@pirossi said in multiple controllers with hotkey access?:

@dinierto

i have the solution!
i writre here
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/5191/accidentally-changed-button-mapping/12

That's it! Can I kiss you?

@yfresh59 This is to do with the runcommand menu, I haven't noticed any problems there, however it may explain my menu jumps in ES. When actually in game I seem to be getting the occasion phantom start button press, not sure if that is related to the accelerometer.

Update: Fixed the input lag issue I was experiencing.

Issue: Having two PS4 USB wireless adaptors plugged into the retropie at the same time was causing interference in the Bluetooth signals causing variable input lag when playing multiplayer games like street fighter iii: third strike.

Fix: I got a USB extension cable, plugged one end into the retropie and connected one of the dongles into the other end. This allowed me to create a bit of separation between the two USB adapters which was enough to remove the interference they were running on each other.

Hope that helps anyone else running into this issue while using multiple PS4 controllers connected to multiple USB dongles on the retropie. Btw, the dongles have worked out really well in my experience, much better (in terms of input responsiveness) than connecting the PS4 controllers directly to the Bluetooth from retropie.

So, I found the problem by myself, apparently all the USB cables I was using were not sufficient, found one that works, of all the things the USB cable was the problem...

@BuZz I deleted the driver though, even sudo purge sixad

@buddyscott It got you to reply plus it doesn't hurt to try. However, thank you and I'll try a new thread.

Anyone else have this problem where the controllers just won't connect at all?!? Any other suggestions for my friend?

@BuZz Sorry, duly noted :)

@darthlink Has anyone found a resolution to this? Just got a raspberry pi3 and having the same issues with the ps4 controller. How can I get the controller to automatically pair once the pi3 is turned on?

@PetroRie said in How do you charge your PS3/PS4 controllers?:

I have been doing that since the beginning. They will work fine, I dont understand why people will charge them separately. I never turn my Pie off, and I do leave the controller connected.

I do the exact same thing and have yet to have an issue.

Although now I'm upgraded to a Pi3 so not sure if Ill still use the USB or Bluetooth connection. But Ill still plug it in overnight to charge.

@krull please post the contents of that file. Use pastebin site, or put in code block (SSH in).

It could simply be a lag issue. I doubt that the Bluetooth receiver in the Pie3 is as robust as the PS4 one. For this reason I don't use more than 2 PS3 wireless controllers at a time.

The only related issue I could find is this one, but that's more about power draw from the controllers than Bluetooth lag:

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6756/solved-ps1-controllers-random-input

@bios this would still be worth trying. It is something good to have done anyways. If it doesnt fix that then it still fixed a huge linux issue.

I have the exact same problem. Though I have two usb controllers. How did you debug and change the UDEV stuff?