@mitu said in Shanwan usb controller analog/d-pad switch issue:

Which manual ? The one that I found for this gamepad mentions the Home button to switch between XInput/DInput.

I refer to the same manual

@mitu said in Shanwan usb controller analog/d-pad switch issue:

Since most games don't support the analog controls, it's normal. RetroArch has a setting for the controller (Analog to Digital Type) to make the joystick control the D-Pad, without the game supporting it.
Open the RetroArch menu, go to Controls -> Port 1 Controls and set Analog to Digital Type to Left Analog or Right Analog to use the joysticks instead of the D-Pad.

I have also a PS1 controller and I'm able to switch between analog and digital in games, so I thought to do the same with shanwan too

Please add the rest of the info as asked.

Do controllers draw more power than keyboards? I wonder if, in spite of upgrading the power, there is actually a power issue. I'm not sure why the power symbol isn't showing if that is the case though.

Could be, usually a keyboard/mouse need about 100 mA, while a gamepad may require more.

There was a topic a while ago (see here) that surveyed the power usage for various controllers. It has the command to query the power the controller reported as needed, you can run the command and see what's reported by the Xbox controller.

At one time, there was a max_usb_current option for the PI (in config.txt) which increased the power offered by the USB port (600 -> 1200 mA), but now it's on by default and so it's not needed anymore.

Is it possible something I copied over from the previous Pi isn't playing nice? I thought I only copied over saves/emulator specific settings, but in the absence of anything else I wonder if something is getting in the way.

Highly unlikely - flashing a new image showed it's not that.

@mitu Thanks I was pressing the wrong save lol

@mitu
exactly. Besides the base installation and Retropie i only installed git dialog unzip xmlstarlet lightdm openbox and ubuntu-drivers-common. Made that up for a friend of mine who is absolutely clueless when it comes to computers. The idea is "USB stick in, turn on PC = Retropie / USB stick out, turn on PC = Windows"

But i found a solution 20 minutes ago. By accident more or less TBH. I was snooping around in the file manager included in the Retropie menu, actually not knowing what i was looking for and realized that the screen looks different from what i saw on Raspberry Pi. I navigated to dolphin-emu, executed it and voilà, there it is.

Weird... Maybe someone more experienced could satisfy my curiosity and explain why this works through file manager but not through the console.

@peetem said in Controllers and Mame:

@dankcushions said in Controllers and Mame:

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Runcommand/#launch-with-verbose-logging

No, but I re-mapped in Mame and it seems to work now.

The mapping is still really, really weird. Several buttons are showing as "Retropad1 A" when I press them, even though they are completely different and were mapped as such by ES.

without seeing your config files and verbose log i can't really see what is going on. what you posted above was not what i asked for. you need to post the verbose log and the config file for your controller(s) in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch-joypads

I was able to at least get Player 2 controls to "talk" with Mame. Apparently they had been bound to the same registers as player 1 in Retroarch. So now the player 2 buttons and joystick work, but the buttons are still really screwed up.

you're not going to end up in that situation unless you change RGUI settings or configs.

you do the initial bind within emulationstation, and the button you bind as select will be the button for insert coin in lr-mame2003, by default. i suspect there's some changed settings/overrides going on.

@mitu thank you! So once I do this, it will allow me to choose if I use the joystick/controller for a game? Do I have to input the user binds for each input?

@dankcushions

ok i did that, i hope it fixes it

@melbmatt50 I thought you already used the configuration editor to set those options ?
Anyway, you can find it in Retropie-Setup, under 'Configuration/tools' - see https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Configuration-Editor/.
You can go into the Advanced Configuration -> Configure Libretro options, choose which core (or all if you want all cores), then in the list choose to configure input_player1_analog_dpad_mode - from there you can configure which joystick (left/right) to control the D-pad.

Some psx games are not compatible with Dualshock controller . You have to change the controller, from quick menu, to standard.

Hi @YFZdude ,
thanks for pointing this out. It seems to be a static charge on my game controller.
It actually does not have a joystick mounted but has solder points for it.
Removing the joystick code from the driver did the trick for me.

Thanks,
Max

@dwarfboysim any update?

Hi Dank. I just figured it out.

I started Retroarch, went to settings --> input --> then looked at Input User 1 Binds and compared to Input User 2 Binds. Both had the same Controller (Mad Catz Chun Li Fight Stick) listed, so I pulled in a secondary controller and mapped it accordingly.

The problem is solved. Now I have one other question I'll have to ask in the a new topic after I search more.

Thanks!

Rev

@barbosa22 there was an update to lr-PCsx where it seems it now emulates a standard, analog, or DualShock controller. If you originally setup to use and analog controller, Change it to DualShock. Also some games require it to be set to standard, especially older games. Ran Into this a week ago where Medal of Honor would not work after starting a game.

What exactly is the error/issue ? Is the controller not working ?

@jrb it's a pi 3b+ running v4.5.1
I've used an off brand N64 USB controller, a PS4 controller, and an 8bitdo sn30, all wired.

Thanks for the info.