PS3 controllers

[bucknorris]

Hi everyone I’m new to the form just got done with my retro pie not too smart about this stuff but I downloaded the stuff so I can have PS3 controllers wireless and I could play one player just fine when I want to add a second one starts lagging and the second controller shuts off all the time does anybody have a clue what that could be is there a certain driver that works better that I need for the PS3 controllers thx for the help.

[Crescendo]

I experienced same problem...
the problem wasn't there till recent version of RP....

[madmodder123]

@bucknorris @cresfang

This seems to happen quite a lot.

Try disabling WiFi as it causes interference .
If that doesn't fix it most people buy a Bluetooth dongle and use that instead of the built-in BT and it fixes the issue.

[Crescendo]

@madmodder123 strangely this issue wasn't there around the day of release of Raspbian
Stretch (I'm still using official RP image, updated to latest)...

I only noticed this about some months ago (about 2 or 3 months ago)....

my setup always the same: built in wifi connected to main network + built in bluetooth + 2 shanwan ps3 controller....

[BillyH]

@madmodder123 good to know, I'm about to get my Pi and I wanted to use two PS3 controllers through Bluetooth... Guess I'm going to look for a Bluetooth dongle or a controller with a wireless USB connection in advance after all.

Is a Bluetooth dongle directly active after plugging it in?

[Pavouk106]

@billyh Try it first. I have two PS3 controllers (original) and RPi3 and it works good for me. Played for like 2 hours straight with my brother without any issues.

There is other issue with PS3 controller though - if I let it idle for a few minutes, the daemon (service) responsible for connecting with the controller hangs and I canßt get it back to working condition (I may be able through command line or SSH, haven't tried though). From what I read this issue gets resolved by using USB BT dongle...