Controller config nightmare

edmaul69

@spruce_m00se just so you know the keyboard will always be player 1. It works alongside the player 1 controller. If you changed settings in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg for keyboard and set input_libretro_device_p1 = "3" you need to put a hashtag # in front of it to stop it from forcing itself from being the only player 1 device.

spruce_m00se

I tried the joystick selection tool last night, briefly, it recognised both usb pads that were connected, I set them globally to player one and two then loaded up the sonic 2 split screen to test it out, player one worked, all except button B which stopped doing anything, and player two didnt work at all.

I also noticed that the keyboard worked simultaneously for player one, so its good to know that it meant to happen,

I think I may do a fresh instal (after backing up my roms folder) and then instal the joystick selection tool and have a go with a system that isnt already messed around with....... I dont have much time to play around with this kind fo thing with two young kids an all, so I want to spend time playing not messing around with configs.

the joystick selection tool looks like a great add on by the way

meleu

@spruce_m00se I think you can try to remove RetroPie using the ReteoPie-Setup script, and then install it again. Maybe it's faster than a fresh install...

spruce_m00se

@meleu ive seen the option to remove it in the GUI, but surely the GUI dissapears when you do that? how do you re instal it?

meleu

@spruce_m00se said in Controller config nightmare:

@meleu ive seen the option to remove it in the GUI, but surely the GUI dissapears when you do that? how do you re instal it?

Launch the retropie_setup.sh script via command line, not via emulationstation.

Answer Yes when the script asks Are you REALLY sure you want to uninstall RetroPie? /opt/retropie/configs will be removed - this includes configuration files for all RetroPie components.

And answer No when the script asks Do you want to remove all the files from /home/pi/RetroPie - this includes all your installed ROMs, BIOS files and custom splashscreens.

After that you will still be able to launch retropie_setup.sh via command line again.

If you find some problem, you can take a look at these instructions here (pretty simple for who is familiar with basic linux commands)

spruce_m00se

yeh im nto familiar with linux, but I have used DOS back in the day and can handle a tutorial that calls for command line use.

I uninstalled last night, and reinstalled through emulation station.
Funnily, when I dumped just one rom back onto the system (sonic 2) it mentioned the sony ds4 not being connected as it loaded the game. I havent yet used this on the new instalation.

I then proceeded to calibrated and test one joypad. It worked well, I then connected and calibrated a second joypad, and loaded sonic 2. The player one joypad worked, but again the B button stopped working, and the player two joystick worked well. I went back and recalibrated the player 1 joypad, and it then worked fine in Sonic 2 but the player two joypad no longer had use of the B button, everythign else worked fine.

It seems like there is some conflict going on, so I am simpy going to format the SD card and do a fresh instal from scratch and they try again, if it still doesnt work then I may set fire to it.

spruce_m00se

Ok so this is getting boring,

A freshly formatted SD card, downloaded the joystick selection tool, configured both controllers, set them as player one and player two, and the B button doesnt work on player 1, not even in the GUI!!!!!!!!!!!

spruce_m00se

I will add that button B still works in the joystick selection tool

spruce_m00se

So I decided to try one xbox usb pad and one generic snes ripoff pad so at least the names are different,
the same thing happens, although, I have noticed that infact both controllers in this setup work with buttons a,b and y. It is the button that I have configured as X that doesnt work in the emulator.

perhaps the config into retroarch is changing a bit, and my button I have mapped to B is becoming X?
on a two button controller this makes it look like B isnt working.
annoyingly both A and B work fine when I dont configure a second controller.

This is a really annoying issue, I dont know why we cant just have the controller plugged into usb port one as player one regardless of which controller it is..... what a pain the in A**

spruce_m00se

Wierdly when I go into the "ES Themes" section, A continues to work but functions as B and the only other button that works, is X so I get A and X to navigate with.

what a wierd wierd beast!

denisuu

It's a nightmare I'm experiencing almost the same :P I feel like I'm going to spend more time trying to get the controllers to work then actually playing games.

spruce_m00se

yep, I think I have decided that im just going to have to make the most of it,
its a shame that such a great looking front end software cannot handle the controller config properly.
I am looking into launchbox on windows, and it seems to handle it fine, but getting a small cheap windows pc isnt so easy

spruce_m00se

@meleu your joystick config tool worked for me in the end, when installed on a fresh instal from the start.
I am setting up another system and went to instal the joystick selection tool and the instalation procedure has changed,
I have followed your new instructions and get a message about a corrupted script,,,
is there a way to instal it using the old method still?
can we send Pm's on this forum ?

meleu

@spruce_m00se said in Controller config nightmare:

I have followed your new instructions and get a message about a corrupted script

Oh... Please, paste that message here, or post a picture with it.

is there a way to instal it using the old method still?

No, but I can provide it again. First I would like to know what's wrong with the current method.

can we send Pm's on this forum ?

Nop.

spruce_m00se

I will have another go at instaling it later today and take a photo.

thanks,

spruce_m00se

@meleu
it says:
curl: (3) <url> malformed

and then I cant see it in the experimental packages section.
I have tried twice now on a fresh instal downloaded last night.

meleu

@spruce_m00se said in Controller config nightmare:

it says:
curl: (3) <url> malformed

can you paste here the command you are trying to use?

The correct (and written in the README) is:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meleu/RetroPie-joystick-selection/master/install.sh -o ~/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/joystick-selection.sh

I tried here right now and it worked fine.

spruce_m00se

@meleu my only concern is the ~ symbol, my keyboard places it at the top not in the middle . i will not paste as im not using ssh, but I will cuadruple check and get back to you

meleu

@spruce_m00se said in Controller config nightmare:

my only concern is the ~ symbol

You can use /home/pi instead. ;-)

spruce_m00se

@meleu i get the same result using the ~ as with /home/pi

could you post the whole line including the /home/pi just to make sure im not being dumb?
when I hit enter i get several screens of code scroll past, then the curl: (3) <url> malformed statement