Controller vibration not working (psx)

Nick Mous

Hi all,

Playing the games on RetroPie is great! but I wanted to test out and play some PlayStation games and ran into one problem.
I have a raspberry pi 3 B+, and the 8bitdo SN30 Pro+ controller.
It successfully connected, and I'm not sure but I did run the advanced tool for mapping out all the items on the controller in the bluetooth menu.
I've enabled even the rumble settings in the retroarch menu, and after all that, it still doesn't work.
What can I do to let it rumble, and what is the easiest way to test it?
The whole time I did it with running Spyro the Dragon, but I don't know if there's an alternative.

Sorry for the long message!
Cheers,
Nick Mous

windg

@Nick-Mous said in Controller vibration not working (psx):

8bitdo SN30 Pro+ controller

Try to install xpadneo driver package

From RetroPie Setup choose Manage Packages and then Manage Drivers Packages and install xpadneo driver.

After that restart and set-up the gamepad again. I hope this will fix your problem.

brandflake11

@Nick-Mous Under retroarch, is your controller set to Dualshock under Quick Menu > Options? You need it set to Dualshock I'm pretty sure to get rumble.

Nick Mous

@windg that could be an option. I'm gonna try tomorrow! Thanks!

Nick Mous

@brandflake11 I believe that option is on.

Nick Mous

@brandflake11 Enabled it, but didn't get any rumble

Nick Mous

@windg I installed and reconfigured it, but still no rumble ingame

brandflake11

The only thing I can think of now is if you have to have the controller in a certain mode. The controller has four modes, maybe try each one with retropie to see if it allows for rumble. Other than that, I actually am not sure.

dankcushions

i think You need to change Input --> Input User "x" Binds --> User "x" Device Type to DualShock as well. (menu options might be different now)

also you need to enable core option 'Enable Vibration' https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroArch-Core-Options/#setting-core-options

windg

I had a cheap gamepad in which the vibration in psx games only worked when I changed the mode(from the gamepad) to x-input. If your gamepad has this option try it.

Nick Mous

@dankcushions I think that's it, but I'm gonna try first before calling a success. Also @windg and @brandflake11 , my controller is set to X-input.

Nick Mous

@dankcushions said in Controller vibration not working (psx):

User "x" Device Type to DualShock

It worked! It's located in quick menu --> controls --> Port # --> Device type.
You need to set it to RetroPad w/ analog. You don't need anything else!

brandflake11

I'm glad to hear everything is working for you now!