How to configure 4 pads for Bomberman snes ?

[franck]

Hi,
Tried to follow http://blog.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/multi-tap-support/#post-95739 by adding
input_libretro_device_p2 = “257”
at the end of retroarch.cfg but it didn't work for me.
I can see the pads beeing detected when running the game.
I can see I'm running lr-snes9x-next:
pi 4274 4215 60 14:14 tty1 00:01:56 /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-snes9x-next/snes9x2010_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/snes/retroarch.cfg /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/snes/divers/Super Bomberman 5 (J).smc --appendconfig /tmp/retroarch.cfg

Anyone has an idea how to get it to work ?

[meleu]

@franck Do you have 4 joysticks?
take a look here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/1167/here-is-a-way-to-select-input-for-retroarch-players-1-4

[dankcushions]

@franck said in How to configure 4 pads for Bomberman snes ?:

Hi,
Tried to follow http://blog.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/multi-tap-support/#post-95739 by adding
input_libretro_device_p2 = “257”
at the end of retroarch.cfg but it didn't work for me.
I can see the pads beeing detected when running the game.
I can see I'm running lr-snes9x-next:
pi 4274 4215 60 14:14 tty1 00:01:56 /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-snes9x-next/snes9x2010_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/snes/retroarch.cfg /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/snes/divers/Super Bomberman 5 (J).smc --appendconfig /tmp/retroarch.cfg

Anyone has an idea how to get it to work ?

which retroarch.cfg did you change? could you paste the entire contents of it? I ask because it looks like you're using the wrong quote punctuation. should be "257" not “257”

[franck]

@dankcushions said in How to configure 4 pads for Bomberman snes ?:

@franck said in How to configure 4 pads for Bomberman snes ?:

Hi,
Tried to follow http://blog.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/multi-tap-support/#post-95739 by adding
input_libretro_device_p2 = “257”
at the end of retroarch.cfg but it didn't work for me.
I can see the pads beeing detected when running the game.
I can see I'm running lr-snes9x-next:
pi 4274 4215 60 14:14 tty1 00:01:56 /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-snes9x-next/snes9x2010_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/snes/retroarch.cfg /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/snes/divers/Super Bomberman 5 (J).smc --appendconfig /tmp/retroarch.cfg

Anyone has an idea how to get it to work ?

which retroarch.cfg did you change? could you paste the entire contents of it? I ask because it looks like you're using the wrong quote punctuation. should be "257" not “257”

Good catch @dankcushions, that fixed my problem.
Thanks for your help guys !

ps: Is there a reason retropie doesn't configure this by default ?

[dankcushions]

@franck some games are incompatible. possibly all non-multitap games. see http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Multitap

[franck]

@dankcushions Interesting, maybe some automatic trigger based on the rom names would do the trick then...

[meleu]

I didn't know what a multitap is.
Is it just an adapter to plug 4 controllers to the SNES?
Isn't RetroArch smart enough to detect 4 USB controllers?

[dankcushions]

@meleu said in How to configure 4 pads for Bomberman snes ?:

I didn't know what a multitap is.
Is it just an adapter to plug 4 controllers to the SNES?

did you read the wiki entry above? anyway, yes :)

Isn't RetroArch smart enough to detect 4 USB controllers?

yes but SNES games aren't. if you get an old SNES and plug in 1/2/4 controllers to a multitap, any games that don't support the multitap won't be playable. see the wiki for more details.

so, you can't leave this "hi SNES, there is a multitap connected" setting on for all games.

[meleu]

@dankcushions
I found it strange because I'm used to play super bomberman with 4 players and I don't even know it.
Finally I found a good reason to use ROM specific .cfg file.
Thanks for the info!

[trylledrikk]

I'm trying to do this also, but its currently not working... What sort of Retropie version are you on @franck ? Does it work with the latest?