@andrewjrpi123 said in Can't sucesfully pair PS4 Dualshock controller with retropie.:

@mitu Incidentally, running/closing retroarch doesn't seem to create a runcommand.log

It's created only when you start a game, not when you start RetroArch from the RetroPie system. Start a game first, with verbose logging as explained in the docs, get the 'unconfigured message', then exit the game (press Esc on the keyboard) and you can then find the /dev/shm/runcommand.log file.

@mitu I decided to use the Ace with my PS4 instead (it works fine right out of the box on PS4) and use the dualshock controllers for retropie. However, even those I can't successfully pair with retropie. I will write a separate post.

@mitu Like my 8bitdo gamepads (on pi3 or pi4), my DS4 never reconnect after a system reboot. They stay connected only on EmulationStation reboot.

@mitu
Hey thanks a lot !
will give it a try

@mitu The price of 11.90 € / 10.46 £ seems reasonable. Order is placed and it’s on its way to me now. Thanks for the recommendation!

@phane said in Sixaxis dies after a few minutes, takes BT with it, requires reboot to reconnect:

What rate should I change (there are three in the file based on some if statements I don't understand) and what would be a good setting to reduce it to?

Change the 921600 value and halve it to 460800 (then 230400, 115200 etc.).

Ok, I guess there is not much I can do.
Thanks @lostless
Can anybody recommend an adapter that works?

This continues to be an issue on x86 builds. I have opened an issue on the RA github but don't have much hope of it getting any traction.

https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/12312

I updated the original post to say that I am not seeing this issue on older versions of RA (specifically 1.7.3 anyway).

Is there ANYONE else that has 4x genuine PS sixaxis dualshock controllers that can verify what I am seeing? If so, this may give us enough ammo to push the issue with the Libretro team.

John

@russs15 Thats the exact adaptor I got that never worked with retro pie properly for me. It might be an issue with a driver that changed higher up the chain that's not related to RetroPie itself but raspian, or even in the core linux kernel.

@Lazzarous_84 You can't make the ps3 driver work for an Xbox compatible controller. How is the controller detected ? As a PS3 controller or as an XBox controller ?

@youxia said in Dualshock controllers on 4.4 with 3B+:

Any idea what am I doing wrong?

The terminal emulator doesn't properly report its name. Try running export TERM=xterm before running the command. If that doesn't work, then use Putty to connect to RetroPie.

And please, don't bump old topics - you should have opened a new one.

I have several joysticks identified as DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick (one of them is completely new). And joysticks identified as Personal Cummunication Systems, Inc. PlayStation Gamepad. None of them has vibration in PSX games (Vibration is enabled in RetroArch menu and in the game; type of the joystick were changed to analog). Should I install some drivers or what (just curious; I can't say, I really need that)?

@darksavior you can use the bluetooth controllers and the ps3 driver at the same time. Uninstall the ps3 driver, add all the bluetooth devices you want. Then reinstall the ps3 driver. All devices work. If you want to add more bt devices, remove the ps3 driver again, add more devices, then reinstall the ps3 driver. I have been using all my bluetooth and ps3 driver together for a couple years now with no issues at all. Including my 8-bitdo fc30 pro.

Just go for a PS3 controller. Now mind you, you need to plug in the PS3 controller via microUSB, then finding ps3controller on the RetroPie setup.

This should probably help you.

@soulgriever that driver should probably not be used on Ubuntu etc. You should be able to pair a ps3 controller via the desktop Bluetooth GUI etc. However there are some known issues with ps3 and sdl2 which are not resolved on x86 - we have a custom sdl2 for the RPI, but it's not yet available for x86 etc.

@obsidianspider said in Bluetooth PS3 or PS4 Controller with RetroPie?:

The last Playstation controller I used was a Dualshock 2 on my Playstation 2, but I assume the PS3 controller is basically the same thing but wireless.

I wouldn't say that, i don't like dualshock3's dpad.