PS3 Clone Controller is recognized however 2 buttons are not recognized

dawc21

Hello Fellow Retro Gamers!

I've recently started playing with RetroPie on a Raspberry Pi4 with 4gb and it seems to work well for the most part. I have picked up a couple of PS3 controllers off of Amazon (https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B097P2XK9Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1) and they mostly work. During the Emulation Station Controller setup they are recognized when holding a button and I can configure everything except the front trigger buttons. They are simply not being recognized. While Emulation Station is running I have SSH'd into the box and run jstest. jstest sees the button presses however t Emulation Station does not register the presses. The buttons also work on a Windows machine.

I think I have tried both sixaxis driver and the PlayStation driver and they both behave the same way.

When I look at the configuration files the input_device is "GUO HUA PS3 GamePad" and the input driver is = "udev".

I have also been able to get them to connect via Bluetooth as well and they work exactly the same way.

These controllers seem like a great value if I can figure out this issue.

RetroPie Version: 4.8.2

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer!

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sirhenrythe5th

@dawc21 i have this issue also with genuine SixAxis- and DS3-Pads.
The solution: just do it again!
When the triggers are not recognized, just finish the mapping-procedure without them and start right again.
In the second attempt they will be recognized.

dawc21

@sirhenrythe5th Thank-you for the information however it did not work. I have tried several attempts in a row and those two buttons just do not seem to be recognized in Emulation Station...

Cheers!

windg

I have a similar controller (Clone) and i had problem with left stick. To fix it ,i had to add the buttons on the my_controller.cfg file , now it is working. So, maybe you have to modify too this file.

I will post my settings maybe it is working for you too :

input_device = " USB Gamepad          "
input_driver = "udev"
input_enable_hotkey_btn = "8"
input_r3_btn = "11"
input_l_y_minus_axis = "-1"
input_l_x_plus_axis = "+0"
input_l_y_plus_axis = "+1"
input_l_x_minus_axis = "-0"
input_r_y_minus_axis = "-2"
input_l_btn = "4"
input_load_state_btn = "4"
input_r_y_plus_axis = "+2"
input_up_axis = "-1"
input_left_axis = "-0"
input_state_slot_decrease_axis = "-0"
input_select_btn = "8"
input_r2_btn = "7"
input_r_x_minus_axis = "-3"
input_right_axis = "+0"
input_state_slot_increase_axis = "+0"
input_l2_btn = "6"
input_r_x_plus_axis = "+3"
input_l3_btn = "10"
input_r_btn = "5"
input_save_state_btn = "5"
input_y_btn = "3"
input_x_btn = "0"
input_menu_toggle_btn = "0"
input_down_axis = "+1"
input_start_btn = "9"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "9"
input_b_btn = "2"
input_reset_btn = "2"
input_a_btn = "1"

dawc21

@windg I would attempt this however I am not too sure which input would be the trigger buttons. I know that they are buttons 6 and 7 as thats what jtest sees. I will dig around tomorrow and see if I can find the full config file with a description of what each input is.

windg

My trigger buttons are also 6(L2) and 7(R2). So you can try to add this :

input_l2_btn = "6"
input_r2_btn = "7"

I hope it will work

dawc21

@windg

Thank-you for sharing this information. What is the path so that it changes globally? I can find these configurations in a few different places...

The path I think it is :

/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig

windg

@dawc21 said in PS3 Clone Controller is recognized however 2 buttons are not recognized:

@windg

Thank-you for sharing this information. What is the path so that it changes globally? I can find these configurations in a few different places...

The path I think it is :

/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig

Yes this the path for the file, this is what i change too.