Retroarch and EmulationStation Retropie setup for Xbox 360 Controller

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Retroarch and EmulationStation Retropie setup for Xbox 360 Controller

Most of the defaults are good, but some things are missing.

Emulation Station settings

Emulation station needs A and B to be swapped while initially adding the controller. Otherwise b is confirm and a is cancel.

Retroarch Settings

RetroArch also needs them to be swapped. To do this involves a bunch of settings initially:

While a game is open, press Ctrl and X to bring up the menu.

Go up to the top layer of settings and out of the Quick Menu.

Swap the a and b for games, and it should also swap it for the RetroArch menu

/Settings/Inputs/Controller 1/A = (after activating this item, press 'B' on the gamepad)
/Settings/Inputs/Controller 1/B = (after activating this item, press 'A' on the gamepad)

Enable using the joystick in your games

/Settings/Inputs/Controller 1/Type = Retropad w/ Analog Joystick

Set the Hotkey for the controller, aka the key that can be used to do save states and to open the RetroArch menu mid game

/Settings/Inputs/Hotkeys/Hotkey = (after activating this item, press the left joystick)

Set autosave of the States

/Settings/States/Auto Save State on Start = ON
/Settings/States/Auto Load State on Exit = ON
/Settings/States/Auto increment Slot = ON

Enable saving the configuration file:

/Configuration/Save Configuration on Exit = on
/Configuration/Save to the Global Configuration File = on

Finally, exit RetroArch to seal the deal.

How to use this setup

Now that everything is in place, you should be able to do the following:

• Start a rom, and it will resume where you left off
• Exit a rom by pressing Left Joystick Thumb and Start
• Show the RetroArch Menu by pressing Left Joystick Thumb and X
• Navigate additional save slots with the Left Joystick Thumb and the D-pad left and right
• Save and load a state mid game with Left Joystick Thumb and a bumper.