Xbox 360 Wireless Controllers Not Responding in Game

pruett

Hey friends,

I would love some help getting (2) Xbox 360 wireless controllers working with my RetroPie. I'm running 4.0-beta2 of RetroPie on a Raspberry Pi 2.

So far, I've enabled xboxdrv via the command-line GUI and followed the init script setup options outlined here: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Setting-up-the-XBox360-controller#3---init-script. I'm able to fire up the Pi, move around to different emulators on the ES GUI with the Xbox controllers, and go through the key mapping configuration process for each controller. This is great I think..but when I fire up a game, and it asks me to press Start, my buttons don't work.

Not sure if the controllers are somehow deactivated when I'm inside the emulator or what, but I can't seem to wrap my head around it. I'm pretty tech-savvy and don't mind getting my hands dirty in the command-line or editing configuration files via the terminal, but I don't know exactly where certain configuration settings are stored. I've tried rm /opt/retropie/../retroarch.cfg and rebooting to clear settings, but not sure if this was useful. I'm not even sure what RetroArch does really.

Is there a way to reset all the controller settings and start from scratch? Or perhaps there is a simple solution to why my controllers don't seem to work within the ROMs themselves?

Thanks in advance!

BuZz

Did you search the forum ?

There are quite a few threads on this already - eg https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/2056/xbox-360-wireless-controllers-problem

BuZz

If it's an unrelated issue, you can reset the input configuration by removing /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_input.cfg and then reinstalling emulationstation from the packages menu. it will prompt you to reconfigure the controllers and set up retroarch configs accordingly.

pruett

@BuZz No, I have not seen this issue posted doing a preliminary search. I cleared the .cfg file and reinstalled ES via command-line GUI and still get the same error.

Is there additional work that must be done after setting up the gamepad key-mappings to get the gamepad to work in ROMs?

I don't know what else to do

pruett

I should mention that the only "gamepad" that works is my keyboard, and I haven't done any specific key mappings. Very strange.

BuZz

please post the contents of

/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_input.cfg
/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_temporaryinput.cfg
any files in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads

Which emulator are you using also (just to make sure you are using a libretro one) ?

pruett

@BuZz I think I figured it out. I had to go into RetroArch config >> and make sure "Save Configuration after Exit" was enabled. After I set this and re-mapped my controllers, the games work! Sorry about the confusion and thanks for the help!

Do you recommend any additional settings for the Xbox 360 controllers? Do you recommend tweaking controllers individually for each emulator?

BuZz

That isn't ideal though, and doesn't help me to debug what went wrong with the auto configuration.

pruett

pi@retropie:~ $ cat /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_input.cfg
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<inputList>
  <inputAction type="onfinish">
    <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/scripts/inputconfiguration.sh</command>
  </inputAction>
  <inputConfig type="joystick" deviceName="Xbox Gamepad (userspace driver)">
    <input name="pagedown" type="button" id="5" value="1"/>
    <input name="start" type="button" id="9" value="1"/>
    <input name="pageup" type="button" id="4" value="1"/>
    <input name="up" type="hat" id="0" value="1"/>
    <input name="a" type="button" id="1" value="1"/>
    <input name="b" type="button" id="0" value="1"/>
    <input name="down" type="hat" id="0" value="4"/>
    <input name="right" type="hat" id="0" value="2"/>
    <input name="select" type="button" id="8" value="1"/>
    <input name="left" type="hat" id="0" value="8"/>
  </inputConfig>
  <inputConfig type="joystick" deviceName="Xbox Gamepad (userspace driver) #2">
    <input name="pagedown" type="button" id="5" value="1"/>
    <input name="start" type="button" id="9" value="1"/>
    <input name="pageup" type="button" id="4" value="1"/>
    <input name="up" type="hat" id="0" value="1"/>
    <input name="a" type="button" id="1" value="1"/>
    <input name="b" type="button" id="0" value="1"/>
    <input name="down" type="hat" id="0" value="4"/>
    <input name="right" type="hat" id="0" value="2"/>
    <input name="select" type="button" id="8" value="1"/>
    <input name="left" type="hat" id="0" value="8"/>
  </inputConfig>
</inputList>

pi@retropie:~ $ cat /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/es_temporaryinput.cfg
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<inputList>
        <inputConfig type="joystick" deviceName="Xbox Gamepad (userspace driver) #2" deviceGUID="0000000058626f782047616d65706100">
                <input name="a" type="button" id="1" value="1" />
                <input name="b" type="button" id="0" value="1" />
                <input name="down" type="hat" id="0" value="4" />
                <input name="left" type="hat" id="0" value="8" />
                <input name="leftanalogdown" type="axis" id="1" value="1" />
                <input name="leftanalogleft" type="axis" id="0" value="-1" />
                <input name="leftanalogright" type="axis" id="0" value="1" />
                <input name="leftanalogup" type="axis" id="1" value="-1" />
                <input name="leftbottom" type="button" id="4" value="1" />
                <input name="leftthumb" type="button" id="11" value="1" />
                <input name="lefttop" type="button" id="6" value="1" />
                <input name="right" type="hat" id="0" value="2" />
                <input name="rightanalogdown" type="axis" id="3" value="1" />
                <input name="rightanalogleft" type="axis" id="2" value="-1" />
                <input name="rightanalogright" type="axis" id="2" value="1" />
                <input name="rightanalogup" type="axis" id="3" value="-1" />
                <input name="rightbottom" type="button" id="5" value="1" />
                <input name="rightthumb" type="button" id="12" value="1" />
                <input name="righttop" type="button" id="7" value="1" />
                <input name="select" type="button" id="8" value="1" />
                <input name="start" type="button" id="9" value="1" />
                <input name="up" type="hat" id="0" value="1" />
                <input name="x" type="button" id="3" value="1" />
                <input name="y" type="button" id="2" value="1" />
        </inputConfig>
</inputList>

pi@retropie:~ $ ls -la /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads/
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 2 pi pi 4096 Jun 26 18:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 pi pi 4096 Jun 26 17:58 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi  874 Jun 26 18:00 XboxGamepad(userspacedriver)#2.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi  874 Jun 26 17:28 XboxGamepad(userspacedriver)#2.cfg.bak
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi  871 Jun 26 18:00 XboxGamepad(userspacedriver).cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi  871 Jun 26 17:57 XboxGamepad(userspacedriver).cfg.bak

I noticed that the Ports emulator doesn't work with my controllers.

It also seems like the buttons are super laggy in the 3 emulators I'm testing, NES, Sega, SNES

Thanks for the help @BuZz

BuZz

I would need to see the contents of the retroarch-joypads - but I need the contents before you configured the controls in retroarch - eg from a fresh image (and then after for a comparison)

There is no such things as a "ports emulator". The ports section is full of various software/game ports, some of which have their own joystick configuration, others that need a keyboard. Refer to the wiki for information.

BuZz

If you have lag, it is likely related primarily to your screen - There are other posts on the forum, and make sure your screen is in Game mode if it has one.