Retropie 3 beta 2 issue – unable to 'Configure Retroarch Controller'

[czesiek32]

Hi there,

I’ve found issue related to version 3.0 beta 2 for Retropie 2.

Pi Model: 2B
RetroPie Version Used: 3.0 Beta 2
Built From: SD Image
Controller used: Rertolink SNES controller (worked perfectly with retropie 2.6 / raspberry pi 1 B+)
How to replicate the problem:

Keys X and Y are not being recognized in any Retroarch emulator (tested with playstation and n64).

I run ‘configure retroarch keyboard/joystick’ from ‘retropie’ emulation station menu a few times. Also I rebooted pi after that. No effect – only ‘default’ keys ‘A’ and ‘B’ can be used in games. ‘X’ and ‘Y’ can not be used. Running via command line (sudo ./retropie_setup.sh) takes no effect as well. As I see file /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg is not being altered by this command (I use ls -l to check modification date). I believe that script is not saving it’s result to this file.

Additional info:

Previously I was using Retropie 2.6 and 3.0 beta 1 on Raspberry pi B+ and it was working fine (the same gamepad) without any extra configuration (I didn’t even have to configure retroarch controller). I guess this can be related only to Retropie 3.0 beta 2 for Raspberry pi 2.

If you need more details please let me know, I’m happy to help as much as I can.

Robert

[czesiek32]

I found out that mapping I need is:

User 1 Y button (left): 3
User 1 X button (top): 0

Can somebody please tell me where can I set this?

[czesiek32]

I tried also this:

cd /opt/retropie/emulators/RetroArch/installdir/bin
sudo ./retroarch-joyconfig -j 0 >> /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

And /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg was updated but buttons are still not recognised by emulator.

[lurking-klown]

Hi we are having the exact same problem. If anyone has any idea how to fix this please let us know. It is getting very frustrating!
I’ve tried reconfiguring the control but when I go into retroarch.cfg none of the buttons are mapped.

[Floob]

I’d recommend going back to the clean image as you have edited the retroarch.cfg files quite a bit. You could put them back how they were but may well be easier starting again.

When you configure the retroarch joypad from the menu, it updates the controller file in this directory.

/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs

This is referred to in the main retroarch.cfg file
/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg in these line

input_autodetect_enable = true
joypad_autoconfig_dir = /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs/

If you start editing the retroarch.cfg its very easy to screw this up.

Rule of thumb is if you want auto detection etc.. keep the default truned on.
If you want to heavily customize the controller for each system, do it in the system config directories, I’d really try to leave retroarch.cfg alone.

I *think* your joypad is the USB_Gamepad_.cfg file

This video should help

You can double check your controller settings with jstest

[lurking-klown]

Ok so I tried to test it but now when I put the command it instead of taking me to the directory it just puts up the message “/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configure: is a directory”
So I can’t test the control and can’t get into directories now :/
Also I did start again with a fresh image so I really don’t know what’s wrong as I am following instructions exactly :(

[Floob]

What command did you type?

Change to this directory
cd /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs

then list it with “ls”

Then you can edit the file with
“sudo nano insertfilename.cfg”

The two vids above explain it better.

[czesiek32]

I believe we should just wait until this bug will be fixed. By now I recommend installing version 2.6 which works just fine.

[Floob]

[quote=94337]

Keys X and Y are not being recognized in any Retroarch emulator (tested with playstation and n64).

[/quote]

I dont have any N64 or PS1 games to hand, but I just tried this with SNES and Megadrive and it seems fine for me. I’m using an iBuffalo USB joypad.

[lurking-klown]

K so I finally figured out the directory thing lol.
I’m 100% sure I have all the correct information in now the jstest showed all the buttons working but still only a + b work in game.

Is there something I need to turn on?
Is there something to like enable the file so it runs on all the emulators :/ I thought it was meant to do that automatically but I have obviously missed something.

Thanks for the help so far.

[Floob]

When you start a game, do you get yellow text at the bottom of the screen showing you which file it is loading for your controller?

If you post that file here, it may help us work out why it is ignoring some buttons.

[lurking-klown]

Joypad port #0 (USB gamepad) configured.

[Floob]

Ok, in that case, when you run games via retroarch it is processing this file for your controls:

/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs/USB_Gamepad_.cfg

You can read this by typing
“sudo nano /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs/USB_Gamepad_.cfg”

Assuming you havent edited
/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg or
/opt/retropie/configs/{systemname}/retroarch.cfg

then the first file above is how it works out its controls.

You can check the file matches your controller buttons with jstest

If it doesnt match, just reconfigure it using the wizard here (or do it manually if you want):
“sudo /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/retropie_setup.sh”

Then choose
3- Setup
320 – Configure input devices for RetroArch

[gobbla]

I have the same problem with the same controller.
I have tried deleting USBGamepad.cfg and doing the retropie_setup.sh script. It does work in other emulators, but not on SNES games..

USBGamepad.cfg:
input_device = “USB Gamepad ”
input_driver = “udev”
input_b_btn = “2”
input_y_btn = “3”
input_select_btn = “8”
input_start_btn = “9”
input_up_axis = “-1”
input_down_axis = “+1”
input_left_axis = “-0”
input_right_axis = “+0”
input_a_btn = “1”
input_x_btn = “0”
input_l_btn = “4”
input_r_btn = “5”
input_enable_hotkey_btn = “8”
input_exit_emulator_btn = “9”
input_menu_toggle_btn = “0”
input_load_state_btn = “4”
input_save_state_btn = “5”
input_reset_btn = “2”
input_state_slot_increase_axis = “+0”
input_state_slot_decrease_axis = “-0”

[solareclipse]

Having the exact same probleme as well. Tried every tipp I could find but nothing helps.

Thinking about going back to 2.6

[Floob]

Just a thought – but could you try deleting all files in
/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs/

then try running the controller setup script again – just so you have just the one config file in that dir?

[floww]

Hi, I was having the same problem but i found a solution!
This is most certainly a bug.

Go to the right directory:
cd /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs/

then replace USB_Gamepad_.cfg with USBgamepad.cfg
So…
cp USBgamepad.cfg USB_Gamepad_.cfg
You might want to make a backup first for USB_Gamepad_.cfg

Hope this helps.

[gobbla]

[quote=96992]Hi, I was having the same problem but i found a solution!
This is most certainly a bug.

Go to the right directory:
cd /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs/

then replace USB_Gamepad_.cfg with USBgamepad.cfg
So…
cp USBgamepad.cfg USB_Gamepad_.cfg
You might want to make a backup first for USB_Gamepad_.cfg

Hope this helps.

[/quote]

This does not work for me. Can you please paste your config? Mine is:

input_device = “USB Gamepad ”
input_driver = “udev”
input_b_btn = “2”
input_y_btn = “3”
input_select_btn = “8”
input_start_btn = “9”
input_up_axis = “-1”
input_down_axis = “+1”
input_left_axis = “-0”
input_right_axis = “+0”
input_a_btn = “1”
input_x_btn = “0”
input_l_btn = “4”
input_r_btn = “5”
input_enable_hotkey_btn = “8”
input_exit_emulator_btn = “9”
input_menu_toggle_btn = “0”
input_load_state_btn = “4”
input_save_state_btn = “5”
input_reset_btn = “2”
input_state_slot_increase_axis = “+0”
input_state_slot_decrease_axis = “-0”

[Floob]

You could try this:

USB SNES Controller – D-Pad not working in games

[gobbla]

Thanks Floob. I’ve tried that among with all other stuff my google-fu has given me. One person suggested downgrading the kernel, and that bricked the installation entirely.

[Floob]

You say it works on all games, but not SNES ones?
Have you tried a few different SNES games? (And which emulator are you using – a libretro one?)

If you have tried a few games (and not just Mario All Stars) then presumably there is something odd in (assuming you are using a libretro emulator) /opt/retropie/configs/snes/retroarch.cfg

[gobbla]

[quote=97215]You say it works on all games, but not SNES ones?
Have you tried a few different SNES games? (And which emulator are you using – a libretro one?)

If you have tried a few games (and not just Mario All Stars) then presumably there is something odd in (assuming you are using a libretro emulator) /opt/retropie/configs/snes/retroarch.cfg

[/quote]

Yes, its pretty much being used out of the box, so I’m guessing its libretro.

I have no idea what the culprit really is, but I know alot of people is experiencing the same thing on the newest BETA.

My retroarch.cfg:

#include “/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg”
# All settings made here will override the global settings for the current emul$
input_remapping_directory = /opt/retropie/configs/snes/
video_shader = /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/shader/snes_phosphor.glslp
video_shader_enable = false
video_smooth = false

[Floob]

When you start a game, press X and choose a libretro emulator (the prefix is lr) then it should be good.

[jdaly82]

Hi, I’ve been having the same issue too. I have tris replacing the files and re running the setup and have had no resolve to the issue. Both the X and Y buttons are non responsive and I have tried it on multiple games. Anyone getting to close to a solution for this?

[Floob]

[quote=97405]Hi, I’ve been having the same issue too. I have tris replacing the files and re running the setup and have had no resolve to the issue. Both the X and Y buttons are non responsive and I have tried it on multiple games. Anyone getting to close to a solution for this?

[/quote]

Which controller do you have?

[jdaly82]

So I noticed something today and maybe someone can figure this one out and maybe it can create a solution for this problem. I bought an N64 controller today and noticed that when I played SNES games the X and Y as well as the right and left shoulder buttons worked. So when it loaded I noticed the file name: Generic USB Joystick and went to /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs to find the file to see how the buttons where programmed, but he file isn’t there in that folder. Anyone have any ideas as to where the file is then? And if so maybe that’s why when I modify USBGamepad.cfg it doesn’t fix the problem on the SNES controller?

[Floob]

If you are comfortable registering new RetroArch controllers in the setup menu, delete the files here:
/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/configs/

Then recreate your config file, then it will be very obvious which one it is.
But regardless the text that appears in yellow when you start a game should show the full filename of the file it loads, can you catch what it is?

[jdaly82]

Here is a picture of it.

[jdaly82]

And here is the picture of the files. As you can see the name. That’s on the screen is t in the files listed here

[Floob]

Does the text scroll off the screen?
You can set a smaller font by changing this line (set the value to 12):
video_font_size = 12

Make sure it doesnt have a # at the start of the line

Its in this file:
/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

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Although I think this will solve it:

USB SNES Controller – D-Pad not working in games

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