@jak75 Start reading the docs: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Controller-Configuration/

@emulatre71 Oddly it has never happened before, but now again on a brand new install tonight. Tried the same trick and it worked there as well.

@holyheadshot said in Cannot map controls to IPAC:

Maybe another silly question but I've read other threads about emulation station configuring as gamepad vs keyboard. Would changing something like that help?

There's no explicit setting in EmulationStation for that, however there is one for the IPAC and it's referenced in the doc page I linked earlier.

@nadenislamarre Have you reached out to them? And thanks for this!

actually fixed it, with an entire reimage and 1st install again... dont know what happened. but thanks anyway..

@mitu Thanks for your reply! I ended up removing the cfg files for the arcade button mapping and re-did the process. Success!

Thanks again

@mabelwolf63 said in RetroPie USB Joystick setup:

What can I do to fix this?

Without an additional program that would combine both joysticks into one, there's no way around it. Something like moltengamepad or antimicroX (not sure if it will work for RetroPie on the Pi though).

Also a reminder that arcade games commonly shared a single set of controls, for example pacman. So player 2 actually uses player 1 inputs when it's their turn. There were also games that had distinct player controls such as tmnt or mortal kombat. It would help to specify the game your trying to play to determine if that plays any part in your issue.

I may have forgotten to mention but I've noticed that when doing a initial clean install of RetropIe 4.7 I noticed that with my 8BitDo controllers that there is a bug that does not allow me to configure the Right Trigger and Left Trigger . It does show up as a Xbox 360 controller, I had fixed that input by updating Retropie to current 4.7.11 and redoing the configuration.

In the meantime, hope someday we might get package versions of dosbox staging and disbox-X too, these seems to be eqally cool projects.

@mitu Hey there - so just a quick update, I've managed to get the stick working - but it took some effort!

Firstly, you have to the stick into PS3 mode before the emulation station interface will recognise it, even then - it won't appear on-screen as a controller (the UI remains blank as if no controller is plugged in)- but if you hold down a button on the stick - it is suddenly recognised as a Brook PS3 controller and then configuration / calibration can start.

Emulation station refuses to recognise the L2 or R2 buttons, but you can configure the rest.

However I have noticed that it is then possible to get these buttons recognised after if you manually configure inputs in RetroArch(?) interace (the one with the green pixellated text that you access from in-game) - then with lots of fiddling around you can finally get the Wireless Brook Board working as a retro pie controller (as a wired PS3 controller)

I will try jstest next

Sorry for not posting details on setup - it's a RP4, with offiical usb-c power supply, (but was testing on RP2 with usb power last night) but will get the rest of the details when I can

@dankcushions what is the best way to do the intial config? Set it up for LR-MUPEN, then customize the mupen64plus config file?

@agrajag
Sure, here it is

; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAP 0 ; keymap 0 (default keymap) ; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F3 PAUSE JS0_BTN_10 QUIT JS1_BTN_10 QUIT ; ***** Joystick #0 - Left Controller ***** ; ** Side Buttons and Numeric Keypad ** JS0_BTN_01 PD0L_A_T JS0_BTN_04 PD0L_A_L JS0_BTN_05 PD0L_A_R 1 PD0L_KP1 2 PD0L_KP2 3 PD0L_KP3 4 PD0L_KP4 5 PD0L_KP5 6 PD0L_KP6 7 PD0L_KP7 8 PD0L_KP8 9 PD0L_KP9 BACKSPACE PD0L_KPC 0 PD0L_KP0 RETURN PD0L_KPE ; ** Direction Disc ** JS0_N PD0L_J_N JS0_NNE PD0L_J_NNE JS0_NE PD0L_J_NE JS0_ENE PD0L_J_ENE JS0_E PD0L_J_E JS0_ESE PD0L_J_ESE JS0_SE PD0L_J_SE JS0_SSE PD0L_J_SSE JS0_S PD0L_J_S JS0_SSW PD0L_J_SSW JS0_SW PD0L_J_SW JS0_WSW PD0L_J_WSW JS0_W PD0L_J_W JS0_WNW PD0L_J_WNW JS0_NW PD0L_J_NW JS0_NNW PD0L_J_NNW ; ***** Joystick #1 - Right Controller ***** ; ** Side Buttons and Numeric Keypad ** JS1_BTN_01 PD0R_A_T JS1_BTN_04 PD0R_A_L JS1_BTN_05 PD0R_A_R Q PD0R_KP1 W PD0R_KP2 E PD0R_KP3 R PD0R_KP4 T PD0R_KP5 Y PD0R_KP6 U PD0R_KP7 I PD0R_KP8 O PD0R_KP9 TAB PD0R_KPC P PD0R_KP0 SPACE PD0R_KPE ; ** Direction Disc ** JS1_N PD0R_J_N JS1_NNE PD0R_J_NNE JS1_NE PD0R_J_NE JS1_ENE PD0R_J_ENE JS1_E PD0R_J_E JS1_ESE PD0R_J_ESE JS1_SE PD0R_J_SE JS1_SSE PD0R_J_SSE JS1_S PD0R_J_S JS1_SSW PD0R_J_SSW JS1_SW PD0R_J_SW JS1_WSW PD0R_J_WSW JS1_W PD0R_J_W JS1_WNW PD0R_J_WNW JS1_NW PD0R_J_NW JS1_NNW PD0R_J_NNW

@billymild I ended up giving up... I went with an Xbox 360 controller because I had plenty of them and I wanted access to the select button for being able to quit while in game. Ah well. Next time.

OK, I gave it a test and here is what I found

Pairing - works, but the controller has a short wait for pairing period. I press the pair button on it after starting the RetroPie's scan dialog and I have to press the pair button again after the scanning dialog finishes and shows me the list of devices.
Everything else is default, but had to remove the device from the list of paired devices since it was present there.
After pairing, the controller worked fine, but more below.

Re-connecting after powering down didn't work, tried a few times and even re-paired, but it refuses to re-pair.
Then I remembered I had xpadneo installed for testing (I have most drivers installed just to test they're correctly upgraded) and xpadneo configures the bluetooth module with disable_etrm=Y. After I removed this configuration (it's in the 99-xpadneo-bluetooth.conf file) and rebooted, the connection worked fine, the controller re-connects without issues.

@medwards64 Try to re-pair the controller and see my notes above. Make sure you remove it first from the list of paired controllers. Not sure if you're experiencing the same re-connection issue (caused in my case by the xpadneo driver) - did you install the xpadneo driver in RetroPie-Setup or did other configuration for Bluetooth ?

@mitu argh! Fantastic - thank you! It was indeed the incorrect x character. 2 Player Virtual Fighter on the arcade cabinet here I come

@emulatre71 @windg thanks for chiming in, yeah I actually do already have the F310 and am a fan for the most part (I did find the fact that you couldn't seem to program the Mode button on Retropie a bit disappointing, but that was before I knew that the Logitech logo was itself another button).

That F710 is a bit more expensive but I may look into that if I want a PS2-style wireless controller. Bluetooth would be ideal, but if indeed the Pi has issues with bluetooth devices I may just have to either get a USB hub (although I've heard that there can be issues powering them/that one might need to get one w/ an external power source, which could be kinda a hassle) and plug the 4th controller's dongle into that, or simply have to unplug the keyboard if we're playing a 4-player+ game.

@pinho83 said in Controller priority on retroarch emulators:

I changed controller configuration for lr-snes9x and lr-pcsx_rearmed so I can use the two logitech (more confortable with shoulders and triggers) and works good. I connect Logitech only when I want to play snes or psx games.

How exactly did you do that ? If you configured it from RetroArch, using a control remaps, then you need to remove the remap.