Wireless Controller GEN Game S3 Retropie on Linux

Tiagoline

Hello, i'm using Xubuntu and having some issues trying to configure this controller in retropie, I connect it in the notebook on retropie and everything's fine but when i try to map the control doesn't work, I pressed every button but didn't show any names I alredy changed the input to sdl2 but still nothing and i see some posts about this controller but didn't help me

mitu

@Tiagoline Is the controller registering properly ? You can test it with something like evtest or evtest-qt.

Tiagoline

@mitu Yes and detect all buttons

mitu

Does it have a 'mode switch' where you could instruct it to connect in 'PC Mode' ? From a internet search looks an Android first controller, with compatibility for connecting to a PC, but I think you need to start it in a certain way to work like PC compatible controller.

Tiagoline

@mitu Ah, Yes, I find a way to connect with usb and I can use a BM - 703 to use via wireless, but no solutions to Bluetooth I think

mitu

@Tiagoline Do you have a model page from the vendor - with a support manual ? I'm not referring to using an USB dongle to connect it, but to start with a combination of buttons that would make the controller start differently - in PC compatibility mode.

quicksilver

@mitu @Tiagoline I looked up the controller, looks like there is a large red button in the center of the controller labled "GEN GAME" that controls the different modes.

mitu

@quicksilver said in Wireless Controller GEN Game S3 Retropie on Linux:

there is a large red button in the center of the controller

Let's call Deedee to push the button.

quicksilver

@mitu "Dee Dee get out of my laboratory!"

Tiagoline

@mitu I alredy see the manual, the first one Bluetooth, the second is like a multimedia function, the third is a iCade mode and the 4 it's a iOS support

mitu

@Tiagoline So there's no PC compatibility mode.

Tiagoline

@mitu I think it's more a problem with my distro/Linux and the compability between retropie or retroarch, because in the Pi(The mini PC) Works normally from what I saw on some posts

Tiagoline

@Tiagoline I saw a way to turn your Bluetooth gamepad into a Xbox 360 controller using xboxdrv but doesn't work, I follow everything but I got a error, and home button starts to blink fast

seanbeedelicious

@Tiagoline - the following worked for me:
With the joypad in a powered-off state hold A+GEN GAME to enter pairing mode. The top two lights around GEN GAME should light up. Then, from the retropie Bluetooth menu choose option 1 (Register) and select the new Bluetooth device (I’m sorry, I forgot what it is called at this point) and choose pairing mode 1 (DisplayYesNo). The device name will change to “GamepadPlus”

One note - for me, when configuring the controller in EmulationStation I had trouble mapping the left hat button. It always seems to skip it.

tachas

Thank you @seanbeedelicious ! Works like a charm.