Reply To: all the controller configurations options in RetroPie/EmulationStation

[tendonut]

I just set the system up two days ago, but I was able to gather this:

1. when i am at the game station selecting page, when i press Start, there’s a “Configure Input”;

This is the controller configuration for the EmulationStation frontend (The GUI that displays all your available emulators/roms)

2. when i select RetroPie, there’s a “Configure RetreArch Kyeboard/Joystick”

This is the gamepad/keyboard configuration for the emulators that use the RetroArch/Libretro libraries. A good chunk of the emulators use it and would share controller configs.

3. same page, “Controller Configuration”

I believe this is where you’d configure a controller that does NOT use the Retroarch libraries.

Anyone else can correct my if I am wrong with these assumptions.