RetroDECK CM Here:

**First question: **when I plug a controller in and try to play something with Dolphin, many times I have to go and swap the controller in Dolphin’s gamepad setup, otherwise it doesn’t see the controller.

We recommend using the Steam Input interface to leverage order switching, look here:

Change Controller Order

We are also working on better external controller support with a variety of hotkey for the next big update 0.8b.

You can even download and test them right now (check the comments for latest ZIP):

Issue 573

They are subject to rapid change as I’m rethinking several aspects of them, until their first version in 0.8b.