*** For anyone in 2021 with RetrOrangepi with SNES generic chinese controller *** The fix at min 8:00 worked for me after spending many hours like a noob. I had to use the normal keyboard and guess which keys were working in order to move around the menu. I am using a RetrOrangePi SLIM 4.2, and my SNES china controller wasn't being recognised when playing any NES or SNES game. I believe the issue was with the gamepad profile which wasn't being created or maybe was incorrect, so retroarch didn't have any joystick configuration available, despite the fact that I could use the controller to navigate around the OS. Thanks mate :)
Thanks SO much. I kept having trouble where the auto-configuration for one controller wasn't getting saved/passed through to retro-arch, and all the help kept saying to use retroatch-joyconfig. You kept saying "in case you need this for some reason.." - I am the one the needed it. Thanks again! I
I kept reading the wiki and working on my controllers for HOURS...getting so frustrated, then I found your video. THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!! It helped me a lot!
I was able to configure my snes controller just fine and it works fine... but all of a sudden the 'start' button became the reset to the games rather than 'start' + 'select' - I've followed all the instructions in the video and no change. Runs across all types of (only) snes roms as well. Thanks!
I've never been able to get it to auto config the controls through emulation station. But this helped me because of the second half where you explain how to configure it through retroarch. I really really wish they would fix the autoconfigure feature in the new versions.
is there a way to wipeout my current configs for all of the controllers set up in retroarch and just start from scratch and have the hotkeys go back to their defaults? How would I go about doing that as I have had no luck getting my controllers to work propperly.
My USB controller and keyboard will both work on the menu screen, once I turn a game on, only the keyboard will work and when I exit the game nothing works at all. If the screen saver turns on I can hit a button and it will turn back on, but I can not use the controller or keyboard. Any information how to fix this?
Everything worked GREAT until I updated my raspberry software. Now im stuck on no gamepads detected and i tried 2 different usb super nintendo controllers,keyboard,usb bluetooth to xbox 1 controller and I get nothing. im stuck on the no gamepads detected screen. Do you got any clue how I can fix this?
Hello, I would like to know if you have any experience with the IPAC usb controller from Ultimarc It is built for 2 player arcade setups but it only uses one usb port... I think it is confusing retroarch. Any tips? Thanks!
You can try this: m.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/3hu2uy/2_player_ipac2_setup_for_retropie/# Or check the retropie forums. I don't have too much experience with ipac type hardware.
My binds in retroarch for both user 1 and 2 are correct however Player 2 controller does not work in in retroarch they both work in ES please help I can't seem to find an answer anywhere for this.
is there an updated video on this topic for 3.8.1? there's no register retroarch controller or going into gui and going to setting and then input. my snes controller works fine in emulationstation, but shits the bed when i load super mario world or anything else.
Thanks! I was trying to get my SNES controller to work with an sub adapter. It feels weird playing old games with PS3 controller type. But After much troubleshooting I switch my SNES controller to what I thought was the player 2 side of the 2 adapter plugs. Wallahh! Now I got this issue with the damn sound. Gotta spend the night trouble shooting that. Sound goes in and out. Like it gets loud then gets soft and blares when you enter underground levels of Mario world. I'm a newby noob on this kinda stuff. Kinda of fun trying to figure it out. Learning quite a bit to.
+matthew cline I had the same issue but it somehow got fixed by doing this I THINK by going into a rom and go to the config menu and change the video setting and launch the game. thats how i got it working I THINK
I have a question. I have a retropie handheld. The SD card that came with it is not in English, so I bought a SD card with everything in English. When I put the new card in It boots up just like original and the games play fine except the dpad and buttons seem disabled. I have to plug in my USB controller to play, and that defeats the handheld point. When I put the old SD card back in it plays fine using the portable dpad and buttons. So, how to map so when the new SD card is in I can play using the buttons and dpad on the portable?
Hi, I have the same problem in Retropie 4. However the option to configure retroarch is no longer in the retropie menu... Is it located somewhere else...
How can I re-access the emulation station controller configuration setting menu that first pops up on first boot? Im using a newer version of course. The start button on my NES controller isnt getting me there.
The settings updated so the way to change them is different now, I still found how to ckeck if it was on Udev and it was, but still SNES says the wii U controller is not configured. Can you help me please?
When i do this with snes controller, ingame play always switches buttons around so b is a x is y...with n64 controller it switches A with bottomC despite being mapped correctly in ES so that i have no action command in 007 for opening doors etc.
Herb I hope you can give me some direction on how to set up my Xin-Mo usb controller. I am uding a Pi version b+ with RetroPie version 3.4. I finally have all my ROMs in Mame4All and it recognizes the Xin-Mo. Problem is I want to set it up to play Mortal Kombat which uses 3 buttons for punch and 3 buttons for kick, but the setup only sees 2 kick and 2 punch. If I try to change the config file it still does not change. Any ideas where I should start?
hi, I was trying this but it only shows the keyboard binding option. For some reason my joystick won't work in this setting menu. Is there a way to reset this.
1.) GREAT video. 2.) Who submits to the Github site? There are MANY controllers with DIFFERENT buttons. NONE of them show the HOTKEY equivalent of the SELECT button when the controllers have NO SELECT button. (Not trying to "yell", I promise... Just trying to enbolden key words. )
I aint sure but the Ipac 2 seems to keep on giving the not configured issue... I changed it from UDEV to SD12, same issue. But the controller works.. single, two players, short cuts to save and load games.. So could this be a false error? Or a driver issue with the Ipac 2...
I'm having this issue no matter what I try. it will randomly come up with the yellow text saying controller not co figured in big yellow text. so I have to reflash and it will work for a while then happens again. it's extremely upsetting.
OK.. I have retroarch 1.6.7 with a "zero delay" dragonrise inc generic USB joystick controller board for my arcade buttons and joystick.. None of the arcade buttons work but the joystick responds to up down left right up down perfectly.. Keyboard and mouse (generic wireless USB keyboard and mouse) don't respond.. Mouse Cursor works fine.. No left/right button responses. Any config tweaks to get the buttons working.. Found the config file for retroarch in the android/data/retroarch.. Similar to your config file in the black screen, however I couldn't find the player 1 referenced to change over to USB. Found reference for driver which was set to xmb. Possibly thinking to change that to udev.
I need help please I'm trying to set up my 2 c64 joystick's but none of the controls work in retroarch I have been looking everywhere over the web but no joy
Just curious what keymapping you used in ES for your keyboard. You went through that real fast like you've done it a few times. Also, does RetroPie auto-configure anything in RetroArch based on you keyboard mapping in ES, or does it stay with the default RetroArch keyboard settings?
I only ever use the arrow keys, a and b, and start and select for my keyboard. So the rest I just press random buttons for cause I'm too lazy to wait for each button to skip. Whatever you configure your keyboard for will be what its configured for for retroarch. So in my case I make enter a and right shift B. Not the greatest for gaming but only use it for the menus so it doesn't matter to me.
Ok, thanks.. I was wondering about the auto-config, because the keyboard already works in RetroArch without setting anything up in EmulationStation, so I was wondering if RetroPie would change that if you added keyboard config to ES.
Couple more questions for ya: What do I need to do to delete the keyboard configuration in ES? I found keyboard referenced in both es_input.cfg and es_temporaryinput.cfg in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/ (what's the difference in the two?), and if I do that, will retroarch revert to it's default keyboard config or will it revert to the last ES assigned config?
so I bought an N64 controller and I mapped it in the beginning. it works fine until I start a game. I have super Mario all star, I can move around on the game selection scree but once a choose a game to play the controller stops working. I tried messing with it but I couldn't get anywhere. I tried using my keyboard to play, mapped the controls, and I ran into the same problem. now my keyboard controls are all messed up and mapped to snes style controls and i don't how to configure it back to how it was. I have to problems and I haven't seen anyone with the same problem as I. am I screwed?
Depends on your controller and power supply. My power supply is 5v 2A and it has no problem with my snes, f310, and keyboard. If you experience lags or frequent connection interruptions its likely you'll need a powered USB hub. As far as the load order, the video preview image shows the order, unless of course you set up Bluetooth controllers which then may affect the order somewhat as the Bluetooth dongle can have two players in one USB port.
I have set up a SNES controller that works on the retro pie menu, but does not work in any emulators. When I try to do what the video says and go to all/retroarch.cfg my file is empty. There are no options to change. Any idea how to fix this?
Kenneth Spear Did you ever fix this? I'm having the same issue, it goes into a screen to manually type stuff but I'm just using the controller not a keyboard, I can't even escape that page, where are the options he has! Ah sigh.
I am not sure I can do what I would like, but here goes. I have a bartop arcade with Joystick set Player one in USB0 and Joystick set Player 2 in USB1 per your instruction. Also I am running the newest version of retropie (v4.5.1). I also have a USB hub connected that is accessible from outside the arcade so that I can use native controllers for the various emulators. This works perfectly for all the emulators and joypads except one... Atari 2600 with a USB controller of the original joystick. There is just not enough buttons to setup ,Start, Select, hotkeys. So the question is, Is there a way to have 2 separate controllers configured for Player 1? Idea would be that I could press the start, select, hotkey on the Joystick set Player one in USB0 on the cabinet, and then play the game with the old style one button joystick. Any help you can contribute would be greatly appreciated.
Can anyone help me? I've got retroarch on my PC and used it a lot with no problems, didn't use it for a while, came back to it and now for some reason when I press "X" on my controller it speeds everything up. It didn't do this before, I've tried re-configuring the controller numerous times and it still does it. It makes it impossible to play anything. Please someone help me sort this out!?
My controller works in jstest, and emulationstation recognizes it and is controlled by it. I cannot get the thing to work in any emulators, though. When you manuallly configured a controller in the RetroArch GUI, I tried to follow along, but when it came time to program the buttons, it wouldn't register anything I was pressing. I'm at my wit's end, and I've been scouring the internet the last couple of days for an answer. Is there anything you can suggest?
So I think I fixed it. The USB adapter I was using to use my original SNES controllers had two ports. The second port ended up being for player 1, and the first for player 2. I noticed that after a rewipe, but it seems to have solved the issue.
Have this running on a Raspberry pi 3 and just doesn't want to work, changed that setting but nothing, its a Buffalo usb pad. Im no expert, can anyone help? thanks
is there a way to setup specific hotkeys for genesis. for example the genesis controller does not have a select key and i usually use select and start as my hotkey to exit, if so how would I do this?
+Zhaleh Farrokhzād I did but I use different controllers for different emulators, and the hot keys I programmed in retroarch only work for some of them, is there a way to program more than 1 controller at a time so that they all stay saved, and in the mame, arcade, intellivision, collecovision, atari, and a few others the hot keys dont work at all with any of the contollers, so in order to exit the game i have to pull the plug.
Hi herb i have a question. I'm using 2 n64 retrolink controller. With the EmulationStation controller input menu , I can't bind a ''select'' button since there is none on a n64 controller. Do I have to manually edit the config file to let's say the Z button is input_enable_hotkey_btn = 8 and the Start button is input_exit_emulator_btn = 9 . I would need to test this first because now I always need a keyboard to exit emulators which is not convenient ! Thanks
Whatever button you configure as select will be your default hotkey enable button so you can configure your Z as select or a different button altogether, but if its anything that is not configured as select it needs to be configured manually as you said. You can use ssh so you don't necessarily need a keyboard github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/ssh
+Herb Fargus Fine , exactly what I expected. Although , I'm still having a major issue. My current setup a keyboard + Xarcade joystick ( 2 players without the trackball ) + 2 retrolink n64 controller. Each controller works and is configured . When launching n64 roms only the retrolink joypads are used ( which his what I want ) but when launching snes or nes game it is still using my n64 controller instead of my xarcade controller... the only way to get it to work is to go in the back of my arcade cabinet anf unplug the n64 controller. Is there a way to set or force a specific controller for an emulator / roms ? Thanks s lot and sorry for the big text
Yes I showed it in the video where you can swap the player index from 0 to 1 in the system based retroarch.cfg You can see more on system based overrides on this page: github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/RetroArch-Configuration#custom-retroarch-override-examples
+Herb Fargus fine i will try this. Do you think there will be a feature to change it on the go ? In the same menu to change the emulator ( x menu ) you could change player 1 2 3 4 on the go that would be sooo usefull. !
It's an edge case that I doubt will be implemented in the code as retroarch configs can already be configured through the retropie menu, you can submit it as a suggestion on the retropie forum and get feedback there. (Also since unplugging controllers is a simple thing to do)
I have a problem with my controllers getting disconnected when I start a rom. I have to unplug it and reconnect it and things work fine. Anyone have a fix?
Hi I have an issue and wondered if anyone could help. My issue is that my controllers work fine in most emulators except Sega M.D where controller 2 is player one and controller 1 is not recognised. If I swap the controllers USB around I can get controller 1 to work in Sega M.D emulator but then only player 2 works in Mame and the rest. It seems as though the Sega M.D doesn’t recognise USB 0 as an input device. If I configure my controllers on USB 1 & 2 rather than 0 & 1 and then configure through RetroArch and bind the new inputs for user 1 and 2 will I break the mame controller method or should this fix my issue ??? Hopefully I explained enough for you guys to understand the issue and help me. Thanks Joff
I'm connected with a PS3 Controller for my 2nd controller. When I try to configure in emulation station, it detects that two gamepads are connected but when I press down a key nothing happens. Any ideas?
funkmastafog What was it? I’m trying to get a second controller working on RPi3 OSMC Internet Archive Game Launcher. I can configure it and control Kodi with it, but can’t use it during emulation. Just controller one. Any ideas?
Thanks a lot man! In my case I have retropie 4.4 and input_joypad_driver is already set to udev. I did the opposite, I set it to sdl2 and then my joystick has been recognised.
I keep getting parallel controller not configuration 0/0. Whenever i start a game! The only thing that would work is the soft reset! Which is select and down!
Ok I figured it out so sorry about last post but I now developed another problem I'm using a Logitech f310 figured out on the menu to change it to that and configure controller but now cause I didn't understand the hot key part now in game I can't exit and not be able to hit select and X at same time and bring up the I think it's cold quick menu where I would load and save state like on my other pies I now don't know how to it fix
(I really hope somebody replies) My question is, can I use a joypad as player one and a keyboard as player two? I have not found ANYTHING relating to this. I only have one usb controller and my friend likes using keyboard anyway.
Great video, thanks. I was messing around for an embarrassingly long time trying to get an 8bitdo Bluetooth controller to work. I ended up also having to go into the snes-specific options (was trying to play Mario kart) and set the input to udev as well to get it to work. My f310 still doesn't work but I have ideas.
can't get my buffalo controller to play my NES games. I thought I watch this video and did everything right, still can't play my NES games and now I can't use SELECT+START to exit any of my systems. Im in a worse position then I was before. PLEASE HELP!!
Is there a default setting to go back to very beginning when I first got my SD filled with games and first got my PI? I did not have any problems until I connected my PS4 wireless controller to my PI. I found out that PS4 wireless controllers have a virus or bug so I was going to order a XBOX One wireless controller. But when I went to use my iBUFFALO controller, it would operate the Emulation Main Screen and play all my systems except my NES system. Now after following the video, not the guy or the videos fault, I messed up somewhere and now can't use SELECT+START to exit any of my other systems like, SNES.........What did I do and what can I do to fix this? Going to talk with my Techs on Weds. but would really like to figure this out on my own. If anyone can help, hit me up. Thank you.
How do you switch A and B in the retropie menu? You addressed that they need switched to be configured properly in the emulators. but then using B to select and A to go back in the menu is just annoying..
OH MY IM STRUGGLIN SINCE 2 WEEKS AND FINALLY MANAGED KEYBOARD TO WORK / I HAVE BACKUP ISO IMAGE WITH OVER 40 GB OF GAMES , CLEAN INSTALL WORKS FINE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME SET THIS ONE PROPERLY, MY DUALSHOCK 4 IS NOT DETECTED
sheet, i just tried to plug in an NES USb controller (2 of them) to my retropie and they dont work. ended up here and im lost in cosmos...... wts retropie, pm me :P
Kitanai Sunshine I can’t get my ps4 controller to work, it keeps saying in every game that it isn’t configured and yet I’ve fuckin configured it 8 times
*** For anyone in 2021 with RetrOrangepi with SNES generic chinese controller ***
The fix at min 8:00 worked for me after spending many hours like a noob.
I had to use the normal keyboard and guess which keys were working in order to move around the menu.
I am using a RetrOrangePi SLIM 4.2, and my SNES china controller wasn't being recognised when playing any NES or SNES game.
I believe the issue was with the gamepad profile which wasn't being created or maybe was incorrect, so retroarch didn't have any joystick configuration available, despite the fact that I could use the controller to navigate around the OS.
Thanks mate :)
Thanks SO much. I kept having trouble where the auto-configuration for one controller wasn't getting saved/passed through to retro-arch, and all the help kept saying to use retroatch-joyconfig.
You kept saying "in case you need this for some reason.." - I am the one the needed it.
Thanks again! I
I kept reading the wiki and working on my controllers for HOURS...getting so frustrated, then I found your video. THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!! It helped me a lot!
Thanks so much for pointing to the "Enable hotkeys" option! I wasn't able to use shift and start to get out of the games for days!!
I was able to configure my snes controller just fine and it works fine... but all of a sudden the 'start' button became the reset to the games rather than 'start' + 'select' - I've followed all the instructions in the video and no change. Runs across all types of (only) snes roms as well. Thanks!
Finally I have it working!! Thank you for the easy to follow step by step instructions.
What would cause my second controller (PS4) to work on the menu screen, but not during multiplayer games?
Great Video! Like the part about manually configuring joypads in RGUI now.
Do you know how to do this in Retropie 4 as the menu options have changed?
I've never been able to get it to auto config the controls through emulation station.
But this helped me because of the second half where you explain how to configure it through retroarch.
I really really wish they would fix the autoconfigure feature in the new versions.
Thanks a bunch. I created a Gmail account just to show my appreciation. You're doing God's work, man.
Very helpful. Thanks. Had a bit a frustration with systems like daphne, Jaguar, Saturn etc.
is there a way to wipeout my current configs for all of the controllers set up in retroarch and just start from scratch and have the hotkeys go back to their defaults? How would I go about doing that as I have had no luck getting my controllers to work propperly.
My USB controller and keyboard will both work on the menu screen, once I turn a game on, only the keyboard will work and when I exit the game nothing works at all. If the screen saver turns on I can hit a button and it will turn back on, but I can not use the controller or keyboard. Any information how to fix this?
Same fuck this shit just spend the money on a classic console
Everything worked GREAT until I updated my raspberry software. Now im stuck on no gamepads detected and i tried 2 different usb super nintendo controllers,keyboard,usb bluetooth to xbox 1 controller and I get nothing. im stuck on the no gamepads detected screen. Do you got any clue how I can fix this?
Thanks for this. I had been wrestling with a similar issue to this and your steps helped!
when i try to go to "settings" by pressing enter on keyboard it boots back to retropie setup
Hey, Herb, any idea how to set up usb controllers for PiFBA on 3.3? For the life of me I can't get it to work.
Anyone else having problems getting the Pi to run both the BlueTooth controller and USB gamepad at the same time?
can we use multiple "virtual pad"' (WIFI) as player 1 and 2 in a game like snes mario kart?
Hello, I would like to know if you have any experience with the IPAC usb controller from Ultimarc It is built for 2 player arcade setups but it only uses one usb port... I think it is confusing retroarch. Any tips?
Thanks!
You can try this:
m.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/3hu2uy/2_player_ipac2_setup_for_retropie/#
Or check the retropie forums. I don't have too much experience with ipac type hardware.
2 days and countless hours later i still cant get my usb snes controllers to work :(
jason wright it's not very user friendly. This stuff should be automatically setup.
My binds in retroarch for both user 1 and 2 are correct however Player 2 controller does not work in in retroarch they both work in ES please help I can't seem to find an answer anywhere for this.
is there an updated video on this topic for 3.8.1? there's no register retroarch controller or going into gui and going to setting and then input. my snes controller works fine in emulationstation, but shits the bed when i load super mario world or anything else.
Thanks! I was trying to get my SNES controller to work with an sub adapter. It feels weird playing old games with PS3 controller type. But After much troubleshooting I switch my SNES controller to what I thought was the player 2 side of the 2 adapter plugs. Wallahh! Now I got this issue with the damn sound. Gotta spend the night trouble shooting that. Sound goes in and out. Like it gets loud then gets soft and blares when you enter underground levels of Mario world. I'm a newby noob on this kinda stuff. Kinda of fun trying to figure it out. Learning quite a bit to.
did you figure the sound out yet?
or the controller, I have both issues too.
+matthew cline figured out the controller, but haven't figured out sound. Been busy and haven't messed with it since this post really.
+matthew cline I had the same issue but it somehow got fixed by doing this I THINK by going into a rom and go to the config menu and change the video setting and launch the game. thats how i got it working I THINK
I have a question. I have a retropie handheld. The SD card that came with it is not in English, so I bought a SD card with everything in English. When I put the new card in It boots up just like original and the games play fine except the dpad and buttons seem disabled. I have to plug in my USB controller to play, and that defeats the handheld point. When I put the old SD card back in it plays fine using the portable dpad and buttons. So, how to map so when the new SD card is in I can play using the buttons and dpad on the portable?
Hi, I have the same problem in Retropie 4. However the option to configure retroarch is no longer in the retropie menu... Is it located somewhere else...
Miss Poshosho did you find the answer? I have the same problem
Mrcarpetmanager Honestly, I can't remember but it's all working now so possibly. I would go onto the retro pie forum they will help you!
Miss Poshosho I have. I've checked pretty much everything with no luck :(
Mrcarpetmanager This is how I fixed it.
retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3768/mame-2003-unresponsive-when-2x-ps4-controllers-are-used
Do you have a video for configuring a trackball? I looked and couldn't find any...
How can I re-access the emulation station controller configuration setting menu that first pops up on first boot? Im using a newer version of course. The start button on my NES controller isnt getting me there.
Only detects one controller, when two are on. It used to work, then all of a sudden only one controller works at a time. Simple fix, please?
Awsome video got my PS4 controllers going. Thanks!
+Simply Informed Are you using the PS4 controller with the SNES emulator?
when open to welcome page and insert my usb generic SNES controller, nothing is detected. Please help
The settings updated so the way to change them is different now, I still found how to ckeck if it was on Udev and it was, but still SNES says the wii U controller is not configured. Can you help me please?
When i do this with snes controller, ingame play always switches buttons around so b is a x is y...with n64 controller it switches A with bottomC despite being mapped correctly in ES so that i have no action command in 007 for opening doors etc.
Herb I hope you can give me some direction on how to set up my Xin-Mo usb controller. I am uding a Pi version b+ with RetroPie version 3.4. I finally have all my ROMs in Mame4All and it recognizes the Xin-Mo. Problem is I want to set it up to play Mortal Kombat which uses 3 buttons for punch and 3 buttons for kick, but the setup only sees 2 kick and 2 punch. If I try to change the config file it still does not change. Any ideas where I should start?
hi, I was trying this but it only shows the keyboard binding option. For some reason my joystick won't work in this setting menu. Is there a way to reset this.
Are the order of the USB ports the same on a Pi3?
if I wanted to change a joystick to inverted, can I do that?
1.) GREAT video.
2.) Who submits to the Github site? There are MANY controllers with DIFFERENT buttons. NONE of them show the HOTKEY equivalent of the SELECT button when the controllers have NO SELECT button.
(Not trying to "yell", I promise... Just trying to enbolden key words. )
Do you have experience with JUYAO Dual controler? I can't configure second gamepad.
I aint sure but the Ipac 2 seems to keep on giving the not configured issue... I changed it from UDEV to SD12, same issue. But the controller works.. single, two players, short cuts to save and load games.. So could this be a false error? Or a driver issue with the Ipac 2...
I'm having this issue no matter what I try. it will randomly come up with the yellow text saying controller not co figured in big yellow text. so I have to reflash and it will work for a while then happens again. it's extremely upsetting.
My nes to usb controller adapter is working perfectly on my raspberry pi but won't be recognized by emulationstation.
how can I solved this issue?
OK..
I have retroarch 1.6.7 with a "zero delay" dragonrise inc generic USB joystick controller board for my arcade buttons and joystick..
None of the arcade buttons work but the joystick responds to up down left right up down perfectly..
Keyboard and mouse (generic wireless USB keyboard and mouse) don't respond.. Mouse Cursor works fine.. No left/right button responses.
Any config tweaks to get the buttons working..
Found the config file for retroarch in the android/data/retroarch.. Similar to your config file in the black screen, however I couldn't find the player 1 referenced to change over to USB.
Found reference for driver which was set to xmb. Possibly thinking to change that to udev.
I need help please I'm trying to set up my 2 c64 joystick's but none of the controls work in retroarch I have been looking everywhere over the web but no joy
if i delete the config files will it run the control setup on boot?
so what happens if i dont get the 'Welcome- 2 gamepads detected' screen?
hi . i need help please by mistake i change the joystick settings and i cant use my raspberry pi3 now . what to do please .?????😢😢😢
Just curious what keymapping you used in ES for your keyboard. You went through that real fast like you've done it a few times. Also, does RetroPie auto-configure anything in RetroArch based on you keyboard mapping in ES, or does it stay with the default RetroArch keyboard settings?
I only ever use the arrow keys, a and b, and start and select for my keyboard. So the rest I just press random buttons for cause I'm too lazy to wait for each button to skip. Whatever you configure your keyboard for will be what its configured for for retroarch. So in my case I make enter a and right shift B. Not the greatest for gaming but only use it for the menus so it doesn't matter to me.
Ok, thanks.. I was wondering about the auto-config, because the keyboard already works in RetroArch without setting anything up in EmulationStation, so I was wondering if RetroPie would change that if you added keyboard config to ES.
Yeah it has default keyboard configs but they are overwritten when it's configured in emulationstation
Couple more questions for ya:
What do I need to do to delete the keyboard configuration in ES? I found keyboard referenced in both es_input.cfg and es_temporaryinput.cfg in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/ (what's the difference in the two?), and if I do that, will retroarch revert to it's default keyboard config or will it revert to the last ES assigned config?
Also, where does Setup Script 314 "configure input devices for RetroArch" keyboard settings play into all this?
So with mine I have a xbox 360 controller and it detects a gamepad but when pressing any of the buttons nothing happens.
so I bought an N64 controller and I mapped it in the beginning. it works fine until I start a game. I have super Mario all star, I can move around on the game selection scree but once a choose a game to play the controller stops working. I tried messing with it but I couldn't get anywhere. I tried using my keyboard to play, mapped the controls, and I ran into the same problem. now my keyboard controls are all messed up and mapped to snes style controls and i don't how to configure it back to how it was. I have to problems and I haven't seen anyone with the same problem as I. am I screwed?
Your keyboard doesn't showup as a gamepad?... That's weird. Mine always has. On multiple installs and versions of RetroPie.
i need to get it to run on boot again because i can only fit one usb at a time in my pi zero. i want to change from keyboard to gamepad.
HHEELLPP !!!
by mistake I put my MAME UI Select button to NONE
and now I can’t reassign
buttons
nobody has a video on how to fix this
Trying to plug in usb headphones. What can i do?
Just ordered a raspberry pi 2, I was wondering if you are using a usb hub what determines the controller load order?
Depends on your controller and power supply. My power supply is 5v 2A and it has no problem with my snes, f310, and keyboard. If you experience lags or frequent connection interruptions its likely you'll need a powered USB hub.
As far as the load order, the video preview image shows the order, unless of course you set up Bluetooth controllers which then may affect the order somewhat as the Bluetooth dongle can have two players in one USB port.
I have set up a SNES controller that works on the retro pie menu, but does not work in any emulators. When I try to do what the video says and go to all/retroarch.cfg my file is empty. There are no options to change. Any idea how to fix this?
Kenneth Spear
Did you ever fix this? I'm having the same issue, it goes into a screen to manually type stuff but I'm just using the controller not a keyboard, I can't even escape that page, where are the options he has! Ah sigh.
I am not sure I can do what I would like, but here goes. I have a bartop arcade with Joystick set Player one in USB0 and Joystick set Player 2 in USB1 per your instruction. Also I am running the newest version of retropie (v4.5.1). I also have a USB hub connected that is accessible from outside the arcade so that I can use native controllers for the various emulators. This works perfectly for all the emulators and joypads except one... Atari 2600 with a USB controller of the original joystick. There is just not enough buttons to setup ,Start, Select, hotkeys. So the question is, Is there a way to have 2 separate controllers configured for Player 1? Idea would be that I could press the start, select, hotkey on the Joystick set Player one in USB0 on the cabinet, and then play the game with the old style one button joystick. Any help you can contribute would be greatly appreciated.
Can anyone help me? I've got retroarch on my PC and used it a lot with no problems, didn't use it for a while, came back to it and now for some reason when I press "X" on my controller it speeds everything up. It didn't do this before, I've tried re-configuring the controller numerous times and it still does it. It makes it impossible to play anything. Please someone help me sort this out!?
My controller works in jstest, and emulationstation recognizes it and is controlled by it. I cannot get the thing to work in any emulators, though. When you manuallly configured a controller in the RetroArch GUI, I tried to follow along, but when it came time to program the buttons, it wouldn't register anything I was pressing. I'm at my wit's end, and I've been scouring the internet the last couple of days for an answer. Is there anything you can suggest?
Also, when I start up a ROM, it says the controller is configured, but I get absolutely no feedback from any button presses.
So I think I fixed it. The USB adapter I was using to use my original SNES controllers had two ports. The second port ended up being for player 1, and the first for player 2. I noticed that after a rewipe, but it seems to have solved the issue.
do I have to do this with 2nd player?
has anyone been able to make this work for 4 players on NES?
How do we set four players
how about those aliexpress snes usb controllers , it doesnt detect it in emulationstation
hi I can setup my ps3 controller but keeps disconnecting while playing a game why is this any help would be great
When I configure both players to how I want them player 2 will become inverted once I boot up a game. Anyone else have this issue?
yes it gets very annoying.
I apparently had the buttons in the wrong order. I moved the ones that were becoming inverted and have had 0 issues since then.
Have this running on a Raspberry pi 3 and just doesn't want to work, changed that setting but nothing, its a Buffalo usb pad.
Im no expert, can anyone help? thanks
Conseguiu arrumar essa situação?
Has this way of fixing the problem changed recently?
Also does this work with Blue tooth controllers too?
is there a way to setup specific hotkeys for genesis. for example the genesis controller does not have a select key and i usually use select and start as my hotkey to exit, if so how would I do this?
In the Retroarch menu, did you try Settings -> Input -> Input Hotkey Binds?
+Zhaleh Farrokhzād
I did but I use different controllers for different emulators, and the hot keys I programmed in retroarch only work for some of them, is there a way to program more than 1 controller at a time so that they all stay saved, and in the mame, arcade, intellivision, collecovision, atari, and a few others the hot keys dont work at all with any of the contollers, so in order to exit the game i have to pull the plug.
Hi herb i have a question. I'm using 2 n64 retrolink controller. With the EmulationStation controller input menu , I can't bind a ''select'' button since there is none on a n64 controller. Do I have to manually edit the config file to let's say the Z button is input_enable_hotkey_btn = 8 and the Start button is input_exit_emulator_btn = 9 . I would need to test this first because now I always need a keyboard to exit emulators which is not convenient ! Thanks
Whatever button you configure as select will be your default hotkey enable button so you can configure your Z as select or a different button altogether, but if its anything that is not configured as select it needs to be configured manually as you said. You can use ssh so you don't necessarily need a keyboard
github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/ssh
+Herb Fargus Fine , exactly what I expected. Although , I'm still having a major issue. My current setup a keyboard + Xarcade joystick ( 2 players without the trackball ) + 2 retrolink n64 controller. Each controller works and is configured . When launching n64 roms only the retrolink joypads are used ( which his what I want ) but when launching snes or nes game it is still using my n64 controller instead of my xarcade controller... the only way to get it to work is to go in the back of my arcade cabinet anf unplug the n64 controller. Is there a way to set or force a specific controller for an emulator / roms ? Thanks s lot and sorry for the big text
Yes I showed it in the video where you can swap the player index from 0 to 1 in the system based retroarch.cfg
You can see more on system based overrides on this page: github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/RetroArch-Configuration#custom-retroarch-override-examples
+Herb Fargus fine i will try this. Do you think there will be a feature to change it on the go ? In the same menu to change the emulator ( x menu ) you could change player 1 2 3 4 on the go that would be sooo usefull. !
It's an edge case that I doubt will be implemented in the code as retroarch configs can already be configured through the retropie menu, you can submit it as a suggestion on the retropie forum and get feedback there. (Also since unplugging controllers is a simple thing to do)
why are there so many issues with this device and retropie?
I have a problem with my controllers getting disconnected when I start a rom. I have to unplug it and reconnect it and things work fine. Anyone have a fix?
can you do one of these for Arcade controllers?
How do you save games
Hi
I have an issue and wondered if anyone could help.
My issue is that my controllers work fine in most emulators except Sega M.D where controller 2 is player one and controller 1 is not recognised.
If I swap the controllers USB around I can get controller 1 to work in Sega M.D emulator but then only player 2 works in Mame and the rest.
It seems as though the Sega M.D doesn’t recognise USB 0 as an input device.
If I configure my controllers on USB 1 & 2 rather than 0 & 1 and then configure through RetroArch and bind the new inputs for user 1 and 2 will I break the mame controller method or should this fix my issue ???
Hopefully I explained enough for you guys to understand the issue and help me.
Thanks
Joff
i have the same issue but not just with Sega with all systems. im at a loss
When it says welcome at start says no gamepads detected!.. I was updating my device and I pulled the controller and turn off. Now I can't do anything
Same here for me ....none of my controls are getting detected
@@rhealoo3775 you need to reconfigured the sd card... but back up all the games first or you will lose them... a friend did it for me.. and it worked
I'm connected with a PS3 Controller for my 2nd controller. When I try to configure in emulation station, it detects that two gamepads are connected but when I press down a key nothing happens. Any ideas?
nevermind. I'm an idiot. Thanks for the video lol
funkmastafog What was it? I’m trying to get a second controller working on RPi3 OSMC Internet Archive Game Launcher. I can configure it and control Kodi with it, but can’t use it during emulation. Just controller one. Any ideas?
any idea for ps4? _unless mentioned in vid_
I have a logitech f310, it works on emulation station. But it won't work on retroarch.. :(
Thanks a lot man! In my case I have retropie 4.4 and input_joypad_driver is already set to udev. I did the opposite, I set it to sdl2 and then my joystick has been recognised.
I keep getting parallel controller not configuration 0/0. Whenever i start a game! The only thing that would work is the soft reset! Which is select and down!
I can’t start the game ! I have configured the start to 1 player on a retropie mod and it doesn’t detect anything 😡
I have the same problem it just boots up. About to throw it out the window.
Ok I figured it out so sorry about last post but I now developed another problem I'm using a Logitech f310 figured out on the menu to change it to that and configure controller but now cause I didn't understand the hot key part now in game I can't exit and not be able to hit select and X at same time and bring up the I think it's cold quick menu where I would load and save state like on my other pies I now don't know how to it fix
Can you help I've bought a ganesir G3W and it just won't connect!!! Anyone offering a hand?
(I really hope somebody replies)
My question is, can I use a joypad as player one and a keyboard as player two? I have not found ANYTHING relating to this. I only have one usb controller and my friend likes using keyboard anyway.
+Cameron Pauley Yes you can
+Travis Edwards well I can't get it to work. Any help? :/
Great video, thanks. I was messing around for an embarrassingly long time trying to get an 8bitdo Bluetooth controller to work. I ended up also having to go into the snes-specific options (was trying to play Mario kart) and set the input to udev as well to get it to work. My f310 still doesn't work but I have ideas.
can't get my buffalo controller to play my NES games. I thought I watch this video and did everything right, still can't play my NES games and now I can't use SELECT+START to exit any of my systems. Im in a worse position then I was before. PLEASE HELP!!
Is there a default setting to go back to very beginning when I first got my SD filled with games and first got my PI? I did not have any problems until I connected my PS4 wireless controller to my PI. I found out that PS4 wireless controllers have a virus or bug so I was going to order a XBOX One wireless controller. But when I went to use my iBUFFALO controller, it would operate the Emulation Main Screen and play all my systems except my NES system. Now after following the video, not the guy or the videos fault, I messed up somewhere and now can't use SELECT+START to exit any of my other systems like, SNES.........What did I do and what can I do to fix this? Going to talk with my Techs on Weds. but would really like to figure this out on my own. If anyone can help, hit me up. Thank you.
Sounds awesome but my keypad does not boot up anything or anybody up
Thks man u saved me! Thumbs up!
How do you switch A and B in the retropie menu? You addressed that they need switched to be configured properly in the emulators. but then using B to select and A to go back in the menu is just annoying..
start and select for me no longer go back to the main menu when you are in a game. It worked for me this morning. Can anyone shed some light?
I have the driver as udev but it still doesn't work
did you fix it? how?
My device sometimes detects the dpad but I cannot configure it...it freezes...this is bullshit!
Dreamcast?
OH MY IM STRUGGLIN SINCE 2 WEEKS AND FINALLY MANAGED KEYBOARD TO WORK / I HAVE BACKUP ISO IMAGE WITH OVER 40 GB OF GAMES , CLEAN INSTALL WORKS FINE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME SET THIS ONE PROPERLY, MY DUALSHOCK 4 IS NOT DETECTED
my usb controllers keep reseting it self
no buttons work on the SNES gamepad after i get to the "OK" option, i can't do anything but restart the process by using B. what the fucking shit.
sheet, i just tried to plug in an NES USb controller (2 of them) to my retropie and they dont work. ended up here and im lost in cosmos...... wts retropie, pm me :P
Turn up your mic!!
I need this on 3.7
So can you play 2 players now?
this ia all way out of date now. you'll probably have to look elsewhere for your controller struggles, sadly.
TypeSH where do I look? I've searched for hours and I can't find the solution
Half the stuff I'm seeing when trying to google for help is stuff from years ago.
Kitanai Sunshine I can’t get my ps4 controller to work, it keeps saying in every game that it isn’t configured and yet I’ve fuckin configured it 8 times