@duglor set this (and all other retroarch settings) via the configuration editor: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Configuration-Editor/

it's in the basic settings menu - you can see it in the screenshots

@sleve_mcdichael Yeah I was going down the settings and input route. I did see the other controls options too but couldn't see the Analogue option. I'll check again. Many thanks

@donkeykongcab Hey...hope you can help me?

I have a cab set up with a Pi3b + arcadergbpi to gamma...plus an optipac...

I am having trouble getting the inputs working...it looks like you have a similar set up (instead of a trackball and spinner) Im using a wheel and pedal (spinners basically - but optical from an original arcade machine). both register as mouse 2 and mouse 3....but only one at a time appears to work via retroarch...any pointers?

Thanks,
Sean

In the end, I connected a mouse to play Arkanoid in lr-mame2003, and it worked from the off. Xbox 360 controller just too baggy and too huge a deadzone to make it playable. Thanks for advice though.

I'm bumping this because I found a solution. It's not the best possible thing to do but seems to have solved my issue.

I edited my .cfg file on /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig and added

input_l_y_minus_axis = "-1"
input_l_x_plus_axis = "+0"
input_l_y_plus_axis = "+1"
input_l_x_minus_axis = "-0"

in order to set the digital inputs as analogue (in addition to keeping them as analogue too).

It appears that the current fba core accepts only analogue (thumb)stick inputs for arcade machines that used analogue hardware such as wheels, joysticks, pedals, etc, something that wasn't a case previously and still isn't on MAME.

For anyone having the same problem (and doesn't use analogue sticks) this seems to be the only solution currently but I'm not sure if this will interfere with anything else.

@helm71 said in Just finished my build.. some issues with roms:

@mediamogul My joysticks indeed present themselves as keyboard keys... I was under the impression that if I change the analogue sticks to work as dpad, that I will then have an issue with the games.. I might have got that wrong, I'll try it out !!

Thanks for the help ! It now works. I have also figured out what went wrong.

I need to setup my physical buttons with the DPAD controls and then SKIP the controls for the analogue left, then set the analogue sticks to copy the dpad controls..

Amazing piece of software this retropie.. It reallt works great now..