Config and profiles

[Equimz]

Hello!
I don't know if putting this up as an issue is the correct way to go about things but I'll take the heat I suppose.

So, my problem then!
I'm trying to set up ds4drv to have a profile switching over to kb/m while in the terminal and have lets say the four D-pad directions bound to 1-4 on my keyboard, start as enter and select as backspace.
However, I don't know if the config file isn't being loaded at all or if something else isn't working. I haven't touched much of the config file yet, since I wanted to see if I could get that to work in the first place..

The reason I want to do this is because I'm planning to set this up and have that for a boot selection screen that I can control with the gamepad, not needing a keyboard.

https://retroresolution.com/2016/04/19/multipurpose-raspberry-pi-part-2-adding-a-menu-to-access-retropie-kodi-and-the-raspbian-desktop/

Lets for the sake of simplicity go with the assumption that I am a complete dummy and I have a default config file. How do I go about this? If it is even possible!

Thanks in advance and sorry once again if this is completely the wrong thing to post. I blame the economy!