How to configure Joysticks ?

Tigry

Hi guys,
I would need help setting up my two joysticks, as well as the eight buttons that accompany each of them.

I searched the forum but I did not understand everything, and I can not really find answers ...

I have two joysticks detected as "DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick" with eight buttons for each one.

I do not understand how to configure my controllers, no matter what I try to do, the configuration does not work, and I can not confirm what I configure.

And I do not really know how to configure the controllers so that they can be used as joysticks to be able to play games with all the controls?

Thank you very much to everyone who will take the time to read my post and answer me.

Sincerely, Tigry.

EDIT : I'm on a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, I use a classic power supply for a Raspberry.
Retropie Version : 4.4 (4.3.12)
Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website
USB Devices connected: DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick with eight buttons (x2), Keyboard (x1)
Controller used: DragonRise Inc. Generic USB Joystick with eight buttons (x2), Keyboard (x1)

mitu

Please provide the information requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first and please specify what how did you try to setup the controllers.

Tigry

Is it okay now ?

rbaker

@tigry If they are detected, you just follow the on screen prompts on first boot. Make sure your power supply is rate at 2.5A or greater. Are they not responding to key strokes? what happens if you run this: jstest /dev/input/js0

Clyde

@rbaker Just FYI, you usually don't have to use sudo for jstest, as it doesn't need root privileges.

Lurker

I'm going to preemptively mention this since I have seen it come up a few times recently.

For joy stick and button configuration when you have a 2 player set up, It is important to make sure that the joy sticks and buttons are in the same slots on the encoder.

If your lay out is:
1,2,3,4
5,6,7,8

You want button 1 on player 1 and 2 to be in the same slot on each usb encoder. If button 1 is in slot 5 for example than player 2's button 1 needs to be in slot 5 of the player 2 controller.

Since we don't know much yet on how your set up is failing this may not help at all. But it is worth checking and doesn't take long to confirm.

Tigry

(Sorry for my english I'm french)

Thanks for the replies, @rbaker the only one changed parameter when I move the joystick at all axes is the "1: -32767" in :
Axes: 0: 0 1: -32767 2: 0 3: 0 4: 0 5: 0 6: 0 Buttons: 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off 7:off 8:off 9:off 10:off 11:off
And all the buttons works correctly.

I finded another problem :

When I press one button for several seconds (to skip one control configuration in the configuration menu), that doesn't work and I can't skip it.
For example I don't want to configure "D-PAD UP", so I press one button for several seconds, but that don't skip this configuration.

What can I do please ?

mitu

@tigry said in How to configure Joysticks ?:

For example I don't want to configure "D-PAD UP", so I press one button for several seconds, but that don't skip this configuration.

Since the A or Start buttons are configured first, use one of those buttons to hold in order to skip. Make sure you de-press the button between 2 'skip' operations, you cannot press it continuously to skip several buttons in a row.

Tigry

@mitu But the button that is configured first is "D-PAD UP" so how to skip it ?

mitu

@tigry You're right, I forgot about the order in the configuration dialog.

Tigry

@mitu Yes, I want to skip some configurations :
"D-PAD UP", "D-PAD DOWN", "D-PAD LEFT", "D-PAD RIGHT"

But they are in this order :
"D-PAD UP", "D-PAD DOWN", "D-PAD LEFT", "D-PAD RIGHT", "START", "SELECT" ...

So how can I skip them ?

cyperghost

@tigry said in How to configure Joysticks ?:

@mitu Yes, I want to skip some configurations :
"D-PAD UP", "D-PAD DOWN", "D-PAD LEFT", "D-PAD RIGHT"

But they are in this order :
"D-PAD UP", "D-PAD DOWN", "D-PAD LEFT", "D-PAD RIGHT", "START", "SELECT" ...

So how can I skip them ?

Skipping is not possible for first button DPAD UP but you can delete the config later.

Why do you want no DPad config - sounds crazy 😅

mitu

@cyperghost said in How to configure Joysticks ?:

Why do you want no DPad config - sounds crazy 😅

Well, because the gamepad doesn't have a D-pad, only analog joysticks ?

cyperghost

@mitu makes sense .... But then manual edit seems the way to go. Assign button A as dpad up then skip rest of pads. Then later edit files manually and assign button A in config file

Tigry

@mitu Exactly, I haven't D-Pad but only analog joysticks.
My joysticks and buttons are them : https://bit.ly/2R1qNer

But I don't understand what to do, can someone give me one configuration that I could do ?

Assign button A as dpad up, yes, but after that the same thing, I can't skip next pads... That doesn't work :/

Can I create the configuration manually ? Maybe that it would be easier ?

EDIT : Well, I find the solution, now the joysticks and buttons are configured, with the keyboard I can skip the pads !
But now it's in games that I can't move or somethings :/

Clyde

@tigry said in How to configure Joysticks ?:

@mitu Exactly, I haven't D-Pad but only analog joysticks.
My joysticks and buttons are them : https://bit.ly/2R1qNer

I may be wrong, but don't those sticks have digital microswitches for their four directions? In that case, they should be configured as D-Pads instead of analog sticks (which they aren't in that case).

mediamogul

@clyde said in How to configure Joysticks ?:

I may be wrong, but don't those sticks have digital microswitches for their four directions?

The joysticks do indeed appear to use digital microswitches. There really shouldn't be a problem.

Tigry

@Clyde @mediamogul Right, joysticks are configured on D-PAD, but I can't configure joysticks and buttons in Retroarch (to use them in game), when I go to :
Retroarch > Settings > Input > Input User 1 Binds > User 1 Bind All

When I push some buttons or move the joystick, that doesn't work :/

What I need to do please ?

PS : It's my mistake, I haven't analog joysticks, they have only 4 directions (UP/DOWN/RIGHT/LEFT).

EDIT : Well, I find the solution ! After some manipulations, my joysticks and buttons works in games !

I uninstalled & install again retroarch
I configured again my joysticks and buttons
I updated all the system

Clyde

@Tigry Thanks for sharing your solution, glad you found it.

Just for completeness, I was going to suggest that you could use @meleu's joystick-selection tool to see if your sticks are configured as player 1 +2. If not, that could've been the reason why they didn't work in RetroArch.