[Solved] problem with PS3 Controller - Select always pressed!

BobbyDigital

Hello and lovely greets from Germany.
I hope someone can help me. I try everything, but it doesn´t work.

I have a problem with my PS3 controller with retropie. The controller is working in the menu and all N64 Games, but in all other emulators/games he doesn´t work. It´s like the Select-button is always pressed and the hotkeys are activated.

If I press one button:

start - exit
X - menu
b - reset
left - state slot
right - state slot

Maybe someone can help me. Thank you so much! :)

edmaul69

@BobbyDigital if you open up your ps3 controllers config file (no clue what config file as you didnt specify which controller? Wired or wireless?) is there a line that says:

Input_enable_hotkey = "0"

BobbyDigital

It´s a wireless controller.

edmaul69

@BobbyDigital brand?? Also look for that line i posted in your controllers config file

BobbyDigital

It´s a original Sony PS3 Controller and yes, there is a line like these:

input_enable_hotkey_btn = "0"

Thanks for helping... :)

BobbyDigital

Hello, i think I found the mistake. In the config the hotkeys had the same number like the normal buttons. I wrote a "0+..." before and now it works. If not, i´ll get back! :)

Another question, how can I set the controller to player 1? At the controller the LED for player 2 is always on.

Thanks.

edmaul69

@BobbyDigital go into retropie menu and go into runcommand. Turn on joystick selection. Exit. Restart system. Now you will see joystick selection in the retropie menu. Now you can go into global settings and set your playstation 3 controller as player 1.

BobbyDigital

@edmaul69 : I just have a point like "joystick control" and this one is enabled. But I have no joystick selection/control in the retropie menu. I use the current version of retropie.

edmaul69

@BobbyDigital soi had a problem where the info wasnt in the correct file. i think there is four files that could/need this info. hopefully @meleu can tell you where they are as i forget where they all were. retropie looks for them in a specific order so it probably isnt in the first file it looks for, as was the case for me. i know one of the files is the retropie menu gamelist.xml. that is where it put the info for me but was the wrong file. anyways, if @meleu can tell you, you need to look for/add this info:

	<game>
		<path>./joystick_selection.sh</path>
		<name>Joystick Selection</name>
		<desc>Select which joystick to use for RetroArch players 1-4 (global or system specific).</desc>
		<image>/path/to/your/customized/icon.png</image>
	</game>

Sano

Strange it's seen as player 2. Maybe you have another controller plugged ?
Here is the link to install joystick-selection : https://github.com/meleu/RetroPie-joystick-selection
You may also check the sixad conf : /var/lib/sixad/profiles/default

BobbyDigital

@Sano : I found the site yesterday but I don´t know how it works. -.-
I downloaded the files but I don´t know in which directory they should.

meleu

@BobbyDigital man, there's no need to download everything. Just follow the instructions in the README. @edmaul69 is an old user of that tool and maybe isn't used with the current installation process simplicity. :-)

Sano

@BobbyDigital Just scroll down a little :)

BTW thanks @meleu for this script :)

edmaul69

@meleu well i am an old user and a tool... :/

BobbyDigital

@meleu It´s not so easy with a german keyboard. But I don´t have the joystick-selection under exp. packages. I do the step with the curl and retropie works and then i go into the package manager. I try again

meleu

@edmaul69 I mean "a user since the first versions of the script (that helped too much with useful feedback and made me implement improvements on the script)". :)

edmaul69

@meleu oh i understood what you meant. :)

BobbyDigital

I tried several times but it doesn´t work. I have no "joystick-selection" in the experimental packages. I rebooted the system, I try before EmulationStation starts. Maybe you have another tip for me?

Sano

If you manually type the curl command, maybe you did a typo. Could you try a copy/paste through ssh ?
You can also manually download the install.sh file and move it in RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/ (renamed as joystick-selection.sh)

Do you have another controller plugged (or even a keyboard, just to be sure) with USB ?
If you unplug it, does the PS3 controller get player 1 ?

BobbyDigital

No, the script/file was downloaded. Where can I find the folder? RetroPie-Setup?

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picture of the file

Yes, i have a Keyboard with a little USB-Dongle. Without the Dongle the Controller is still on player 2.