@dsstrainer That is correct.

@tonythetiger not everyone knows the answer to everything and a lot of times people dont provide enough info for anyone to help. All help here is done in peoples free time and with how many posts get posted in a day some posts can get lost at the bottom of the pile. It would be cool if you posted your solution to be able to help others who have this same problem.

@herb_fargus
Yo, perhaps me and this forum got off on the wrong foot, however i will say this i only seem to get a reply when i say something -ve about the forum. But this does appear to be a great resource, sorry if i came across as a negative nelly or out like that. as an admin could u tell me if there is a way to DM people on this site?

@tonythetiger giving people more info to be able to help you really helps. There is a link at the top of every page that tells you what info you need to provide. You agreed to this when signing up. You provided no info on your setup so no one would even know how to help you. You can bump a thread but please dont open multiple posts on the same issue. If you had mentioned that you had a ps3 controller people might have been able to tell you to uninstall the ps3 driver, setup both wii u controllers so they are working correctly, then reinstall the ps3 driver. You cant be mad at people for not helping you if you dont provide info.

Could the advanced config of:

Advanced Configuration
Configure Libretro options
Select "all/retroarch.cfg"
Select input_joypad_drive(uset)
Select sdl2
Select OK

Be causing the problem?

@gautchh Attach and config a keyboard in ES, go into the emulator of your choice and enter the rgui menu. There you can navigate to Settings, Input and configure your controller. Make sure the right controller-device is selected and try bind all.

If your controllername does not show up increase the number of players (or devices) under Input and try again.

Another way to get your controller working properly is using xboxdrv, which emulates an xbox controller and makes mapping it in games easier.