diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Bk2ControllerAdapter.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Bk2ControllerAdapter.cs
index df2d2fa716..088de256e1 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Bk2ControllerAdapter.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Bk2ControllerAdapter.cs
@@ -80,18 +80,30 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 			if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(mnemonic))
 			{
 				var trimmed = mnemonic.Replace("|", "");
-				for (int i = 0; i < Type.BoolButtons.Count; i++)
-				{
-					MyBoolButtons[Type.BoolButtons[i]] = trimmed[i] == '.' ? false : true;
-				}
+				var buttons = Type.ControlsOrdered.SelectMany(x => x).ToList();
+				var iterator = 0;
+				var boolIt = 0;
+				var floatIt = 0;
 
-				var floats = trimmed.Remove(0, Type.BoolButtons.Count);
-
-				for (int i = 0; i < Type.FloatControls.Count; i++)
+				for (int i = 0; i < buttons.Count; i++)
 				{
-					var temp = floats.Substring(i * 4, 3);
-					var val = int.Parse(temp);
-					MyFloatControls[Type.FloatControls[i]] = val;
+					if (Type.BoolButtons.Contains(buttons[i]))
+					{
+						var boolBtn = Type.BoolButtons.First(x => x == buttons[i]);
+						MyBoolButtons[boolBtn] = trimmed[iterator] == '.' ? false : true;
+						iterator++;
+						boolIt++;
+					}
+					else if (Type.FloatControls.Contains(buttons[i]))
+					{
+						var temp = trimmed.Substring(iterator, 3);
+						var val = int.Parse(temp);
+						var floatBtn = Type.FloatControls.First(x => x == buttons[i]);
+
+						MyFloatControls[floatBtn] = val;
+						iterator += 4;
+						floatIt++;
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Bk2LogEntryGenerator.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Bk2LogEntryGenerator.cs
index 6ae2e6cd3a..3a556b3cc5 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Bk2LogEntryGenerator.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/movie/bk2/Bk2LogEntryGenerator.cs
@@ -66,17 +66,17 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 
 		public string GenerateLogKey()
 		{
-			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+			var sb = new StringBuilder();
 			sb.Append("LogKey:");
 
-			foreach (var button in _source.Type.BoolButtons)
+			foreach (var group in _source.Type.ControlsOrdered)
 			{
-				sb.Append(button).Append('|');
-			}
-
-			foreach (var button in _source.Type.FloatControls)
-			{
-				sb.Append(button).Append('|');
+				foreach (var button in group)
+				{
+					sb
+						.Append(button)
+						.Append('|');
+				}
 			}
 
 			return sb.ToString();
@@ -84,49 +84,45 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 
 		private string CreateLogEntry(bool createEmpty = false)
 		{
-			try
+			var sb = new StringBuilder();
+			sb.Append('|');
+
+			foreach (var group in _source.Type.ControlsOrdered)
 			{
-				var sb = new StringBuilder();
-				sb.Append('|');
-
-				foreach (var button in _source.Type.BoolButtons)
+				if (group.Any())
 				{
-					if (createEmpty)
+					foreach (var button in group)
 					{
-						sb.Append('.');
-					}
-					else
-					{
-						sb.Append(_source.IsPressed(button) ? Mnemonics[button] : '.');
-					}
-				}
-
-				sb.Append('|');
-				if (_source.Type.FloatControls.Any())
-				{
-					foreach (var floatBtn in _source.Type.FloatControls)
-					{
-						if (createEmpty)
+						if (_source.Type.FloatControls.Contains(button))
 						{
-							sb.Append("000,");
+							if (createEmpty)
+							{
+								sb.Append("000,");
+							}
+							else
+							{
+								var val = (int)_source.GetFloat(button);
+								sb.Append(val.ToString().PadLeft(3, '0')).Append(',');
+							}
 						}
-						else
+						else if (_source.Type.BoolButtons.Contains(button))
 						{
-							var val = (int)_source.GetFloat(floatBtn);
-							sb.Append(val.ToString().PadLeft(3, '0')).Append(',');
+							if (createEmpty)
+							{
+								sb.Append('.');
+							}
+							else
+							{
+								sb.Append(_source.IsPressed(button) ? Mnemonics[button] : '.');
+							}
 						}
 					}
 
-					sb.Remove(sb.Length - 1, 1);
+					sb.Append('|');
 				}
+			}
 
-				sb.Append('|');
-				return sb.ToString();
-			}
-			catch (Exception ex)
-			{
-				return ex.ToString();
-			}
+			return sb.ToString();
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Interfaces/IController.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Interfaces/IController.cs
index ed6d592e7f..61e56d02fb 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Interfaces/IController.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Interfaces/IController.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 
 namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Common
 {
@@ -114,6 +115,33 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Common
 			FloatRanges = new List<FloatRange>();
 			AxisConstraints = new List<AxisConstraint>();
 		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Puts the controls in a logical order such as by controller number,
+		/// This is a default implementation that should work most of the time
+		/// </summary>
+		public virtual IEnumerable<IEnumerable<string>> ControlsOrdered
+		{
+			get
+			{
+				var list = FloatControls.Union(BoolButtons);
+
+				yield return list
+					.Where(x => !x.StartsWith("P1 ") && !x.StartsWith("P2 ") && !x.StartsWith("P3 ") && !x.StartsWith("P4 "));
+
+				yield return list
+					.Where(x => x.StartsWith("P1 "));
+
+				yield return list
+					.Where(x => x.StartsWith("P2 "));
+
+				yield return list
+					.Where(x => x.StartsWith("P3 "));
+
+				yield return list
+					.Where(x => x.StartsWith("P4 "));
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	public interface IController