In the future please use a descriptive title for your issue per the forum rules. Otherwise we'd just have walls of "please help" on the threads

Anyone! I’m really desperate to fix this.

Yeah, the onboard BT of the rpi3b is total crap. I didn't test it but i heard onboard BT is better on rpi3b+

@Rincewind I had the same problem and after a lot of trying this is what I do :

connect a keyboard enter the game go to controls , change something exit, start a new name. then I discovered a eduke32.log file in home/pi, copy this path that appear inside:

/home/pi/.config/eduke32/ and paste it in winscp (.config is a hidden folder)
3) there is your cfg file.

Hope it helps, I still have to tweak this files to make the game work propperly.

@dudleydes that worked, thank you so much!

I got it working now. Problem is I don't know what I did differently so I can't explain it for the benefit of others. What I did was I reinstalled meleus joystick script and now it works. If I plug in the SUB pads while still in ES I can then use them as P1 and P2. If I unplug them the Controlblock controllers become 1 and 2. This is perfect. Thank you @mitu for your patience and for being so helpful all the time. In addition to this now being solved I also learned to SCP and SSH in the process so I solved a couple of other issues myself that I couldn't have before. Thank you.

OK. Apologies for posting I wasn't aware of this. I'll look for help elsewhere.

@Tom_Neverwinter Could you share what you found?

Got it thanks again for all the help. I guess this brand is more commonly referred to as a shenwen controller and that's what the pi recognized it as.
After installing the PS3 drivers, I used this guide to help:
https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/54522/retropie-ps3-controller-over-bluetooth/54630

I appreciate the help as I'm now able to play from the comfort of my couch, as opposed to a folding chair I had set up in front of the TV.

@WDW plug in a working controller and press start then exit emulationstation(takes you to command line).
type: sudo /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh (setup menu)
then go to config, then find bluetooth. (while youre here check 8bitdo hack is off). Next forget devices and reconnect one gamepad.
If it stays connected then:
run: jstest /dev/input/js0 (checks input of first controller device- press buttons)
If the previous works then you might have a problem with emulationstation or something thus i dont know how to fix.

If not then try the following:

sudo hciconfig hci0 reset

(resets bluetooth adapter)

sudo invoke-rc.d bluetooth restart

(then restart it)

sudo bluetoothctl

(open bluetooth commandline)

scan on

( start scanning)

output looks like this:

[CHG] Controller xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Discovering: yes [NEW] Device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx LAPTOP-4BNKAVN8 [NEW] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 8BitDo N30 Pro 2 [bluetooth]# pair E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72

(pair your mac address)
will output like this

Attempting to pair with E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 [CHG] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 Connected: yes [CHG] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 Modalias: usb:v2DC8p2865d0100 [CHG] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 UUIDs: 00001124-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb [CHG] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 UUIDs: 00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb [CHG] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 ServicesResolved: yes [CHG] Device E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72 Paired: yes Pairing successful

(then trust it)

trust E4:17:D8:A2:0C:72

(then connect it)

connect xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

NOTE- change the address to yours.

@mitu my apologies, im not sure of the rules here, one topic was different(relating to multiple controllers). Im just frustrated as there is clearly meant to be an option for this and i cannot seem to find any answers anywhere.

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@quicksilver the “home” button is called “the globe”

@j_hadden OK, switch it to dinput and use the USB dongle, then connect the controller. Exit Emulationstation, then run from the terminal the following commands

lsusb cat /proc/bus/input/devices

and paste the output of both commands in the topic.

@mitu ok now i'm having the same problem again probably my fix didn't fix it as i thought

What fixed it was going in quick menu > controls >
And making device type go retropad and analog to digital to none
And then going to option and changing pad 1 from default to analog

But now that doesnt work any more
The fix now is puting user device type to retropad w/ analog
And analog to digital to left analog
And change pad 1 type to default

But that doesnt even fix it

Every time i launch this game the controller will work in the menu but when the game start i cant move or do anything unless i go into retroarch quick menu and changing retropad w/ analog to retropad and analog to digital to none

And then change it back to retropad w/ analog and analog to digita to left analog

I can't figure this out