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RE: RetroPlayer Nvidia Shield controller support - nevrion - 2018-11-27
it seems to work on SHIELD.
First I tried it with the XBox controller and it worked right away.
Then I tried the Shield Controller and did not succeed.
A while later, I started Kodi with the SHIELD controller (Xbox controller in standby) and now it worked with the SHIELD controller, but now no longer with the Xbox controller.
RE: RetroPlayer Nvidia Shield controller support - garbear - 2018-11-27
Kodi should assign the controllers in order of last button pressed. may analog sticks are messing this up, if Kodi is seeing them as always pressed . can you try to see if buttons vs analog sticks make a difference?
RE: RetroPlayer Nvidia Shield controller support - NxtGenCowboy - 2018-11-28
Looking forward to Rc2 now that https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/14944 and https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/14959 are merged!
Thanks guys!
RE: RetroPlayer Nvidia Shield controller support - garbear - 2018-11-28
The PR that fixes the joystick order can have the side effect of shuffling all player numbers when a controller is connected/disconnected, so maybe we should use OS order but just sort the in-use controllers before the not-in-use ones. I'll think about this an open a PR later.
RE: RetroPlayer Nvidia Shield controller support - NxtGenCowboy - 2018-11-29
I installed that latest test build and I had to reprogram the "kodi" controller that is listed(which is the nvidia shield controller) Otherwise the controller didn't work at all. Once I did that, I was able to play most games using the dpad, not the joystick. Seems like the mappings get lost for some reason. However, this was NOT a fresh install so something else could have cause it.
RE: RetroPlayer Nvidia Shield controller support - xbmc17 - 2018-12-15
Sigh, tried latest build after a long break, Shield controller doesn't work, buttons are messed. Why on earth is it so difficult for Kodi to ever work properly on such a popular device? Bought MRMC, everything works immediately. Jodi's development is also so inconsistent and frustrating.
RE: RetroPlayer Nvidia Shield controller support - garbear - 2018-12-26
I broke Android controllers in Beta 2 (stressful time in my life and I wasn't being too careful). If you start fresh, controllers should be working correctly after RC 2. If you are upgrading from pre-RC2, you'll need to clear your joystick buttonmaps (location described here). A fresh install is probably easiest.
If controllers still don't work after upgrading to RC3 and clearing old buttonmaps, I'd like to see a debug log so I can try to reproduce on my hardware.