install the extra gamepad support pack in the retropie-setup file then i guess you should have support for whatever pad you need
Sorry, but there is no Retropi-Setup script in this package. But I can try to identify the needed packages and give the option to install them. Give me some days.
Hello, Im new to this forum, but Ive been following this project for a while and I must say Ive had no problems keeping OSMC updated with the old setup script; and even after recently transferring it it to a new micro SD 64gb card to allow more psx roms it is still working just fine. I am posting here just to say foremost my deepsest thanks to Mcobit and everyone who made this possible. Perhaps I am lucky or dumb, but the old project setup is still working just fine for me with the old install, and the only small annoyance i have is having to press āescā after exiting retropie at the terminal to get it to re enter OSMC.
Same here the old script works fine for me no issues besides shutdown mechanics due to emulationstation is based on wheezyā¦
As said, when with my configuration (pi2) it uninstalled system packages while running the retropie-setup.
It might still work fine on a pi1.
With the new approach I just want to make sure that the system itself is not modified so there cannot be any unwanted surprises in the future.
If you have to press esc when emulationstation is shutting down, you need the custom version from my github account and copy it to the /usr/bin folder. If you donāt have it right now, you seem to be running a really old install.
As said, please just donate to the osmc or retropie project. I am just throwing some stuff together here. The real work of building a stable system in the background is done by those guys.
Running on Pi2 abuse the shit outta script yet havenāt broken my install yet.
And yeah i get that since your offering support and there are alot of inexperienced linux users here its better to have a fool proof version.
btw selfupdating script incase someone downloads a version and doesnt do the install at once
incase you wanna put that into your script, just change the url 
looked at your script and i saw you had some version checking on your old script this automatically downloads latest and restarts and runs it, incase you wanna have it on your new script
I plan on setting this all up when I get home tonight; It seems fairly simple to do. However, Iād like to be able to control OSMC with my USB controllers. I have 2 types of controllers, an NES & SNES , is there away to set that up in OSMC?
Iām familiar with RetroPie and setting up the controllers, but Iād like to use those configurations in OSMC. Any help would be nice. I also decided to post it in here, because it seems relevant.
I never got the usb gamepads to control kodi. If you find out gow to do that, let me know. I would be interested, too.
I think it was mentioned in an older thread that kodi in osmc in compiled without joysticksupport.
Thanks, I wanted to get something out quickly so I didnāt implement it in the new one. Will add versionchecking in the next version though.
Of course, you can always send pull requests or patches on github 
sure ill start breaking down the necessary functions of retropie_packages.sh and put up a pull request
Just make sure that no apt magic is included if we want to keep this 100% reversable.
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Your new script seems to work a lot better. The menu shortcut in the program however did not appear to work for me. I THINK the issue was with your if statement:
if [ ! "$(grep retropie.sh /home/osmc/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.skinshortcuts/mainmenu.DATA.xml 2>&1)" ]; then
But only because the rest of the script works fine after I paste it in manually, excluding this portion of course. But then again, I could be wrong, I donāt read script.
I also added modprobe snd_bcm2835 into /etc/modules to fix the sound. This was recommended on other forums.
I will have another look at that. Not sure why it works gor me but not for others. Maybe some copy paste error.
You can add the modprobecommand there if you like.
I rather want to add it to the emulationstationscript to run it only if needed.
IIRC the file /home/osmc/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/script.skinshortcuts/mainmenu.DATA.xml didnāt exist until it was copied there out of the other location.
Hi there, Iāve had a similar problem to you. Do you have any tips on how to create the shortcut manually so I can launch from within osmc?
Thanks in advance!
Yes, it should be created when custom shortcuts are added as an overlay for the original file that is in the root filesystem.
You can create the shortcut manually in the skin options.