Dolphin Controller Not Working

90sgamer

@retropieuser555 You have to explain it to me like a child. I'm not familiar with this kind of coding.

I'm at the pi

I hit F4

I enter the terminal

I type in:

sudo nano /dev/shm/runcommand.log

Nothing happens...

90sgamer

@retropieuser555 can you help please

Kiron

@abj said in Dolphin Controller Not Working:

@Nut-Nibbler

Support for RPi5 is in heavy development, so for now, to have access to the Gui, you have to do this :

Run from terminal window:
nano /opt/retropie/configs/gc/emulators.cfg
Add this line:
dolphin-editor = "XINIT-WMC:/opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/dolphin-emu"
In the end, the file it will be like this:
dolphin = "XINIT-WM:/opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/dolphin-emu-nogui -e %ROM%"
dolphin-gui = "XINIT-WM:/opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/dolphin-emu -b -e %ROM%"
dolphin-editor = "XINIT-WMC:/opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/dolphin-emu"
default = "dolphin-gui"
Press ctrl+o and ctrl+x to save and exit from terminal.

Start a game and choose from runcommand menu the dolphin-editor. This will open Dolphin GUI, where you can change the parameters of the emulator and configure the controller

@abj Lifesaver! worked like a charm, any suggestions on how to set the hotkey to exit dolphin back to emulationstation ?

sugarfree

@Kiron you can do this from Options > Hotkey Settings.

Kiron

@sugarfree Thanks! Working great now.

pedee

@sugarfree Hi, I’ve already tried everything possible and haven’t gotten any results so far. With this method, the runcommand menu only shows me "dolphin," "dolphin-gui," and "dolphin-lr." I’ve tried all three, but no editor or anything similar opens up. The game starts normally, and I have to quit with ESC. Any ideas?

sugarfree

@pedee

What are the results from this command? :

nano /opt/retropie/configs/gc/emulators.cfg

pedee

@sugarfree Thank you for the respond. I've already found a solution. When starting a Wii game, the editor wasn't displayed. However, I tried with a GameCube game, and there I was able to launch the editor via the runcommand, allowing me to configure the controls for the Wii as well. :)

sugarfree

@pedee
You can add the GUI for the Wii games, it's the same instructions with a small change

Run from terminal window:

nano /opt/retropie/configs/wii/emulators.cfg

Add this line:

dolphin-editor = "XINIT-WMC:/opt/retropie/emulators/dolphin/bin/dolphin-emu"

Press ctrl+o and ctrl+x to save and exit from terminal.

pedee

@sugarfree That makes sense. I could have thought of this earlier. Big thanks!