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      AdamBeGood @Folly
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      @folly said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

      @adambegood said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

      @zering Does F7 not work for you so far as firing goes?

      Edit: Oh, I see it is someone else's video... I think I have the control okay now, it is just mapping it to a pad.

      Did you both also managed to map the F7 ?

      Nope.. how do I do it? Aren't the variables I enter in the input section the key that I want to press, not the key that I want that press to represent? And I can't see F7 as an option.

      I do really wonder if I am being thick here.

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        Folly
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        I was curious too if I could make it work.
        I remembered this thread :
        https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/26220/keyboard-mapping-to-gamepad-for-msx-msx2/3
        But I don't actually understand what he did, to make that working.
        So could not get it working also.

        Did find a solution for myself.
        This works only in X-windows (Desktop enviroment)
        I installed -> qjoypad.
        With this program you can easily map keys to the joystick, and this works perfect.
        You can make a config file for each game.
        If you press update it will store the setting.

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          Folly
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          @Zering

          Tried that "star wars" you mentioned.
          Works good, it's a doom alike game.

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            AdamBeGood @Folly
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            @folly I guess I'll be using the keyboard for the moment then! That is okay though, it's not the end of the World. Seems strange that you can't map all keyboard keys to gamepad buttons through libretro cores though.

            I bet there is a way out there somewhere.

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              Folly @AdamBeGood
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              @adambegood said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

              @folly I guess I'll be using the keyboard for the moment then! That is okay though, it's not the end of the World. Seems strange that you can't map all keyboard keys to gamepad buttons through libretro cores though.

              I bet there is a way out there somewhere.

              Yes indeed no problem for only that game.

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                AdamBeGood @Folly
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                @folly said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

                @adambegood said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

                @folly I guess I'll be using the keyboard for the moment then! That is okay though, it's not the end of the World. Seems strange that you can't map all keyboard keys to gamepad buttons through libretro cores though.

                I bet there is a way out there somewhere.

                Yes indeed no problem for only that game.

                Your link was a good one - if you change the Controller to RetroKeyboard, then you can just map the keys you want and save a game-specific configuration and everything works fine. That is working perfectly now. F7 and Enter are the only keys mapped to my joypad as they are the only ones needed.

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                  Zering @AdamBeGood
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                  @adambegood There likely would not have been more than two buttons on any pad compatible with the PC88 anyhow.

                  Edit : Tried your fix, it works. Seem like a decent game too. I didn't any power ups though, which is a shame. And what is it with NEC PC games and random hentai stuff between missions? ^^

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                    Folly
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                    @AdamBeGood @Zering

                    indeed the link was the solution.

                    Cool, Got it working too.
                    Now I know kinda how this works.
                    It's not really obvious.
                    Nice that we have figured this out too.

                    We need to make a good doc of this !
                    It's also cool to use this with MSX :)

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                      Zering @Folly
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                      @folly It doesn't work for me on bluemsx sadly.

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                        Folly @Zering
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                        @zering said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

                        @folly It doesn't work for me on bluemsx sadly.

                        Will try now too

                        Some keys are not working at the moment : "#" "$"
                        But "a-z" "1-0" "space" "enter" "F5" and ";" do
                        The special keys work too, if you configure 1 button to "shift" and another to "1".
                        By pressing both you get "!"

                        it works !!!

                        Are you configuring in the right place ?

                        press F1 then go directly to controls
                        select retrokeyboard
                        go back
                        go forward
                        then you can change settings

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                          Zering @Folly
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                          @folly You're right, it does work. I'll edit the first post.

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                            Folly @Zering
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                            @zering said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

                            @folly You're right, it does work. I'll edit the first post.

                            Most credits go to @retropieuser555 for discovering this.

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                              Zering @Folly
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                              @folly I'll make sure to mention it.

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                                Folly
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                                @Zering
                                Read in your first post that you mention that x1 does not work with multidisks.
                                But you actually can insert a second disk in the menu with "F11" if you really need to.

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                                  Folly
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                                  @Zering
                                  Did you figure it out making an .m3u with the commandline ?

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                                    Zering @Folly
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                                    @folly Damn. How is something so simple so little known?

                                    Does it work with four disc games, ie. Revolty II?

                                    No for the. M3us, haven't had time. I'll definitely try tonight.

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                                      Folly @Zering
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                                      @zering said in Old Computer Appreciation Thread:

                                      @folly Damn. How is something so simple so little known?

                                      Does it work with four disc games, ie. Revolty II?

                                      I can try for you

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                                        Zering @Folly
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                                        @folly That'd be great, although I'll definitely try it myself once I have a bit of time tonight.
                                        Same for m3us, just haven't had time today.

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                                          Folly
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                                          @Zering
                                          Revolty II does not work.
                                          Disk 0 seems corrupt.
                                          Other disks are have no system files.

                                          The trouble wilh fdd1 is that you have to go through many directorys to get there.

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                                            Zering @Folly
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                                            @folly What a shame. Any chance a better rom could get around the issue?
                                            I can't believe that passed me by though,I knew F11 brought up the emulator too as I used it when I first set up the core earlier this year.

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