ES menu freeze

derekstellar

@derekstellar Update: the player 2 controller (the 8BitDo) is working fine, but the generic SNES controller's D-Pad only works on the menu.

mitu

AHA! I enabled that setting, then the menu froze upon reentry from the Retropie settings.

You changed the default, so no configuration files were written for your controller.

https://pastebin.com/G6m2smME
Thanks for your time.

The EmulationStation log doesn't help to diagnose any emulator issues - it's only a front-end.

Once we enter the game...none of the buttons work in any regular NES games.

Do you have a message - when starting a game - that the controller on Port1/2 is configured ?

derekstellar

@mitu Yes. Both controllers are recognized as X-Box 360 controllers, and the screen shows that they are configured when booting up the game. We're now finding that the controllers are conflicting with each other - i.e. we can play a game together and player one's controller works perfectly, but player two's D-Pad doesn't function in the game (menu is fine). I go back to the menu and configure player two's controller again, and we start the game together. Player two's controller is perfect, but player one's D-Pad doesn't work. Good times, haha.

mitu

That's because both controller pretend they're a Xbox controller. Start the 8Bitdo controller in 'Switch' mode, re-pair it via bluetooth and then re-configure it in EmulationStation again. It should have a different name and - therefore - a different configuration.

derekstellar

@mitu OK. So I did all of that and configured it as "Pro Controller", and now the system recognizes two X-Box controllers and the "Pro Controller". I have the 8BitDo controller in port 3 because the big hunkin' dongle. It lists that one and X-Box 360 Controller in ports 1 and 2, even though there's nothing in port 2. The 8BitDo works with the menu but does nothing on any games. How can I remove the perceived 2nd X-Box controller? The Bluetooth settings only show one generic wireless controller and the "Pro Controller".

mitu

@derekstellar said in ES menu freeze:

I have the 8BitDo controller in port 3 because the big hunkin' dongle. It lists that one and X-Box 360 Controller in ports 1 and 2, even though there's nothing in port 2

Did you install any additional drivers - xboxdrv maybe ?

derekstellar

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derekstellar

@mitu Just installed it and restarted the system. Same results. The Xpad driver was already installed, and I have read those can conflict, so I'll try deleting it next.

mitu

Actually, the idea was to make sure you do not have it installed, because it would duplicate the gamepads. If you have only 2 gamepads connected, but you're seeing 3, then installing xboxdrv would do that.

It doesn't matter in which USB port you're plugging the 2nd gamepad - they should only show as 2 gamepads. When RetroArch says 'port', it's not referring to the USB port.

derekstellar

That's hilarious. I just removed the xboxdrv driver as well as the xpad driver. Both pads working, recognized as XBox 360 controllers. Configured in the menu. Back to the issue where the 8BitDo controller works great, and everything but the D-Pad seems to work on the generic SNES controller.