C64 lr-Vice Retroarch key mapping (keyboard)

[Bram279b]

Hi,

I have build myself an arcade bar top with an I-PAC2 controller which is set to emulate a keyboard. Now I know the c64 games are not the best to emulate on a bar top but with the virtual keyboard it works pretty neat, until I came across the following issue.

The game Hunchback is asking to use three buttons on the keyboard: '<', '>' and the 'a'.

This means the default mapped buttons are not working ( I do have the A button, but that is for player 2)

Label       	Key				
------      	------
COIN 1      		5   
START 1 player  	1   
START 2 players		2

1 RIGHT     		R arrow
1 LEFT      		L arrow
1 UP        		U arrow
1 DOWN      		D arrow
1 SW 1 (A)     		L-ctrl
1 SW 2 (B)     		space   
1 SW 3 (X)    		z  
1 SW 4 (Y)     		L-alt 
1 SW 5 (L SHOULDER)     L-shift   
1 SW 6 (R SHOULDER      X   
1 SW 7 (L TRIGGER  	C	   
1 SW 8 (R TRIGGER)      J   
1 A (SELECT)		P   
1 B (START) 		ENTER   


2 RIGHT     		G   
2 LEFT      		D   
2 UP        		R   
2 DOWN      		F   
2 SW 1 (A)     	        A   
2 SW 2 (B)     		Q   
2 SW 3 (X)     		I   
2 SW 4 (Y)     		S   
2 SW 5 (L SHOULDER)     W   
2 SW 6 (R SHOULDER)     K   
2 A (SELECT)		ESC 
2 B (START)		TAB

Now I'm trying to change the 'left and right arrow' to '< and>'. (Maybe I do it for player 2 as the virtual mapping works fine for player 1). So basically:

• Player 1 press left arrow -> map '<'
• Player 2 press D -> Map '<'
• Player 1 press right arrow -> map '>'
• Player 2 press G -> Map '>'

When I look in the settings of Retroach while I'm in the game I can find the following options:
Quick Menu -> Controls -> Port 1 Controls

This won't work because I can only change the existing keys, for example I can make the 'Enter' key 'Up' or 'Left', etc.

The other option I can find is:
Settings -> Input -> Port 1 Binds

This won't work because I can only set the existing 'control' to different keys, for example 'Left' to 'comma' or 'period', etc. So I still need to press the comma or period.

I did found out how to change it per game or manually but that leaves me with the same problem.

I can change stuff but it doesn't solve my problem. So the question is, is this possible and if so how? What am I missing here.

(BTW it works fine with the an fake SNES controller, I have to choose the joystick and those buttons work fine with left to right 'A' for jump. Thanks!

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[mitu]

@bram279b said in C64 lr-Vice Retroarch key mapping (keyboard):

This won't work because I can only change the existing keys, for example I can make the 'Enter' key 'Up' or 'Left', etc.

That may be because the device is set to 'RetroPad', have you tried changing it to 'Keyboard' ?
But the game also accepts a joystick on port 2, have you tried to use core Options and select RetroPad Port = Port 2, you might be able to use the RetroPad as usual to control the game.

[jamrom2]

@bram279b What mitu said plus... you should just be able to swap joystick ports with the controller. It's built into the base mapping if you're using a SNES style controller.

If not, it should be your "A" button, whatever that is. That should toggle.

Try it with an easier game like Bruce Lee. Use the virtual keyboard as well as the controller to make sure you have it setup correctly.

The Virtual Keyboard in lr-vice64 also has a button to press to toggle joysticks,