Want User1 Index Device To Default to Specific Controller

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#1

Not sure if this is possible, but is there a way to get Retroarch to force the user1 bindings to default to a specific device?

I have Launchbox/Bigbox set up on my main PC and I use Retroarch cores as my main emulators. I use Nvidia Gamestream to stream games from the BigBox frontend to 3 Nvidia Shield TV boxes in my house. I also use the Mayflash Wiibar on 2 of my Shield TV boxes. I have Virtualhere servers setup on those boxes to make the Mayflash Wiibars available on my main PC to be used ONLY with the Dolphin emulator. Everything works, but whenever I turn my Mayflash Wiibars on, Retroarch will always want to use the ‘Mayflash Wii Remote #1’ for the user1 device in Retroarch. The problem is that I don’t even use my Wii remotes in Retroarch. I only use them for Dolphin. I only want Retroarch to work with my Nvidia Shield TV controllers which show up in Retroarch as xinput devices.

Is there a way to force the user1 bindings in Retroarch to always default to my xinput devices, or is there a way for me to completely disable my Mayflash Wii Remotes altogether in Retrarch?

#2

Not exactly. If you delete the autoconfig profiles for the dolphin bars, do they still get pushed to p1?

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#3

Haven’t tried that yet. Will give it a go when I get home. Thanks for the suggestion.

#4

I couldn’t find an auticonfig profile for my Mayflash Wii Remote. I did see some Mayflash profiles in there, but none of them matched the device name that I see in retroarch.

Not a biggie though. All I have to do is keep my Mayflash Dolphinbars turned off when not in use. This forces my xinput profile for my Nvidia Shield controllers to load.

I guess my next project will be to set up to Shield controllers. When I hook up a 2nd controllers, it acts just like another player 1 controller.

#5

You can set retroarch to keyboard inputs and use a gamepad profiler to accomplish this.