@mitu It works just fine within EmulationStation, but once I start RetroArch everything freezes until I connect the USB controller.

@mitu Thanks, I'll check that out, currently I have the dim screensaver set, so despite the screen not being on it still takes one button press to wake it and doesn't respond till extra buttons are pressed, was just hoping there would be away that it had to be something like press A+B+X+Y to exit the screensaver vs. just any button. I'd also accept if I could power off the screen has a screensaver, that way the screen would come on with the first button press and people then wouldn't continue to press things since the screen would now be on. But despite editing the config.txt file and playing around with HDMI blanking the screen never powers off.

The retroarch hotkeys are inside the input settings, If you disable the retroarch hotkey button then you wont need to press a combo to exit emulator or enter menu. I've been meaning to do this as the only combo I ever use is the menu and exit is inside the menu. If you can connect to the network share, I think the default config is the \\configs\all\retroarch.cfg Its a long file, and I think if you update retroarch it gets overwritten so make a backup of your changes. Hotkeys for emulators outside of retroarch are found in the various other folders in configs. The config directory on the machine is found at /opt/retropie/configs/

@PonasM I put together a guide here for xboxdrv. It's an involved process, but very flexible.

Ahhh shoot. Thanks both. Out of interest, is there any way to set the Logitech as the 'primary' controller - so that when I plug in the RetroFlag one the Logitech continues to be the one that can access the RGUI menu?

Nevermind solved the issue.

@classicgmr said in USB controller: @ecks Sweet. :) Glad it worked out! Well i would recommend that controller only if you plan on buying a Pi for a family member or friend lol.

actually i think there is a hardware problem with the controller. as i booted retropie right now.. no controller was found. unless i plug in the other controller. so i probably think there is a hardware issue with the one controller..

@arj5193 once you get into the game press your hotkey & X at the same time.

@stevepax Hello and belated welcome to this forum. I'm close to finishing my own arcade cabinet myself and I plan to do something similar to you but with two bluetooth controllers for players 3 + 4. I didn't dive into the matter deeply yet, however, but I'll try to answer your questions to the best of my current knowledge. If the emulator and the game rom support four players, you should be able to configure the controls for players 3+4 just like those for players 1+2. Mind that some games come in different versions (roms). TMNT has 2 and 4 players versions, for example. Its 2 players versions have "2p" in their rom names. At least Retroarch should recognize your controllers upon reconnection. A common advice is to connect them every time to the same usb ports in the same order. There's also a script by @meleu called joystick-selection that simplifies the mapping of controllers to players, and if the controllers should be recognized by their names or by the ports they're plugged into. Alas, I don't know. You're rightly terrified to lose your configuration if you didn't backup it recently. Do so now, because bad things happen all the time to "valuable" data, e.g. storage failure. (I put "valuable" in quotes because there is a saying that data with no backups isn't important by definition; if it were, it would have backups.)

Default behaviour is to assign controller number in the order of connection. You could use the @meleu 's joystick-selection script (available from experimental packages) to map your controllers by core (ie snes pad for snes games).

Ok have resolved this issue by performing a fresh install after backing up roms via network Installed using retropie v4 video installing controller from fresh install all works fine, 2nd player works fine too also start & select now exits games

On my system sudo apt update sudo apt dist-upgrade install kernel 4.9.35-v7+. DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick works without any problem (just redo controller configuration from EmulationStation). You should never use rpi-update ;-)

@megafacehead The dispmanx driver should not be something that makes a game from unplayable input lag to playable. It should make a playable game from good input lag to better. He probably altered the config or is using a 3rd party image.

@retropied You can try looking at @meleu's handy joystick selection script - https://github.com/meleu/RetroPie-joystick-selection - and adapt it to automatically re-order the controllers based on the emulator started.

@barbudreadmon thanks for reply. I’m sure mame2010 only supports 1-2 players so installed mame2014 and it’s now working great!

Yeah is just i cant find it online no stores cares it and yea thats the controller

Great idea to use a wooden storage box!

@djinnocide Thank you for your help. I tried to do a reset of the configuration, and now it works. But I had to configure every emulator for the Fightstick, one by one to make them to work. Maybe it can be the new version of RetroArch (I noticed there's a new graphical interface). In the older version the configuration it was automated for all the emulators (maybe also in this new version, in different way). Now it need some work to configure the keys and find the correct mapping but it's ok. See you.

@ecks 500mA is when G3s controller is in Bluetooth (battery) mode. When plugged in, the unit recharges itself and it takes 1A to 2A to recharge which would under power the RPi . The USB ports on the RPi will not be able to handle that much current and eventually damage it if you prolong its use.