Hi

I have just installed retropie but dont have a Bluetooth dongle to use with my PS3 controller. Is it possible to just plug the ps3 controller wired via USB and will it work then? as I am struggling with this at the mo!
Thanks in advance

I am having similar issue. I’m using usb adapter for 2 original SNES controllers.. When I run the controller setup for gen and retroarch in emulationstation I get a script error too.

Hello,
I have a similiar problem and found this thread. Thanks for the answer. Instead of opening another Thread for a similar problem i will just post here. However with your idea only 2 of 3 controllers work.
I followed your advice and used the joyconfig tool for 3 controllers (usb noname controller from bigben) In emulationstation it works just fine for scrolling.
The Controller configs i created with the joyconfig tool where stored at:
/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

Unluckily in SNES games i can only use 2 of 3 controllers. It seems retropi wont like a 3-controller setup
Is there anything special i need to do, when i want to use three controllers?
I only want to play SNES with 3 controllers (got secret of mana und super bomberman ROMS, which are playable with 3 controllers on original SNES)
I Would really appreaciate some help :).

regards
yogi

[quote=2713]I’m on 800, and I’d like to bump it up a little more to fix problems with PSX, but I’m not sure about it. The term “overvolting” seems a little intimidating. Could someone explain what that means?

Also, one website said class 10 cards have corruption issues with overclocking. Has anyone had issues with this?
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I had problems with my Transcend class 10 card corrupting so now run off USB. Not all cards are the same though, some work better than others.

you can overclock your Pi without voiding your warranty (make sure you have a decent power supply):
sudo raspi-config
option 7

And select one of the overclock settings:

I have had no problems with the settings in the original post above, temperature never goes above 60C. Check your temperature with:
cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp
(divide by 1000)

[quote=2583]For anyone else trying to install RetroPie to a USB stick, it’s not difficult at all. If you are using win32diskimager in Windows, you can just insert the desired USB stick and tell the RetroPie image to copy there.

Then, all’s you have to do is have an SD card installed with Raspbian or RetroPie and go to the FAT32 partition named “boot” on it. There will be a file called cmdline.txt. Find root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 and change it to root=/dev/sda2. Make sure that both SD and USB are in the RPi next time you boot. You will notice that the green activity light does not flash hardly as much since the SD card is not being used after boot.

I did this last night, and I expected a huge decrease in boot time like others have mentioned. No luck. It seemed about the same or a little slower than booting from a Class 4 SD card. I’m not sure why. The USB I was using probably isn’t the fasted out there. I think it is a Kingston Data Traveler 8GB.

My impetus for changing to a USB drive for the RetroPie was speed and access to the ROMs folder. Then I remembered that the ROMs folder is still in the ext4 partition that Windows cannot get to. Oh well. I can boot into Ubuntu on my computer, but I don’t want to do that every time I want to change ROMs. RetroPie is so close to making these a standalone unit. The only thing lacking is a ROM manager. Right now, it’s not possible to delete ROMs from inside Emulation Station. Almost everything else you could want to do is possible.

If a ROM manager and scraper were added to ES, it would be incredible. However, I am really impressed with all the work that has already been put in. Thanks, guys!
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i am running off usb too, my sd card was corrupting even when I shut down properly. Do you know how to expand the file system to use all of the available space on the usb drive, using the 4gb image on a 16gb drive?

“I tried to do input assign through the graphical setup in emulationstation, but when trying to save the file, all i get is
“Script error” [A]”

I’m having the same problem. Using SNES controller through SNES to USB adapter

SNES and Nes work great. Sega, nothing

I’ve been messing with this problem all day.

I’m not using a SNES controller, but a cheap Twin USB controller (this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006AAM55W/ref=pe_385721_37038051_pe_217191_31005151_3p_M3T1_dp_1)

It works flawlessly in emulationstation and in SNES games, my retroarch.cfg file got this input:

input_player1_joypad_index = “0”
input_player1_b_btn = “2”
input_player1_y_btn = “3”
input_player1_select_btn = “8”
input_player1_start_btn = “9”
input_player1_up_axis = “-3”
input_player1_down_axis = “+3”
input_player1_left_axis = “-2”
input_player1_right_axis = “+2”
input_player1_a_btn = “1”
input_player1_x_btn = “0”
input_player1_l_btn = “4”
input_player1_r_btn = “5”
input_player1_l2_btn = “6”
input_player1_r2_btn = “7”

input_player2_joypad_index = “1”
input_player2_b_btn = “2”
input_player2_y_btn = “3”
input_player2_select_btn = “8”
input_player2_start_btn = “9”
input_player2_up_axis = “-3”
input_player2_down_axis = “+3”
input_player2_left_axis = “-2”
input_player2_right_axis = “+2”
input_player2_a_btn = “1”
input_player2_x_btn = “0”
input_player2_l_btn = “4”
input_player2_r_btn = “5”
input_player2_l2_btn = “6”
input_player2_r2_btn = “7”

input_enable_hotkey_btn = “8”
input_exit_emulator_btn = “9”

and both controllers works.

But in megadrive and master system nothing works :(

i’ve tried figureing out how to get it to work, but nothing i try makes it work as inteded. My R2 button works as start, and it seems that my a, b and x works like the same button.
Even with the keyboard stuff turned off with # the keyboard arrows works fine, but the gamepads d-pad don’t work at all.

This is my current dgenrc joypad conf part.

joy_pad1_up = joistick0-axis-3-min
joy_pad1_down = joistick0-axis-3-max
joy_pad1_left = joistick0-axis-2-min
joy_pad1_right = joistick0-axis-2-max
joy_pad1_a = joistick0-button2
joy_pad1_b = joistick0-button3
joy_pad1_c = joistick0-button1
joy_pad1_x = joistick0-button0
joy_pad1_y = joistick0-button6
joy_pad1_z = joistick0-button7
joy_pad1_mode = joistick0-button8
joy_pad1_start = joistick0-button9

I tried to do input assign through the graphical setup in emulationstation, but when trying to save the file, all i get is
“Script error” [A]

any help is greatly appreciated!

I just cut the power line on my usb cable and added a switch to it..still need to shutdown cleaning in Emulation Station, but can cut power to the pi no problems after..just do that and wire it to the snes power button…

Emulation Station offers an option for shutdown in the menu. That option runs the shutdown command.

I think that the approach of the power switch offered by http://mausberrycircuits.com/ is what you would like to have. There are also other sources to get the same functionality, e.g., http://www.pi-supply.com/product/pi-supply-raspberry-pi-power-switch/, http://lowpowerlab.com/atxraspi/.

I hope that helps!?

For anyone else trying to install RetroPie to a USB stick, it’s not difficult at all. If you are using win32diskimager in Windows, you can just insert the desired USB stick and tell the RetroPie image to copy there.

Then, all’s you have to do is have an SD card installed with Raspbian or RetroPie and go to the FAT32 partition named “boot” on it. There will be a file called cmdline.txt. Find root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 and change it to root=/dev/sda2. Make sure that both SD and USB are in the RPi next time you boot. You will notice that the green activity light does not flash hardly as much since the SD card is not being used after boot.

I did this last night, and I expected a huge decrease in boot time like others have mentioned. No luck. It seemed about the same or a little slower than booting from a Class 4 SD card. I’m not sure why. The USB I was using probably isn’t the fasted out there. I think it is a Kingston Data Traveler 8GB.

My impetus for changing to a USB drive for the RetroPie was speed and access to the ROMs folder. Then I remembered that the ROMs folder is still in the ext4 partition that Windows cannot get to. Oh well. I can boot into Ubuntu on my computer, but I don’t want to do that every time I want to change ROMs. RetroPie is so close to making these a standalone unit. The only thing lacking is a ROM manager. Right now, it’s not possible to delete ROMs from inside Emulation Station. Almost everything else you could want to do is possible.

If a ROM manager and scraper were added to ES, it would be incredible. However, I am really impressed with all the work that has already been put in. Thanks, guys!

Brian, did you figure out how to install RetroPie to a USB stick? I am thinking it would be fairly easy to install Raspbian to USB and then add RetroPie-Setup Script, but I was wondering if there is an easier way to just use the 1.7 img. Thanks!

You might want to try the RetroArch Core Picodrive as Megadrive emulator, see also https://www.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/no-picture-in-dgen/#post-2564.

Powered USB hub, probably.

Just wondering. My Raspberry Pi has only 2 usb ports. How do you juggle the three devices during the config? The three devices being the bluetooth dongle, the keyboard, and the sony ps3 joypad?

I can vouch for the RetroLink brand controllers as well. Also, since I started using PSX, I bought two of these: http://www.amazon.com/PS2-Playstation-Controller-Adapter-Converter-2/dp/B000YMQGWU/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1373938467&sr=1-1&keywords=ps2+usb+adapter

They’re super-cheap and they work great, if you’ve got the PS2 controllers to use them with.

Hallo,

i also tried several games, and im wondering why F-Zero is marked good in the sheet.
I bought my Raspi because of this game (since used SNES cost nearly the same like Raspi) and it was the first one that i tried to get running.
The graphics is perfect, steering works fine with USB-SNES-like gamepad, but i think theres something wrong with the gamespeed, the game runs 10-20% faster than original.
I checked the time and during a race and when the gametimer says 1minute, its only about 50seconds in real time.
the game also feels much faster and the sound quality is great but its rythm is faster too.

Im absolutely new to the Raspi, Linux and Retropie, would be nice if you could give me some advices how to improve it.

I could take the faster gamespeed as a competition, but its more about the original gamefeeling :-)

I tried my memory split at home from 64 till 192, ill try 256 as shown in the sheet, but i dont expect too much of this.

Where can i setup other things that could affect the gamespeed?