PS4 or Xbox One controller?

barbudreadmon

@felleg This topic was about wireless controllers, and it seems Xbox One controller is unable to act wireless on linux at the moment. And if it was about a wired usb controller, i would definitely not recommend any of those.

smccloud

@gold64 Looking forward to your results. I'd prefer the Xbox One controller since it fits in my hands better.

Elterrible

@smccloud I went with the N64 USB controller for the most compatibility with the NES titles myself, but I prefer the XBox One controller out of your choices.

gold64

@smccloud said in PS4 or Xbox One controller?:

@gold64 Looking forward to your results. I'd prefer the Xbox One controller since it fits in my hands better.

Bad news it seems. When I try to pair the new Xbox One wireless controller via bluetooth, I get a bunch of errors, shown here. It works when plugged in with a USB cable, but obviously wireless would be better.

barbudreadmon

@gold64 Could you try running "sudo echo 1 > /sys/module/bluetooth/parameters/disable_ertm" before pairing it ? Not sure it will work, but that's what is mentioned there : https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=219471

Reservoirdog

Any news here?
I have an Xbox one wireless controller (model 1697) for PC with a dongle.
When I try to plug in the dongle and press the binding button nothing happens.
I can turn on the controller and also press the binding button, but it turns just off after a while...
I thought Xpad support is working out of the box since 4.1?

edit: of course it works when using an usb-cable... but with the wireless dongle?

gold64

@barbudreadmon said in PS4 or Xbox One controller?:

sudo echo 1 > /sys/module/bluetooth/parameters/disable_ertm

Ok I've tried that command, but it gave this response:

-bash: /sys/module/bluetooth/parameters/disable_ertm: Permission denied

smccloud

Wife got me a PS4 controller for Christmas. Normally works great but every once and a while it just shuts off and won't reconnect unless I SSH into my Pi3 and reboot it. Using ds4drv, do you think that it is dying and I just need someway to restart it?

smccloud

Decided to get an official Sony USB adapter, should have it Wednesday.

barbudreadmon

I don't know about ds4drv, i use offical support from blueZ + kernel and have no issue. I think retropie should drop support for ds4drv and sixad since they are not needed with recent software and prevent mixing ds3, ds4 and other bluetooth controllers.

smccloud

@barbudreadmon I couldn't use native Bluetooth, I could pair but it didn't work. I plan on using it on a PC for Steam games now too.

xxdanglenutzxx

@Elterrible im having a hell of a time with the n64 controller. I dont know if its the roms im using, or if im a dingus and didnt map it correctly. None of the yellow buttons worked

smccloud

@coolzis Would be great if I didn't have a toddler & newborn. Wires are not a good idea for me right now.

PetroRie

I had the PS1 in the 90ties, PS2 in the 2000's, since 2009 I had the xbox 360, and now I have the PS4. It felt kinda strange when I started to use the PS4 controller after I played many years on the 360. In my opinion I love the PS4 controller, I use it on my Raspberry simply because I really love PSX so using the PS4 controller on PSX emulation is awesome.

PS4 controller works fine, the only reason why I'm using it is because it's the only controller I had. Works great on SNES too.

I think it doesn;t matter which controller you're going to use because you're going to get used to it.

xxdanglenutzxx

@PetroRie I couldnt get my ps4 to work blutooth..im pulling my hair out

PetroRie

@xxdanglenutzxx I could and it worked immediately but it was kinda laggy so I decided to stick to the USB cable. Can't really hurt.

barbudreadmon

I had tons of issues with pi3 onboard bluetooth (lagging, disconnecting, unpairing, ... even more issues when i connected multiple controllers ), i switched back to the 10€ dongle i bought a few years ago and never had issues since.

Also, since i'm able to play manic shooters like dodonpachi without dying too much, i'm pretty sure i don't have any input lag with my current setup.

barbudreadmon

@smccloud said in PS4 or Xbox One controller?:

I couldn't use native Bluetooth, I could pair but it didn't work. I plan on using it on a PC for Steam games now too.

Makes sense, you probably got a DS4 v2, you'll need either a 4.10 kernel, or manually patch with the following : http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=cf1015d65d7c8a5504a4c03afb60fb86bff0f032 .

noor_dxb

I got the DS4 (800mah) version , worked over bluetooth out of the box with no drivers required , pretty happy with it and I thin it has a better d-pad compared the xbox one !

sos_retropie

Just another vote for the Xbox One S Bluetooth controller (I have model 1708).

After disabling ertm (permanently using autostart shell script) it pairs flawlessly every time. You do need to manually remap the buttons using each emulator's retroarch.cfg, or mupen64.cfg in the case of non-lr mupen. And the left select button doesn't (yet) work.

I also have a wireless 360 controller which works OOTB, but I find the textured plastic, trigger action and d-pad on the One S pad to be slightly nicer.

Personally I find the PS controllers to feel a little small after getting used to the Xbox variants.

I was also using an OEM N64 controller, which added to the retro feel, but in all honesty the modern controllers have better quality buttons and analogue sticks.

Edit: link to relevant thread to get Xbox One S pad working via Bluetooth: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6198/xbox-one-controller-via-bluetooth