NES Advantage controller won't map correctly

allenpie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NES_Advantage

I have 4.2 and I Pi zero I have it all solder correctly

I have it detected as SNES Pad

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/GPIO-Modules

I have the SNES Drivers and GamePad Drivers installed

No matter what I do I can' get my A and B Buttons to work correctly. I can switch them and one will always never work.

it's mostly the B button ie jump in NES games

I'm setting it up in Emulation Station with the Configuration Tool and I'm 98% done just can't get my A and B buttons to map correctly. The buttons are set but no matter what won't work in game. B will go back and a will go forward in the menu but in game it's not the same. I'm going to try to manually set up the controller in retroarch via select.

But here is the kicker

The Switch from player 1 to player 2 act's as the b button even tho I never mapped it. Each time I make a map even setting up the player 1 player 2 switch it will always be the B button. Even if it's mapped or not.
See the controller here
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Clean-and-Repair-an-NES-Advantage/

See Pic Here

Any one ever messed with this or have any other way's I can fix this issue?

edmaul69

@allenpie not sure if the gpio is the same but most adapters say they aren't compatible with an nes advantage. There are some that are. But the snes gpio setup might not be.

mediamogul

@allenpie

Moved to 'Help and Support'.

SuperSirLink

@allenpie said in NES Advantage controller won't map correctly:

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/GPIO-Modules

The NES advantage works on my setup, I have NES sockets wired to a GPIO adapter v1 from PetrockBlog and I am using SNESdev for the driver...

Might want to try the SNESdev driver...

allenpie

@SuperSirLink said in NES Advantage controller won't map correctly:

SNESdev drive

I am running the SNESdev drive as I have it setup for 2 player
Both work and it detects as a SNES PAD
Still having the same issue I can't map the B button correctly.

SuperSirLink

Are you using a GPIO adapter or a control block, or did you solder the pins straight to the Pi?

What about jstest, does it register all the buttons?

http://blog.petrockblock.com/2012/10/21/the-retropie-gpio-adapter/

allenpie

@SuperSirLink I solder the pins straight to the pi zero

allenpie

Giving this a shot now
Installation and Troubleshooting
You can find a complete getting-started guide for the RetroPie GPIO Adapter on this page.

With the SNESDev driver enabled you can test for working connections between the game pads and the RPi with the jstest command (Ctrl+C exits the tool):

jstest /dev/input/js0
and

jstest /dev/input/js1

allenpie

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allenpie

http://imgur.com/a/afJD2

Screen shot

allenpie

It's funny cuz in the main menu's both my a and b keys work but when i run a NES game it's player 1 player 2 switch as B

Not sure why

SuperSirLink

disable the retroarch controller auto config... Take the inputs that jstest gives you for each number and put that in the retroarch config...

I use different configs per system, since I have NES sockets, but leave the controller set as SNES... That way I can use an NES to SNES adapter and set inputs for SNES separately...

Here is mine for NES:

# Input device buttons.
# Figure these out by using RetroArch-Phoenix or retroarch-joyconfig.
# You can use joypad hats with hnxx, where n is the hat, and xx is a string representing direction. 
# E.g. "h0up"
input_player1_b_btn = 3
input_player1_a_btn = 1
input_player1_start_btn = 7
input_player1_select_btn = 6

input_player2_b_btn = 3
input_player2_a_btn = 1
input_player2_start_btn = 7
input_player2_select_btn = 6

# Axis for RetroArch D-Pad. 
# Needs to be either '+' or '-' in the first character signaling either positive or negative direction of the axis, then the axis number. 
# Do note that every other input option has the corresponding _btn and _axis binds as well; they are omitted here for clarity.
input_player1_left_axis = -0
input_player1_right_axis = +0
input_player1_up_axis = -1
input_player1_down_axis = +1

input_player2_left_axis = -0
input_player2_right_axis = +0
input_player2_up_axis = -1
input_player2_down_axis = +1

allenpie

@SuperSirLink said in NES Advantage controller won't map correctly:

Take the inputs that jstest gives you for each number and put that in the retroarch config

I have these inputs Take the inputs that jstest gives you for each number and put that in the retroarch config
I have done this whats the best way to disable the retroarch controller auto config from starting?

\retropie\configs\all\autoconf.cfg

I set it to disabled

allenpie

SuperSirLink I LOVE YOu man!

It's working great now such a simple FIX thanks so much for the HELP!

SuperSirLink

Sweet! glad I could help... For some strange reason I never had much luck with the auto config... Didn't see your particular issue, some other oddities between my NES controllers and the SNES controllers via the adapter... Though I never tried the NES advantage on my setup with the auto config enabled...

Glad you got it working!

chipsnblip

does the Advantage work completely, ie. turbo buttons/dials and slow-mo etc? i'm thinking about wiring mine up like this

SuperSirLink

@chipsnblip
Yes, it does... I actually use mine across multiple emulators... Even Atari 2600, though the turbo doesn't work for Atari and the B button is the main button...

fsd2s

I successfully am using an NES Advantage on RetroPie 4.2.3

I have an NES to USB Adapter plugged into the Raspberry and connect the NES Advantage to the adapter.

I do notice a problem when I boot the Raspberry Pi and the NES Advantage has the SLOW button turned on. The Pi also did not detect the controller the first time when I had the SLOW button turned on. With the SLOW and TURBO buttons turned off the Pi detects the controller without any problem. Then when I load and start playing a game I can turn the SLOW and TURBO buttons on or off without problem. For me, it seems only when the Pi is booting that I cannot have the TURBO and SLOW buttons on or else the controller does not work (I also get stuck on EMULATION STATION LOADING screen when booting up with the SLOW button turned on).