how to set up retropie with ps3 controller

HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE WITH PS3 CONTROLLER INSTALL
HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE WITH PS3 CONTROLLER UPDATE
HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE WITH PS3 CONTROLLER SOFTWARE
HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE WITH PS3 CONTROLLER CODE
HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE WITH PS3 CONTROLLER BLUETOOTH

I haven’t tried it because I don’t want to wait an additional 15 seconds for my Pi to boot. Alternatively, I hear some people are putting ‘sleep 15’ in the script that starts emulationstation, which should give you time to get the controllers connected before emulationstation starts. You may need to exit emulationstation, let the controllers connect, and re-run it. You should now be able to reboot, and test them out. I also added this line to the bottom so you can press the PS button to exit the emulator and return to the emulationstation screen. Verify that this was put at the end of your retroarch.cfg file. Sudo nano RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg retroarch-joyconfig -o p2.cfg -p 2 -j 1Ĭat p*.cfg > ~/RetroPie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg retroarch-joyconfig -o p1.cfg -p 1 -j 0 P is the player number (just start at 1 and count up), and j is your controller number which you determined with jstest. jstest /dev/input/js0Ĭonfigure controller with the actual emulators themselves.

HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE WITH PS3 CONTROLLER CODE

If it responds, that controller is 0 or 1 or 2 or whatever number you put after the js in the code below.

Run the code below, see if it responds when one of the controllers presses buttons. Run jstest to determine what your Pi put each controller down as. It will not ask you to initialize again as long as an es_input.cfg file exists. If you really are planning on getting 2 controllers connected, I would recommend having this in the es_input file twice. You are just making the outline for the configuration file now so you can go in and edit it. If you want confirmation, you can run: jstest /dev/input/js01Ĭreate a sixad profile for the controller sudo nano /var/lib/sixad/profiles/defaultĮxit the emulator with f4, press the PS button on your controller, wait a couple seconds and start the emulator.Įnter anything for default controls and then p ress f4 on your keyboard. The lights will just be flashing and you won’t get a confirmation that it connected. Unplug your controller and press the PS button. Start controller manager now and connect for the first time.

HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE WITH PS3 CONTROLLER BLUETOOTH

You’ll get something similar to the following output:Ĭurrent Bluetooth master: 00:10:60:57:15:C7 Turn player 1 on first and then player 2, otherwise it will kind of screw up your keymapping. Reboot the computer and turn the controllers on. I would recommend you get 1 controller completely connected, then go back and connect the 2nd one. Now we are going to pair the controllers by plugging it into your USB port with a mini-usb cable. Run controller manager at boot sudo update-rc.d sixad defaults

HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE WITH PS3 CONTROLLER INSTALL

Sixpair is the application that pairs your Pi with the PS3 controller.ĭownload and install sixad, the controller manager. Now you want to download and install sixpair.

If you don’t get something like that, you may have an incompatible bluetooth dongle. TX bytes:2561 acl:53 sco:0 commands:56 errors:0 You should get something similar to this output:īD Address: 00:02:72:BF:BC:8F ACL MTU: 1022:8 SCO MTU: 121:3 Once everything is installed, check to see if your bluetooth dongle is recognized Sudo apt-get install bluez-utils bluez-compat bluez-hcidump libusb-dev libbluetooth-dev joystick git dialog -y

HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE WITH PS3 CONTROLLER SOFTWARE

Then install the bluetooth software and dependencies you will need to hook up a PS3 controller.

HOW TO SET UP RETROPIE WITH PS3 CONTROLLER UPDATE

Update your sources and upgrade all applications you have installed to minimize problems down the road.

Enable overscan if you have your pi hooked up to a tv and part of the command line is off the screenĪgain, press f4 to get to the command line.

I’m at 950mhz, you don’t necessarily need to though.

Change the memsplit to 256 (only recommended if you are using a 512mb pi and playing psx games).

If you are from the US, change keyboard to US.

Expand the file system to fill the SD card.

I’m playing psx games with mine, so this is how I set mine up: sudo raspi-config Make sure your Pi is configured to your liking. Turn on your pi and press ‘f4’ to exit RetroPie. This guide assumes you already have a Raspberry Pi with RetroPie installed and starting on boot. If all else fails, you can click on the first link in sources at the bottom and that will get you hooked up with 1 controller. Let me know if something is missing in this guide.

How to set up retropie with ps3 controller