Gamecube/Dolphin not recognizing controller input

[YFZdude]

@LLLLllllLLLlll
I have not used this emulator, but looking at the Docs page,
https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Wii/#controls
it appears you must manually map the controls through the runcommand dialog to launch the dolphin-gui.

Have you done this step yet?

[LLLLllllLLLlll]

Ah, I haven't! Was only looking at the GameCube docs and somehow missed the link at the bottom. I'll try that, thanks!

[LLLLllllLLLlll]

If only I could figure out how to access Dolphin's settings while a game is running, since launching as dolphin-gui just goes directly into the game like launching as dolphin does. 🙄

[YFZdude]

@LLLLllllLLLlll
Hmm, I would have thought there would be some visible difference between the two modes.
Searched online and didn't turn up anything obvious. I've seen screenshots of the menu to set controls but there may be some difference in the way EmulationStation launches the emulator.

I'm hoping someone else with experience using dolphin can jump in here.

[LLLLllllLLLlll]

Yeah, tried a bunch of things to get to the settings, but all I could do was exit the game, which brought me back to ES.

In an hour or so, I'll try just opening the Dolphin GUI directly instead of going through ES+Runcommand.

[LLLLllllLLLlll]

Well, I can't even figure out how to open dolphin outside of ES... CLI commands that are normal for Dolphin aren't available when installing Dolphin through RetroPie, it seems.

[mitu]

@LLLLllllLLLlll Dolphin is installed in /opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin, so you may want to look there for the binaries - they're not in $PATH so that's why you can't 'find' them.

[LLLLllllLLLlll]

Fabulous! That's all I needed, got it configured and it's working perfectly.

Y'all might want to add in the Wii docs that that's where the dolphin-emuis at /opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin for people who can't access the dolphin GUI from the Runcommand. Might be because I'm running RetroPie on Ubuntu or just that a newer version of Dolphin .

[egurej]

@llllllllllllll Hi, I'm having the same exact issue, how do I configure my control in dolphin? I see that you figured it out, can you point me in the right direction. Please give details I'm kind of new to this. Thank you.

[YFZdude]

@egurej
You need to launch the dolphin-emu program from the /opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/ folder first. You can do that from command-line or through a file explorer in the desktop environment. This should bring up the GUI version of dolphin. It wont launch a game, but it will show the window for the program.

Once you get that launched, you can alter the settings of the program and configure your controller. See https://dolphin-emu.org/docs/guides/configuring-controllers/ for a bit more info on the specifics of setting up the controller.

After you finish setting up your controller, you can close the program and go back into Emulation Station to launch the games as normal.

[HerrHellboy]

Hey does anyone know a reason why my Controller Input isn't working even though I configured it like it was described?
Launching Games directly from Dolphin works and the Controlls were detected.
Only from Retropi none of the Games work with the XBox One Controller.

[Zirom44]

For everyone who is wondering on how to launch dolphin-emu like I, as a beginner, was: You use the ./ command. So this issue basically breaks down to two lines of Code:

cd /opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/ ./dolphin-emu

Then the dolphin GUI pops up and you can configure your controller using https://dolphin-emu.org/docs/guides/configuring-controllers/

[90sgamer]

@Zirom44 how does one "launch dolphin-emu'?

[sugarfree]

@90sgamer Try the following instructions from this comment:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/297054

[90sgamer]

@YFZdude can you explain how to do this. Like what you actually mean by when you say launch the program..etc.

[YFZdude]

@90sgamer
The idea is to launch the emulator without running a ROM file.
This opens the program in the GUI (user interface) so you can adjust settings.

If you are on a PC (x86 build) running from the desktop, it is as mentioned previously how to run the emulator to access menu from a terminal program.

The two commands are
cd /opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/
followed by
./dolphin-emu

If you are running from a Pi or a system that doesn't have the desktop environment installed, then you need to follow the instructions in the post @sugarfree linked.

[90sgamer]

@YFZdude okay thank you that was very helpful. But, it gave me an error message

[90sgamer]

@90sgamer

Might be more clear

[YFZdude]

@90sgamer
Right, since you are using a Pi, it will be the easiest to follow the info here
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/297054