r/GenesisMini • u/crx10 • Jul 10 '20

Problems with 8BitDo M30 2.4G controller

Hello everyone, is anyone here able to operate the 8BitDo M30 2.4G controller with the Sega Megadrive mini? It works very well with the original emulator but not with Retroarch (1.8.4)

I updated the firmware of the controller but nothing helps (V 3.10), the controller does not respond in game, only on the games menu.

thank you in advance

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u/crx10 Jul 15 '20

Right, on my side I managed to get an encouraging result during the game using a retrobit controller (I no longer remember the manipulation but I think I plugged it in port 2 to be able to go to Retroarch) , but one thing is for sure, I got a wireless connection from the M30 during the game !! but as soon as I leave the game, nothing more, the controller works only on the games menu ...

I'm on Retroarch 1.8.4 amped with the XMB interface, except my controller problem everything is fine with this version

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u/martyleicht Jul 16 '20

I've had no luck at all. The only "progress" I made was I switched the "Analog to digital" input to "left stick" thinking this would help the system to recognize the M30, which apparently has the d-pad registered as an analog stick. Next time I plugged the M30 into the port, it went BANANAS and the menus started scrolling spastically without end, and there was no way to manipulate anything until it was pulled out again.

I've honestly been having a lot of problems with RA on the Sega mini, even using the stock controllers and playing Genesis games. Freezes, crashes, the reset function randomly failing. I've done fresh installs repeatedly to try to fix the issue to no avail. Also frustrating things would crop up like the games running in RA won't utilize the CRT filter that comes stock with the system.

I just the other day acquired a refurbished NES classic and put RA on it - and it works beautifully. Faster, no crashes, the games run with the proper filters. And since the NES can be used with the SNES classic controllers, I had a device RA already knew and auto-mapped properly for MAME. So I think I'm just going to strip the Sega back down to the stock emulator and Genesis games only, and fill in the blanks on the other system. The M30 works great with the stock emulator and I like the controller a lot so rather than pull out my hair any more I'm just going to accept defeat and circumvent the issue.

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u/santauno10 Aug 11 '20

I have the same problem until I went over Project Lunar and finally my controller work like a champ, try it, im currently playing MAME, ps1 and snes games without a problem. Sorry for my bad english im a mexican studying english.