Rasberry pi 3 recalbox OS cannot connect wifi

[baconbuilder99]

Hi, a few weeks ago I got a rasberry pi, It came with NOOBS (new out of box software) and with it I downloaded recalbox OS, powered by emulation station. now, with NOOBS, the wifi worked perfectly fine, just clicked on the network, entered the password, and downloaded stuff normally. now, with recalbox, I have to enter the ssid and password, along with hostname. I cant change the IP address, and it is 0.0.0.1 . it simply wont connect, when trying to force it to connect with the router, it either doesn't notice it or tells me that it failed to cnnect with no explanation of why. every site I have looked at regarding this problem gives me a load of tech jargon that makes no sense to me, so an answer ith as little jargon as possible would be appreciated.