Vice joypad problems

chubsta

I have found everything in retro pie easy to set up so far but using a joypad in Vice is driving me nuts! I have followed the guide in the Wiki to the letter so you would expect it to work ok but it doesn't - neither directions or fire button work.

my sdl-joymap-c64.vjm looks like this: (I don't understand any of it to be honest!)

# VICE joystick mapping file
#
# A joystick map is read in as patch to the current map.
#
# File format:
# - comment lines start with '#'
# - keyword lines start with '!keyword'
# - normal line has 'joynum inputtype inputindex action'
#
# Keywords and their lines are:
# '!CLEAR'    clear all mappings
#
# inputtype:
# 0      axis
# 1      button
# 2      hat
# 3      ball
#
# Note that each axis has 2 inputindex entries and each hat has 4.
#
# action [action_parameters]:
# 0               none
# 1 port pin      joystick (pin: 1/2/4/8/16 = u/d/l/r/fire)
# 2 row col       keyboard
# 3               map
# 4               UI activate
# 5 path&to&item  UI function
#

!CLEAR

# USB,2-axis 8-button gamepad  
0 0 0 1 0 8
0 0 1 1 0 4
0 0 2 1 0 2
0 0 3 1 0 1

0 1 0 1 0 16
0 1 1 1 0 16
0 1 2 3
0 1 3 1 1 16
0 1 4 1 0 16
0 1 5 4
0 1 6 3
0 1 7 1 1 16

anyway, any and all advice appreciated!

BuZz

@chubsta Please put configs etc in code blocks so they are readable - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first / http://commonmark.org/help/

chubsta

@BuZz you learn something new every day! Thanks!

Neo-Rio

I found it much easier to configure the joypads in the x64 VICE emulator menu.
If you've already configured your joypads in emulation station, then it should just be an issue of going to machine settings, and setting the joystick ports away from keyboard to joystick. Then save the VICE configuration in the x64 VICE menu.

Next time you restart VICE you won't have to mess with the joysticks again.

chubsta

@Neo-Rio Thats the thing - my joypad works fine in ES, but even after setting them up in Vice itself they still don't work. Guess i could always just 'start again' - any idea what Vice-specific files i need to delete to clear the config?