Remaps don't work or don't override ES input configuration

rogmas

Hi everyone,

I’ve installed Batocera v32 on a cabinet with a x64 intel PC and everything is working perfectly except when i try to configure controls to specific a game, directory or core. My controller is a I-PAC2 and the systems recognizes it correctly.

The problem is that if i configure the controls from the ES controller settings in the main menu, they seem to override every other configuration or remap in the quick menu / controls from retroarch in-game menu. I can save them as core, directory or game remap and the .rmp is created and even the message confirming it, but when i try it in-game i get the button configuration from the ES controller settings, no matter whatever i try.

Any ideas on where can the problem be and how to solve it?

Thank you very much.

Atari

ES controller settings are your controller to Batocera’s Retropad. When you remap this, every remap you’ve already created will be altered by it. Think of it as your “universal” controls, they’re what you bind to north/south/east/west etc.
From there, you make and save a remap for each game you want to have different controls. These games can only see your controller as north/south/east/west inputs, irrelevant of what you’ve physically set them as using EmulationStation. When you change these again using ES, then they are reflected in the manner that you changed them.
I am confused by the following sentence though:

but when i try it in-game i get the button configuration from the ES controller settings, no matter whatever i try.

Could you elaborate on what you mean there? Maybe provide a screenshot for clarity?

rogmas

Thank you for the quick reply, Atari.

Problem solved, i was just setting the wrong buttons in the in-game control configuration. I’ve set it up correctly and everything is OK now, ES controls are overriden by my custom remaps.

The problem i was referring to is that i needed different button configurations per game or per directory (form example SF series use 6 buttons in a 3+3 layout but KoF series only use 4 in a 1×4 layout) and it seemed to me that ES controller configuration did override my in-game remaps. It was just that i was remapping the wrong buttons, now it works great!

Thank’s again for the quick reply.

Atari

ES controls aren’t being overwritten, you’re just remapping how the core itself is interpreting your controls.
Unless you’ve entered the wrong menu and are actually overwriting the input values, which would be bad because you then can only ever use that specific controller.
Either way, glad you worked it out.
PS: v33, new feature, automatic configuration of MAME controls for arcade fighter games such as Street Fighter. 😉