@titquentin

did you disable wifi?

what mode did you pair it with (Switch, Android, macOS or Windows)?

@edmaul69 I have done that to. It is not a problem with the controllers.

Yes, please be more specific and we can help. I've set up loads of 8bitdo controllers and frequently have 4 working via Bluetooth on my system with no issues at all :)

@marcus11 https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.
How are you connecting the controller ? I assume it's USB, since the PI2 doesn't have a bluetooth chip. Do you have more than 1 controller ?

@Floob I have seen you replying to some 8bitdo Nes30 pro topics in the forum, any idea about what might be happening? I can only exit to ES from my N64 games with Sel+Start, and also if I try to load a previous saved state, it also exits to ES.

Hi guys. I’m new to the forum and stumbled across this post. I know it’s old but I’ve got this exact same problem.

I have the nes30 pro. The lag is unplayable. Sometimes it works fine then sometimes it just does it’s own thing and wanders off. I’m using an 8bitdo Bluetooth dongle since the built in Bluetooth on the pi4 was impossible to get working with this... and also I have a nes30 controller too which was totally impossible to sync up with Bluetooth.

The nes30 controller however works fantastic with the 8bitdo dongle... but the nes30pro just does not work good at all.

Both controllers have had the firmware updated also.

I’m stumped how the nes30 works great yet the nes30pro is really bad. I’ve disabled the onboard Bluetooth on the pi4 in case it was interference of some sort?

Anyone had this problem and got around it? These controllers aren’t cheap either which is more annoying as I’d like I to work.

Thanks.

@edale you can go into retropie setup in the retropie menu in emulationstation and not have to do it through command line. But it is not neccessary to do it at all to set up the 8-bitdo controllers. Depending on the firmware you are using depends on if you use the hack or not. You do not have to set udev rules or go into retropie-setup.

Man this is so awesome! I love it, nice work.

I've never heard of shadow foam before, but will check it out. I attempted something similar a while back with my Switch using this packaging foam and a scalpel. Had a smart flight case for it to sit inside as well.

The cut out I made wasn't as clean as I had hoped tbh, it was functional, but not smart enough for my liking.

Maybe it's something I'll revisit in the future using this stuff.

@saikyo78 you shouldn't have to, i didnt downgrade my controller after playing on the Switch, and im currently using it on Retropie. (Maybe 8bitdo has updated their manual / faq?)

Update: Installed the newest firmware for the controllers (4.0), whereas apparently I was previously on 2.65 or something like that.

One controller works and the bug even seems to be fixed.

The other controller now won't connect to Retropie at all.

Edit: Took me like an hour of fiddling but both controllers now connect properly and the save state bug is gone! Had a devil of a time getting Retropie to let me register and connect both pads at once for some reason.

Thanks for the suggestion to update the firmware, I had completely forgotten that I had done it when I first got the pads and I honestly wouldn't have thought a small Hong Kong company like 8BitDo would keep working on new firmware updates for so long - pleasantly surprised to be wrong. At least in the end the fix turned out to be relatively simple!

Either that or get one from a store.

Hey I am having the EXACT same issue. So did you Filezilla in and remove the extra "input_player_1" entries? Ive been messing with this since Saturday. I also had this issue with an afterglow xbox 360 controller.

Pi: 3 B
RetroPi: Latest 4.0 build
Controller: NES30 Pro
Firmware: 4.0

so same specs as yourself.

Ok got it working. My issue and this doesn't seem to be stated directly, was that I linked the controller to my OS first. This is wrong. Do not connect to your gamepad to your actual device, connect it through the retropie set up only! Hopefully this will help others. :)

@hansolo77 said in RetroBit/8BitDO N64 Controller - Anything I need to do?:

EDIT - Maybe PSX will be the next system. :)

I've heard about NeoGeo, NeoGeo Pocket and Atari2600.

@justkiller91 This behavior isn't normal.
I never saw something interfering a bluetooth signal like that so I guess your pi is broken at some point.

A bluetooth dongle should fix that, but I would send my raspberry back to whereever you bought it and get a new one

This is my opinion/way to solve it, it could be "correct" but it hasn't to.