RetroArch is a frontend for emulators, game engines and media players. However, if you are using a system that relies primarily on RetroArch for emulation (like Xbox), or you have a beefy PC that can run well regardless of optimizations, you may find success in emulating higher-end systems in RetroArch, too. For more modern consoles, it is often more efficient to rely on standalone emulators, which are generally more optimized than RetroArch. RetroArch really shines on retro systems, particularly PlayStation 1 and below games. The video will primarily be done on Windows PC, but the same method will apply to MacOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Vita, and Xbox platforms, and more. This guide is meant to help you get set up with various RetroArch iterations. In this guide I’m going to demystify some of the more peculiar things about this emulation frontend, and show you how I set up RetroArch on my own gaming platforms. But it does have quite a steep learning curve. RetroArch is one of my favorite programs to use for retro game emulation, because it can emulate many systems. android, dinput, xinput) into \autoconfig folder.Last updated: 28FEB2022 (see Changelog for details) Once you have this file downloaded, extract the retroarch-joypad-autoconfig-master folder from the zip file that was downloaded with a program such as WinRAR or 7zip and extract the contents to a convenient location on the computer, then go inside this folder and copy all of these folders with a system name (e.g. You can also download the latest controller profiles from Github here either by going to the Releases page and click the Source Code (zip) link for the stable release's profiles or by clicking the green Code button and select Download ZIP from the drop-down menu on the front page: If you are using the Steam version of RetroArch, you can transfer the controller profiles that you downloaded from the non-Steam version of RetroArch and import them into the Steam version. Updating autoconfig profilesIf you are using the standalone version of RetroArch, these are already included but you can also easily update the autoconfig profiles from within RetroArch by going to Main Menu → Online Updater → Update Controller Profiles and it will download and install the latest controller profiles. Xbox One controller), then Steam Controller support is active for RetroArch. If this input profile returns as "Xbox 360 Wireless Controller" on something that is different from what you're using (e.g. Xbox One controller with Steam Input disabled: Xbox One controller with Steam Input enabled: You can check if Steam Controller support is active on RetroArch by going into its input settings by going into Settings → Input → Port # Controls → and look for the Device Index. Furthermore, each controller can have buttons/axes in different places from others and this also applies whether or not Steam Input is enabled for RetroArch on Steam (see the next section for an example), so take this into consideration when setting hotkeys to RetroArch's configuration settings.įor Steam usersOften by default for the Steam version of RetroArch (or adding the standalone version as a non-Steam game), if Steam Controller support is enabled globally on the client then it will use the default wrapper settings to allow certain controllers to mimic an Xbox 360 controller as many PC games and some emulators commonly use XInput for controller support.īefore configuring your controller to use hotkeys, decide whether or not you wish to have this enabled globally on the client by going to the upper-left corner on the client and click Steam → Settings → Controller → General Controller Settings and toggle which controllers you want Steam Controller enabled, and then decide if you wish to have Steam Controller support enabled on RetroArch specifically by right-clicking the program on your Steam library → select Properties → navigate to Controller and toggle Steam Controller from the drop down menu as shown. If you need to restore your settings, simply delete the old retroarch.cfg and restore it from the new one. If you wish to make a back-up of your settings in case something goes wrong in the process, I recommend you create a back-up of your currently existing settings by going to Main Menu → Configuration File → and select Save New Configuration File, which will make duplicate of your current settings to a new file to \configs\RetroArch-.cfg, or manually copy and paste the retroarch.cfg from the RetroArch installation folder. For general useIf you plan to use hotkeys on your controller, please note that these configurations are going to be saved on your RetroArch's configuration file.
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