8Bitdo Bluetooth Controller Guide (Retropie v3)

[pausuri]

[quote=111160]Yes, your rc local file is right

I would try the commands in a terminal first, and see if a error message appears..

I tell you, and trust me, my method works fine, you can leve the raspberry on for days, and everytime i turn on the 8bitdo pad it works flawless

Update the system, write a new password, whatch the entire menus of retropie looking for optimal options,….

Check everithing, and tell me things

[/quote]

Hi, I try your method but no luck.
When I mod the rc.local file with all the commands you wrote, the pad doesn’t connect at all.

Could you copy/paste here your rc.local file to double check if I am missing something?
Cheers

[Anonymous]

[quote=110154]So it’s the same MAC with Start-B (BT keyboard), but if I use Start-R (whatever that is, it’s not in the 8bitdo SNES30 manual, but from my research it’s gamepad mode with controller D-pad, not keyboard…sounds good, right?), it gets a different MAC address! Also a changed name: “8Bitdo SNES30 Gamepad Joystick” instead of “8Bitdo SNES30 Gamepad” So, something new to try.
Etc…
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Thanks Tossy and floob, this worked for me. I went through and removed all Bluetooth MAC addresses and button maps, started again and used Start-R on the SNES30 Controllers, mapped each one separately using floobs method and all works fine now!
Thanks guys, much appreciated!

As said in the quote above, Start-R isn’t in the user guide that comes with the SNES30, however this puts the controller in Joystick mode with a MAC address like mine – FE:FC:7C:AD:9F:FE and FE:FC:AA:51:9F:FE.
Any other method will generate different type of Mac address and not work with emulationstation.

[pausuri]

Any help to make the L and R buttons as hotkeys, for instance, save and load save games?

[Anonymous]

So I managed to get my controller recognized and I was able to set the ABXY Start and Select, but on the config menu it will not take the DPad inputs. No clue what’s wrong!

[Floob]

Most likely it needs to be started in a different mode. Which controller is it?

[Anonymous]

I’m using the SNES30, I’m powering it on by holding the Start button for a couple seconds.

[Floob]

Can you try Start and R to see if the MAC is different, or if the D pad is detected?

[Anonymous]

That was it. I needed to have it in the Start + R mode to detect the D-Pad. Things are working well now, except that I seem to have a slight input delay on the controller, i.e. it takes a moment too long after I hit the button before the game registers it. Is there any way to correct for that?

[Floob]

This may help:

Input Lag Correction Settings

[Anonymous]

I tried those tweaks, I’m not noticing an improvement. I’ll see how other games run.

I just received my second controller, do I need to do anything special to have a second one running? Or just follow the wiki steps like I did for the first one.

[tossy]

[quote=111570]Any help to make the L and R buttons as hotkeys, for instance, save and load save games?

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For me with my SNES30, R-Select and L-Select work fine, but I have to press R or L first. Pressing Select first doesn’t work.

[king0fk0ng]

FYI – the wiki needs to be updated. Specifically Step 5. In RetroPie 3.6, there is no more “Configure joystick/controller for use with RetroArch” option.

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Setting-up-a-Bluetooth-controller

[slayer612]

[quote=121744]FYI – the wiki needs to be updated. Specifically Step 5. In RetroPie 3.6, there is no more “Configure joystick/controller for use with RetroArch” option.

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Setting-up-a-Bluetooth-controller

[/quote]

That’s why the section you are referring to reads “This section is for Wheezy based RetroPie (pre version 3.4)” in the title.

There is no step 5 in the section “This section is for Jessie based RetroPie (version 3.4 and later)”, which would be the right section for setting up your controller in RetroPie 3.6.

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