"Device Type" is not always visible

[davidhedlund]

First and foremost consider this:

• Only RetroArch bugs should be filed here. Not core bugs or game bugs
• This is not a forum or a help section, this is strictly developer oriented

Description

"Device Type" is not always visible

Expected behavior

Device Type should always be listed. There are no options to permanently change the Device Type setting, so you are dependent to access it, since you have set it to DualAnalog to use both thumb sticks for Sony PlayStation controllers.

Actual behavior

Device Type is not always listed.

Steps to reproduce the bug

• Open Settings -> Input -> RetroPad Binds -> Port 1 Binds. Device Type is not listed.
• Load a game, then open Settings -> Input -> RetroPad Binds -> Port 1 Binds. Device Type is sometimes listed, sometimes not.

Bisect Results

[Try to bisect and tell us when this started happening]

Version/Commit

You can find this information under Information/System Information

• RetroArch: 1.16.0 Appimage

Environment information

• OS: GNU/Linux
• Compiler: [In case you are running local builds]

[RobLoach]

This is intended. The device type depends on the core that's loaded.

I recommend asking some of these questions in either the Forum, or on Discord. The issue queue is not a support board.

[davidhedlund]

This is intended. The device type depends on the core that's loaded.

Well, as I initially reported:

• Load a game, then open Settings -> Input -> RetroPad Binds -> Port 1 Binds. Device Type is sometimes listed, sometimes not.

This is for the libretro-beetle-psx GNU/Linux package. Whe I load a game with that core (known as PlayStation (Mednafen PSX) in RA) sometimes I don't get access to the "Device type" which makes it impossible to set it to "DualAnalog".

[sonninnos]

No, the option is never there in global input settings anymore. Only under Quick Menu Controls, because it is the emulated device type, which is core dependent.

[davidhedlund]

No, the option is never there in global input settings anymore. Only under Quick Menu Controls, because it is the emulated device type, which is core dependent.

Oh, now I understand why I saw "Device Index" "randomly". Thank you very much!