RPi2, Retropie 3.1.

Hey everyone, I’m building my own arcade machine and I would like to simply change the controller settings for Mupen64 to recognize my joysticks as the analog stick. I have properly setup a Xin-Mo/THT THT Arcade console 2p USB Player, and it recognizes the joysticks as a D-Pad for every working system, but I would like to switch it to the analog stick specifically for N64 games.

I have tried looking through the config files mentioned here: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Nintendo-64%5B1%5D . I have also tried following some of the steps in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh0n5PWN2lI but I haven’t discovered the exact change that I need to make.
If anyone can help me with this I would greatly appreciate it!
Here is a picture of the controls: http://i.imgur.com/zOO294z.jpg

Today I installed the new RetroPie 3.2 on my Raspberry Pi 2 and encountered a strange problem with my iBuffalo Classic USB Gamepad.

It worked fine on all older RetroPie versions and RetroArch on my notebook. But with RP 3.2, the d-pad isn’t working anymore … kind of. Everything works fine in Emulationstation, in the ncurses menus, I even can navigate the runcommand menu. But when the game starts, the d-pad axis don’t work. To be accurate: I can switch the savestates by using the hotkey button in combination with left or right. But otherwise, I get no response. Pressing buttons in RGUI? No problem. But using the d-pad? No chance.

I configured the gamepad via Emulationstation, tried the RetroArch Autoconfig, looked for something messed up in the retroarch.cfg, deleted the cfg for the gamepad a few times – nothing helps.

This is a rather odd problem. My Xbox 360 gamepad works as it should (but you know, it has a veery crappy d-pad). Any help would be appreciated, thx in advance. :-)

Not sure if there is a way to do this, but I have 3 different USB controllers and when I use one of my gamepads with FBA, I want to swap the L and R buttons and only with that controller. My other controller is an arcade stick and its mapping of L and R are where I want them to be. Is there a way in the retroarch.cfg for the fba emulator to change the input mapping per controller and not just per player #?

EDIT: I figured it out thanks to a reddit post. I had to copy the controller configuration into the emulator folder then point the retroarch.cfg to it.

pi@retropie:/opt/retropie/configs/fba/retroarch-joypads$ ls
LogitechLogitechDualAction.cfg MY-POWERCO.,LTD.USBJoystick.cfg

in retroarch.cfg for fba:
joypad_autoconfig_dir = /opt/retropie/configs/fba/retroarch-joypads

Now my Logitech controller is specific for FBA.

I did though have to copy all my joystick configs to this folder since it overwrites the main config dir in the main script and couldn’t find my other joysticks now for FBA.

Hi !

Pi Model:2 B
RetroPie Version Used: 3.2
Built From: SD Image
Guide used: wiki
USB Devices connected:
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Controller used: Gasia Co.,Ltd PS(R) Gamepad
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 054c:0268 Sony Corp. Batoh Device / PlayStation 3 Controller

Error messages received: none
pi@retropie ~ $ hcitool scan
Scanning …
pi@retropie ~ $ hcitool dev
Devices:
hci0 00:11:F6:0B:28:9E

how to configure this gamepad ???

thank you for your help !

M@rco

This is my favourite Play Center:

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Inside:

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It have one industrial 5A power supply, one stripped chinese XBOX 360 wireless receiver, USB WIFI dongle and remote keyboard USB dongle plugged.

For me, the best ever console !!!

I can’t use HDMI audio for the project I have on at the moment, but the sound I’m getting from other methods is terrible.
I’ve tried both the 3.5mm jack and a USB adapter and both are very noisy / crackly. I’ve done a search on here and tried all the methods I could find; dither settings etc. but none have worked. I’m sending the audio from the pi into a small amp (the amp works perfectly crackle-free when connected to my phone).
I’m wondering if anyone else here has had bad sound output, and how they fixed it.
Thanks!

will retropie support virtual keyboard for us who are cheap to get usb keyboards?

Hi, I am transferring files over to usb to back up my roms and saves using Midnight Commander built in to the retropie menu. Usually I get transfer rates of 4mbps which I would expect from the class of the sd card, however today I am getting 400kbps max… I have no idea why it’s now so slow and have tried a restart. Any ideas?

Retropie 3.0
SanDisk 32gb micro sd class 4

Hey guys. Wondering if someone may be able to help me with a little problem I am having getting pikeyd to work with 2 buttons I have connected directly to the GPIO pins. For the life of me, I can’t figure out what I’m missing. It is likely something small and mundane, but here is what I have done so far… (The issue is in Step 6)

Hardware used:
– Raspberry Pi 2
– Mausberry Shutdown Circuit
– 2A 5V Power Supply
– SNES Controller Ports
– SNES Toggle Power Switch
– 2 x Momentary Push Buttons
– 2 x 1Kohm Resistors
– 2 x 10Kohm Resistors
– 32 GB SanDisk Ultra Micro SD

1. Downloaded and flashed RetroPie version 3.1 for Raspberry Pi 2 to SD card.

2. Filesystem Expanded
– Started up RetroPie
– Exited with F4
– Ran raspi-config
– Expanded Filesystem
– Rebooted pi

3. Updated pi
– Exited EmulationStation with F4
– sudo apt-get update
– sudo apt-get upgrade
– Rebooted pi

4. Installed Muasberry Shutdown Circuit
– Exited EmulationStation with F4
– sudo wget http://files.mausberrycircuits.com/setup.sh
– sudo bash setup.sh
– Shutdown pi
– Connected Mausberry Shutdown Circuit to MicroUSB connector
– Connected In and Out headers on Mausberry Shutdown Circuit to GPIO pin 18 (GPIO24) and pin 16 (GPIO23)
– Connected SNES toggle power switch to Mausberry Shutdown Circuit board
– Powered on pi and tested Shutdown Circuit
– Works!

5. Installed SNES Controller Ports
– Exited EmulationStation with F4
– sudo ./RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh
– Chose option 3 Setup / Configuration (to be used post install)
– Chose option 308 Gamecon & db9 drivers
– Enabled driver perminantly
– Shutdown pi
– Connected SNES Controller Ports
+5v to Pin 1 (3.3V)
Ground to Pin 6 (GND)
Controller 1 Data to Pin 5 (GPIO 3)
Controller 2 Data to Pin 7 (GPIO 4)
Clock to Pin 19 (GPIO 9)
Latch to Pin 23 (GPIO 11)
– Powered on pi and programed EmulationStarion with Controller 1 controlls and tested.
– Works!

6. Connected 2 momentary push buttons for exit and reset
– Exited EmulationStation with F4
– git clone git://github.com/mmoller2k/pikeyd
– make -C pikeyd
– sudo cp pikeyd/pikeyd /usr/local/bin/
– sudo nano /etc/rc.local
– Added “/usr/local/bin/pikeyd -d” at end of file, one line before “exit 0” but one line after “/etc/switch.sh &” <– Mausberry Shutdown Circuit
– sudo cp pikeyd/pikeyd.conf /etc
– sudo nano /etc/pikeyd.conf
– Commented out all lines with # except for lines:
– KEY_R 18
– KEY_ESC 25
– Saved and exited pikeyd.conf
– sudo nano /etc/modules
– Checked to be sure uinput is on list of modules to start at boot.
– Shutdown pi
– Connected both momentary push buttons via the following diagram:

– Powered on pi and tested button presses
– Does not work :(

When pressed, buttons should mimic keyboard presses R and ESC, but do nothing. I have checked all continuity and it seems to be fine. Switches close properly. Voltage at switches reads 2.7V and drops to 0.0V when depressed.

I am not sure what I have missed that would cause this not to work, any help would be appreciated.

Here is my Pi-powered SNES.

I initially picked up a dead SNES for $10. the power jack was broken off of the motherboard, it was full of dead bugs and just nasty in general. It was also incredibly discolored. I managed to brighten it up with peroxide, but it was very unevenly colored

I wanted to minimize damage to the case, i did however modify the connector plate to accommodate the required connectors. HDMI, USb (for keybaord/mouse) and a standard USB type B jack for power.

at this point, i painted the shell with Charcoal colored Duplicor Vinyl and fabric coating.

i found some Rustoleum gloss purple plastic spraypaint that very closely matched the original purple buttons, so i put a few coats on the buttons.

I cut some metal mesh from an old PC case and made panels to fill in the cartridge slot and eject button holes, since they are no longer needed. I painted them a medium gray, which very closely matches the original eject button color.

i wired up the original controller ports to a mayflash dual snes to usb adapter i picked up on amazon. Keeping the original PCB intact also allows the original LED to draw power from the controller adapter.

I reused the original SNES power switch, but the reset switch had to be modified. i simply screwed down an arcade style microswitch to one of the original screw posts. used an elestic hair tie to replace the spring i lost for the reset switch slider. in this position, the switch is normally closed, so i had to wire it accordingly.

for my power circuit, i didn’t want to use a flimsy micro usb connector, so i cut a usb type B connector from an old dead external hard drive enclosure and spliced it into a micro usb cable. the ground goes directly to the micro usb plug, the 5v line runs through the original snes switch.

i also made a small ethernet extension so i could connect to the lan if i need to.

i had a ton of crap to fit inside this thing, i should have done it nicely, but it is just all shoved in there. there is a usb extension cable running to the back panel, as well as an HDMI extension. It is a mess, but it works.

the ethernet jack wouldn’t fit in the back panel, and since i shouldn’t need it much once everything is set up, i mounted it under the expansion door on the bottom. that way i can still access it without opening it up, and i didn’t have to make any new holes. it is just held in place with tons of hot glue.

here it is next to my unmodified snes.

the power switch cuts the power to the pi, so it has to be shutdown properly before turning it off. I have no problem doing this from the emulationstation menu, but to make it easier on my kids (and to give the reset switch a purpose) i have the reset switch wired to the gpio header, and a script running that triggers a shutdown command when the reset switch is pressed. that way when you are done, just press reset, wait for it to shut down, then power it off with the power switch. I know i could have bought one of those mausberry things, but this was cheap and it works fine for me.

Right now it is setup to play SNES, NES, turbografx and Genesis games. however my kids asked me to do a new project, so we are working on building a Pi powered Genesis next. eventually i’d like to do an NES and a playstation for dedicated action with the original controllers.

I hope you enjoyed.

HI Everyone
I’m new to all this so this might be a bit of a silly question!
Is is possible to have audio sent through a USB adapter to a speaker, but also have the same audio going to HDMI?
I ask because I’m building a small cabinet with a built in screen and speaker but I also want to have the option of HDMI out (through a HDMI splitter) for when I want to play on a big screen TV.
Thanks!

First post so please be gentle.

The prob­lem I have should be pretty sim­ple but I can’t seem to fig­ure it out or find a solution.

I have a Raspberry Pi B+ run­ning RetroPie Image v2.3. I have it con­fig­ured for mul­ti­ple SNES USB con­trollers, the hotkeys are enabled and it all works quite lovely.

Now, I have an old SNES and I want to mount my Pi in there and make use of the old Reset and Power Buttons. I have all of the mechan­i­cal stuff sorted out (3D print­ing a front panel for the USB con­trollers and a the rear panel for power, HDMI and CatV and a straight wire in for the power switch). The Reset Button is going to be a momentary Normally Open switch but I don’t which pair of GPIO pins to use and know what lines of code to add to which con­fig file. I would like the reset button to do what the START + SELECT combo already does; Exit the ROM back to the Emulation Station to select a different game.

Can you help at all? I’ve been down a google hole but I’ve had no joy. Thank you in advance.

My retroarch.cfg file is below and, like I say, works fine. Is this the file I would add to?

input_player1_joypad_index = 0
input_player1_b_btn = 2
input_player1_a_btn = 1
input_player1_y_btn = 3
input_player1_x_btn = 0
input_player1_l_btn = 4
input_player1_r_btn = 5
input_player1_start_btn = 9
input_player1_select_btn = 8
input_player1_l_y_plus = -1
input_player1_up_axis = -1
input_player1_l_y_minus = +1
input_player1_down_axis = +1
input_player1_l_x_minus = -0
input_player1_left_axis = -0
input_player1_l_x_plus = +0
input_player1_right_axis = +0
input_enable_hotkey_btn = 8
input_exit_emulator_btn = 9
input_enable_hotkey_btn = 8
input_save_state_btn = 4
input_enable_hotkey_btn = 8
input_load_state_btn = 5
input_player2_joypad_index = 1
input_player2_b_btn = 2
input_player2_a_btn = 1
input_player2_y_btn = 3
input_player2_x_btn = 0
input_player2_l_btn = 4
input_player2_r_btn = 5
input_player2_start_btn = 9
input_player2_select_btn = 8
input_player2_l_y_plus = -1
input_player2_up_axis = -1
input_player2_l_y_minus = +1
input_player2_down_axis = +1
input_player2_l_x_minus = -0
input_player2_left_axis = -0
input_player2_l_x_plus = +0
input_player2_right_axis = +0
input_enable_hotkey_btn = 8
input_exit_emulator_btn = 9
input_enable_hotkey_btn = 8
input_save_state_btn = 4
input_enable_hotkey_btn = 8
input_load_state_btn = 5