@pie_droid Yes, you would have to have to use the same setting you paired with on the pi. It gets recognized as a different controller otherwise.

Please add some more info about your setup, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

Are the L2/R2 triggers working with jstest from the command line ? Exit EmulationStation, then run

jstest /dev/input/js0

and then test if your buttons/triggers are registering. Interrupt the test with Ctrl+C. If you have more than one gamepad connected, replace js0 with js1 or js2, depending on how many gamepads you have connected.

Just configure the controller in EmulationStation and that should be all.

@wesw02 Did you try to manually set the joystick order in retropie-setup for the emulator you are using?

I had the problem that 1 out of 10 times, when loading a game, the player1 controller was assigned to player2.

@Thorr69
While that is true, they aren't the same protocol.

The SN30 2.4GHZ version can only work with their 2.4GHZ dongles, and not blue tooth.. it is not universal
https://www.amazon.com/8Bitdo-Sn30-Wireless-Gamepad-Original-nintendo/dp/B08536VCZL/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=SN30+pro+2.4&qid=1589492826&sr=8-6

While the Bluetooth version can work with any Bluetooth capable device, but the dongle is sold seperately
https://www.amazon.com/8Bitdo-Sn30-Bluetooth-Gamepad-Sn-Nintendo/dp/B07GK8LJBJ/ref=pd_sbs_63_7?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07GK8LJBJ&pd_rd_r=2669e596-b69c-4bfc-bc13-2e1906a42450&pd_rd_w=uxy7C&pd_rd_wg=D9CpO&pf_rd_p=d13bb895-21d3-4e96-94a7-553aaae51224&pf_rd_r=31X5SBQFWHGY1FWX1P6C&psc=1&refRID=31X5SBQFWHGY1FWX1P6C

Both can be hooked up directly, and I prefer the Bluetooth version of the newer controllers due to using USB-C instead of MicroUSB, but I've heard from a few people/sites that the 2.4 are faster with less input lag

https://www.retrorgb.com/krikzz-joyzz-vs-8bitdo-m30-2-4g-vs-8bitdo-m30-bluetooth-input-latency-lag-testing.html

and

However, I've noticed that after updating the BlueTooth controller/adapters 8bitdo sells, they seem to have sped up with my Pi... but I am curious if they really did become more stable, or is there something else.

@melbmatt50 I've only ever used mame with an all-sega image I built a couple months ago and used retroflag's wired megadrive controller, so no analogs but it worked fine, though I never tested the mame stuff out on analog controllers.

Do you have the same problem with other mame cores?

@mitu Yes. I accidentally disabled it. Re-enabling it fixed it all.
Thank you so much :)

Excellent, thanks for the quick reply. I won't be able to do it tonight, but will get onto it tomorrow.

Cheers

@buzz Which 8bitdo controllers do you use? Are these your primary? I bought and set up a pair of SN30s in January(they seem to be a discontinued version now, maybe for good reason?) for someone and they seemed to be fine for sidescrollers but were finnicky when charging. I want some low profile wireless controllers for travel to replace my ibuffalos but was curious if the Pro line is halfway decent for analog based games like N64 or PSX.

All solved and work as expected after modifying mupen64plus.cfg from:
# Controller configuration mode: 0=Fully Manual, 1=Auto with named SDL Device, 2=Fully automatic
mode = 2

to:
# Controller configuration mode: 0=Fully Manual, 1=Auto with named SDL Device, 2=Fully automatic
mode = 1

I have done my own mapping, at the end:
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@lostless Thanks dude for verifying ! Now back to gaming!! ;-)