A few questions about 8BitDo FC30 Pro analog sticks

batesman

@columboscoat said in A few questions about 8BitDo FC30 Pro analog sticks:

@batesman 8Bitdo Controllers Guide

https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/49amv4/8bitdo_controllers_guide/

Thank you! I read it several times prior to posting, but I will go through it again. I'm pretty sure that guide deals with connecting and basic setup of the 8bitDO controllers and I've managed to get beyond that point. The controls work and connections are solid.

edmaul69

@batesman dont change the fc30 mode. try this. whatever retroarch setting you chose to make the joystick act as dpad remove it. now add this in the individual retroarch.cfg files

input_player1_up_axis = "-1"
input_player1_down_axis = "+1"
input_player1_left_axis = "-0"
input_player1_right_axis = "+0"


input_player2_up_axis = "-1"
input_player2_down_axis = "+1"
input_player2_left_axis = "-0"
input_player2_right_axis = "+0"

now you can use both the dpad and analog but the analog should maintain its function

batesman

Cool, thanks! I'll check this out. I'd still like to know how the retroarch setting affects digital vs analog use though.

batesman

@edmaul69 said in A few questions about 8BitDo FC30 Pro analog sticks:

input_player1_down_axis = "+1"
input_player1_left_axis = "-0"
input_player1_right_axis = "+0"

Hey! I'm confused by this because these settings appear in the retroarch.cfg file that are specific to the D-pad. How will they affect the analog sticks?

edmaul69

@batesman axis means its for an analog stick. Just add this. Trust me. Its so your analog stick can be used as the standard up down left right but maintaining analog function. Some controllers only have analogs and this is how they would show up being used as the dpad. Manually entering this you are kinda "tricking" retroarch into thinking that your joysticks analog is your dpad. Luckily it allows both the dpad and analog act as your direction pad.

batesman

Fair enough. Riddle me this then, most of my inputs in Retroarch.cfg are remed out by a # (the lines above for instance). These same input lines exist in the /autoconfig/controller.cfg file and are not remed out there. Is Retroarch "pulling" them from the autoconfig but not copying them to the retroarch.cfg? Does the controller auoconfig take file precedent over the retroarch.cfg since it has the values, but the retroarch.cfg currently does not? I thought that my retroarch.cfg should have had all the controller values present.

edmaul69

@batesman the retroarch file actually does not have those pre set up. It reads the files for your controller in its config file in (or previously in) retroarch-joypads, then in the individual systems retroarch.cfg, then /all/retroarch.cfg. As far as the auto config i have no clue.

batesman

I guess what I'm thinking is that since those values are already set in the joystick autoconfig file, If retroarch gets its values from there, then it should already be functioning properly. When I boot into MAME2003 and the default control is the Dpad and I want it to be the stick, then I just need to go make a config change at the emulator level.

I think I'm going to do some additional testing and come back with separate re-worded questions.

edmaul69

@batesman if you add this to your retroarch.cfg file you dont have to do anything at the emulator level. Both dpad and joystick will just work how you want.

columboscoat

@edmaul69 yeah, but will he truly be happy?

columboscoat

@columboscoat aye, sure probably. Anyone fancy a game of Capcom Vs Marvel???

batesman

@columboscoat said in A few questions about 8BitDo FC30 Pro analog sticks:

@edmaul69 yeah, but will he truly be happy?

You're hilarious. Forgive me for trying to understand the interactions between the configs and various changes.

columboscoat

@batesman Be careful.. happiness can run..

columboscoat

@batesman ok.. we can have a joke if you want... or you can get on like a total dick...

columboscoat

@columboscoat winker

batesman

@columboscoat Thanks for the assist. Your sarcasm and name calling bring a lot of value here. I'm not going to address you further so go on and ramble.

batesman

@edmaul69 said in A few questions about 8BitDo FC30 Pro analog sticks:

@batesman if you add this to your retroarch.cfg file you dont have to do anything at the emulator level. Both dpad and joystick will just work how you want.

I just added these changes and it does work. It does the exact same thing as enabling the joystick as a d-pad in the retropie-setup options.

I did find that you can change analog sensitivity in the Mame settings by pressing tab too. So that's helpful to know.

Thanks for your help, Edmaul. I'm still not where I want to be, but I've learned a little. Marking it as closed.

columboscoat

@batesman thankd you. I 'm not hilsrolus but thanks anyway!

columboscoat

@batesman it's pretty clear. Don't be so tough on yourself. Life is difficult...One day you might figure it out. Perhaps? Per se?

edmaul69

@batesman so i tested and it doesnt work any different as i thought. Sorry to waste your time. However this is good stuff to use because you can manipulate both analogs and the dpad to do whatever you want. With this method for using the analog stick as a dpad you could program the dpad to a whole new set of buttons that arent even related to direction like how first person shooters and other games are these days.