said:

I am looking for the easiest way to remap the default controls for Retroarch. I like using it a lot but 9 times out of 10 the control buttons are in the wrong place and the videos I'm finding are really old or don't seem to work. I am alps not finding much information about editing cores and such. I just don't know the keyboard shortcuts, etc. This too would be very useful so I can do things like add the Sega Master System bios and remove FM sound.

The controls section of retroarch havent changed in a long time, so older guides are still fine. You need to set them first without a game or core loaded in the main interface by going to Settings/Input/User 1 binds and setting your controls there. These will be the default controls across the UI and most cores.

Then you can load a game in the core you want to change the buttons in, and this time instead of going to the main settings you use the Quick Menu/Controls section this will change the controls for just the loaded core or game, depending on how you save it as in the same menu will be a "Save Core Remap" and a "Save Game Remap", use the one you want in that case.

[Drakkorcia]

Thank you. I think the problem I had before was I didn't know how to bring up the quick controls menu. What is the shortcut for that?

[neil9000]

7 minutes ago, Drakkorcia said:

Thank you. I think the problem I had before was I didn't know how to bring up the quick controls menu. What is the shortcut for that?

F1 while in a game will drop you straight into the quick menu.

[Drakkorcia]

What about core options? I want to fiddle with Genesis Plus GX.

[neil9000]

Just now, Drakkorcia said:

What about core options? I want to fiddle with Genesis Plus GX.

Same, the quick menu is only available with a core loaded, F1 will put you in there and that is where you can adjust controls or core settings under the "options" section in that quick menu, but you can then go back a layer to the main UI menu also.

[Drakkorcia]

My F1 key wasn't working. Mystery solved. Thank you Neil, I found the FM sound option. Much appreciated.

[Drakkorcia]

I am having trouble getting lightgun controls to work for Genesis Plus. I went into the Retroarch quick menu and looked under user binds and all it gave me was lightgun button and d pad controls. And when I changed them the lightgun games didn't work. Crosshair is enabled under core settings. Normally I use mouse for all lightgun controls but I didn't see this anywhere in Retroarch or Genesis Plus core. Anyone know how to get lightgun games to work in Retroarch using Genesis Plus GX core?