EmulationStation won't see SteelSeries controller

huntercc

Pi Model: 3B
Power Supply used: Cana Kit 2.5 A
RetroPie Version Used: 4.2
Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website
USB Devices connected: none
Controller used: SteelSeries Stratus XL
Emulator: NES
How to replicate the problem: Connect the controller via bluetooth successfully in the RetroPie Setup menu. Exit this menu, and the controller buttons no longer function. Restart the system, and Emulation Station says No Gamepads Detected.

How can I get Emulation Station to recognize my controller??

huntercc

I managed to get ES to recognize the controller, by first getting a wired controller to work and then pressing the Start button to get into the input configuration screen. Yay!

Now I have a few more problems...

For some reason, the L Trigger seems to stick and it causes the input config to skip over the R Trigger input. Any ideas?
There are three buttons in the middle of the controller, two of which I assume are intended to be the Start / Select buttons. Only the right hand button (Start?) is recognized, not the other two. Has anybody successfully gotten them to work?
When I go into the RetroArch GUI, the controller buttons don't work, except the D-pad acts like I'm pressing the arrow a dozen times at once. The keyboard acts similarly; only the arrow keys respond, but in the same way as the controller D-pad. After turning off the controller and waiting in frustration for about 5 minutes, the keyboard begins working normally again. Any idea what is going on here??
In retroarch... the "Save config on Exit" option always returns to "OFF" when I leave retroarch and come back to it. Is this normal? Is the intent to have you enable this every time you expect to make changes, to prevent accidental changes?

Sorry for throwing a lot of questions out there at once, but I started this project with high hopes and have definitely hit a wall here.

edmaul69

@huntercc sticking button issue:

Have two controllers hooked up. When the button gets "stuck", use the other controller to move back up to where it got messed up and now you can continue on. The skipping the right trigger is common with a lot of controllers that have an analog potentiometer on the triggers like xbox controllers do. If it is a trigger like that it is not actually sticking, just a way the analogs are designed

huntercc

Thanks for the reply. I just tried with a second controller, but while the SteelSeries controller is connected it seems to affect all other inputs. I can't seem to control anything until I disconnect the SteelSeries one.

The only controllers that I have been able to get working are the keyboard, and a wired controller. My goal was to get a pair of bluetooth controllers working, I just haven't had much luck yet.