Really appreciate your simple to follow guide . I reset my controller configuration Then my arcade games didn’t work , I couldn’t move my controller or even press any buttons , nothing worked. It only worked on the main menu at start up. Then I found your video and within 5 minutes , EVERYTHING back to normal Thanks you are a LEGEND 👍👍👍👍
Thank you. Without this, I never would have gotten my controllers fixed. After update and upgrade, I ended up having multiple controller saves in the joypad folder. Going through all of your steps made the game playable again. Thank you. Now if only I could get my HDD remounted properly...
these videos are always helpful. i know for myself sometimes i get mine setup for a few weeks and then i forget what I did and need to start over and videos like this help me get back to it.
Hello and thank you for holding our hands w tutorial. Really thx. You and ETA prime have been helpful. U tend to ramble on other vids, but when u say its a tutorial, thats what we get. &)
Question on the SNES , all my arcade buttons work fine with all other systems except SNES. When I start SNES the button layout is all mixed up. Where can I change the layout ?
Intro is sweet. Talented guy. Love the little sound clip when your name comes up. What would be cool is an image of yourself pixelating in your little pixelated person
Love your work. I did all the steps for V4 but still the button configuration is all over the place. V3 worked perfect thou. I use a PS3 n PS4 controller works fine on V3.
My problem I have right now is easily setting up different kinds of controllers at the same time. I have mad cats fit sticks for first 2 players and snes controllers for players 3&4 but when I go through initial config it only sets up the mad cats even though it detects 4 controllers at initial config.
Can you make a dummies guide video on ipac2 setup. I'm currently having problems finding 2 player. As I am new to this and not the best on a computer this would be great, as there is no videos on UA-cam about fixing it
Hi MLP, these setups doesn't fix the controller in the VERTIPIE image. I've tried all methods above but still no luck. Everything works fine in the ES, but while playing games, the only working button is "Y". I can't even go back to the previous menu using start select. Please help... thanks And o yeah, it's a cool intro you got there!
Thanks for this video man! Love learning more about the in's & out's of retropie. I'm really trying to absorb it all maybe start working on my own image. Thanks for all your hard work bro.
Damn I wish I would've watched this video last night. My hotkeys wouldn't work no matter what I tried. Ended up just starting over with a fresh install.
Retropie can be flaky: Joypad configuration hanging on the final stage; some emulators running like garbage such as SNes nd 32x; weird menu things like the shutdown not appearing just restart; joypad input errors, weird stuff. No problems in Blast 16, but that's limited to sega. It can be improved definitely.
How do you fix the controller issue on a retropie box? I'm not using a computer. I don't see any of those options on my menu about retropie setup? It's an older layout
Thanks for the video it's really helpful. I wonder if you can help with an issue I'm having... Recently bought a pre set up raspberry pi, plugged in, and all was good. Played games with SNES style controllers and all fine, including hotkeys. Then bought an N64 Style controller, configured that, and all was well again. Today I tried going back to the SNES controller, but whatever I do, the hotkeys just aren't working (so can't exit / save / load games). Any advice would be very gratefully received! Thanks
Actually just noticed when I start a game it is saying in the bottom left corner that I am using a NES style controller whereas I am actually using a SNES Style. This explains why it no longer seems to be recognising all the buttons. No idea how this happened, as all I did was switch controllers. I've tried tricks in this video, but none have sorted it. Sorry to be a pain, but if you have any ideas that would be great.
I know this is a old posting but I hope someone is still watching it.Very good information for us new users. I am having a problem I cannot figure out, I have tried different things. I am not sure what to do. I have roms loaded into my files etc. What my problem is, I click to play a game, it tries to start then freezes or goes back to the menu screen. I try different game it doesnt start but goes back to menus listing all the roms in that get, IE, SNES, or nes, etc. ANY idea what I may need to do. AS I SAY I am a complete newbie so please explain it like I am a 5 year old.. Thank You
Super frustrating, cannot get both controllers working on my retropie. Have to be a computer hacker to deal with this thing. It used to work fine, but sometimes controller one works, sometimes controller two works, never at the same time anymore. Please help.
The config screen looks completely different for me. I'm running retropie on ubuntu, a few years later. I can't even figure out how to navigate the menus and everything is in a different place
I hope this works. People sent me here. Will it help with the generic joysticks that work in ES, but do nothing in games and retroarch? We will find out. Hope so fingers crossed.
ive followed every step of this video exactly to a T. No matter what i do, the control do not work in attract mode. I can delete every file in this video and re-do it in ES but once i go to attract mode, the controllers do not work. Using official x360 controllers and wireless adapter. They work perfect on your 128gb images.
So I am having trouble with just player 2 once I turn on everything and try to play fighting games with 2 player the second one doesn't work I have checked and I have full signal to all buttons but I think it's a software issue can anyone help please
Have the same issue... I could not solve properly but find out something at least you are able to play. I have one very basic usb controller maybe only 1usd chinese copy...no name so small...I set it to port 0 as 1st main and xbox360usb controller to 2nd player in port 1.. ...cheap usb is controlling menu, coin and go back to emulation station desktop.... and playable for 1 Player... in the game when I hit the start button of XBOX360 controller it enters the game as 2nd player and works properly..( without analogs !! - only D-Pad)....recently saw the video and tried everything but will try to erase the all and install from bin later on.
Mine won't reapond to the joysticks but will respond with the controller up until I try to add coins or actually start the game then nothing responds... I thought the card was the problem, replaced it and same issue...will one of these methods fix that?
Have you (or anyone else here) ever had controller lag in your retropi? I'm trying to play NES Punch Out and SNES Mario Kart on my pi, but the delay in my controller makes it almost impossible. Any help would be much appreciated
Great tutorial! thanks, I seem to have a calibration problem on one of my joysticks it has an axis drift. I've tried everything even replaced the hardware. Still the same Axsis drift problem. Is there a calibration menu or something I'm missing?
And what if my SELECT (coin) switch still doesn´t work after this troubleshooting?. I know the USB controller works because I can map everything, test it windows and all buttons work but it just wont "count coins" for some reason and so I cannot play any games at all. I have a raspberry 3, retropie cabinet for 1 player only. I have also done the "clear/reset input configuration" and the "reset emulation station" procedures. Any suggestions?
I have issues using Nintendo Wii Pro Controller with V4. When playing arcade; select and start allows me to exit but left trigger adds credits and right trigger starts the game. When playing PS1 right trigger enables right trigger function plus start function. I followed the instructions but have not found a solution.
i ended up editing the trigger buttons for L2 and R2 by hand in the config file of the controller.. as Emulationstation detected and configured them weirdly when i pressed them.. after setting it right in the config file they worked like they should... but their sensitivity is low so i was just about to look up (stumbled on this) how to change that accordingly too
followed this guide but still having issues. My controller works fine within emulation station, it's only when I launch the game I get a message saying Controller not configured, and it doesnt allow me to do anything through the controller. Anyone knows how to fix this issue ?
My roms don’t want to load I try to start them and it shows a grey box with configuration settings but after it loads past that it goes back to the menu
Would these steps help if I : updated the retro pi script and received a message that said joy2key could not be updated now my buttons and joystick no longer respond🤔
If your controller isn't working how do you navigate through all these menus etc to do this!!! It's chicken and egg scenario! Controller not working so cannot navigate to chose options to make it work! This retropie stuff is so convoluted and confusing!
Hi. How to your restore a controller deck to its original settings? I screwed my whole configuration, including the player’s one and two buttons and the coin buttons. I’m currently running on Raspberry pi 4.5 on retro pi. I can’t even exit games using my top row buttons, like I’ve done before.
could be a power issue, adding usb peripheral means more power draw, if you have a 500 mAh adapter that might push it over the edge could also be a shortcircuit in the wire
Nice video my controller works great for the menu screen but does absolutely nothing once an emulator is opened. Do you have a video that explains how to set up the controller for the emulators?
I'm having a issue a set my hot key binds for pause and frame skip x and z and c on my sega controller and accidentally saved it because I was testing frameahead running and now every time I change those commands back to original it just goes back to how i dont want it every time I reset the system or try to save the commands back to z and c which is messing up me being able to play..thanks in advance
I know I'm behind and I'm not a technician but if I delete retroarch is there a reason I wouldn't be able to update from source? My controller isn't the problem I lost all my important functions on my keyboard (esc, f4, f1 ect.). Please help!
Hi, i tried the reconfigure on my gamepads. Gamepad 1 is okay, but gamepad 2 always gets things inverted. As an example for dpad up i press up and it chooses axis 1-. Would anyone know how to fix this? I have checked my connections 4 x and all seem to match
Total Pi and Retro noob here, so bear with me. Added some games to test and all seemed well. Go in to play them and the controls are wonky. Left makes me go right. AB XY Sel Start not working. I went into emulation station and config/tools and did a reset but still the issue persists. Also controller doesn't work anymore once I go back to the retropie set up menu. Thanks in advance for any hints or help.
even though this video is 5 years old this whole video is golden. this is exactly what I needed. appreciate you
Really appreciate your simple to follow guide .
I reset my controller configuration
Then my arcade games didn’t work , I couldn’t move my controller or even press any buttons , nothing worked.
It only worked on the main menu at start up.
Then I found your video and within 5 minutes , EVERYTHING back to normal
Thanks you are a LEGEND 👍👍👍👍
Thank you. Without this, I never would have gotten my controllers fixed. After update and upgrade, I ended up having multiple controller saves in the joypad folder. Going through all of your steps made the game playable again. Thank you. Now if only I could get my HDD remounted properly...
smashed the like button so hard I broke my phone.....
Oh thank you so much. That fixed my controller which had been bugging me for hours!
..Is Wreck It Ralph doing the narration!?! :))
And you just helped this guy (me) 2 years later. Thanks. Haha
these videos are always helpful. i know for myself sometimes i get mine setup for a few weeks and then i forget what I did and need to start over and videos like this help me get back to it.
2022 and the last thing was the only thing that worked. THANKS!
love that intro!
Resetting your controller is @5:30. Thanks for the instruction Madlittlepixel.
You kind of sound like wreck it Ralph and it makes me happy
Hello and thank you for holding our hands w tutorial. Really thx. You and ETA prime have been helpful. U tend to ramble on other vids, but when u say its a tutorial, thats what we get. &)
That intro is great. These basic video's are a nice addition.
Question on the SNES , all my arcade buttons work fine with all other systems except SNES. When I start SNES the button layout is all mixed up. Where can I change the layout ?
still trying to to find out why as well
I know that paperboy theme anywhere.
Thanks so much MLP and Virgil! this is super helpful!
BOOM 💥 BRAVO!!! Thank you for this!
Intro is sweet. Talented guy. Love the little sound clip when your name comes up.
What would be cool is an image of yourself pixelating in your little pixelated person
Great video man. I love these basics explained.
intro is kewl
I like the intro - pretty cool
Loving the new intro and the latest image from the facebook group. Boom!
You are the man! Your solution works like a charm,
kool Intro!!!
Im gonna try this, had a lot of trouble configuring my controllers lately. Hope it goes well :(
Thanks man helped alot fixed my controller issues
Amazing post. It resolve the issues for the encoders. Thank you very much!!!!
Love the new intro!
Love your work. I did all the steps for V4 but still the button configuration is all over the place.
V3 worked perfect thou. I use a PS3 n PS4 controller works fine on V3.
Virgil is the Man!
My problem I have right now is easily setting up different kinds of controllers at the same time. I have mad cats fit sticks for first 2 players and snes controllers for players 3&4 but when I go through initial config it only sets up the mad cats even though it detects 4 controllers at initial config.
Bad ass intro daaaaammn
Can you make a dummies guide video on ipac2 setup. I'm currently having problems finding 2 player. As I am new to this and not the best on a computer this would be great, as there is no videos on UA-cam about fixing it
"real quick like" haven't heard that phrase since the 90's lol
badass intro man
Your reviews help me a lots ;)
Wow i was using the same theme, i love it, nice vid
Hi MLP, these setups doesn't fix the controller in the VERTIPIE image. I've tried all methods above but still no luck. Everything works fine in the ES, but while playing games, the only working button is "Y". I can't even go back to the previous menu using start select. Please help... thanks And o yeah, it's a cool intro you got there!
I still can't thank you enough about the Subscribers. Thank you so much
AppleDevicePro No problem bro
very helpfull im new to retro pi and this helped allot thank you
Great intro!
Thanks for this video man! Love learning more about the in's & out's of retropie. I'm really trying to absorb it all maybe start working on my own image. Thanks for all your hard work bro.
Sweet new intro!
Yeah like the intro.Cool vid keep the education coming
11:05 dont @ me, but dis song a banger! lololol
Haven’t problem setting up both controller
i got it working man. thanks alot for the tip.
Damn I wish I would've watched this video last night. My hotkeys wouldn't work no matter what I tried. Ended up just starting over with a fresh install.
Nice intro. Needs more Pepsiman though...
Retropie can be flaky: Joypad configuration hanging on the final stage; some emulators running like garbage such as SNes nd 32x; weird menu things like the shutdown not appearing just restart; joypad input errors, weird stuff. No problems in Blast 16, but that's limited to sega. It can be improved definitely.
How do you fix the controller issue on a retropie box? I'm not using a computer. I don't see any of those options on my menu about retropie setup? It's an older layout
Thanks for the video it's really helpful. I wonder if you can help with an issue I'm having...
Recently bought a pre set up raspberry pi, plugged in, and all was good. Played games with SNES style controllers and all fine, including hotkeys.
Then bought an N64 Style controller, configured that, and all was well again.
Today I tried going back to the SNES controller, but whatever I do, the hotkeys just aren't working (so can't exit / save / load games). Any advice would be very gratefully received! Thanks
Actually just noticed when I start a game it is saying in the bottom left corner that I am using a NES style controller whereas I am actually using a SNES Style. This explains why it no longer seems to be recognising all the buttons. No idea how this happened, as all I did was switch controllers. I've tried tricks in this video, but none have sorted it.
Sorry to be a pain, but if you have any ideas that would be great.
You are a life saver
Everything works except the SNES emulater! Help !
What would cause my second controller (PS4) to work on the menu screen, but not during multiplayer games?
Nice, it solved my problems✌
Thanks, this was great
I know this is a old posting but I hope someone is still watching it.Very good information for us new users. I am having a problem I cannot figure out, I have tried different things.
I am not sure what to do. I have roms loaded into my files etc.
What my problem is, I click to play a game, it tries to start then freezes or goes back to the menu screen. I try different game it doesnt start but goes back to menus listing all the roms in that get, IE, SNES, or nes, etc.
ANY idea what I may need to do.
AS I SAY I am a complete newbie so please explain it like I am a 5 year old..
Thank You
Super frustrating, cannot get both controllers working on my retropie. Have to be a computer hacker to deal with this thing. It used to work fine, but sometimes controller one works, sometimes controller two works, never at the same time anymore. Please help.
the problems i have had with retropie is setting up 2 players. the config would mix up inputs from controller 1 and 2
The controller fix isnt working for me. When i reboot it doesnt give me the option to re-input the button layout.
The config screen looks completely different for me. I'm running retropie on ubuntu, a few years later. I can't even figure out how to navigate the menus and everything is in a different place
I hope this works. People sent me here. Will it help with the generic joysticks that work in ES, but do nothing in games and retroarch? We will find out. Hope so fingers crossed.
ive followed every step of this video exactly to a T. No matter what i do, the control do not work in attract mode. I can delete every file in this video and re-do it in ES but once i go to attract mode, the controllers do not work. Using official x360 controllers and wireless adapter. They work perfect on your 128gb images.
So I am having trouble with just player 2 once I turn on everything and try to play fighting games with 2 player the second one doesn't work I have checked and I have full signal to all buttons but I think it's a software issue can anyone help please
Have the same issue... I could not solve properly but find out something at least you are able to play. I have one very basic usb controller maybe only 1usd chinese copy...no name so small...I set it to port 0 as 1st main and xbox360usb controller to 2nd player in port 1.. ...cheap usb is controlling menu, coin and go back to emulation station desktop.... and playable for 1 Player... in the game when I hit the start button of XBOX360 controller it enters the game as 2nd player and works properly..( without analogs !! - only D-Pad)....recently saw the video and tried everything but will try to erase the all and install from bin later on.
Mine won't reapond to the joysticks but will respond with the controller up until I try to add coins or actually start the game then nothing responds... I thought the card was the problem, replaced it and same issue...will one of these methods fix that?
Slick rick!! LoL
Have you (or anyone else here) ever had controller lag in your retropi? I'm trying to play NES Punch Out and SNES Mario Kart on my pi, but the delay in my controller makes it almost impossible. Any help would be much appreciated
Great, thanks.
I'm having a problem where start and select are assigned to the left right back trigger buttons.
what happens if you set the a and b button the same and how do you fix it
How can I turn it off once the game launched "gamepad 1 configured" ( from down left screen - pop up )..
Great tutorial! thanks, I seem to have a calibration problem on one of my joysticks it has an axis drift. I've tried everything even replaced the hardware. Still the same Axsis drift problem. Is there a calibration menu or something I'm missing?
Does anyone know how to configure the Wii emulator controls in RetroPie
I hope this can help me for reset the Pifba configuration
And what if my SELECT (coin) switch still doesn´t work after this troubleshooting?. I know the USB controller works because I can map everything, test it windows and all buttons work but it just wont "count coins" for some reason and so I cannot play any games at all. I have a raspberry 3, retropie cabinet for 1 player only. I have also done the "clear/reset input configuration" and the "reset emulation station" procedures. Any suggestions?
my bluetooth controller works in retropie menu but no other systems. (only the keybouard works in games) will this fix it?
I have issues using Nintendo Wii Pro Controller with V4. When playing arcade; select and start allows me to exit but left trigger adds credits and right trigger starts the game. When playing PS1 right trigger enables right trigger function plus start function. I followed the instructions but have not found a solution.
I have the same problems with MLP V3 and V4 image. Interesting, didnt anybody try this images or we are chosen ones for extreme problems :)
Nomad Soul V3 works fine for me. I've reverted back.
Luis Garcia having similar issue here. so weird wondering if we can copy the controls map from a working image and bring it over
Don't use those cheap Ps3 controllers u get with retro pie, they're crap! Definitely not worth $25ea what a rip off smh 🙄
i ended up editing the trigger buttons for L2 and R2 by hand in the config file of the controller.. as Emulationstation detected and configured them weirdly when i pressed them.. after setting it right in the config file they worked like they should... but their sensitivity is low so i was just about to look up (stumbled on this) how to change that accordingly too
followed this guide but still having issues.
My controller works fine within emulation station, it's only when I launch the game I get a message saying Controller not configured, and it doesnt allow me to do anything through the controller.
Anyone knows how to fix this issue ?
My roms don’t want to load
I try to start them and it shows a grey box with configuration settings but after it loads past that it goes back to the menu
How did you leave a button undefined? I cant get past that screen setting up my arcade buttons because i do not have enough buttons.
I have this problem setting up my N64 controller. Did you ever get an answer?
You can press and hold any button and it will skip past that button definition
I updated my config by accident and now my controls dont work. I cannot get past the intro screen now.
Would these steps help if I : updated the retro pi script and received a message that said joy2key could not be updated now my buttons and joystick no longer respond🤔
I somehow set my controller so the when i try selecting something it goes to "insert menu entry". I can't seem to fix it.
If your controller isn't working how do you navigate through all these menus etc to do this!!! It's chicken and egg scenario! Controller not working so cannot navigate to chose options to make it work! This retropie stuff is so convoluted and confusing!
Hi. How to your restore a controller deck to its original settings? I screwed my whole configuration, including the player’s one and two buttons and the coin buttons. I’m currently running on Raspberry pi 4.5 on retro pi. I can’t even exit games using my top row buttons, like I’ve done before.
So nba jam slows way down for me mid game it goes into slow mode like an nes with too many sprites how do you fix this
OMG Thank you!!!
When my raspberry pi 1 boots up retropie, every time my F310 Logitech gamepad gets plugged in, it turns off. Any way to fix it?
could be a power issue, adding usb peripheral means more power draw, if you have a 500 mAh adapter that might push it over the edge
could also be a shortcircuit in the wire
Nice video my controller works great for the menu screen but does absolutely nothing once an emulator is opened. Do you have a video that explains how to set up the controller for the emulators?
I have deleted the tab key binding in mame input menu by accident and can't get back in .How would i reset it?
how to configure a mouse to play operation wolf on retropie??
I'm having a issue a set my hot key binds for pause and frame skip x and z and c on my sega controller and accidentally saved it because I was testing frameahead running and now every time I change those commands back to original it just goes back to how i dont want it every time I reset the system or try to save the commands back to z and c which is messing up me being able to play..thanks in advance
I know I'm behind and I'm not a technician but if I delete retroarch is there a reason I wouldn't be able to update from source? My controller isn't the problem I lost all my important functions on my keyboard (esc, f4, f1 ect.). Please help!
Thanks bro
Hi bro how do I set up my controller so I can exit games pressing the start and select buttons at the same time?
I did what you said and now i cant reinstall RetroArch back on so i cant even get in to the games what should i do
Hi, i tried the reconfigure on my gamepads. Gamepad 1 is okay, but gamepad 2 always gets things inverted. As an example for dpad up i press up and it chooses axis 1-. Would anyone know how to fix this? I have checked my connections 4 x and all seem to match
Total Pi and Retro noob here, so bear with me. Added some games to test and all seemed well. Go in to play them and the controls are wonky. Left makes me go right. AB XY Sel Start not working. I went into emulation station and config/tools and did a reset but still the issue persists. Also controller doesn't work anymore once I go back to the retropie set up menu.
Thanks in advance for any hints or help.