Mame DEADZONE with Analog Controller

wstanek · 30 Nov 2020, 02:53

@icebear81 Try going through all the events, I'm not sure that event9 is the right one.

I used Advmame and had the deadzone problem. I'm trying to find my notes and the guy who helped me solve it.

ws

icebear81 · 30 Nov 2020, 03:01

event4 is the raw yoke (this was earlier event2 but this changes during reboot as devices come online)

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=32be Product=1402 Version=0111
N: Name="Baolian industry Co., Ltd. BL flight yoke #1"
P: Phys=usb-3f980000.usb-1.5.1.4/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.5/1-1.5.1/1-1.5.1.4/1-1.5.1.4:1.0/0003:32BE:1402.0005/input/input4
U: Uniq=8D6D17A65548
H: Handlers=js3 event4
B: PROP=0
B: EV=1b
B: KEY=ffff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: ABS=3
B: MSC=10

now there is also event5 which is when the GRS Yoke is enabled in mouse mode

I: Bus=0003 Vendor=32be Product=1402 Version=0111
N: Name="Baolian industry Co., Ltd. BL flight yoke #1"
P: Phys=usb-3f980000.usb-1.5.1.4/input1
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/soc/3f980000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1.5/1-1.5.1/1-1.5.1.4/1-1.5.1.4:1.1/0003:32BE:1402.0006/input/input5
U: Uniq=8D6D17A65548
H: Handlers=mouse1 event5
B: PROP=0
B: EV=17
B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B: REL=103
B: MSC=10

event9 is when I grab the raw event as an xboxdrv

Your Xbox/Xbox360 controller should now be available as:
  /dev/input/js4
  /dev/input/event9

I could very well me muxing something up --

icebear81 · 30 Nov 2020, 04:22

Quick update, maybe this will give more info ...

After doing the above, when I add the xboxdrv device as the input in Star Wars, it now associates as R4 HAT

Looking at the event details, that has a -1,0, 1 range .. so .. if anyone knows how to disable Mame from grabbing that device over the ABS_X and ABS_Y

    Event code 0 (ABS_X)
      Value      0
      Min   -32768
      Max    32767
      Fuzz      16
    Event code 1 (ABS_Y)
      Value      0
      Min   -32768
      Max    32767
      Fuzz      16

    Event code 16 (ABS_HAT0X)
      Value      0
      Min       -1
      Max        1

Again, at this point, Im not sure if Im supposed to be using the xboxdrv or the raw device -- thanks for the assist

Robbiedog · 30 Nov 2020, 16:46

I have the exact same problem, any direction is all or nothing.
I assumed the yoke has been seen as a digital device rather than analogue?

icebear81 · 30 Nov 2020, 20:25

@robbiedog Yeah ... the more I dig into this, the more I think you are correct that its seeing the controller as digital and not analog -- and its not actually a deadzone issue.

wstanek · 30 Nov 2020, 21:31

Did you guys run jstest?

jstest /dev/input/js*

icebear81 · 30 Nov 2020, 21:48

@wstanek said in Mame DEADZONE with Analog Controller:

jstest /dev/input/js*

Was just thinking about this, Ive been so focused on running evtest (which appears to be returning as expected0... Ill do this and see .. Is there something I should be looking for?

icebear81 · 1 Dec 2020, 00:57

@wstanek -- seems legit

Driver version is 2.1.0.
Joystick (Baolian industry Co., Ltd. BL flight yoke #1) has 2 axes (X, Y)
and 16 buttons (Trigger, ThumbBtn, ThumbBtn2, TopBtn, TopBtn2, PinkieBtn, BaseBtn, BaseBtn2, BaseBtn3, BaseBtn4, BaseBtn5, BaseBtn6, ?, ?, ?, BtnDead).
Testing ... (interrupt to exit)
Axes:  0:-32767  1:-32767 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 12:off 13:off 14:off 15:off

mahoneyt944 · 1 Dec 2020, 13:38

@icebear81 This might sound obvious, but did you try contacting GRS? I'm sure they have extensive experience setting up their product in mame.

Robbiedog · 1 Dec 2020, 14:38

@mahoneyt944 he does a lot of video's with Wagner's tech talk, the yoke/Pi setup video is "coming soon", I'm not sure if icebear contacted him (email is on the back page of the manual), but I was waiting for that. I might email him...

icebear81 · 1 Dec 2020, 15:15

@robbiedog I have ... no reply yet .. Im tweeted also this AM .. and also asked on the Kickstarted comments page. Ive covered 85% of means at this point .. .

I may try to use an encoder on the other connectors to see if it gets seen/behaves different

icebear81 · 1 Dec 2020, 15:30

@robbiedog you should also reach out.

wstanek · 1 Dec 2020, 16:16

@icebear81
When you run jstest, did you see numbers responding to yoke movement? You should have seen the deadzone manifest itself.

I'm running Advmame 1.4, I have these lines in my .rc file:

input_map[p1_dialx] joystick[2,stick,x]
input_map[p1_dialy] joystick[2,stick,y]
input_map[p1_lightgunx] joystick[1,0,0]
input_map[p1_lightguny] joystick[1,0,1]
input_map[p1_mousex] joystick[2,stick,x]
input_map[p1_mousey] joystick[2,stick,y]
input_map[p1_paddlex] joystick[2,stick,x]
input_map[p1_paddley] joystick[2,stick,y]
input_map[p1_pedalbrake] auto
input_map[p1_pedalgas] -joystick[2,stick,y]
input_map[p1_pedalother] auto
input_map[p1_stickx] joystick[2,stick,x]
input_map[p1_sticky] joystick[2,stick,y]
input_map[p1_stickz] auto
input_map[p1_trackballx] joystick[2,stick,x]
input_map[p1_trackbally] joystick[2,stick,y]

I've mapped several inputs to my yoke, even pedalgas, which can be used for playing Spyhunter or some such.

Read this thread. Its about how to amend a rule for your device there.

ws

icebear81 · 1 Dec 2020, 16:20

@wstanek re: jstest .. yes it went from 0 to +/- 32767 (as expected -- I guess) .. I did not see the deadzone manifest, or at least did not notice it or no where to look for it .. output pasted was everything ..

I will read through that thread .. thank you

icebear81 · 1 Dec 2020, 23:15

Lets add a little twist, I found the following[1] that basically says 'make sure your analog is mapped to AD...Analog and not AD...DEC'

I spun un AdvanceMame 1.4 which has these 3 options per direction. and .. I can only set the controller in the Dec/Inc Input .. so that goes back to, is this not even being seen as analog?

- So first thing to check is start a game in mame, tab, "Input (general)", player 1/2, and make sure the u360 is mapped to "AD Stick... Analog" and NOT "AD Stick... Inc" nor "AD Stick... Dec", and other analog inputs you want to use the u360.  You can also do "Input (this game)", but then the fix only helps that game.

Maybe I can handjam it in the config as @wstanek mentioned about -- if any one has thoughts on getting these properly config .. HELP .. thanks

[1] http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=78608.0

icebear81 · 1 Dec 2020, 23:55

DAYUM ,.. I got motion!!! now I need to tweak it

advmame-1.4.rc

input_map[p1_stickx] joystick[3,stick,x]
input_map[p1_sticky] joystick[3,stick,y]

I also removed all reference to the analog setup in Input (this game) in the mame menu

plee1024 · 3 Dec 2020, 22:49

@icebear81 said in Mame DEADZONE with Analog Controller:

DAYUM ,.. I got motion!!! now I need to tweak it

advmame-1.4.rc
input_map[p1_stickx] joystick[3,stick,x]
input_map[p1_sticky] joystick[3,stick,y]
I also removed all reference to the analog setup in Input (this game) in the mame menu

did you get it working? also, having some battles with the GRS yoke but with it centering in advmame. wondering if we need to make it look like a trackball/mouse instead of a analog joystick

wstanek · 4 Dec 2020, 19:14

@plee1024 @icebear81 When you launch Star Wars, go once all the way around, side to side, up and down to calibrate it. When you first see the crosshairs, they should be to the left, but after you calibrate it should be more centered. I think this was how the arcade game worked on startup as well. You have to do this every time you startup.

Now comes the deadzone, which can cause the crosshairs to jump the center a little. With slow motion across, you'll see the crosshairs stall then jump across the center about an inch or so.

Thats where those evdev-joystick commmands come in, and also that thread about making a UDEV rule.

Once you get your inputs pointed and playing the game, then come back to this other deadzone issue when it starts to bother you.

ws

icebear81 · 5 Dec 2020, 02:20

@plee1024 I did get it working .. advancemame with the above. Centering is an issue -- see the follow-up in this thread. It works for me ...

icebear81 · 5 Dec 2020, 02:22

@wstanek Thank you again for all your help!

Im actually not sensing a deadzone, so that is good.

As for the centering. Do you do the calibration dance (around, up/down, left/right) on the high score screen or when choosing the WAVE? I have only had this work right when I get in the WAVE select, I do a roundabout and it seems pretty good.