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

[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:

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.

[mattrixk]

@meleu Darn. Any ideas? Either what it might be, or how to test out what it might be?

Edit: I was able to update retropie via the setup script without issue, so I should be connected to the net.

[meleu]

@mattrixk
Can you ping github.com?

[mattrixk]

@meleu
ping: unkown host github.com

I had just followed https://www.modmypi.com/blog/how-to-give-your-raspberry-pi-a-static-ip-address-update to set up a static IP address. Maybe that has interfered with something...

[mattrixk]

@meleu That was the problem. I deleted the lines from /etc/dhcpcd.conf and I was able to install your script without a problem. Cheers.

Also I'll point out, on your github page (and just a few posts above this) you have:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meleu/RetroPie-joystick-selection/master/install.sh -o install.sh

But in your update on the first post of this thread it just has:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meleu/RetroPie-joystick-selection/master/install.sh

[meleu]

@mattrixk You're right. Thanks!
I've just fixed it in the OP too.

[PeriodicLogic]

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

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).

Are there any instructions on how to utilize the ability to put joystick selection on the "push A Button" menu when launching particular ROMs?

I thought at one time I saw it on my installation (when I wasn't looking for it), but now I am looking for it and can't find it.

I'm running RetroPie 4.3.3 and have updated the joystick selection add-on from source.

Or have I misconstrued the bullet point above?

Thanks in advance,
Rob

[PeriodicLogic]

@periodiclogic @meleu [Solved!]

For some reason, my "/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-menu" directly was named "/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-menu." I deleted the erroneous period at the end of the name, and then updated joystick-selection from source.

That appears to have automatically added the "select joystick.sh" command to the correct folder, and I should be all set now.

[KingBeetle]

Great tool! I messed around with config files for a good 20 minute with no luck before I stumbled across your tool. Made it a snap to reconfigure.

Thanks!

[partTimeNinja]

I see you can choose the order of 4 different "joysticks" but my question is a little different. I have one set of arcade controls plugged in through an ipac so it shows up as a keyboard, and then I have a BT dongle with a PS3 controller. I have it set as the arcade is P1 and PS3 is set for P2, but what if I want to change those on the fly?

I saw you can go launch a rom and then go into the menu, settings, input, and check what is bound to P1 or P2. I guess my question could be, can I set the keyboard as an autoconfig so it auto configs when I select it from the menu?

Sorry if that seems like rambling. Not sure the best way to word everything. Thanks!

[Furluge]

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

And now the install.sh creates a gamelist.xml entry for joystick_selection.sh. So there is no problem when the "PARSE GAMELISTS ONLY" is set to "ON".

Can anyone tell me exactly what this entry should say? A gamelist.xml entry wasn't created when I ran the install.sh

[mitu]

@Furluge It's called Joystick Selection.