I've been fighting this same problem today. I have a bunch of different RetroLink controllers (Atari 2600, NES, N64, Genesis) and they all overwrite each other. My workaround was what @meleu said. I had to hardcode the mappings for each specific retroarch.cfg file and then I configured the NES controller through ES. The fact that you can hot-swap controllers makes it not too bad. I just use the NES controller to navigate and once I fire up a ROM, unplug it and plug in the proper controller.

I think i have this figured out. It was a zip file extraction issue. I extracted the files again and it is working. Thanks for the assistance.

I ended up setting up a cron job and got this working.

@herb_fargus Sounds good, thanks for all your help!

I fail to see how my answer was condescending. And you confirmed what I thought anyway as you said you didn't have time to read the wiki.

At the least fill in the details as to what you're running in the link. It's just a bullet-pointed list. That way we know how you're build is setup and will be in a better position to help you.

@epicrean https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first
Which system?
Which Emulator?
Which Rom?
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/RetroArch-Configuration#hotkeys

@BuZz said in Re-download Optional Packages?:

@billybag You removed part of the RetroPie-Setup script ?

cd ~/RetroPie-Setup git reset --hard

i deleted all things Kodi from the SD Card. Been doing a lot of dumb things this holiday season.

anyway, have not tried the 'git reset --hard' command but will.

EDIT: That worked! Deffinitely bookmarking this

@BuZz thanks to you!

@RetroFreak89 Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Setting-up-an-8bitdo-Bluetooth-controller

@sancho1234 You will need to overclock. Also make sure sid emulation is set to "fast mode" and not accurate. You may want to consider a rpi3 though for c64 emulation (if you want accuracy etc).

Please read the link at the top of the screen - as I have no idea what version of RetroPie you are running for example (and no idea of what version of vice).

Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

@mediamogul Ok, yes thats actually what I tried this morning. I removed the keyboard then did the controller remap in the EmulationStation GUI. At that point I was able to launch, play, and exit games with the controller, but save and load state functions did not work. I wouldn't be surprised if other functions are missing as well that I just haven't tried yet. As it stands now it will function well enough for me to have a quick game now and then until I get around to doing a rebuild with a more recent version, though having the save and load state functionality back would pretty much solve my issue. Also thinking about deleting the config file and seeing if a new one is generated on reboot, think I heard somewhere that it is. If I brick the install its not a huge loss, as I can just reimage the card.

@massaki
I've never used the Mayflash adapters but I do read about others having issues with them on this forum. You might search the forums and see what everyone is doing to get it working.

I've also never used the Buffalo SNES USB controller but I think they work pretty well. Might not have enough buttons for PSX, PSP, Dreamcast and N64 games but those are the systems that are at the very limits of the RPi 3, meaning some games work, some have slow downs and most don't work at all. Out of those 4, you'll probably have the most luck with PSX games.

I use Xbox 360 controllers (wired & wireless) and they work very well. I've heard the PS3 controllers work well also.

@Rascas has posted that "Kodi 17 beta 7 available for RetroPie"
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6308/testing-kodi-17-beta-7-available-for-retropie

This has a kodi-peripheral-joystick addon that should help you get your controllers working in Kodi.

@sensorypower860 read the documentation.

@jamesarm97 I think I've got what you're saying. And I think it's simple to solve. Let's consider that the rotated one is the player2, then your retroarch-joypads/DragonriseInc.GenericUSBJoystick.cfg will look like this:

# ... some configs ... #input_up_axis = "-1" #input_down_axis = "+1" #input_left_axis = "-0" #input_right_axis = "+0" input_player1_up_axis = "-1" input_player1_down_axis = "+1" input_player1_left_axis = "-0" input_player1_right_axis = "+0" input_player2_up_axis = "-0" input_player2_down_axis = "+0" input_player2_left_axis = "-1" input_player2_right_axis = "+1" # ... remaining configs ...

I mean, you have to hardcode the rotated axis for the player2. I'm not sure if these numbers will work for you, but I hope you get what I'm trying to say. ;-)

Cheers!