D-Pad doesn't work in MAME (Wireless Nintento Wii U pro controller)
-
Hi! I've got everything working, except the dpad. (It works in all the games/emulators outside of MAME... Just not MAME.) When I go into the setup to register each movement in MAME (coin, up, down, left, right etc) it only allows me to use the analog stick for the directional movements. Which stinks for these old games. I saw a post regarding needing to use Retroarch to make this work, but they didn't give any details on how to implement that and the thread was closed. Any chance this is easy for a noob without programming skills? Anybody have any advice on how to get the Wii U pro wireless controller's Dpad working in MAME? Appreciate the help! Using Rey's 128gb image if that helps. It seemed like a good/popular one. Thanks!!!
-
@kilerb said in D-Pad doesn't work in MAME (Wireless Nintento Wii U pro controller):
Using Rey's 128gb image if that helps. It seemed like a good/popular one. Thanks!!!
Can't help much if you aren't using the default retropie image. But sounds like it's not using a libretro emulator. Plus you didn't say what pi etc.
-
Using Rey's 128gb image if that helps.
Third party images are not supported here for a number of reasons. First and foremost, Rey's 128gb image is loaded to the gills with illegal ROMs. If you were to format your card with a fresh image from this website, we'll be happy to help you solve any problems that you may run into. Otherwise, you'll either have to support yourself, or seek out support from this elusive Rey character. Seeing as how the prior involves a lot of reading and the latter involves a maze, some riddles and a pretty heated battle with a Minotaur, most people just choose to start fresh.
-
Reys image is a bloated mess.
Some 'might' say it's great to download and simply pinch all the roms off it that you want/need, but i'm not saying that.
But seriously, it's a like a large kfc tower burger meal; sloppy, rushed, tricky to get a good grasp of it, and just plain bad for you.
I can guarantee you the wii u pro controller's dpad works just fine with mame games, i personally know it works fine with fba, mame2003 and mame2010. And every other emulator i've thrown at it.The reason no one is willing to help you is because we don't know what this rey guy has done, or what emulator is in use, what version it is, what version retropie your running....you get the idea.
Hell, you can set it up so the dpad AND the left analog stick both work.Which i have done.
Gather up all the roms you need (for mame know what romset they are and use the appropriate emulator) and start fresh.
Before you know it, you'll be on a rocket ride to the Moon! And while you're there, would you pick up some of that nice, green moon money for me?
-
@megafacehead Gotcha... Thanks for the reply man. Honestly, the thing seems to be working flawlessly (For all the games I've tried...) Minus this D-pad issue. Someone mentioned they had the exact same problem and fixed it in retroarch, but I didn't comprehend how that worked when I looked into it. Do you know if that's pretty easy?
@mediamogul I used to play that E.T. Atari game. Looking at your avatar brings back memories! Where do you get legal ROM's?
-
I used to play that E.T. Atari game. Looking at your avatar brings back memories!
A lot of people will try to tell you that it's one of the worst games of all time, but those are just the people who played it.
Where do you get legal ROM's?
There are relatively few ROMs that are legal to download, but they do exist. Commercial ROMs can legally be dumped from games that you own and run on RetroPie. Outside of those exceptions and any possible outlying exemptions of laws local to yourself, every other means of obtaining ROMs should be considered strictly illegal. That being the case, we cannot offer support to any user we know to be involved in the propagation of copyrighted material to protect the well-being of the RetroPie project.
-
@mediamogul said in D-Pad doesn't work in MAME (Wireless Nintento Wii U pro controller):
@kilerb
A lot of people will try to tell you that it's one of the worst games of all time, but those are just the people who played it.The people who say it was the worst game never read the manual. If you do that and get a true understanding of the game, it is kinda cool.
-
Very true. Before reading the manual, I made a flower grow and genuinely wondered if I had beaten the game. It's pretty funny that the game being somewhat decent is a bigger kept secret than all those copies of it buried out in the Alamogordo desert.
-
This is a little strange. I've got Rey's 128GB image on one of my pi's and using a Wii U pro controller and Mame not only recognizes the d-pad but both analog sticks (which is perfect for Smash TV). Are using the onboard bluetooth or a PC adaptor to connect your controller? I have the reverse problem with a different version of Mame with my Wii U pro controller. I can't get Mame to recognize the analog sticks even though RetroArch and ES both properly map and recognize them. As I've been digging for solutions, I think Mame doesn't have the best setup for connection to Wii U pro controllers.
-
@ogbuehi Hey there... Sorry, just saw this. I have been using the onboard bluetooth controller in the pi. When I go into the mame menu to tell it the controls, it recognizes the analog movements but not the d-pad. Someone said I might be able to fix it with retroarch, but I have no idea how that works. Is it easy? Did you have to do that? Thanks!
-
Actually, I'm using the standard PC adapter for the Wii U controller. I've tried using the onboard bluetooth and it seemed promising at first. But I eventually started experiencing ghosting. The ghosting was promptly fixed as soon as I connected to the adapter. If you want to see if RetroArch may fix the problem it's not hard. You can just enter RetroArch either in the emulator (hotkeys Select and X) or go into the RetroArch menu in Retropie. It's very easy to setup the analog sticks in Retropie.
-
@ogbuehi Thanks! What's the PC adapter exactly? Is it still wireless? Or no?
-
@ogbuehi Is this what you have? If I want to play 2 players, will I need to buy 2? Thanks!!!
https://www.amazon.com/Mayflash-Wireless-Wii-Controller-Adapter/dp/B00E6553PW -
Yeah for xinput mode you will one adaptor per controller.
The adaptor has a switch on it to allow it to mimic either an xbox layout (xinput) or a generic usb pad (dinput).
You can connect 4 controllers via dinput, but dinput is a sketchy controller profile/setting.For one thing i'm 99% sure the home/guide button is not recognized.
Stick with xinput, which needs 1 adptor per controller.
-
@kilerb said in D-Pad doesn't work in MAME (Wireless Nintento Wii U pro controller):
@ogbuehi Is this what you have? If I want to play 2 players, will I need to buy 2? Thanks!!!
https://www.amazon.com/Mayflash-Wireless-Wii-Controller-Adapter/dp/B00E6553PWThat's exactly what I use. I've only used it as one player but you will have probably have to buy two. If you plan to use a USB hub, make sure it is powered.
-
@ogbuehi @megafacehead Cool! I bought 2 on Amazon. They'll be here tomorrow. I'll let you know if my D-pad is recognized in MAME! Appreciate your feedback!
-
@megafacehead @ogbuehi Plug and play! Works great! Thanks for taking the time to chime in and help with that! Really appreciate it!
Contributions to the project are always appreciated, so if you would like to support us with a donation you can do so here.
Hosting provided by Mythic-Beasts. See the Hosting Information page for more information.