Here is a way to select joystick for players 1-4 (global or emu specific)

meleu

@AlexMurphy said in Here is a way to select joystick for players 1-4 (global or emu specific):

Any chance of it becoming part of the RetroPie configuration menu?

After the new installation method the tool will be available in emulationstation retropie menu and in RetroPie-Setup "Configuration/tools". Is it what you're saying?

meleu

Hey pixel theme users! @Rookervik created a really cool icon to use as emulationstation icon. I've added it to the repository:

icon_pixel_friendly

Here is how it looks:

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meleu

The joystick-selection installation script is now part of @zerojay 's RetroPie-Extra repository

TMNTturtlguy

@meleu I just tried to install this on a new build and it is not working for me. I followed your instructions, downloaded and installed through retropie-setup, everything is great. The only problem is that it doesn't show up on my retropie menu. I have to go into manage packages/manage experimental packages/joystick-selection and then i can open it from there and it works. I took a look at my ~/RetroPie/retropiemenu folder and it does not show up in there.

It does show up in ~/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplemenatary obviously since that is where i can access it from. It is also located in /opt/retropie/supplementary/joystick-selection

just for fun i tried to move joystick-selection.sh to the retropiemenu and open it, it won't function. I then tried the old chmod +x on it, still wont run. I am guessing that it also needs the other parts that are in the folder to work properly.

Any thoughts as to why this won't show up on my retropie menu?

Thanks

hansolo77

Sounds like you need to add it to the xml of the retropiemenu. It doesn't work like a ROM where you can just drop it in.. Or maybe it does? Do you have ES set to scan for new ROMs when it loads?

TMNTturtlguy

@hansolo77 the retropie menu doesn't need a gamelist. I can manually move the script to the retropiemenu and it shows up, the script just doesn't function correctly when i do that.

meleu

@TMNTturtlguy the instalation through retropie_setup / experimental packages should be enough. Could you try it again?

TMNTturtlguy

@meleu I just figured it out. It is because i am running off of a usb drive and the retropiemenu folder is on my USB drive, I am guessing that the setup menu is installing it to the SD Card?

TMNTturtlguy

@meleu confirmed, i tried to reinstall with my USB stick in, did not work. Uninstalled. Removed my USB. Installed again through retropie setup and it is now in my retropie menu. That is running off of the SD card. What do i need to do to allow it to run off of my USB? Thanks

Update: I tired a few things, first i looked at how it worked on the SD card and it was a simple symbolic link from the /opt/ location. So i tried to do this to the USB but it won't allow it. No matter what i try, even sudo will not allow the link. So i just copied the 3 files from the /opt/ location and dumped them into my retropiemenu location on the USB and it works. I can't run an update to this location, from the setup menu, but that is fine.

meleu

@TMNTturtlguy I'll think on a better solution and let you know when it's ready.

meleu

@TMNTturtlguy I think I solved your issue. Could you remove those files from retropiemenu and install the tool using the steps I've put on the README?
https://github.com/meleu/RetroPie-joystick-selection/blob/master/README.md#installation

meleu

Changelog

Installation procedure has changed (some people were having issues with the previous one). The OP and README file were updated accordingly.
solved the issue when ~/RetroPie directory is on a partition that doesn't support symbolic links (thanks @TMNTturtlguy for reporting this issue).
added the possibility to invoke the tool in runcommand menu and configure the joystick input for the system that is about to be launched (thanks BuZz for adding such a cool feature on runcommand).

meleu

@Rion said in Here is a way to select joystick for players 1-4 (global or emu specific):

Looking forward for Joystick support and included in run command before you start a game! :)

More than one year later but this day finally has come! Update the script and you'll get what you want! ;-)

Note: this feature depends on RetroPie 4.2.8+

TMNTturtlguy

@meleu Thanks for doing this, unfortunately I am once again traveling and don't have my pi. I will test this upon my return in 3 days.

Rion

@meleu High Five!

Darksavior

@meleu I get an error when trying to download the install.sh script. https://pastebin.com/8iYrjcBT
I'm on 4.2.9 but kernel is from 4.2. I started with a clean 4.2 image. So I then downloaded it on my pc instead and transferred to my pi that way. It now gives me:
ERROR: "/root/RetroPie-Setup" directory not found! Looks like you don't have RetroPie-Setup scripts installed in the usual place. Aborting...
I tried to execute it in my /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/ folder.
I also tried /home/pi/ and /home/

meleu

@Darksavior it's weird. @edmaul69 reported the same thing but I'm unable to reproduce. Anyways I noticed a little bug on install.sh and just fixed it. Can you try it again, please?

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meleu/RetroPie-joystick-selection/master/install.sh -o install.sh
chmod a+x install.sh
./install.sh

Darksavior

@meleu Now I can download the installer on my pi without errors, but when installing it, it still gives me the same error.
Update: I fixed it. I changed the installer's "$home/RetroPie-Setup" to "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup"
Sorry I didn't open the file to find out the problem before. I've never opened an sh file in my life:P

mattrixk

@meleu I've used this script a couple of times without issue, but I'm doing a fresh install and I'm getting an error:

0_1501219392140_controller script error.JPG

Is this something wrong on my end? I had trouble setting up the wifi too (it wouldn't let me input a password).

meleu

@mattrixk said in Here is a way to select joystick for players 1-4 (global or emu specific):

Is this something wrong on my end?

Yes. I'm pretty sure.