Controller not working. Help?

[WOLF13]

Hi there,

Great job on the script. You guys did an amazing job.

I have installed it fine- and have gone through the initial setup of the game-pad on the first boot.

Though- when I start an emulator (NES in this case)- my gamepad is completely unresponsive.

What am I doing wrong? Have I missed a step?

Any help appreciated.

Regards

[karloss]

Hey mate,

drop into terminal (F4) or ssh and do this..

cd ~/RetroPie/emulators/RetroArch/tools

sudo ./retroarch-joyconfig -o p1.cfg -p 1 -j 0
( -o for output file, -p for player, -j for joystick id )

then do this

sudo cat p*.cfg >> ~/RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

this will setup the controls for the emulators.

good luck

[WOLF13]

Hi Karloss,

Thank you for taking the time.

I tried this last night- and had to adjust some of the code here “sudo cat p*.cfg >> ~/RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg” to get a result (or to it to look like it was doing something)

Unfortunately, even when it ran through the commands, nothing happened when I started the NES emulator and NES rom again. It was unresponsive.

Though, a couple of quick questions, and apologies, Im quite a novice with this.

Also, one thing that I’ve had some confusion with when reading up about various commands- is the ~ symbol?

Do I type the ~ symbol?
Where I have previously, its come back with bad directory commands.

Thank you for your help.

Regards

[karloss]

Hey mate, no problem on the questions, we are all learning…

yeah you need to put the “~” symbol, notice though, the font on this forum makes it look strange, on the sudo cat command it is the “~” that is a squigly line on the “#” key (on my uk keyboard) same for the cd command at the top, for the options for the script, it is the “-” (button next to the + key)

I have uploaded it all in just a text file, so copy and past straight into your ssh terminal..

you will probably need to remove all the “input_playerx_joy” stuff from the bottom of your retroarch.cfg first, so it doesn’t get confussed

[WOLF13]

Karloss, thank you so much. This seems to have worked.

I tried logging in via SSH to do the command, instead of doing it from the RP. Seems to have made a difference.

The gamepad is a little laggy, though, I suspect its the gamepad itself. A very cheap USB one from chinatown near my work. Maybe I’ll try to get a better one and see if it improves.

Regards

[yogi]

Hello,
I have a similiar problem and found this thread. Thanks for the answer. Instead of opening another Thread for a similar problem i will just post here. However with your idea only 2 of 3 controllers work.
I followed your advice and used the joyconfig tool for 3 controllers (usb noname controller from bigben) In emulationstation it works just fine for scrolling.
The Controller configs i created with the joyconfig tool where stored at:
/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

Unluckily in SNES games i can only use 2 of 3 controllers. It seems retropi wont like a 3-controller setup
Is there anything special i need to do, when i want to use three controllers?
I only want to play SNES with 3 controllers (got secret of mana und super bomberman ROMS, which are playable with 3 controllers on original SNES)
I Would really appreaciate some help :).

regards
yogi

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