FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.. Retroarch key mapping!!??!??!?!?!?!?

[aldub516]

Hey all. so ive come across and increasingly annoying problem that seems to be bugging a lot of people. I have my new hyperspin set up ready to go.. and the LAST thing i need to do is configure controllers for the retroarch run emulators. I basically have the early nintendo and sega family (nes-snes, game boys, etc, genesis, game gear) I will be using an ipac, which obviously just sends keystrokes to the pc. But i cannot for the love of god figure out how to set keys either globally, or per system. I dont have the ipac plugged in to detect but that should matter, i want to remap the inputs in retroarch to the keys that my ipac will be set to. Im lost on if i should be doing this in the emulators config IE: retroarch/config/nintendo entertainment system.cfg, or in retroarch.cfg. And even then, theres so much jarble around the input area. When i load up my core and config, i go to settings, input settings. I change device to retrokeyboard, and set user 1 device to non. I then go to bind all keys. It runs me through what would be an xbox pad configuration. I figure ill just set the A, B, START, SELECT, U,D,L,R keys, since thats all nintendo needs. My thinking is that it would map those commands to whatever key i press. but everytime the input run through finishes, i cant control the UI anymore.. all the inputs have changed for the UI of retroarch. I read a lot of info and tutorials about the relationship between buttons and retroarch.. and blah blah. Im fn lost. a lot of the info refers to pi versions. Ive been at this for way longer than i believe i should. Is my theory even correct that i should be able to open up the Nes core, edit the input so say "key F will be button A on the nintendo".. then when i plug my ipac and CP in, when i push whatever button the ipac knows is F, it should press A on nintendo. I have no problem repeating the process. I just cant for the life of me get it. Everytime i run through the auto config bind i get stuck after running through it.

[aldub516]

ok so quick question before i  curse retroarchs mother to hell.. Ive decided to try and switch over all the applicable emulators over to mess.. because i adore my "tab" menu. These are the systems i will be changing, and i was just wondering if im losing anything by using mess and not retroarch. I simply used retroarch as Simplyaustin used it in his great youtube tutorials.

Nes
Snes
Gameboy
gameboy advance
virtual boy
genesis
master system
game gear 32x
turbo grfx
neo geo pocket color

any major reason why this would negatively effect anything? is retroarch  much better to use for any reason? If i get the go ahead that mess is just fine for these emulators, im switching and calling it a day.

[tim258]

Retroarch is just another great solution to consolidating all emulator cores in one program. You should be fine if all your games work under mess


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[Fursphere]

Start RetroArch (assuming you have the newest version)

Hit the right arrow key to get over to the configuration section.

Hit down until you get to Input.

Hit 'X' to select input.

Scroll down until you find the input you want to configure, and hit 'X' again.   

I have no idea why the RetroArch configuration GUI is so........different from everything else.  I'm guessing its ported from some linux based OS to Windows?   Dunno.  But I use it and love it.  Its just a mess to get configured the first time.