Dolphin Controller Not Working

Nut Nibbler

Just recently started with RetroPi and installed Dolphin, however controllers don't work, yet the keyboard does. I've attempted searching for solutions but they all point to running the Dolphin GUI by navigating to "/opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/" then running "dolphin-emu". However this directory doesn't exist in my installation of Dolphin, I've also attempted reinstalling Dolphin which did not help.

Currently using a Raspberry Pi 5 8GB, running RetroPi 4.8.7(64-bit).

abj

@Nut-Nibbler

Support for RPi5 is in heavy development, so for now, to have access to the Gui, you have to do this :

Run from terminal window:

nano /opt/retropie/configs/gc/emulators.cfg

Add this line:

dolphin-editor = "XINIT-WMC:/opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/dolphin-emu"

In the end, the file it will be like this:

dolphin = "XINIT-WM:/opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/dolphin-emu-nogui -e %ROM%"
dolphin-gui = "XINIT-WM:/opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/dolphin-emu -b -e %ROM%"
dolphin-editor = "XINIT-WMC:/opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/dolphin-emu"
default = "dolphin-gui"

Press ctrl+o and ctrl+x to save and exit from terminal.

Start a game and choose from runcommand menu the dolphin-editor. This will open Dolphin GUI, where you can change the parameters of the emulator and configure the controller

Nut Nibbler

@abj Thank you, this was driving me crazy for the past few hours.

90sgamer

@abj can you tell me how to access the terminal?

sugarfree

@90sgamer

You can access the terminal directly from RetroPie. While you are in the EmulationStation menu, press F4. Alternatively, you can use a different PC with an SSH client, like PuTTY.

90sgamer

@abj I ran a GameCube game, and run command, but I don't see any option for dolphin editor

sugarfree

@90sgamer

If you have followed the steps correctly and added the dolphin-editor shortcut, it should appear as an option in the Select default emulator choice section of the runcommand menu.

retropieuser555

Just to add to this I've written a script that maps the controller, I've added it here, feel free to test it and feedback as I've only got so many controllers to test

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/3969

90sgamer

@abj said in Dolphin Controller Not Working:

@Nut-Nibbler

Support for RPi5 is in heavy development, so for now, to have access to the Gui, you have to do this :

Run from terminal window:
nano /opt/retropie/configs/gc/emulators.cfg
Add this line:
dolphin-editor = "XINIT-WMC:/opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/dolphin-emu"
In the end, the file it will be like this:
dolphin = "XINIT-WM:/opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/dolphin-emu-nogui -e %ROM%"
dolphin-gui = "XINIT-WM:/opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/dolphin-emu -b -e %ROM%"
dolphin-editor = "XINIT-WMC:/opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/dolphin-emu"
default = "dolphin-gui"
Press ctrl+o and ctrl+x to save and exit from terminal.

Start a game and choose from runcommand menu the dolphin-editor. This will open Dolphin GUI, where you can change the parameters of the emulator and configure the controller

Hi, this is obviously that most helpful post so far, however I'm still not there. When you say open a game and run a command script... Are you talking about this. Because I have copied the code exactly letter by letter and it still doesn't work. This is what I have when I open a game. Are you telling me that a dolphin editor is supposed to appear on this screen?

sugarfree

@90sgamer

Just press the highlighted area "Select default emulator for gc." The option should appear there.
By the way, I'm the same person (abj), but I've lost my account for the second time

90sgamer

@sugarfree okay thanks. tried that. Dolphin editor is there! But, after launch, It crashes...goes back to emulation station screen. Is there anything else I need to do?

sugarfree

@90sgamer
It should work. I don't know how to troubleshoot this emulator. If you have a spare SD card, try it with this unofficial image that I've uploaded. It has everything set up : https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/298705

retropieuser555

@90sgamer said in Dolphin Controller Not Working:

@sugarfree okay thanks. tried that. Dolphin editor is there! But, after launch, It crashes...goes back to emulation station screen. Is there anything else I need to do?

After it crashes what does /dev/shm/runcommand.log say?

90sgamer

@sugarfree not going to do that. Defeats the purpose of me building my own img. But appreciate the thought.

90sgamer

@retropieuser555 how would I know what that says? Do I need to go into GUI command script or something.

It's just a black screen and then crashes

retropieuser555

@90sgamer /dev/shm/runcommand.log is the log file that tells you what error you got when it crashed.

You can either SSH into your pi and read it or from the pi itself press F4 and sudo nano to read the file that way

90sgamer

@retropieuser555 You have to explain it to me like a child. I'm not familiar with this kind of coding.

I'm at the pi

I hit F4

I enter the terminal

I type in:

sudo nano /dev/shm/runcommand.log

Nothing happens...

90sgamer

@retropieuser555 can you help please

Kiron

@abj said in Dolphin Controller Not Working:

@Nut-Nibbler

Support for RPi5 is in heavy development, so for now, to have access to the Gui, you have to do this :

Run from terminal window:
nano /opt/retropie/configs/gc/emulators.cfg
Add this line:
dolphin-editor = "XINIT-WMC:/opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/dolphin-emu"
In the end, the file it will be like this:
dolphin = "XINIT-WM:/opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/dolphin-emu-nogui -e %ROM%"
dolphin-gui = "XINIT-WM:/opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/dolphin-emu -b -e %ROM%"
dolphin-editor = "XINIT-WMC:/opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/dolphin-emu"
default = "dolphin-gui"
Press ctrl+o and ctrl+x to save and exit from terminal.

Start a game and choose from runcommand menu the dolphin-editor. This will open Dolphin GUI, where you can change the parameters of the emulator and configure the controller

@abj Lifesaver! worked like a charm, any suggestions on how to set the hotkey to exit dolphin back to emulationstation ?

sugarfree

@Kiron you can do this from Options > Hotkey Settings.