Dolphin does not load settings!

marcelosofth

Inside the Batocera, pressing the F1 and running the Dolphin on the outside is loaded the last settings saved control, etc, but when I go back inside the Batocera and I will load games it does not load the settings!

Friends, any solution?

nadenislamarre

which settings ?
pad parameters are overrided when starting a game.

marcelosofth

These are the on-screen fps settings, Joystick, etc.

Firstly I made the settings outside of the Menu, because on the outside there are only 3 emulators to play, Dolphin, PS2 and Retroarch, that's how I did the configuration, test in the games and everything perfect, when I exit window mode and I go back to the menu, when I enter the game the settings I made are not present and I get without the joystick settings made out of the menu!

Dragu

marcelosofth
You must save your settings as a profile and load it in the game.

Dragu

marcelosofth
There is another in the folder GCPad. Same name and definition of all the keys, but seems to have no influence on the game, as it is also an older version from my definitions.
If I load Dolphin configuration menu, he present me the values of GCPadNew.ini, that I modified directly by editor at the end.
I mean it is a copy from the point on, that you told in configuration menu, to make this copy. And from this moment on you can call this specific copy in the game.

marcelosofth

Perfect, I have my profile file saved, which directory do I have to copy the file to for the Dolphin run menu?

Ps. My profile is in this directory, plus it's only loader running Dophin out of Frontend!

/recalbox/share/system/configs/dolphin-emu/Profiles/Wiimote/Marcelo.ini

Dragu

marcelosofth
The controllers defined under Dolphin Menu F1--> Applications --> dolphin-emu-config
are memorized in 2 files : GCPadNew.ini for the general definition and Hotkeys.ini for the hotkeys.
And the relation is made from the Profile to the device, as in my case Dragonrise 0 even when I
use also Dragonrise 1 in the setup,
Profile AM.ini :
[Profile]
Device = evdev/0/DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick
File GCPadNew.ini :
[GCPad1]
Device = evdev/0/DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick
Buttons/A = Button 3
Buttons/B = Button 4
Buttons/X = Button 0
Buttons/Y = Button 1
Buttons/Z = Button 2
Buttons/Start = Button 9
Options/Always Connected = True
Main Stick/Up = Axis 1-
Main Stick/Down = Axis 1+
C-Stick/Left = Axis 0-
C-Stick/Right = Axis 0+
Triggers/L = evdev/1/DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick:Button 8
Triggers/R = evdev/1/DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick:Button 9
Main Stick/Left = evdev/1/DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick:Axis 0-
Main Stick/Right = evdev/1/DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick:Axis 0+
C-Stick/Up = evdev/1/DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick:Axis 1-
C-Stick/Down = evdev/1/DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick:Axis 1+
D-Pad/Up = evdev/1/DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick:Button 1
D-Pad/Down = evdev/1/DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick:Button 3
D-Pad/Left = evdev/1/DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick:Button 0
D-Pad/Right = evdev/1/DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick:Button 4
[GCPad2]
Device = evdev/1/DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick
Buttons/A = Button 4
Buttons/B = Button 3
Buttons/X = Button 1
Buttons/Y = Button 2
Buttons/Z = Button 5
Buttons/Start = Button 9
D-Pad/Up = Axis 1-
D-Pad/Down = Axis 1+
D-Pad/Left = Axis 0-
D-Pad/Right = Axis 0+
Options/Always Connected = True

Dragu

marcelosofth
I also not long inside this.
The interaction is the following, you can define a controller config in Dolphin configuration menu as you see it,
means in my case I select Port 1 "Standard Controller" and all other None. And 1 emulated Wii Mote down.
When you put the datas for Standard Controller 1, and you close, he save GCPadNew.ini in the Dolphin folder, not in the profile folder.
Now, if during this configuration you enter a profile name, and click on "Save", he will write also the profile in the Dolphin/Profile folder.
This profile folder looks more or less the same as GcPadNew.ini, but lines inside are different mixed up.
The reason should be to be able to use different controller setup's for different games. Normal. You can also reload during configuration an existing profile and modify/ save again under different name.

marcelosofth

This AM.ini file from your profile is in which directory?

Because my profile file is in the directory below and only running Dolphin on the outside the file is read!
/recalbox/share/system/configs/dolphin-emu/Profiles/Wiimote/Marcelo.ini

marcelosofth

I can not do it!

What I noticed is that Dolphin from Frontend does the reading and writing of all files in the directory:

/ recalbox / share / system / config / dolphin-emu;

Debugger
GCPadnew
GFX
Hotkeys
Logger
WiimoteNew

However my configuration file that is inside the Profiles directory is the only one that is not read.

marcelosofth

Hmmm, tell me one thing, I with the emulator running can I call the menu to load the saved profile?

henriqca

marcelosofth yes you can. with a keyboard plugged in press Alt+Tab while the game is running and it will take you to Dolphin main screen.
I can load my saved profiles this way but I really would love not to have to plug in a keyboard every time as it really ruins the arcade experience in my opinion.

henriqca

I have same issue. all controller settings on Dolphin are lost when I reboot batocera.
Is there any way to make these changes stick? If not, can I load my controller profile with a button combination on my controllers? I know the hotkey works as they do take me back to ES even when not configured on Dolphin.
I really dont want to have to plug a keyboard on my arcade cabinet every time I want to play GC or Wii.
Any help is immensely appreciated!

Batocera: 5.21 x86_64
Controllers: evdev/0/DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick

Speedymatze

henriqca I have same issue. all controller settings on Dolphin are lost when I reboot batocera.
Is there any way to make these changes stick? If not, can I load my controller profile with a button combination on my controllers? I know the hotkey works as they do take me back to ES even when not configured on Dolphin.
I really dont want to have to plug a keyboard on my arcade cabinet every time I want to play GC or Wii.
Any help is immensely appreciated!

Hi there,
I have exactly this problem with the current versions 5.24 and 5.25 beta, is there still no solution?

Best wishes
Matthias

marcelosofth

henriqca Exactly friend, the correct thing is not having a keyboard connected, the curious thing is that running the Dolphin out of the GUI configuration user is loaded properly, it's every crazy thing of this Batocera that no one can explain! 🙁

Dragu

henriqca
Only solution to step back on 5.20, where Dolphin configurations are saved and used after your desire.
The boss here want to make all gamepads automatically working, what is after my opinion not possible if you have to do with emulators that have an own configuration system. As dosbox and dolphin as well. And without an option line yes/no to automatic per emulator, this never get's out of the mess.
I was 20 years running an software dev. departement, so I know about what I talk. Automatics can just work together with intelligent build parametrizations that are able to override the automatic.
So better to use 5.20 for the moment, I am sure they will find a solution. But summer now, also for the team here.

bandabanda

I enter the game the settings I made are not present and I get without the joystick settings made out of the menu! -deleted spam-

ordovice

There's another option now with the latest beta (at least for emulated wiimotes) It requires either renaming the ROM to include some options or creating a custom definition per ROM

Here's the default mapping:
'x': 'Buttons/2', 'b': 'Buttons/A',
'y': 'Buttons/1', 'a': 'Buttons/B',
'pageup': 'Buttons/-', 'pagedown': 'Buttons/+',
'select': 'Buttons/Home',
'up': 'D-Pad/Up', 'down': 'D-Pad/Down', 'left': 'D-Pad/Left', 'right': 'D-Pad/Right',
'joystick1up': 'IR/Up', 'joystick1left': 'IR/Left',
'joystick2up': 'Tilt/Forward', 'joystick2left': 'Tilt/Left'

You can add .side. to make the ROM treat your controller as a sideways wiimote

It then makes the buttons the following:
'x': 'Buttons/b', 'b': 'Buttons/2',
'y': 'Buttons/a', 'a': 'Buttons/1'

There's also 2 letter combinations (is si / it ti / in ni / st ts / sn ns / tn nt)

The first one controls the left stick, the second one controls the right stick.

i = IR
s = Swing
n = Nunchuk

If you use nunchuk settings, it also makes
'l2' = 'Nunchuk/Buttons/C'
'r2' = 'Nunchuk/Buttons/Z'

Also in the configuration is .cc. which turns your controller into a classic controller for games that support it
'x' = 'Classic/Buttons/X'
'y' = 'Classic/Buttons/Y'
'b' = 'Classic/Buttons/B'
'a' = 'Classic/Buttons/A'
'select' = 'Classic/Buttons/-'
'start' = 'Classic/Buttons/+'
'pageup' = 'Classic/Triggers/L'
'pagedown' = 'Classic/Triggers/R'
'l2' = 'Classic/Buttons/ZL'
'r2' = 'Classic/Buttons/ZR'
'up' = 'Classic/D-Pad/Up'
'down' = 'Classic/D-Pad/Down'
'left' = 'Classic/D-Pad/Left'
'right' = 'Classic/D-Pad/Right'
'joystick1up' = 'Classic/Left Stick/Up'
'joystick1left' = 'Classic/Left Stick/Left'
'joystick2up' = 'Classic/Right Stick/Up'
'joystick2left' = 'Classic/Right Stick/Left'

And then the big change is the ability to define a custom configuration for the controllers on a PER ROM basis!
Just create a file that is <FULLROMNAME>.cfg (for example, I have one called "New Super Mario Bros. Wii (USA) (En,Fr,Es) (v1.02).side.iso.cfg" (Note the extension is part of this name)

You can then use any combination of keys and Wii defined buttons to redefine any of the keys (but note that you don't have to define the opposite directions on sticks and d-pads)

I personally like having my tilt on l1/l2 so my config has the following in it:
'r2':'Shake/Z'
'pageup':'Tilt/Left'
'pagedown':'Tilt/Right'
'select':'Buttons/-'
'start':'Buttons/+'

Hope this helps everyone!

Roni06

Hello, I also have a problem with the Dolphin controller for game cube.
My directional cross recognizes only two positions (left and right).
I think it's a bug and impossible to configure this in the GCPadNew file. at each game launch it overwrites the file.
Please tell me that I will not be forced to reinstall BATOCERA for a small bug?

Thank you in advance.

offelnotto

Roni06

I made configs with the full mapping for every used controller in Dolphin and set them up per-game in the game .ini with [(https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=GameINI_(Controller_Settings))]

Roni06

Hi, I just did a clean installation of batocera, and unfortunately I still have the same problems.
On the GameCube, the D-Pad is only configured on the left and the top, as I can for an analog stick. It's shameful but it prevents me from playing certain games that require the use of the pad.
I also have a problem with Reicast which is going much too fast, but it's not very serious because I can go through Retroarch.
By cons for the GameCube it is very shame to have to do without certain games.
Does anyone have a solution other than reverting to version 5.20?
Because Batocera and almost perfect in version 5.25.
Thanks for the help.

PS: Just add two lines to the "GCPadNew.ini" file

D-Pad/Right = Axis 4+
D-Pad/Down = Axis 5+

windaube21

Roni06 i have the same problems, Dpad Down and right not work.

xabi

Roni06

Same problem here. Did you find a solution?