USB Snes controller – Down button issues

[bpowell454]

Hi,

I’ve had a good search around but haven’t been able to find an answer, only 1 person with the same problem (http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=45723). I’ve setup RetroPie following a guide and can play a game with a keyboard and have tried to get my 2 usb snes controllers working. After multiple deletes of cfg files and redoing the controller setups, I was able to get both controllers running Emulationstation correctly. Now the issue I have is in-game on both controllers, when I press the down key, it also registers a B button press. This first started in Emulationstation and after looking at the .emulationstation/es_input.cfg I found the B key was written as an axis and had the same value as the down axis, I renamed the B as a button and that fixed the problem in Emulationstation but then appeared in the snes emulator itself, even though the /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg is correct. Is there another .cfg file that may be interfering that I need to change also?

Here is a dump of my /home/pi/RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg file.

system_directory = /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS
config_save_on_exit = “false”
video_threaded = true
video_smooth = false
video_aspect_ratio = 1.33
video_shader_dir = /home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/RetroArch/shader/
audio_out_rate = 44100
audio_driver = alsathread
input_autodetect_enable = “true”
joypad_autoconfig_dir = /home/pi/RetroPie/emulators/RetroArch/configs/
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_exit_emulator = escape
input_shader_next = m
input_shader_prev = n
input_rewind = r
input_enable_hotkey = escape
rewind_enable = false
rewind_buffer_size = 10
rewind_granularity = 2
video_gpu_screenshot = true
input_player1_joypad_index = 0
input_player1_b_btn = 2
input_player1_a_btn = 1
input_player1_y_btn = 3
input_player1_x_btn = 0
input_player1_l_btn = 4
input_player1_r_btn = 5
input_player1_start_btn = 9
input_player1_select_btn = 8
input_player1_l_y_plus = -1
input_player1_up_axis = -1
input_player1_l_y_minus = +1
input_player1_down_axis = +1
input_player1_l_x_minus = -0
input_player1_left_axis = -0
input_player1_l_x_plus = +0
input_player1_right_axis = +0

input_enable_hotkey_btn = 8
input_exit_emulator_btn = 9

input_enable_hotkey_btn = 8
input_save_state_btn = 4

input_enable_hotkey_btn = 8
input_load_state_btn = 5

input_player2_joypad_index = 1
input_player2_b_btn = 2
input_player2_a_btn = 1
input_player2_y_btn = 3
input_player2_x_btn = 0
input_player2_l_btn = 4
input_player2_r_btn = 5
input_player2_start_btn = 9
input_player2_select_btn = 8
input_player2_l_y_plus = -1
input_player2_up_axis = -1
input_player2_l_y_minus = +1
input_player2_down_axis = +1
input_player2_l_x_minus = -0
input_player2_left_axis = -0
input_player2_l_x_plus = +0
input_player2_right_axis = +0

input_enable_hotkey_btn = 8
input_exit_emulator_btn = 9

input_enable_hotkey_btn = 8
input_save_state_btn = 4

input_enable_hotkey_btn = 8
input_load_state_btn = 5

I’m a bit of a noob so any help would be appreciated :)

[bpowell454]

Nevermind, I was able to fix it by configuring the controllers in the console instead of in the ES gui. The retroarch.cfg file hasn’t changed so I assume another file has been changed which overrides this one. Sorry for the bother, Always the way, spend 2 or 3 hours trying to figure something out, ask someone and fix it yourself 30 minutes later.

[bwiggins]

Can you tell me how you fixed it? I dont understand. my down button wont detect when trying to setup my controllers in esconfig. During setup, on a new install,I can setup all my buttons, but down and right dont do anything and I cant setup my controllers

[techstep]

Did you ever get the down and right to work? They do not for me either.

I purchased a USB to SNES controller adapter. It detects it but does not respond to down or right.

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