controller help.

zane328

Hello, I am pretty new retro pie.

I have managed to setup retro pie and get a few systems up and running. I have also manage to pair by Xbox 1 controller.

When I am trying to play a game the system recognises my Xbox controller as controller 2 and not 1. this still happens even if I have unplugged my other controller. I have fiddled around with various things and can't seem to fix it. does anyone have any guidance on what to do?

last time I built something like this was on a computer but you were able to go onto the settings of each emulator and update the controller settings from there.

Thanks.

YFZdude

Please provide more information about your setup as detailed here
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

zane328

Pi Model or other hardware: 4 8GB
Power Supply used: 240V 3A
RetroPie Version Used : Retropie 4.6
Built From: image on Retropie
USB Devices connected: Basic Controller
Controller used: Basic Controller and Xbox one controller
Emulator: Snes Emulator attached to retropie

I hope this is ok.

mitu

@zane328 said in controller help.:

Controller used: Basic Controller and Xbox one controller

Did you, by any chance, installed the xboxdrv driver from RetroPie-Setup ? I can't think of another reason why the Xbox controller would show up as P2, even when you un-plugged the other controller.

YFZdude

If the Xbox controller was detected as P2, and then the basic controller was unplugged, would it require a reboot or simply unpair/re-pair to get it to jog into the P1 slot? Or should it switch to P1 immediately?

zane328

Thanks for your response. I haven't installed xboxdrv I will try this. I have unplugged and rebooted the system with just the xbox controller in and when I load the game it still thinks it's P2.

Maybe I should scrab the xbox controller and buy a PC one ? what do you think?

Thanks.

mitu

@zane328 said in controller help.:

I haven't installed xboxdrv I will try this.

You don't need to install it - this will add an extra controller, which is not what you need/want. Just to make sure - how many controllers are attached to the system ? When you say 'Basic Controller' - is that a separate controller that you can remove ?

zane328

Hi yes its a basic usb controller. even when I unplugged it. it still thinks the xbox on is P2

mitu

@zane328 Do you have any input remaps ?
You should get a verbose log file from running a game where the Xbox controller is P2 and post it on pastebin.com.

zane328

Thank you for your prompt response. I really appreciate your help. no I don't have any images remaps.

Sorry If I have got this wrong but I am very inexperienced with the PI's.

I have searched the PI on my network in the folders and cannot trace anything that is listed Verbose .

Thanks in advanced.

zane328

Oddly,I have now reset the controller and it wouldnt work when I loaded a game but yet when I plugged in my other controller to get out of the game that acted as P2 when I then tried my xbox controller it worked as P1 this is really random

zane328

I've gone to load a PS1 game and having the same issue again

mitu

Without a log file, it's difficult to understand why this happens. Enable SSH on your Pi and then install WinSCP, this way you'll be able to access the /dev/shm/runcommand.log file, which should have some indication why this is happening.

zane328

Thank you. leave this with me and Will get it over this evening.

zane328

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zane328

@mitu I have gone into /dev/SHM but there is no files located within this folder. could it be hidden or located somewhere else? Thanks,.

mitu

You need to start a game first, the file doesn't exist until a game has been run. Make sure you toggle verbose logging when starting the game; after you exit the game you should have a log file in /dev/shm.