I'm haven't noticed any issues other than the not-centering. I haven't done any research, so I don't know what issues can be resolved with the analog deadzone.

@icebear81 For Spyhunter I have the pedal mapped to the pitch :

input_map[p1_pedalgas] -joystick[2,stick,y]

I think this works for Paperboy too.

This runs the throttle for Lunar Lander:

llander/input_map[p1_paddlex] -joystick[2,stick,y]

ws

@DimaKompot works great installing the "evdev" python package from source:

sudo apt install python-dev python-pip gcc sudo pip3 install evdev

Thanks for your work, a decent way to calibrate was needed.

To anyone else who might come across this. I was able to fix this by updating the emulator from source. This added core options for different controller layouts and an adjustable analog deadzone.

@dsstrainer said in evtest continuously sending ABS_Z from zero delay (deadzone problem?):

Well I didn't touch anything... just went to bed.. woke up and was going to try the grep method... but now it just works fine.

Luck favors the well rested. Glad to hear it's working.

Can please anybody share his/her experience?

Was able to map xboxdrv, but cant get it work correctly. Guess I will just use a PC.

@aryetis
I'm seeing this in the console output:
evdev: Found 'Xbox Gamepad (userspace driver)' at '/dev/input/event17'
evdev: reading mapping file: 'controller_xboxdrv.cfg'

so from what I can tell it's using evdev and loading my gamepad at /dev/input/event17 which is the xbox gamepad defined in xboxdrv

I would also be quite interested to hear people's opinions and experience with this. The advanced controller mapping guide is excellent and very comprehensive for xboxdrv however the retropie wiki does seem to suggest xpad is the preferred and is even the default.

I would especially be interested if anyone has any suggestions for xpad tweaks to improve ScummVM analog control.

Thanks very much.

Unfortunately there seems to be no deadzone option similar to the one in standalone mupen64plus, so I had no option but using xboxdrv.

The good news is, xboxdrv is not that hard to use if you follow mediamogul's excellent Advanced Controller Mapping Guide.

After a few tries I had a working base configuration, but the joystick output was still too low. After mediamogul's suggestion and some trial and error I got a configuration which works really nice for me (real N64 Controller and HuiJia USB GamePad adapter). What's nice about xboxdrv is, that you are able to rename your controller, which makes keeping track of multiple controllers with the same name quite easy.

This is my configuration:

sudo /opt/retropie/supplementary/xboxdrv/bin/xboxdrv \ --evdev /dev/input/event2 \ --silent \ --detach-kernel-driver \ --force-feedback \ --deadzone-trigger 15% \ --deadzone 15% \ --device-name "N64 Player 1" \ --evdev-absmap ABS_X=x1,ABS_Y=y1,ABS_RZ=x2,ABS_Z=y2,ABS_HAT0X=dpad_x,ABS_HAT0Y=dpad_y \ --evdev-keymap BTN_THUMB=a,BTN_THUMB2=b,BTN_BASE=lb,BTN_BASE2=rb,BTN_BASE3=tl,BTN_BASE4=start \ --ui-axismap lt=void,rt=void \ --ui-buttonmap tr=void,guide=void,back=void,x=void,y=void \ --calibration x1=-16384:0:16384,y1=-16384:0:16384 \

I hope this helps if someone else has trouble using real Nintendo 64 controllers!

Great work :)