Guide: Advanced Controller Mappings
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I'm glad it's working. Tell Threepwood he fights like a dairy farmer.
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How appropriate! I fight like a cow! :D
Thank you again.
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For anyone interested, I posted an example of an Atari800/5200 mapping here.
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@mediamogul you have been making an epic tutorial here...
I d love to see a 4way restrictions tutorial for games like PacMan in FBA and ΜΑΜΕ
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I'm glad it's been helpful. Restricting the direction to four ways can be done by just adding the variable line below to any xboxdrv command. I've been meaning to edit the first section to make mention of it, but I'll post it here also.
--four-way-restrictorIf you're formatting the command the way I've been illustrating so far, you'd of course add a space and backslash afterward to allow a carriage return to the next line:
--four-way-restrictor \The difference this makes when playing something like 'Pac-Man' or 'Burger Time' is huge and allows for a much tighter and more authentic control scheme.
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@mediamogul Sorry for the possible silly post that follows :)
So...lets say my rom is called pacman.zip
If I create a pacman.zip.cfg file that contains only
--four-way-restrictor
and put it where my roms are, will be enough?
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I'm afraid not. It can be added to any xboxdrv command, but it's exclusive to xboxdrv. I was a bit unclear in my wording above. I'll change for posterity.
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@mediamogul I think that I am on xboxdrv. How can I check that it is working? (except from playing experience)
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You can check to see if you've installed it previously by going into RetroPie-Setup > Manage Packages > Manage Driver Packages. It will read "installed" next to the xboxdrv entry.
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Hello again mediamogul,
i'm here again begging for your help.
I'm trying to switch the mouse control from the left stick to the right stick, so i change the configuracion from--ui-axismap x1=REL_X:10,y1=REL_Y:-10to--ui-axismap x2=REL_X:10,y2=REL_Y:-10but it doesen't seems to work correctly, i can use the right stick just to move left and right but not up and down, and the left stick is still active but doesen't move the pointer, just make it disappear like if it is going out of the screen.
My full configuration is the followingsudo killall >/dev/null xboxdrv /opt/retropie/supplementary/xboxdrv/bin/xboxdrv \ >/dev/null \ --evdev /dev/input/event2 \ --silent \ --detach-kernel-driver \ --force-feedback \ --deadzone-trigger 15% \ --deadzone 1000 \ --mimic-xpad \ --dpad-as-button \ --evdev-absmap ABS_X=x1,ABS_Y=y1,ABS_Z=x2,ABS_RZ=y2,ABS_#48=lt,ABS_#49=rt \ --evdev-keymap KEY_#302=a,KEY_#301=b,BTN_DEAD=x,KEY_#300=y,BTN_THUMB=tl,BTN_THUMB2=tr,BTN_BASE5=lb,BTN_BASE6=rb,BTN_TRIGGER=back,KEY_#720=guide,BTN_TOP=start,BTN_TOP2=du,BTN_PINKIE=dr,BTN_BASE=dd,BTN_BASE2=dl \ --calibration x1=-32767:0:32767,y1=-32767:0:32767,x2=-32767:0:32767,y2=-32767:0:32767 \ --ui-axismap x2=REL_X:10,y2=REL_Y:-10 \ --ui-buttonmap b=BTN_LEFT,a=BTN_RIGHT,start=KEY_F5,back=KEY_ESC,y=KEY_SPACE \ --ui-buttonmap guide=void,x=void,lb=void,rb=void,tl=void,tr=void,lt=void,rt=void,back=void \ -- \Do you think you can help me?
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Everything looks to be correct at face value. I just tried switching one of my own mouse maps over to the right thumbstick and it worked. It could be that
ABS_RZ=y2is incorrectly mapped on the--evdev-absmapline. Perhaps the Y2 axis has a different ABS name other than RZ. You might try retracing your steps there. -
Doh!, me dumb, you are absolutely right,
ABS_RZis wrong, the correct one isABS_RX. Now the right stick is working correctly, the strange thing is that the left stick still acting strange making the pointer disappear. Adding--ui-axismap x1=void,y1=voidat the bottom of my configuration doesen't change anything.
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That is strange. So, the left stick makes the cursor disappear when nudged? Does it disappear for good? Since, you've already tried voiding it, you could try mapping it to an unused key to see how it behaves. Something like
--ui-axismap x1=KEY_HOME:KEY_HOME,y1=KEY_HOMEwould be worth trying. Also, not mapping the left stick at all under--evdev-absmapmight give you the desired effect as well. -
@mediamogul
Thank you for your fast reply, it seems to disappear when i move the left stick and reappear always at the top left when i move back to center.
Yes you are right, if i map the left stick to--ui-axismap x1=KEY_LEFT:KEY_RIGHT,y1=KEY_DOWN:KEY_UPstop acting strange and work like the arrow keys.
You are also right, if i don't map the left stick under--evdev-absmapit disable the left stick.
I will use one of the solution as a workaround but i will try to investigate futher on why is acting like this.
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Hello again,
i have another questions about joypad configuration for individual emulators.
For emulators that start using a shell script like scummVM and amiga it's easy, but for others emulators like for example jzintv what should i do?
The emulators.cfg isjzintv="/opt/retropie/emulators/jzintv/bin/jzintv -p /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS -q %ROM%" default="jzintv"I should create a shell script like scummVM and change emulators.cfg to point the the script or there is an easy way ?
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There's really no one right answer to that. Sometimes you can just add the xboxdrv command to the emulators.cfg and others by pointing to a shell script.
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Hi all,
i'm just making some test but it's seems to work well.
Create a runcommand-onstart.shnano /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.shthe script will contain a
casestatement where it will execute thexboxdrvconfiguration according to the emulator launched.
The following is just an example, everyone should change the configuration based on their own controller#!/bin/sh case $1 in fba) ;; daphne) ;; scummvm) sudo killall >/dev/null xboxdrv /opt/retropie/supplementary/xboxdrv/bin/xboxdrv \ >/dev/null \ --evdev /dev/input/event2 \ --silent \ --detach-kernel-driver \ --force-feedback \ --mimic-xpad \ --dpad-as-button \ --evdev-absmap ABS_X=x1,ABS_Y=y1,ABS_Z=x2,ABS_RX=y2 \ --evdev-keymap KEY_#302=a,KEY_#301=b,BTN_DEAD=x,KEY_#300=y,BTN_THUMB=tl,BTN_THUMB2=tr,BTN_BASE5=lb,BTN_BASE6=rb,BTN_TRIGGER=back,KEY_#720=guide,BTN_TOP=start,BTN_TOP2=du,BTN_PINKIE=dr,BTN_BASE=dd,BTN_BASE2=dl,BTN_BASE3=lt,BTN_BASE4=rt \ --calibration x1=-32767:0:32767,y1=-32767:0:32767,x2=-32767:0:32767,y2=-32767:0:32767 \ --axismap -Y1=Y1,-Y2=Y2 \ --ui-axismap x1=REL_X:10,y1=REL_Y:10 \ --ui-buttonmap b=BTN_LEFT,a=BTN_RIGHT,start=KEY_F5 \ --ui-buttonmap guide=void,x=void,y=void,lb=void,rb=void,tl=void,tr=void,lt=void,rt=void,back=void \ --ui-axismap x2=void \ & ;; intellivision) sudo killall >/dev/null xboxdrv /opt/retropie/supplementary/xboxdrv/bin/xboxdrv \ >/dev/null \ --evdev /dev/input/event2 \ --detach-kernel-driver \ --force-feedback \ --dpad-as-button \ --trigger-as-button \ --deadzone-trigger 15% \ --deadzone 4000 \ --silent \ --axismap -Y1=Y1,-Y2=Y2 \ --evdev-absmap ABS_X=x1,ABS_Y=y1,ABS_Z=x2,ABS_RX=y2,ABS_HAT0X=dpad_x,ABS_HAT0Y=dpad_y \ --evdev-keymap BTN_THUMB2=a,BTN_THUMB=b,BTN_TOP=x,BTN_TRIGGER=y,BTN_BASE3=back,BTN_BASE4=start,BTN_TOP2=lb,BTN_PINKIE=rb,BTN_BASE5=tl,BTN_BASE6=tr,BTN_BASE=lt,BTN_BASE2=rt \ --ui-axismap X1=KEY_S:KEY_D,Y1=KEY_E:KEY_X,X2=KEY_1:KEY_2,Y2=KEY_3:KEY_4,lt+X2=KEY_5:KEY_6,lt+Y2=KEY_7:KEY_8,rt+X2=KEY_9:KEY_0,rt+Y2=KEY_MINUS:KEY_EQUAL \ --ui-buttonmap a=KEY_LEFTSHIFT,b=KEY_HOME,x=KEY_LEFTCTRL,y=KEY_LEFTALT,lb=KEY_F1,rb=KEY_F12,lt=KEY_HOME,rt=KEY_HOME,tl=KEY_HOME,tr=KEY_HOME,du=KEY_E,dd=KEY_X,dl=KEY_S,dr=KEY_D,start=KEY_PAUSE \ --ui-buttonmap back=cycle-key:KEY_F6:KEY_F5 \ --ui-buttonmap guide=void \ & ;; esacMake the script exacutable
sudo chmod +x /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.shNow we need to create the onend script to kill the xboxdrv, otherwise when we exit the emulator the driver remain active
nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onend.sh#!/bin/sh sudo killall >/dev/null xboxdrvsudo chmod +x /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onend.shI have to do some more test, and maybe create a more complex script with a base configuration for all the emulators and the just the different configuration specific for every emulators.
Also i think it will be possible to create a specific configuration not only for the emulator used but also for the games.
Will share any new info, maybe next week.
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What a great idea! It's a mark improvement over editing each run command. I look forward to trying this out later.
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You guys are making wonders here. You take ES to next level of functionality
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Hello everybody,
i made some more test and it seems to work very well.
All the xboxdrv parameters are assigned to variables, this way the case statement is more readable.
Create theruncommand-onstart.shnano /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.shThis is my configuration used for test
#!/bin/sh ## Uncomment one or all of the following if you need to find some information about the emulator or roms ## Name of the emulator #echo $1 >> /dev/shm/runcommand.log ## Name of the software used for running the emulation #echo $2 >> /dev/shm/runcommand.log ## Name of the rom #echo $3 >> /dev/shm/runcommand.log ##Executed command line #echo $4 >> /dev/shm/runcommand.log ### The FUN begins #Get ROM name striping full path rom="${3##*/}" ### Set variables for your joypad and emulator ### Basic Configuraions - Standard controller mappings basicPS3="/opt/retropie/supplementary/xboxdrv/bin/xboxdrv >/dev/null \ --evdev /dev/input/event2 \ --silent \ --detach-kernel-driver \ --force-feedback \ --mimic-xpad \ --dpad-as-button \ --trigger-as-button \ --evdev-absmap ABS_X=x1,ABS_Y=y1,ABS_Z=x2,ABS_RX=y2 \ --evdev-keymap KEY_#302=a,KEY_#301=b,BTN_DEAD=x,KEY_#300=y,BTN_THUMB=tl,BTN_THUMB2=tr,BTN_BASE5=lb,BTN_BASE6=rb,BTN_BASE3=lt,BTN_BASE4=rt,BTN_TRIGGER=back,BTN_TOP=start,BTN_SOUTH=guide,BTN_TOP2=du,BTN_PINKIE=dr,BTN_BASE=dd,BTN_BASE2=dl --calibration x1=-32767:0:32767,y1=-32767:0:32767,x2=-32767:0:32767,y2=-32767:0:32767" ### Extended Configurations ### Specific emulator configuration or any other parameters you will need only for some emulators scummVM="--axismap -Y1=Y1,-Y2=Y2 \ --ui-axismap x1=REL_X:10,y1=REL_Y:10 \ --ui-buttonmap a=BTN_LEFT,b=BTN_RIGHT,start=KEY_F5,back=KEY_ESC \ --ui-buttonmap guide=void,x=void,y=void,lb=void,rb=void,tl=void,tr=void,lt=void,rt=void,back=void \ --ui-axismap x2=void" amiga="--axismap -Y1=Y1,-Y2=Y2 \ --ui-axismap x2=REL_X:1,y2=REL_Y:1 \ --ui-axismap x1=KEY_LEFT:KEY_RIGHT,y1=KEY_DOWN:KEY_UP \ --ui-buttonmap du=KEY_UP,dd=KEY_DOWN,dl=KEY_LEFT,dr=KEY_RIGHT \ --ui-buttonmap lt=BTN_LEFT,rt=BTN_RIGHT,start=KEY_ESC,back=KEY_LEFTCTRL,y=KEY_SPACE,a=KEY_LEFTCTRL,b=KEY_LEFTALT,x=KEY_LEFTSHIFT \ --ui-buttonmap guide=void,tl=void,lt=void,rt=void,back=void \ --ui-axismap x2=void" fourway="--four-way-restrictor" invert="--ui-buttonmap du=KEY_DOWN,dd=KEY_UP" ### Kill Command xboxkill="sudo killall >/dev/null xboxdrv" ### Execute the driver with the configuration you need # $1 is the name of the emulation, not the name of the software used # it is intellivision not jzintv case $1 in mame-libretro) ;; fba) case $rom in "amidar.zip"|"atetris.zip"|"puckman.zip") # Configuration used only for these ROMs $xboxkill joycommand="$basicPS3 $fourway &" eval $joycommand ;; *) # Configuration for every other ROMs on this emulator $xboxkill joycommand="$basicPS3 &" eval $joycommand ;; esac ;; daphne) ;; scummvm) $xboxkill joycommand="$basicPS3 $scummVM &" eval $joycommand ;; amiga) $xboxkill joycommand="$basicPS3 $amiga &" eval $joycommand ;; intellivision) ;; esacWe assign to the
joycommandvariable, the list of variables that contains the parameters we need for examplejoycommand="BasicVAR var1 var2 var3 $". The Basic variables must be the first, and&must be the last.
Make the script executablesudo chmod +x /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.shFor some emulators we could face some problem, i have a PS3 controller recognized as input device
event2, when i execute xboxdrv the controller is recognized as input deviceevent3. The system now see 2 controller device, the PS3 as controller with id 0 and an Xbox360 controller with id 1, for the emulator you are now using the controller for player2 and this will cause some problem, for example you can only start a 2 players game, you can't quit the emulation pushingselect+start. To solve the problem we have to specify onretroarch.cfgthe id of the controller used by player1 and player2.
This is the configuration for Final Burn Alpha, we have to addinput_playerx_joypad_index = "x"for every controller betweeninput_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/fba/"and#include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"where the first X is the player number, and the secon X is the controller ID# Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/fba/" input_player1_joypad_index = "1" input_player2_joypad_index = "0" input_player2_analog_dpad_mode = 1 #include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"If you want this configuration for every retroarch emulators, you have to edit
nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfgNow we need to kill
xboxdrvwhen we exit from the emulator, we do this with the onend scriptnano /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onend.sh#!/bin/sh sudo killall >/dev/null xboxdrvand make it executable
sudo chmod +x /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onend.shSorry for my english, let me know if something is unclear, i will try to explain better, and if you are trying it, please let me know if it's working.
Hope you find it usefull.@mediamogul
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