How to configure both analog stick and d-pad for retroarch arcade config?

[bollwerk]

I'm not sure what I did wrong, but somehow my retroarch.cfg is setup to use ONLY the left analog stick to move in arcade games. The d-pad doesn't seem to do anything. But in ES, the d-pad works fine. I thought maybe it was this line:
input_player1_analog_dpad_mode = "0"

But changing between 1 and 0 doesn't seem to change anything.

Here are the relevant lines from my retroarch.cfg inside /opt/retropie/arcade:

input_player1_a = "x"
input_player1_analog_dpad_mode = "0"
input_player1_b = "z"
input_player1_down = "down"
input_player1_down_axis = "+1"
input_player1_joypad_index = "0"
input_player1_l = "q"
input_player1_left = "left"
input_player1_left_axis = "-0"
input_player1_mouse_index = "0"
input_player1_r = "w"
input_player1_right = "right"
input_player1_right_axis = "+0"
input_player1_select = "rshift"
input_player1_start = "enter"
input_player1_up = "up"
input_player1_up_axis = "-1"
input_player1_x = "s"
input_player1_y = "a"

(anything not listed is set to "nul")

The input device is an Arduino Leonardo. Here is the config file for that device:

input_device = "Arduino LLC Arduino Leonardo"
input_driver = "udev"
input_l_btn = "13"
input_load_state_btn = "13"
input_start_btn = "11"
input_exit_emulator_btn = "11"
input_down_btn = "1"
input_l_x_plus_axis = "+0"
input_r_btn = "12"
input_save_state_btn = "12"
input_right_btn = "3"
input_state_slot_increase_btn = "3"
input_select_btn = "10"
input_left_btn = "2"
input_state_slot_decrease_btn = "2"
input_l2_btn = "9"
input_l_y_minus_axis = "-1"
input_up_btn = "0"
input_a_btn = "4"
input_b_btn = "5"
input_reset_btn = "5"
input_enable_hotkey_btn = "10"
input_l_y_plus_axis = "+1"
input_r2_btn = "6"
input_x_btn = "7"
input_menu_toggle_btn = "7"
input_l_x_minus_axis = "-0"
input_y_btn = "8"
input_r_x_plus_axis = "+2"
input_r_y_minus_axis = "-3"
input_r_y_plus_axis = "+3"
input_r_x_minus_axis = "-2"

Any idea how I can get both the d-pad and left analog stick to be used for moving in retroarch arcade games (e.g. lr-mame2003plus, lr-fbneo, etc)?

Thanks!

[mitu]

Normally, you can set input_player1_analog_dpad_mode=1(which means use left joystick for D-Pad). You can check the settings in RetroArch's RGUI, from the Controls menu.
You may have some stray configurations in your retroarch.cfg - the input configuration there configures a keyboard, but you also have some axis bindings which configure an analog joystick and I think they shouldn't be there.

[bollwerk]

Thanks!

I assume the Arduino config (or any joypad input config) overrides the retroarch.cfg in some way?
When I start up a game, I get the popup message that the Arduino is connected as the input device, so I'm guessing that overrides the /arcade/retroarch.cfg for at least some values, otherwise a lot more wouldn't work.
I can't seem to find any explanation of how that works, but maybe I haven't looked hard enough.

[mitu]

@bollwerk said in How to configure both analog stick and d-pad for retroarch arcade config?:

I assume the Arduino config (or any joypad input config) overrides the retroarch.cfg in some way?

Your configuration in retroarch.cfg - as it is right now - configures a keyboard.

input_player1_r = "w"

When configuring a gamepad, the syntax is different:

input_player1_r_btn = "12"

RetroArch will load - indeed - the configuration from the autoconfig sub-folder if it finds one. The gamepad's auto-configuration file was generated by EmulationStation when you configured the gamepad in the Input Configuration step.

I find it easier to open up the RetroArch's menu (via Hotkey + X) and use the Controls menu to change things, test them and then save it with a Core input configuration remap.

For more details, see https://retropie.org.uk/docs/RetroArch-Configuration/.