Daphne . Arcade joystick orientation wrong.

_robert1243 · 10 Mar 2020, 16:29

I had that with the exact same controller.
I'd try switching the connectors around to the expected orientation. That worked for me.

superdan · 22 Mar 2020, 20:25

Hi all!
My situation with original Daphne RetropPie setup
Joy directions wrong ( i die even if the movement is correct)
Button 1 Correct

So.
@grant2258 i followed these steps:

1 unistalled Daphne at all
2 sudo nano pico /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/emulators/daphne.sh
3 replaced RetroPie with grant2258 ( gitPullOrClone "$md_build" https://github.com/grant2258/daphne-emu.git retropie )
4 Re-Installed Daphnefrom source

My dapinput.ini is

# Daphne cutom keyboard and joystick mapping
#
# Each input is mapped to 2 keyboard keys and one joystick button.
# A joystick's first analog stick is also automatically mapped.
#
# The first two numbers are SDL keyboard codes (or 0 for "none")
# Find keyboard codes here:
# http://www.daphne-emu.com/mediawiki/index.php/KeyList
#
# The third number is the joystick button code (or 0 for "none")
# Since 0 is reserved for special meaning, joystick button 0 is identified
# as 1 here.  Button 1 is identified as 2, and so on.
# 
# Find the button you want to map by running:
# jstest /dev/input/js0

[KEYBOARD]
KEY_UP = 273 114 24
KEY_DOWN = 274 102 24
KEY_LEFT = 276 100 24
KEY_RIGHT = 275 103 24
KEY_BUTTON1 = 306 97 24
KEY_BUTTON2 = 308 115 24
KEY_BUTTON3 = 32 113 joy start
KEY_START1 = 49 0 10 42
KEY_START2 = 50 0 42
KEY_COIN1 = 53 0 joy coin
KEY_COIN2 = 54 0 joy quit
KEY_SKILL1 = 304 119 joy pause
KEY_SKILL2 = 122 105 joy button1
KEY_SKILL3 = 120 107 joy button2
KEY_SERVICE = 57 0 joy button3
KEY_TEST = 283 0 joy console
KEY_RESET = 284 0 24
KEY_SCREENSHOT = 293 0 24
KEY_QUIT = 27 113 24
END

Now Joystick movements work like a charm BUT
i lost my BUTTON 1 on my joystick
so no action button at all
My controller is seen as a general usb joystick.

Any help?
Thanks all

grant2258 · 22 Mar 2020, 23:54

# The third number is the joystick button code (or 0 for "none")
# Since 0 is reserved for special meaning, joystick button 0 is identified
# as 1 here.  Button 1 is identified as 2, and so on.

KEY_BUTTON1 = 306 97 1
KEY_BUTTON2 = 308 115 2
KEY_BUTTON3 = 32 113 3

you will need to use jstest (add one to the value) for what button numbers you want to use for the function

superdan · 23 Mar 2020, 13:49

@superdan said in Daphne . Arcade joystick orientation wrong.:

grant2258
GOT IT!
Thanks @grant2258 !!!!

zack06007 · 26 May 2020, 08:02

Hello, I tried to understand the subject but I also have a left / right inversion. I was on retropie and I just changed to dragon's lair but with Batocera I have the same thing! I am new to trying to understand but what must be done to reverse orders. On my terminal (sticker: Dragon's lair) this is the only game I really want and I have been looking for weeks. I'm ready to cut the wires to reverse the order, that's to say Who can help me I will be grateful. thank you

https://zupimages.net/up/20/22/i7mz.png

For information my arcade machine: https://www.buzz-arcade.com/544-large_default/kit-stickers-borne.jpg

shift · 27 May 2020, 12:10

@grant2258 I forgot to thank you. Now it works perfectly! Thanks again!

Krakatoa · 6 Oct 2020, 23:32

Joystick works perfect, but I can only get the coin button to work. This is my daphne.ini. Any tips?

[KEYBOARD]
KEY_UP = 273 114 24
KEY_DOWN = 274 102 24
KEY_LEFT = 276 100 24
KEY_RIGHT = 275 103 24
KEY_BUTTON1 = 306 97 5
KEY_BUTTON2 = 308 115 6
KEY_BUTTON3 = 32 113 7
KEY_START1 = 49 0 10 4
KEY_START2 = 50 0 42
KEY_COIN1 = 53 0 8
KEY_COIN2 = 54 0 0
KEY_SKILL1 = 304 119 0
KEY_SKILL2 = 122 105 0
KEY_SKILL3 = 120 107 0
KEY_SERVICE = 57 0 0
KEY_TEST = 283 0 0
KEY_RESET = 284 0 24
KEY_SCREENSHOT = 293 0 24
KEY_QUIT = 27 113 24
END

tagnetti · 8 Nov 2020, 14:41

@beamquaker I am having the exact same issue on the exact same stick. It’s driving me mad been about 3 hours messing with this. Buttons no worries but the stick seems to work for only certain directions. Or I really suck worse than I thought at the game 😬

Clyde · 8 Nov 2020, 18:05

@tagnetti Does this happen only in Daphne or also in Emulation Station and other emulators?

If the latter and you have manually wired arcade joysticks, check the wiring. It has to be exactly the same for both sticks.

Besides that, you can check your joysticks in RetroPie's command console with the jstest command. For example:

jstest /dev/js0

Replace the 0 with the joystick index of the stick you want to test. You can press the tab key two times quickly in succession after the js to get a list of all existing joystick numbers. Press Ctrl+c to stop the test, and enter exit to leave the console.

tagnetti · 18 Nov 2020, 20:42

@clyde Thankyou. The problem only exists in Daphne. Everything else is perfect. It’s weird as when I try certain titles in Daphne it’s almost like left and right work like a button press left and right but don’t sustain any movement like moving a ship for example. Can’t wrap my mind around what could be causing that issue.

Clyde · 18 Nov 2020, 22:49

@tagnetti I don't know if I misunderstand you, but as far as I know Daphne games (Dragon's Lair I + II and Space Ace), the player is expected to "tap" the stick in the right moment and direction, but not keep it for long in one direction. Maybe that's the problem?

Other than that, did you check Daphne's controls in the dainput.ini? See https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Daphne/#controls

Ashpool · 18 Nov 2020, 22:59

@clyde You're right for those games... but for others, like "astron belt", you are moving a sprite overlaying the laserdiscs video. So @tagnetti, we may need the info about what "certain titles" are meant...

dabbler · 3 Jan 2021, 16:53

Apologies for dragging an old thread up. I came across this while searching for solutions to my DragonRise not working in Daphne.

Thanks to @grant2258 , using your modified/fixed daphne - the controls work just fine - super.

However, it appears Daphne has recently been updated (Retro pie source) by @pjft to support :

Badlands
Begas Battle
Road Blaster

So Ive moved to the offical source build, and of cource, my controls stop working. Would be great to have the best of both worlds, will @grant2258 's changes ever be included in the official source, or could the latest offical source be modified to inlucde these must have changes?

Many thanks for all your help and to all those involved

pjft · 3 Jan 2021, 17:52

@dabbler you may try to compile and install it from my RetroPie branch, that I used to develop those changes while keeping Grant's control patches:

https://github.com/pjft/daphne-emu/commits/retropie

Probably the easiest way is to edit the Daphne RetroPie Setup script to retrieve the code from my repository and branch, and compile from source.

I could consider pushing it upstream to RetroPie but I'm always hesitant of doing so with other people's code (in the case, Grant's changes), out of consideration for their authorship but he is unlikely to do so on his own by now...

Note taken. Thanks and a happy new year.

dabbler · 4 Jan 2021, 09:21

@pjft said in Daphne . Arcade joystick orientation wrong.:

https://github.com/pjft/daphne-emu/commits/retropie

Thanks, sounds like a good plan - my linux knowledge is lacking, im doing the following:

cd /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/
sudo ./retropie_packages.sh daphne clean
sudo git clone https://github.com/pjft/daphne-emu/ tmp/build/daphne
sudo ./retropie_packages.sh daphne depends
sudo ./retropie_packages.sh daphne build
sudo ./retropie_packages.sh daphne install
sudo ./retropie_packages.sh daphne configure

However it fails on the install line (.bin not found), are you able to help please?

Thanks so much!

pjft · 4 Jan 2021, 09:27

@dabbler Well, that's already quite more than what I'd expect from someone lacking Linux knowledge :D

I believe that you'd need to check out the "retropie" branch on my end, so:

sudo git clone https://github.com/pjft/daphne-emu/ tmp/build/daphne
cd tmp/build/daphne
sudo git checkout retropie
cd /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/

and then the rest.

dabbler · 4 Jan 2021, 09:35

@pjft said in Daphne . Arcade joystick orientation wrong.:

sudo git checkout retropie

Thanks - "sudo git checkout daphne" was required!

All now built, installed and about to test.

dabbler · 4 Jan 2021, 09:54

@dabbler said in Daphne . Arcade joystick orientation wrong.:

@pjft said in Daphne . Arcade joystick orientation wrong.:

sudo git checkout retropie

Thanks - "sudo git checkout daphne" was required!

All now built, installed and about to test.

Joystick works. Alas, Bega, Badlands do not launch - just a black screen. Going back to the offical retopie version, these do work, but the joystick dosnt :-( Such a shame @pjft Any thoughts? Thanks

pjft · 1 Apr 2021, 10:04

@dabbler sudo git checkout retropie

Actually, just re-merged it there. Try again, but make sure it's retropie, not daphne as you had mentioned.

dabbler · 4 Jan 2021, 11:01

@pjft said in Daphne . Arcade joystick orientation wrong.:

@dabbler sudo git checkout retropie

Actually, just re-merged it there. Try again, but make sure it's retropie, not daphne as you had mentioned.

No luck im afraid, i get :

pi@retropie:~/RetroPie-Setup $ sudo git checkout retropie
error: pathspec 'retropie' did not match any file(s) known to git

full steps:

cd /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/
sudo ./retropie_packages.sh daphne clean
sudo git clone https://github.com/pjft/daphne-emu/ tmp/build/daphne
sudo git checkout retropie
sudo ./retropie_packages.sh daphne depends
sudo ./retropie_packages.sh daphne build
sudo ./retropie_packages.sh daphne install
sudo ./retropie_packages.sh daphne configure