Nice that you solved it. Next time, check this first:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

@actnash, tried just just now...still no go :(

@rock0520 no. It's hardcoded currently.

I'm having a similar issue at the moment. I've been trying for some time to get Joust working (it's my all-time favorite video game on any platform!). I just recently figured out how to reset the game to get it to actually start up, but now I can only control it via the keyboard. My 8bitdo SNES30 controllers don't seem to register any button presses, but they work fine for all other MAME games. The behavior seems to be the same for lr-mame2003 and mame4all. Any ideas? I'm on the same hardware and software versions as the OP.

@darkblaster77 Sorry, I don't have an answer for you. How does yours compare to the one here https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Dreamcast ?

I feel your pain, though. I can't get a single button to work with my ps4 controller. There was one combination of settings that got the dpad working, but generally nothing.

So Iv'e been working on it and got the drivers to install from source and the BT paired. The controler worked via BT in the retropie setup, as soon as i exited it crashed the system. I rebooted and paired again , rumble scan pair, CRASH...

Ignore that - I misunderstood (And the PS3 controller does work ok in Ubuntu 16.04 unlike I said above - I just had to configure it by holding the playstation button it seemed).

You mean it's fine in ES and games, just no good in the retropie-setup menu ?

It works - it's just it doesn't use the same mapping. Left analog moves, and select will choose an option. This will be resolved at some point in the future, but the menus were never originally designed for navigating via joypad - it was added later via joystick to keyboard mapping. Since it;s mostly configuration and you are on a PC, it's not a big deal to use a keyboard to configure if you don't like the ps3 mapping.

Did a clean install of retropie and PS3 controller works now! I just can't get disk swapping to work now;)

@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.

I accessed the retropie settings > misc > reicast options about adding a controler, and dimply ran that and told it to add the same PS3 pad, it asked for a few bindings which I set and others didn't (such as 'c' and 'z', no idea what those correspond to the dreamcast controller)

anyway now it works, no idea why it just stopped working. I did do a full retropie update yesterday though.

@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.

I have a controller name as "SHENGHIC 2009/0708ZXW-V1Inc. PLAYSTATION(R)3Conteroller " too.
Have tried it with the retropie 4.5.18 with sixaxis driver (third-party), ps3controller driver(both gasia and shanwan ) or even xboxdrv, neither of them works.

@mammaplank Good to know you like it! :-)

If you solved your issue, please mark this topic as Solved. It improves the forum's quality. ;-)

Cheers!

@zmirli13 said in PS3 Controller - Bluetooth Woes:

Il y a des postes qui servent à tester, d'autre à jouer pendant les pauses....
Les postes que l'équipe se sert pour tester les jeux sont relié à des PC avec une carte d'acquisition HD ou non-HD.
Donc, la personne ayant était en charge du test du jeux vidéo que montre ton lien soit le jeu Top Spin 3, a était tester par Renaud qui à, après avoir rédigé son article, pris place devant le poste de test qui est techniquement équipé d'un écran Full-HD et d'une console Xbox360 et a mis à enregistrer avec un programme d'acquisition se trouvant sur le PC. Il a donc tout simplement faite une vidéo HD avec ce même programme.
Par la suite, ShowBox

I think you posted to the wrong thread... this is over a year old, and after translating what you wrote, it didn't apply to the OP... something about xbox testing and hd screens....

@dankcushions Was rather lookin' for some "solved" button? Really, this forum engine is far too confusing for old people. "Terminated" problem? You know what I mean? Does it even makes sense, hahaha? I liked the old forums' engines.

I found that I've written a response on the same subject about four months ago, so it's probably easiest if I just refer back to that entry here on the forum:

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/126/n64-controller-analogue-stick-issues/6

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You may wish to use jstest to aid obtaining and setting the calibration values. If it's not already present on the system:
sudo apt-get install joystick

For more information, please see:
http://mpolaczyk.pl/raspberry-pi-series-reverse-engineering-of-joystick-usb-communication-protocol/

jstest returns the full description of the device; this matches that displayed by emulators in RetroPie (in text at the bottom of the screen as an emulator loads; within the RetroArch Input menu; within Hatari's Joystick menu, etc)

for example:

jstest /dev/input/js0

Joystick (WiseGroup.,Ltd PS/SS/DC Joypad to USB BOX)

jstest /dev/input/js1

Joystick (HuiJia PS/SS/N64 Joypad to USB BOX)

Thanks Buzz, got it working by following your steps. Appreciated!

@halfdaymatt

hello i have the same problem or should i go to see if it has the duplicate configuration i am lost: