Guide: Advanced Controller Mappings

spud11

@Chillimonster Hi. I just fired up the old Pi that has another DragonRise attached to it with xboxdrv installed, and have discovered that in fact this joystick is not working with Daphne. I do have Dragon's Lair installed, but I've tested it a minute ago and there's no joystick input at all. It just runs through the attract mode.

I went back to my notes (I keep copious notes of how I got things working) and it turns out in my "to do" list I had Daphne/DragonRise/xboxdrv on my list of things to get working, but it appears I didn't get round to it.

I have in the meantime built another RetroPie system, but haven't yet installed Daphne on this new one. I'm currently working on the Amiga and a couple of other systems, but will get to Daphne at some point, especially as I have clearly not got it working before. Sorry about that. I'm assuming that you've exhausted efforts with the xpad driver too.

pjft

Wow.

Only now am I starting to look into xboxdrv , in particular because I've always used the standard PS3 controllers and haven't felt the need for this until I am now trying to set up the GameMaker ports for SuperCrateBox, They Need to be Fed, Maldita Castilla.

I will certainly go through the extremely detailed tutorial and all the threads where @mediamogul and the rest of the community are sharing their guidance and make things happen on my own, but I was wondering if anyone would already have such mappings of PS3-controller-to-keyboard for these games, and the runcommand-xxx changes for these particular ports. :)

Doesn't hurt to ask. I will certainly take a look at it on my own afterwards and share any results I come up with. It's just I haven't had a lot of free time at home so any head start would be helpful.

Thanks!

mediamogul

@spud11 said in Guide: Advanced Controller Mappings:

I copied and pasted the text and it worked as intended

That's one less potential cause. Now, make a backup of runcommand-onstart.sh if you need to and then clear the original completely except for:

#!/bin/sh

if [ "$1" = "amiga" ]
then
sudo /opt/retropie/supplementary/xboxdrv/bin/xboxdrv \
    --evdev /dev/input/by-path/platform-3f980000.usb-usb-0:1.2.3:1.0-event-joystick \
	--silent \
	--detach-kernel-driver \
	--force-feedback \
	--deadzone-trigger 15% \
	--deadzone 4000 \
	--trigger-as-button \
	--mimic-xpad \
	--device-name "Amiga Joystick Player 1 (xboxdrv)" \
	--evdev-absmap ABS_X=y1,ABS_Y=x1 \
	--evdev-keymap BTN_TRIGGER=x,BTN_THUMB=y,BTN_THUMB2=a,BTN_PINKIE=b,BTN_BASE3=back,BTN_BASE6=start \
	--ui-buttonmap lb=void,rb=void,tl=void,tr=void,guide=void,lt=void,rt=void \
&
fi

mediamogul

@pjft said in Guide: Advanced Controller Mappings:

I was wondering if anyone would already have such mappings of PS3-controller-to-keyboard for these games

I've never seen anyone discussing those particular games, but somewhere in this thread, there's a guy who mapped his PS3 controller and detailed it. You could knock off a few steps by cannibalizing his command and just add in the keys you want. It's probably best to start from scratch so that all the steps are accountable, but even then, it could still be used as a good reference.

pjft

@mediamogul thanks. I'll probably do it from scratch then, just need to find the time :)

I'll post any updates and likely all the questions when I run into difficulties.

dudleydes

@pjft You can find an xboxdrv config here that I use to map my PS3 controller in ROTT, a source port of Rise of the Triad.

It differs slightly from the PS3 controller example given in the xboxdrv repo. In my case, the PS button, or guide in xboxdrv, is mapped to KEY_#704 whereas in the xboxdrv example, it's mapped to KEY_#720. My controller is model number CECHZC1E, one of the original SIXAXIS controllers. If you have a newer model, then KEY_#720 may be the correct mapping.

spud11

@mediamogul Thanks. I've added the code to the runcommand-onstart.sh but it had no effect. A copy of the runcommand.log appears below:

/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 2: $'\r': command not found
/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 18: syntax error near unexpected token `&'
/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 18: `&
'
Parameters: 
Executing: pushd /opt/retropie/emulators/uae4arm/; ./uae4arm -config="/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/amiga/Alien Breed Special Edition '92.uae"
/opt/retropie/emulators/uae4arm /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand
Amiberry build 2017-01-08, by Dimitris (MiDWaN) Panokostas and Olly Aigner
Based on previous work by Chips and TomB (Pandora)
Joystick 0 : DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick  
    Buttons: 12 Axis: 4 Hats: 1
Joystick 1 : DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick  
    Buttons: 12 Axis: 4 Hats: 1
Joystick 2 : DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick  
    Buttons: 12 Axis: 4 Hats: 1
Joystick 3 : DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick  
    Buttons: 12 Axis: 4 Hats: 1
starting sound thread..
stopping sound thread..
xboxdrv: no process found

mediamogul

@spud11

Line 2 & 18 seem to be the problem. Making sure that runcommand-onstart.shis still identical to that last time you launched it, post it's contents and let's have a look.

spud11

@mediamogul Thanks for your quick reply. Here it is:

#!/bin/sh

if [ "$1" = "amiga" ]
then
sudo /opt/retropie/supplementary/xboxdrv/bin/xboxdrv \
    --evdev /dev/input/by-path/platform-3f980000.usb-usb-0:1.2.3:1.0-event-joystick \
	--silent \
	--detach-kernel-driver \
	--force-feedback \
	--deadzone-trigger 15% \
	--deadzone 4000 \
	--trigger-as-button \
	--mimic-xpad \
	--device-name "Amiga Joystick Player 1 (xboxdrv)" \
	--evdev-absmap ABS_X=y1,ABS_Y=x1 \
	--evdev-keymap BTN_TRIGGER=x,BTN_THUMB=y,BTN_THUMB2=a,BTN_PINKIE=b,BTN_BASE3=back,BTN_BASE6=start \
	--ui-buttonmap lb=void,rb=void,tl=void,tr=void,guide=void,lt=void,rt=void \
&
fi

Line 2 is the blank line and line 18 is the &. I'm using Notepad ++ which gives line numbers so it is clear.

mediamogul

@spud11

Line 2 is the blank

In a shell script, the first line is reserved for #!/bin/sh, making the second line count as the first and so on. That said, the errors you're getting still aren't jibing with the command given. The only thing I can think of is that Notepad++ may be formatting things unexpectedly. In the command line try:

nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh

From there, look to see if anything is out of place in line 2 & 18 by comparison. If it is, you'll either want to use another text editing program or see if notepad++ can support 'UNICODE UTF-8' through a setting.

Chillimonster

@spud11

Thanks for checking, i really appreciate it.

I need to dedicate some time to looking at emulating keyboard input for daphne, as i think that is going to be the answer.

Chris

spud11

@Chillimonster That's no problem at all. I think you're right - it's likely to be the keys that wind up making the difference. I reckon it'll be more than a week before I start testing Daphne (you've sparked my interest again in getting it working), so if you do get it working, could you please post your config here?

spud11

@mediamogul said in Guide: Advanced Controller Mappings:

nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh

Hi mediamogul.

I've now checked Notepad++ and it is using Unicode UTF-8. I've looked at the code using nano too and removed line 27 which was blank. There doesn't appear to be anything else that stands out. The code appears to be correct and I've tested again and it doesn't work.

Given that line 2 is actually line 1, the error $'\r' looks like it relates to "$1" - that is, it can't find or identify the "amiga" system for whatever reason.

I can't help but feel it's got something to do with my amiga setup which has individual .uae configs for each game (as per the Amiga wiki but using hard drives for each game, not floppy disks), but could be wrong.

I've previously tried some of the other $ commands. Maybe that is the way to go?

Or I wonder if there might be some other file that I've changed that is affecting things. I recall somewhere reading that there was another file that might require changing and I made that change. Can't find what it was now.

Or maybe one way to test things is just to replace "amiga" with another random system and see if it works for other systems. That would at least rule out that there is an inherent problem with the code.

mediamogul

@spud11

I can't help but feel it's got something to do with my amiga setup which has individual .uae configs for each game

That very well could be. Launch another game the way you have been, then post the contents of /dev/shmruncommand.info.

spud11

@mediamogul

Okay, thanks. I tried another Amiga game with the same outcome, and once again it doesn't like the& (or & and fi) at the end:

/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 2: $'\r': command not found
/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 18: syntax error near unexpected token `&'
/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 18: `&
'
Parameters: 
Executing: pushd /opt/retropie/emulators/uae4arm/; ./uae4arm -config="/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/amiga/Alien Drug Lords.uae"
/opt/retropie/emulators/uae4arm /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand
Amiberry build 2017-01-08, by Dimitris (MiDWaN) Panokostas and Olly Aigner
Based on previous work by Chips and TomB (Pandora)
Joystick 0 : DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick  
    Buttons: 12 Axis: 4 Hats: 1
Joystick 1 : DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick  
    Buttons: 12 Axis: 4 Hats: 1
Joystick 2 : DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick  
    Buttons: 12 Axis: 4 Hats: 1
Joystick 3 : DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick  
    Buttons: 12 Axis: 4 Hats: 1
starting sound thread..
stopping sound thread..
xboxdrv: no process found

Also, I found the other change to which I have referred in my previous comment which I made after following the guide:

sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/99-xboxdrv.rules

SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="Microsoft X-Box 360 pad - Keyboard Emulation", GROUP="users", MODE="0666", ENV{ID_INPUT_KEYBOARD}="1"

mediamogul

@spud11

I actually need to see the contents of /dev/shm/runcommand.info. Make sure of course that you have just previously launched a game.

spud11

@mediamogul Oh, sorry. I missed that it was the info file, not the log file, you wanted to see. Will send after I get home from work. Thanks.

mediamogul

@spud11

Not a problem.

Chillimonster

@spud11

Of course i will.

I'll try and get some time on it over weekend and update the thread accordingly

spud11

@mediamogul Sorry about the delay. Wound up not getting home to very late. Here is the runcommand.info file:

amiga
uae4arm
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/amiga/Alien Breed Special Edition '92.uae
pushd /opt/retropie/emulators/uae4arm/; ./uae4arm -config="/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/amiga/Alien Breed Special Edition '92.uae"

Does this correspond to the "$" inputs 1, 2, 3, 4?