Button 6 and 7 not working in ES

lindsay

Raspberry Pi 4
Retropie 4.8.2
PS3 wireless controller PLAYSTATION(R)3Controller-ghic

Hi All,
I have run JSTest to confirm that all buttons are wired and registering input, but Emulation Station refuses to configure buttons 6 and 7 in Configure Input.

I updated Emulation Station using Retropie Setup.
I also tried editing the PLAYSTATION(R)3Controller-ghic.cfg file adding the two lines at the bottom:

input_device = "PLAYSTATION(R)3Controller-ghic"
input_driver = "udev"
input_enable_hotkey_btn = "8"
input_l_btn = "4"
input_load_state_btn = "4"
input_up_btn = "13"
input_left_btn = "15"
input_state_slot_decrease_btn = "15"
input_select_btn = "8"
input_right_btn = "16"
input_state_slot_increase_btn = "16"
input_r_btn = "5"
input_save_state_btn = "5"
input_y_btn = "3"
input_x_btn = "2"
input_menu_toggle_btn = "2"
input_down_btn = "14"
input_start_btn = "9"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "9"
input_b_btn = "0"
input_reset_btn = "0"
input_a_btn = "1"

input_l2_btn = "6"
input_r2_btn = "7"

Sadly none of this has helped.

Why would just those buttons not be working in Emulation Station, yet working fine in JS Test?

Thank you for your wonderful work.
Lindsay

mitu

Are they registering as buttons or axis ? That might explain why they're not configured in EmulationStation.

lindsay

Hey @mitu ,
In JS Test these register as buttons 6 and 7.

lindsay

@mitu I looked at it again more closely, and noticed something I hadn't noticed before:

On JS Test, they register as buttons 6 and 7 AND on axes 5 and 2 (the little negative sign changes)

So it seems they are both?

What do I need to do?

Thanks

mitu

You can try and add this to your .cfg file:


input_l2_axis = "-5"
input_r2_axis= "-2"

and see if they're working in RetrArch.

lindsay

@mitu thanks - I'll give it a try!

lindsay

@mitu said in Button 6 and 7 not working in ES:

input_l2_axis = "-5"
input_r2_axis= "-2"

Okay so that's interesting! I put those in, restarted Emulation Station and did all the tests again.

Buttons 6 and 7

do work in JS Test
don't work in Emulation Station's Configure Input
do work in RetroArch

So that'll do for me, I can configure the games that need the trigger buttons in RetroArch.

For those interested in this solution, my PLAYSTATION(R)3Controller-ghic.cfg file located at configs/all/retroarch-joypads/PLAYSTATION(R)3Controller-ghic.cfg now looks like this where we added the last 4 lines :

input_device = "PLAYSTATION(R)3Controller-ghic"
input_driver = "udev"
input_enable_hotkey_btn = "8"
input_l_btn = "4"
input_load_state_btn = "4"
input_up_btn = "13"
input_left_btn = "15"
input_state_slot_decrease_btn = "15"
input_select_btn = "8"
input_right_btn = "16"
input_state_slot_increase_btn = "16"
input_r_btn = "5"
input_save_state_btn = "5"
input_y_btn = "3"
input_x_btn = "2"
input_menu_toggle_btn = "2"
input_down_btn = "14"
input_start_btn = "9"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "9"
input_b_btn = "0"
input_reset_btn = "0"
input_a_btn = "1"

input_l2_btn = "6"
input_r2_btn = "7"

input_l2_axis = "-5"
input_r2_axis= "-2"

Then, to set up buttons 6 and 7,

go into a game
hit Select+X to get into RetroArch,
Go to Quick Menu > Controls > Port 1 and you should now see buttons 6 and 7 that can be set to L2 and R2.
Hit Select +X again to exit Retro Arch and test the buttons in game.
Hit Select +X again to enter RetroArch and if the buttons work well you can find the option to save as a Game Remap File (to affect the current game only)
or a Core Remap File (to affect all games on that emulator e.g. all mega drive games or whatever system you are in)

Hope that helps someone.
Thanks @mitu

Darksavior

@lindsay I'm not sure if it's related to your problem, but I've had a similar issue with my L2/R2 on my xbox 360 joystick. It usually happens on a kernel update. What fixes it for me is re-installing the xpad driver from source.