Trouble configuring Retroarch

[jevansoh]

I'm trying to configure Retroarch, per core, for use with my two new Xbox 360 wireless controllers.

I have several controllers connected to my computer, including two WiiMote's, two light guns, a spinner, trackball, and an i-pac 4 board for my control panel.

In retroarch, it sees all of these controllers and has the Xbox controllers set as controller 6 and 7.

I'm trying to configure two players and am starting with Nintendo.

I launch a Nintendo game, press F1, go to settings, input, and bind all the buttons successfully for controller 1 and two.  It successfully changes controller 1 to reflect that it is an Xbox 360 controller, but on Controller 2 it still says it's a WiiMote.

Either way, when I actually go into a game, it sees both controller 1 and controller 2 as controller 1.  Each controller will only control player 1 in a Nintendo game.

Also, the actual controller 1, what I want to be controller 1, isn't having its "A" button recognized so I have to use controller 2 to press "A" so it's all messed up.

I can use controller 2 to play a one player Nintendo Game but not controller 1 since all of its buttons aren't working for whatever reason, and it's the one that is successfully recognized as an Xbox controller!

I really need some help here.  Searching for answers hasn't turned up any useful results so hopefully someone knows what I'm trying to explain here and can help me.

Thanks,

--J

[jevansoh]

I noticed one of my controllers, they're both named the same (Xbox 360 controller for Windows) is actually able to move selection boxes and when I open a notepad it moves left, right, up, and down.  Is this right?  I don't want this.  I only want it to work in games.  It's the second controller listed that is doing it, but I want this to be player 1.  The other controller, which is identical other than color, doesn't do this??  I open a notepad and move the joystick around (2nd controller) and it doesn't move the arrow like the first one.  What is going on here?

[gigapig]

Have you installed the 360 controller driver?

[jevansoh]

No, I wasn't aware of any driver.  I just plugged it in and it worked.

[jevansoh]

I just did a search and only see a driver available for Windows 7 32 bit.  I'm running Windows 10 64 bit. ??

[jevansoh]

Ok, I found a 64 bit version, still for Windows 7, but installed it... There's no difference, though.

[jevansoh]

I take that back...I had to restart the computer and now it's no longer controlling Windows 10, which is a good thing.

Still can't get my Retroarch figured out, though.

[gigapig]

I can't  offer much else other than how do things look in the system specific cfg file? Are your changes showing there?

[jevansoh]

That file is updating, yes.  Retroarch shows the Xbox controllers as user 5 and user 6 but I want them for player 1 and 2.  It's showing the Wiimote's as players 1-4 but I only have 2 Wiimotes.

I just did the key binding again for user 5 and 6 and went into a game after saving the config and the same thing is happening.  It sees both controllers as player 1 and the "actual" player 1 controller (or what I want to be player 1, at least) the A button doesn't work to select, so I have to use the player 2 controller as its buttons work.  But then when the game asks me to select a player for player 2, neither pad responds??

[jevansoh]

This is weird...After binding the keys, now the controller is controlling Windows again!!!  All I did was bind the keys in Retroarch but somehow it made the controller control Windows again??

[gigapig]

How are they showing up in the windows controller settings?

[jevansoh]

Just as normal Xbox 360 controllers, exactly how I'd expect them to show up.

[jevansoh]

Ok, Joy2Key was running and making it do those weird things... That problem is solved, but I still need help configuring RetroArch.

Can anyone help, please?

[jevansoh]

Ok, I need to take a break here...I may have gotten ahead of myself.  After ending Joy2Key and re-configuring the controllers for the 7th time, it looks like they are working, albeit backwards (and it matters because they are red and blue to match player 1/2 control panel colors which are also red and blue) but if I can figure out how to get them swapped, I think I'll be in good shape.

Any tips on swapping them would be most appreciated because other than that, I think I'm good to go.