Isn't it that you can enter the retroarch menu from within a game and set input to mirror analog stick from dpad?

Hotkey + North (in game)

Settings | gamepad | analog

Please correct the path, it's something like that

@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

@dankcushions Thank you.

I found the solution:
RA changed recently the way the "Digital to Analog" operates.

switch ATD mode to "Left Analog (Forced)", as in input_player1_analog_dpad_mode = "3".

That works!

@zemaduvant said in 8BITDO SN30 PRO PPSSPP:

So i figured out the solution.

That's more like a workaround, since lr-ppsspp doesn't use the same input configuration as the standalone ppsspp.

What you could try is get the latest gamecontrollerdb.txt and copy it to /opt/retropie/emulators/ppsspp/assets/, then see if your controller behaves better.

Since the destination folder is not writeable by the pi user, copy the file to the roms folder first, then run, from the command line:

sudo cp $HOME/RetroPie/roms/gamecontrollerdb.txt /opt/retropie/emulators/ppsspp/assets/

I just got this to work and it does help making GnG much more playable!

Use the Hotkey+X combo to open the green settings screen. Find 'Options'.

I had to flip both 4-way and also analog->digital to get it to play well. It's not perfect since only an actual correct joystick would do that. But it's now completely playable so can recommend for others that are having this problem.

Check if you have press the MODE button in the controller. If it is enable (you will see a green light) you are using left analog stick as a d-pad and the actual one doesn't work during the games.

Check also the small switch under the gamepad, it must be in the "x" position.

Best for me, I LOVE It.

@barbudreadmon
Yeah, it was the principality of it, saving and loading game specific options in a global config. I think I could not get either the macros or cabinet settings to work this way, rendering them beyond completely pointless. I think the actual cabinet settings for the retroarch core are saved in /roms/neogeo/FBA/ along with high score, and I don't know what was up with the macros.

Sorry - this became obsolete for me because of that post:
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/issues/1060

@lostless i couldn’t swap them in the RetroArch menu because the confirm and cancel buttons on the controller wouldn’t work in RetroArch for some reason. So here is what I did and it worked perfectly. I downloaded retropie version 4.2 and re flashed the mini sd card. Now it works just fine. But thank you for your suggestions. Love this community.

@markwkidd said in Need Help Configuring D-Pad to act as Analog Stick in Arcade Games:

This will be easier to accomplish with the new remapping system in RetroArch 1.7.2 -- probably RetroPie 4.5 though. Cold comfort today I know.

how would it work with this specific example? i don't know what the new retroarch stuff does, yet, so this will be an interesting example.

i'm thinking for retropie's initial binding, we give the users each abstracted retropad button, and they press the associated physical button they want to use for that, which seems logical so far. how would retroarch 1.7.2 change this approach?

@thadoctor72 yeah most controllers that only have a dpad have an axis. No biggie there. The controller is probably just an absolute piece of junk.

add: the problem is only with mame games, with n64 games everything works properly..could be a problem with my retropie nstallation?or missing bios?!

I've made the retroarch setup for input 30 times...!!!!!!!!! :-(

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwPG1so4QBZXVkMtSmRIV2txQWs

@megafacehead @ogbuehi Plug and play! Works great! Thanks for taking the time to chime in and help with that! Really appreciate it!

@edm203

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For your luck, you solved it simply by switching from DInput to XInput mode. However, there may be cases where this workaround can't be used. This link may have a fully working solution: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=36564&sid=cc03fff216d25ee04264771b9e3bd0bc&start=25

In summary, some USB adapters / controllers, such as this one, have issues on various Linux distros. A problem on HID Input drivers prevents D-Pad to work properly. Down and Right works, but no Up and Left.

To solve this problem, you'll need to recompile Linux kernel on your RPI after making a few changes on "hid-input.c" file, which is located in "/drivers/hid/hid-input.c" (Within the source code directory). You can find all instructions on link above.

Alternatively, you can try a few compiled kernels made by the same guys who found this solution. But you'll need to make sure the kernel was compiled exactly for your linux version, or else, you may have problems (I got no sound problem two years ago, when I tried those kernels).

This kernel bug is here since 2010, and it affects Linux on desktop too (got it on Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04, per example). Until now, it wasn't fixed by developers. So, the only way to get it working is by compiling kernel from scratch.

You need to exit gpsp from the menu with "Exit gpSP" after configuring controls, not by pressing exit etc.

This is of course documented in the wiki. https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/game-boy-advance#gpsp

I renamed the file.

I also went to RetroArch congifuration and put the digital->Left analog to P2 and P3 (silly me!!)

It worked like a dream.

Thanx @meleu