RetroPie is really worth it if I don't want to play with wired controller?
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Hello, I found this beautiful project and I set my raspberry to transform it in a gaming station.
After every installation, I tried to use my Xbox One Wireless controller on RetroPie and I found out that actually it's impossible due to a Microsoft decision (Wireless Adapter works only with Win10 OS).I would play without wire so I thought that my Android phone would emulate a controller via Wireless.
I found this: https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Virtual-Gamepad. That's awesome and does the job but I can't edit this controller and I can't adapt it to works with console like PS1.I suddenly found this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=softigloo.btcontroller.
This app allows to create different controllers and play on an android device(the hosting) using via bluetooth another phone as controller(the client).Playstore has a lot of emulators (PS1, PSP, NES, SNES, ..) and as I said I want to play without wire and don't buy another controller, in my case, it's better to set RetroPie and try to find a way to solve wireless controller or install Android on Raspberry and use it remotely with my phone?
p.s: this is not an accusation to RetroPie, they are doing a great job, it's just a situation in which I find myself and I still have not experienced the whole Android controller across multiple platforms. In the case of new discoveries I will update the post.
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@RetroBerry you say you dont want to buy another controller but that is where your problem lies. You can find used ps3 controllers for dirt cheap and they work great. Try to avoid buying a bootleg controller though if you do.
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There are a few wireless controllers out there that resemble the Xbox controller that may work. Look for a handful you like and then investigate if there are Linux drivers out there in the wild. That is what I did for my PI zero when I was looking for a dual wifi/bluetooth dongle. I found drivers for the dongle I wanted and it worked. With the controller, I didn't risk it. I went with something that had support like the NES30 Pro.
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@RetroBerry I have just read this and... wow! You really don't get it, do you? RetroPie and all the other projects and people that they encompass are not and never will be Google or Android or Apple or Samsung or Sony. Every person who contributes to this project does it out of their own goodwill and their own spare time. For the love of it and for the challenge. If you would prefer a more slick, sleek, out-of the-box experience then there are plenty around these days. Please don't misunderstand me, I'm not trying to be rude but you are making a lot of demands towards a 35 dollar computer and some hobbyist programmers and enthusiasts. Anyway, I hope you get what you are looking for. Slán.
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Emulating a controller on an Android phone is a bad idea. You'll get no haptic feedback und you will have latency issues (Input lag). Depending on your needs just get an old PS3 oder Wii controller which are both really cheap.
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Thanks everyone for the answer, as I said I don't want to belittle the RetroPie project, as I said it's incredible that people work for free to create a project like this (my bad english maybe didn't let you understand this).
When I said that I don't want to buy a controller and use an android phone as controller I did it because in my country a used controller cost around 30€, I have only the opportunity to buy a cheap controller from chinese stores and if I would play with friends, it will cost me = controller * 30€ and I think this choice isn't the best.
@AlexMurphy I'm not asking RetroPie to be the solution of everything, I was trying to say, this is only a particular situation where I find myself, if I can't find any solution, then I'll buy a controller and I didn't understand what did you say about Google, Android, Samsung, I had never told that they have better solutions. However Android is developed by community, with custom roms. This isn't a rude answer, I am only trying to clarify the point of the topic.
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@RetroBerry Yeah, well G**gle is apparently worth over $500 Billion dollars, they can probably afford a nice solution. Go spring a few quid on a controller and stop being cheap.
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@AlexMurphy I think people use custom OS, Linux distributions and a lot of solutions provided from free project because they want a customizable system and also because it's free. In Spain Linux distributions are used in some offices because they don't want to spend for a Microsoft licence. I keep missing what you mean, if it's free I have to spend on it because I have the duty to "contribute" with my money? I prefer to donate money to the developers instead of making more efficient the free project they provide. That's not the point of the topic, if you want to continue this kind of discussion leave your contact/email, I don't want to start off topic replies. I think you're becoming provocative on purpose, I do not answer more in this discussion of this kind of topic.
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I think there is quite a bit of 'lost in translation' going on here in both directions.
Unfortunately there isn't much anyone here can do to 'offer' you a solution with zero cost.
If you hav not got the funds to source a compatible wireless controller the only hope you have is that someone eventually develops a working Linux driver for the xbox one receiver.
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There are lots of cheap options like the ones here. https://nostalgiatechs.com/retro-games-controller-usb-wireless/
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