I have tried to use things that I have:

-WiiMote - Always been a pain and never quite worked (I need to try again though)

-PS1/PS2 controllers through USB adapter - This worked out of the box with an ancient radio shack adapter and I have since gone to the cheap dual playstation usb adapter. It works fins as long as both controllers match (don't mix analog and non-analog). I picked up some 6 foot cable extenders and the 2 controllers reach across the room. I will probably pick up a used playstation arcade stick at some point as well.

-Microsoft Sidewinder USB Joystick - Picked it up at a yard sale and it works, but it's too big for most systems that were designed to use a short arcade joystick.

-Cheap USB NES USB pad - Works okay, but feels cheap and has a really short cord

-Cheap SNES USB pad - Works better than the nes pad but still a short cord

I like the idea of bluetooth, but it's really finicky. The PS3 controllers are probably better supported than the Wiimote+Classic Controller, but they are also expensive and the generic PS3 controllers are a real roll of the dice quality-wise.

One final thought: The Playstation dual analog controllers (Xbox 360 probably is the same with twin sticks) are also nice because you can map the d-pad to a stick whick is a lot nicer for Atari and most shooters. It's passable for fighters that don't need 6 buttons (but I grew up on PS1 Tekken so I'm used to PS fighting style).

I think it's always worth having either an old PS pad with adapter or even a cheapie SNES pad around because they basically work out of the box. Anything wireless requires some setup and can be a hassle. Also, you can still use an adapted PS pad or usb pad with other devices (PC/Tablet).

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/game-boy-advance#bios

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Sega-CD#bios

Yep, better to just hide it from the menu. Rename the folder to dreamcast_hidden

Hi All.

I have been able to resolve my xin-mo issue, but I still face the issue of my network not seeing or connecting to my Raspberry Pi. I've checked cables, router and all seems in order. LAN lights are on, on the PI but I just cannot connect. Does it need to be in a certain screen or state in order to connect?

I reflashed the SD card using RetroPie v3.7, and now everything is working almost perfectly. All previously mentioned issues have been resolved, but now there's 1 new issue that I can't seem to get fixed.
On the 2nd xbox 360 controller, everything seems to be mapped and working properly, except for the left analog stick. The Analog to Digital is set to "Left Analog" in all of the config files, but for some reason it still isnt working.
Any help would be appreciated.

Actually figured it out. I erased all the shaders I put in and then placed them back in. Seems to work now with curvature.

Thank you!

Hi all,

Yeah I'm using the built in Bluetooth and I'm now 99% sure that is what's been causing my problems.

I've loaded a new sd card tonight and used an wired controller and not had a single freeze.

@JeZxLee

Should do a search first, already 2 topics on this.

Here is one of them

I'm still having a few issues but most games now work

Thanks
Josh

Check this link out to fix.
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/311/found-a-fix-for-deadzone-issue-on-uae4arm-amiga.

Someone familiar with this system should take a look at your changes and see if they are worthwhile for retropie as a whole.

It was the renderer. Switching to GL fixed it. Not sure how it got unset, I must have been playing in there...

Thanks!

Try to change it to default and see if it works?

Also when yo login, this is automatically presented under the Filesystem heading showing Size / Used / Avail in human readable text

Thanks dankcushions,

I had seen the Bluetooth issues on the Pi 3 and think that might have been related to some of my earlier freezes.

I think my next step it to see what power my supply is giving...

@karimi

I would recommend the following videos

Runs like a dream on pi 3 even with HD Texture packs enabled

On a 2 I'm sure with an overclock, setting the glide plugin downscaling to 640x480 it will run fine.

Just look into overclocking especially v3d_freq and bumping up gpu_mem and setting your plugin settings correctly.

@sebmc86 https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

all of your answers are in the documentation.

hdmi_force_hotplug=1 hdmi_drive=2

Those should force it to use hdmi even if a monitor isn't connected at boot but you might notice the resolution isn't set right. You can look at http://elinux.org/RPiconfig#Video_mode_options for more fun things you can tinker with.