Not recognising game input... AT ALL?

[shekelmyrrh]

So I tweaked some settings trying to get a game to run smoother, and when I went back to the game window, suddenly the controller wasn't working. The hotkeys worked, but no input on the game. I tried remapping buttons, trying different controllers/mouse and keyboard, NOTHING. No game will recognise input from anything, period. I tried deleting the .ini files and the cache--still won't work. I completely uninstalled Dolphin, deleted everything I knew to delete and reinstalled--still won't work. Rebooted/clean booted half a dozen times--still won't work. I even went back looking for the settings I changed to change them back, found all but one (something about reducing vertical tearing) and made sure they were what they originally had been. I'm so lost. Please help!!

[JMC47]

What game are you trying to play? Maybe you're reconfiguring a GameCube controller for a Wii game that doesn't support them, or a Wii Remote for a GameCube game?

It sounds suspicious, to say the least that it'd suddenly stop working all the sudden...

[shekelmyrrh]

What game are you trying to play?  Maybe you're reconfiguring a GameCube controller for a Wii game that doesn't support them, or a Wii Remote for a GameCube game?

It sounds suspicious, to say the least that it'd suddenly stop working all the sudden...

Nope, I've tried GC controller for GC games and Wii games that support it, and wiimote for wii games too. (Not obscure or third party games either, I've tried Radiant Dawn, Path of Radiance, Super Mario Sunshine and Mario Kart wii.) It'll recognise hotkey input from anything, just not game control input. I've gotten it to work a couple of times since then, but it's inconsistent and usually won't work. At first I thought it must have been one of those settings I changed, even though none of them had anything to do with controls, but it stopped working immediately after I changed them. I'm lost... wondered if it might be a driver issue, but I don't know why that would affect Dolphin in such a weird way.

[MayImilae]

Can you show us a screenshot of your GameCube controller configuration window please?

[shekelmyrrh]

Can you show us a screenshot of your GameCube controller configuration window please?

Here's the settings I use for the keyboard and my Xbox 360 controller. I don't think I've changed anything other than button assignments.

   
   

[MayImilae]

When you press buttons on the gamepad/keyboard, do red dots appear in this window?

[shekelmyrrh]

When you press buttons on the gamepad/keyboard, do red dots appear in this window?

Yep, and both the gamepad and the keyboard work if I assign them to hotkeys--screenshot, save state, etc.

[Helios]

Try enabling background input

[shekelmyrrh]

Try enabling background input

Doesn't seem to change anything...