Rasperry Pi 4 - Neogeo controls not working

mitu

I'm not sure why the quick menu doesn't work - just for Neogeo games.

FBneo added some input macros bound to L1/R2 and L2/R2, so that may explain why the triggers have actions associated. They can be disabled from the Controls sub-menu from RetroArch's quick menu, but if that's not working for you, I guess you can't change it.

If you use only the keyboard, are you able to open (F1) and operate the quick menu ? Can you post the controller profile - there should be a .cfg file from /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads named Xbox Wireless Controller.

slooker

@mitu After plugging the keyboard back in and restarting emulation station, F1 does nothing at all when I push it on the keyboard.

Here's my xbox wireless config though:

$ more Xbox\ Wireless\ Controller.cfg
input_device = "Xbox Wireless Controller"
input_driver = "udev"
input_enable_hotkey_btn = "10"
input_r3_btn = "14"
input_r_y_minus_axis = "-3"
input_l_btn = "6"
input_load_state_btn = "6"
input_r_y_plus_axis = "+3"
input_up_btn = "h0up"
input_up_btn_label = "D-Pad Up"
input_left_btn = "h0left"
input_left_btn_label = "D-Pad Left"
input_state_slot_decrease_btn = "h0left"
input_select_btn = "10"
input_r2_axis = "-4"
input_r_x_minus_axis = "-2"
input_l_y_plus_axis = "+1"
input_l_y_plus_axis_label = "Left Analog Y+"
input_l_x_plus_axis = "+0"
input_l_x_plus_axis_label = "Left Analog X+"
input_right_btn = "h0right"
input_right_btn_label = "D-Pad Right"
input_state_slot_increase_btn = "h0right"
input_l2_axis = "+5"
input_l_x_minus_axis = "-0"
input_l_x_minus_axis_label = "Left Analog X-"
input_r_x_plus_axis = "+2"
input_l3_btn = "13"
input_r_btn = "7"
input_save_state_btn = "7"
input_l_y_minus_axis = "-1"
input_l_y_minus_axis_label = "Left Analog Y-"
input_y_btn = "3"
input_x_btn = "4"
input_menu_toggle_btn = "4"
input_down_btn = "h0down"
input_down_btn_label = "D-Pad Down"
input_start_btn = "11"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "11"
input_b_btn = "0"
input_b_btn_label = "A"
input_reset_btn = "0"
input_a_btn = "1"
input_a_btn_label = "B"

slooker

So I was actually wrong about being able to navigate the quick menu in other systems.

I can't navigate the quick menu in ANY system using the keyboard or controller.

I've just never needed to in another system because the buttons work the way I expect them to. :/

slooker

Apparently the right and left bumper lets me move (3 or 4 lines at a time...) through the quick menu. So I can navigate the quick menu, just not with any precision. :)

slooker

Apparently after waiting ~5 seconds, the bumpers work, then everything works, as far as navigating the quick menu. Now I just have to figure out how to reset the controls for neogeo....

barbudreadmon

@slooker your controllers are bluetooth, right ? can you plug them on usb, run lsusb and post the output ?

slooker

@barbudreadmon

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 045e:02ea Microsoft Corp. Xbox One S Controller

slooker

Is there a better option than xbox controllers, because at this point, I'd happily throw money at it to not have to keep screwing with things. :p

barbudreadmon

@slooker said in Rasperry Pi 4 - Neogeo controls not working:

Is there a better option than xbox controllers, because at this point, I'd happily throw money at it to not have to keep screwing with things. :p

8bitdo controllers are popular, personally i mostly use hori fight commanders since i rarely play anything that requires a second stick or analog controls. I don't think changing controllers is the solution here though.

The officlal retroarch config file for 045e:02ea (hexadecimal) aka 1118:746 (decimal) is https://github.com/libretro/retroarch-joypad-autoconfig/blob/master/udev/Microsoft_X-Box_One_S_pad.cfg , and it doesn't look like yours at all, so my only guess is that your config is wrong. Maybe try overwriting yours with the official one ?

mitu

@slooker said in Rasperry Pi 4 - Neogeo controls not working:

Is there a better option than xbox controllers, because at this point, I'd happily throw money at it to not have to keep screwing with things. :p

If they don't work in Neogeo only, the issue is localized for that system, could be a configuration issue and not a controller problem.

If you've updated the firmware on your controller, it may be necessary to install the latest xpadneo driver (tagged for release recently - v0.9.2) and see if the controllers start behaving correctly. The newest firmware enabled BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) on the controllers and it may not work correctly with the xpadneo driver included in RetroPie.

slooker

@mitu Got it! I've updated the firmware per the docs. Let me try installing the new xpadneo driver and then copying the config for the controller from github!

slooker

@mitu How do I update to 0.9.2? When I try to reinstall, it reinstalls the branch 0.9.1 again.

slooker

@slooker I updated to 0.9.2 and re-paired my controller. I didn't think I had to go through the configuration again because I copied the configuration from the github repo.

After going through the repo, EVERYTHING WORKS!

Thank you so much for all of your patience in helping me!!

mitu

Glad that everything worked out in the end.

The xpadneo version in RetroPie is still 0.9.1, since 0.9.2 was just announced yesterday and we haven't got the time to update it yet. But now that we know it works, we'll add the new bits in RetroPie-Setup.

Thank you for the follow-up and have fun shooting Metal Slugs !

slooker

@mitu Cheers!