Game Name?

SoulCalibur II

Game ID? (right click the game in the game list, properties, info tab)

GRSEAF

MD5 Hash? (right click the game in the game list, properties, info tab, MD5 Hash: Compute)

0c8ec93f3f4f4e00d5a46443225c169c

What's the problem? Describe what went wrong.

When the controller is disconnected and then reconnected is like if I continuously pressed «Up» (on the D-Pad or Control Stick). It doesn't matter if the controller was already connected before starting the game, or if the controller is connected afterwards. In both cases, if I disconnect the controller and then reconnect it (without quitting the game), the issue occurs. I can reproduce this issue with both a DualShock 4 CUH-ZCT1E (connected through USB or bluetooth, using the "hid_sony" driver in the Linux kernel) and an Xbox 360 USB controller (using the "xpad" driver in the Linux kernel).

Note: the issue always occurs when I reconnect the controller with the game started (so it is 100% reproducible, at least here). Also, the issue doesn't prevent me from using the controller (e.g.: I can use the «A» button on the controller to enter a menu o make the character attack).

Note²: I can reproduce this issue only on SoulCalibur II (USA), with other GameCube games (and Wii games as well), such as Mario Kart Double Dash and Sonic Riders, the issue doesn't occur.

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Connect the first controller (now or after you started the game).
2. Start the game "SoulCalibur II (USA)" with Dolphin (dolphin-emu, dolphin-emu-wx or dolphin-emu-nogui, it doesn't matter).
3. Press the Start button to reach the MODE SELECT screen.
4. Disconnect the first controller.
5. Reconnect the first controller and you should see the modes are automatically selected, just like if you were continuously pressing «Up» on the D-Pad or Control Stick.

Is the issue present in the latest development version? For future reference, please also write down the version number of the latest development version.

Yes, version (as shown by dolphin-emu-nogui --version): "Dolphin [HEAD] 5.0-7735-dirty" (commit 3d44dc39814197e43bf1b8c2524684252251ee7b).

Is the issue present in the latest stable version?

I tried to reproduce the issue with the latest stable version (5.0), but apparently it doesn't have hotplug support yet (when I reconnect the gamepad it doesn't work at all, in any game).

What are your PC specifications? (CPU, GPU, Operating System, more)

Portage 2.3.24 (python 3.5.5-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.0, gcc-6.4.0, glibc-2.25-r11, 4.16.11-gentoo x86_64)¶

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