Gamepad Support for Dolphin 5

10-05-2016, 02:42 AM #1

Is Gamepad support missing from the latest Android release or is there some work around that I'm not doing?

I am running Dolphin 5.0-943 build on a Galaxy Note 7 N930A using a Beboncool B07 Bluetooth Gamepad. This gamepad is recognized on older builds I've tried 4.0-6436 and some other old ones, the issue is the older builds are very choppy.

Solutions I've tried:

1) Clean Dolphin 5.0

Uninstall Dolphin - Delete Dolphin EMU folder
Reinstall Dolphin 5.0-943
Result: Gamecube controllers are blank

2) Dolphin 4.0 settings with 5.0 App

Uninstall Dolphin - Delete Dolphin EMU folder
Install Dolphin 4.0-6436
Uninstall Dolphin (but leave Dolphin EMU folder for controller settings)
Install Dolphin 5.0-943
Result: Gamecube controller list shows up, when selecting one options are: Disable/Emulated/Gamecube adapter
If select Emulated message: Configuration Coming Soon. Configurations from old versions will still work

So, is there some trick to getting the Gamepad to work on the latest build, should i go back to an older build, or is this a feature that I need to wait for a future build for?

10-08-2016, 07:35 AM #2

(10-05-2016, 02:42 AM)Keith_mk Wrote: Is Gamepad support missing from the latest Android release or is there some work around that I'm not doing?

I am running Dolphin 5.0-943 build on a Galaxy Note 7 N930A using a Beboncool B07 Bluetooth Gamepad. This gamepad is recognized on older builds I've tried 4.0-6436 and some other old ones, the issue is the older builds are very choppy.

Solutions I've tried:

1) Clean Dolphin 5.0

Uninstall Dolphin - Delete Dolphin EMU folder

Reinstall Dolphin 5.0-943

Result: Gamecube controllers are blank

2) Dolphin 4.0 settings with 5.0 App

Uninstall Dolphin - Delete Dolphin EMU folder

Install Dolphin 4.0-6436

Uninstall Dolphin (but leave Dolphin EMU folder for controller settings)

Install Dolphin 5.0-943

Result: Gamecube controller list shows up, when selecting one options are: Disable/Emulated/Gamecube adapter

If select Emulated message: Configuration Coming Soon. Configurations from old versions will still work

So, is there some trick to getting the Gamepad to work on the latest build, should i go back to an older build, or is this a feature that I need to wait for a future build for?

Hi there.

From my testing, install 4.0-6436, configurate your gamepad and save. Then go to the "Dolphin emu" folder, enter the folder "config" , and save the "dolphin.ini" somewere.

Then you can erase that "dolphin-emu" folder and install any 5 version that you want. Configurate that settings as you like and then save the "dolphin.ini" from that version.

Open both files with some text editor on your pc (i recomend notepad++), and copy the [Android] paragraph from the 4.0 dolphin.ini to the 5 dolphin.ini (you can simply add it to the end of the file).

It worked for me (and i have to thank you for giving me some version of the apk where i could configurate my gamepad), so good luck.

My dolphin.ini looks like this now :

Spoiler: (Show Spoiler)

10-10-2016, 09:09 AM #3

Thanks a bunch for the follow-up. That worked perfectly for using the controller on the latest build.

The issue I'm still struggling with is changing CPU settings isn't saved. I thought I had it fixed with deleting the Dolphin EMU folder but that doesn't seem to work. By chance did you also find a work around for that? On the Note 7 I keep getting chopped audio and slow motion on every single game.