Controller Not Working in Game

[josy-cotter]

All. I have read quite a bit about other having this problem but i can’t seem to get my issue fixed. I have 2 USB NES controllers that work fine before launching the game. As soon as i’m in the game they do not work.

I have a config file at /RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg and one in /RetroPie/configs/all/nes/retroarch.cfg.

I have ran the retroarch-joyconfig script several times but no luck. What should I be looking at next?

[gizmo98]

If you had already run…
# ./retroarch-joyconfig >> ~/RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

…check your retroarch.cfg.

There could be duplicates of the following settings:
input_player1_joypad_index = 0
input_player2_joypad_index = 1
input_player1_b_btn = “2”
input_player1_y_btn = “3”
input_player1_select_btn = “8”
input_player1_start_btn = “9”
input_player1_up_axis = “-1”
input_player1_down_axis = “+1”
input_player1_left_axis = “-0”
input_player1_right_axis = “+0”
input_player1_a_btn = “1”
input_player1_x_btn = “0”
input_player1_l_btn = “6”
input_player1_r_btn = “7”
input_player2_b_btn = “2”
input_player2_y_btn = “3”
input_player2_select_btn = “8”
input_player2_start_btn = “9”
input_player2_up_axis = “-1”
input_player2_down_axis = “+1”
input_player2_left_axis = “-0”
input_player2_right_axis = “+0”
input_player2_a_btn = “1”
input_player2_x_btn = “0”
input_player2_l_btn = “6”
input_player2_r_btn = “7”

Your joypad config should be at the end of the file. Disable all duplicates with “#”.

[josy-cotter]

If i have one config in the all folder and one config in the emulator specific folder, will they cause issues with each other? Or will the one in the emulator folder completely override the one in the all folder?

Here is what I have.

system_directory = /home/pi/RetroPie/emulatorcores/
video_aspect_ratio = 1.33
video_smooth = false
input_enable_hotkey = escape
input_exit_emulator = escape
rewind_enable = true
rewind_buffer_size = 10
rewind_granularity = 2
input_rewind = r
input_shader_next = m
input_shader_prev = n
video_shader_dir = /home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/RetroArch/shader/
input_player1_a = x
input_player1_b = z
input_player1_y = a
input_player1_x = s
input_player1_start = enter
input_player1_select = rshift
input_player1_l = q
input_player1_r = w
input_player1_left = left
input_player1_right = right
input_player1_up = up
input_player1_down = down
input_autodetect_enable = true
joypad_autoconfig_dir = /home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/RetroArch/configs/
audio_driver = alsathread
audio_out_rate = 48000
input_player1_joypad_index = 0
input_player1_select_btn = 8
input_player1_start_btn = 9
input_player1_up_axis = “-1”
input_player1_down_axis = “+1”
input_player1_left_axis = “-0”
input_player1_right_axis = “+0”
input_player1_a_btn = 0
input_player1_b_btn = 1

[trimmtrabb]

Not sure if you need quotation marks either side of the gamepad buttons, try copying and pasting this:

input_player1_joypad_index = 0
input_player1_select_btn = "8"
input_player1_start_btn = "9"
input_player1_up_axis = "-1"
input_player1_down_axis = "+1"
input_player1_left_axis = "-0"
input_player1_right_axis = "+0"
input_player1_a_btn = "0"
input_player1_b_btn = "1"

[cacophony555]

Are you allowed to define player1 for both the keyboard and gamepad? I would try commenting out all the keyboard controls.

[foob]

I could weigh in on a few things here.

Firstly, think of the /all/ config as the “master” config. If you look at the configs in the emulator specific folders, you will notice they are mostly empty. The way this works, is that it looks at the emulator specific config first for settings, and whatever it doesn’t find, it will take from the global config. So, if you want to use one global config for everything, just set up the one in /all/ and ignore the rest.

As for your issue, I’d say its likely you still have the keyboard keys active in the cfg as well as your joypad ones. make sure to go through all the keys under the keyboard section and put a # infront of every single one of them to disable it. I have recently uploaded my retroarch.cfg for use in a different thread so you can look at mine and compare.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4436120/retroarch.cfg

[foob]

Also, i suppose at a stretch you could just try dumping my retroarch cfg in place of yours and seeing if it works. Obviously back up your old one first. It shouldnt do any harm. Likely some video settings will be different and my controller is probably configured differently to yours so the buttons are probably messed up but it should basically work.

[josy-cotter]

Thanks all for the help. That’s exactly what I was looking to clarify on with the two cry files. I wasn’t sure if one was ignored if the specific one was present. I was able to get mine to work with the global config. Now I need to make some specific ones for the different controllers I have.

Thanks again.

[RakaMakaFon]

Hello. I see lots of good advice here, and it seems to be solving the issue. But this is my first time using a Linux device (got my Raspberry Pi yesterday) and I have no experience at all using this. I found the terminal, but I really don’t know how to do anything here. Could you please tell me what to do, to make my controller work in game (that works in emulation mode), for a total rookie at Linux/Raspberry Pi?

[gamecubator]

I wish I could help. I am stuck too.

Retropie coolness put aside, I too am frustrated with the lack of clear and up to date info on the setting up of retropie for two-player games (gamepads). Hours wasted on this thus far.

Will post info if and when found.

[gamecubator]

Okay done, thanks to gizmo98, josy-cotter and foob.

I had bought 2 low-cost SNES USB controllers for PC/MAC (Tomee) and wanted to play 2-player NES games with them on my retropie distro.

Here is that part of /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg that configures both gamepads as well as sets up emulator exit via “start+select” buttons combo:

input_player1_joypad_index = 0
input_player2_joypad_index = 1

input_player1_b_btn = “2”
input_player1_y_btn = “3”
input_player1_select_btn = “8”
input_player1_start_btn = “9”
input_player1_up_axis = “-1”
input_player1_down_axis = “+1”
input_player1_left_axis = “-0”
input_player1_right_axis = “+0”
input_player1_a_btn = “1”
input_player1_x_btn = “0”
input_player1_l_btn = “4”
input_player1_r_btn = “5”
input_player2_b_btn = “2”
input_player2_y_btn = “3”
input_player2_select_btn = “8”
input_player2_start_btn = “9”
input_player2_up_axis = “-1”
input_player2_down_axis = “+1”
input_player2_left_axis = “-0”
input_player2_right_axis = “+0”
input_player2_a_btn = “1”
input_player2_x_btn = “0”
input_player2_l_btn = “4”
input_player2_r_btn = “5”

input_enable_hotkey_btn = “8”
input_exit_emulator_btn = “9”

I hope it helps.
Alex

[Anonymous]

Why are you setting up your controllers in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg?

Here’s how I do it and how I believe it should be done (you can do this either through SSH from another machine or locally using a keyboard):
cd RetroPie-Setup
sudo ./retropie_setup.sh
Select number 3 (Setup)
Select number 315 (Register RetroArch controller)
Follow the instructions

Your controller config will now be saved in its own file in /opt/retropie/emulators/RetroArch/configs/ and it will be used only for this specific controller so you can have different mappings for different controllers.

Sadly the hotkey, exit, load state and save state buttons seems to have to be in the main retroarch.cfg which kind of limits the possibility to mix controller types.

[nihlton]

@gamecubator – Dude. I registered this account just so i could say thank you. I was in the same boat (tomee usb controllers) and that totally worked. thank you so much!

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