Here is a way to select joystick for players 1-4 (global or emu specific)

KingBeetle

Great tool! I messed around with config files for a good 20 minute with no luck before I stumbled across your tool. Made it a snap to reconfigure.

Thanks!

partTimeNinja

I see you can choose the order of 4 different "joysticks" but my question is a little different. I have one set of arcade controls plugged in through an ipac so it shows up as a keyboard, and then I have a BT dongle with a PS3 controller. I have it set as the arcade is P1 and PS3 is set for P2, but what if I want to change those on the fly?

I saw you can go launch a rom and then go into the menu, settings, input, and check what is bound to P1 or P2. I guess my question could be, can I set the keyboard as an autoconfig so it auto configs when I select it from the menu?

Sorry if that seems like rambling. Not sure the best way to word everything. Thanks!

Furluge

@meleu said in Here is a way to select joystick for players 1-4 (global or emu specific):

And now the install.sh creates a gamelist.xml entry for joystick_selection.sh. So there is no problem when the "PARSE GAMELISTS ONLY" is set to "ON".

Can anyone tell me exactly what this entry should say? A gamelist.xml entry wasn't created when I ran the install.sh

mitu

@Furluge It's called Joystick Selection.

nvr wrks 1st try

@meleu So I know this topic is old but I was having a problem with joystick configuration and everyone says this is the thing to do but after going into the f4 menu and typing install.sh and it says I don't have it how do I go about download that or am I just doing something wrong, I'm sorry if this is really obvious I am painfully new.

meleu

@nvr-wrks-1st-try The first post of this thread has a section called "Installation" where you can see the instructions to install the tool.

nvr wrks 1st try

@meleu I'm still having a problem where it says:

0curl: (6) Could not resolve host: raw.githubusercontent.com

nvr wrks 1st try

@meleu it is similar to the problem @mattrixk had

meleu

@nvr-wrks-1st-try said in Here is a way to select joystick for players 1-4 (global or emu specific):

@meleu I'm still having a problem where it says:
0curl: (6) Could not resolve host: raw.githubusercontent.com

Looks like your raspi is offline. You should solve it first.

nvr wrks 1st try

@meleu so I downloaded this packages because of a problem I was having where the two USB joysticks would be seen as one because they are identical setups but after successfully downloading and updating the package the problem persisted and the two joysticks did not separate even though on the joystick selector it was seen as two usb gamepads and I set one joystick for player one and the other as player 2. Any thoughts?

kenno7

Hello, the "Joystick Selection" app has helped me out with swapping the default Player 1 / Player 2 of my Xin-mo dual arcade controller. It's great! :) However, the issue I am having is that if I don't have the Xin-mo gamepad plugged in and am trying to use my PS3 controller instead, it works through emulationstation menus but when I launch a retorarch emulator it does not register as Player 1 / does nothing even though it is the only gamepad plugged in! Is there a way to still set Player 1 / Player 2 if the Xin-mo is plugged in but if not plugged in to then just use whatever gamepad is available for Player 1 / Player 2? Or what are my other options besides "Joystick Selection" to get this to work? Thanks in advance to the Retropie community, you've been quite helpful so far throughout my Retropie project :)

derebo

Sorry, I was looking for a solution such as this one to managing multiple controllers. So big thanks to @meleu !
How come it is not part of RetroPie by default yet? Or I am unable to locate it in Retro-Pie Setup Script.

Regards,

derebo

@meleu I have tested it and I must say it works perfect with my SNES Compatible USB controller and PS3 Compatible Wirless controller. So congratulations!

However, I am having a hard time trying to get Retropie and/or joystick-selection to allow to change the order when I am using my controllers remapped to be able to play computer system videogames such as MSX in which physical keys (characters and/or numbers) in a keyboard must be pressed to gameplay to start eg. 1 Redefine keys; 2 Joystick; 3 Keyboard; SPACE Start...

For such remapping, I have followed the guide Universal Controller Calibration & Mapping Using xboxdrv. With the support of @mitu in topic how to configure PS3 Compatible wireless controller? (Universal Controller xboxdrv) I have been able to get my PS3 controller detected by RetroPie. I have managed to get my SNES controller detected as well:

pi@retropie:~ $ evtest 
No device specified, trying to scan all of /dev/input/event*
Not running as root, no devices may be available.
Available devices:
/dev/input/event0:	usb gamepad           
/dev/input/event1:	VIRTUAL-SNES2XBOX-CONTROLLER - Keyboard Emulation
/dev/input/event2:	VIRTUAL-SNES2XBOX-CONTROLLER
Select the device event number [0-2]: ^C

Retropie detects event0 and event2. However, even though joystick-selection allows changing the joystick order - I would need VIRTUAL-SNES2XBOX-CONTROLLER configured in port #0 -

Retropie > Configuration > Joystick selection > Selection by name OFF
System-specific joystick selection (MSX)
1 UNSET
2 UNSET
3 UNSET
4 UNSET
Available are:
0 usb gamepad #1
1 VIRTUAL-SNES2XBOX-CONTROLLER

So VIRTUAL-SNES2XBOX-CONTROLLER is set to 1. 2,3,4 are left UNSET

SNES Compatible controller can navigate EmulationStation and Retroarch. When entering RetroPie > Retroarch...
usb gampead configured in port #0
VIRTUAL-SNES2XBOX-CONTROLLER configured in port #1

Retroarch > Settings > Input >
Port 1 Binds VIRTUAL-SNES2XBOX-CONTROLLER
Port 2 Binds usb gamepad

Entering MSX videogame shows text boxes at the botton left of the screen...

usb gampead configured in port #0
VIRTUAL-SNES2XBOX-CONTROLLER configured in port #1

Controller is irresponsive. However, Select+Start (exit emulator) works at least and I can return to EmulationStation.

Controller is configured at system start-up:

pi@retropie:~ $ cat /etc/rc.local 
sudo /opt/retropie/supplementary/xboxdrv/bin/xboxdrv \
        --evdev /dev/input/by-id/usb-0810_usb_gamepad-event-joystick \
        --silent \
        --detach-kernel-driver \
        --force-feedback \
        --deadzone-trigger 15% \
        --deadzone 4000 \
        --device-name "VIRTUAL-SNES2XBOX-CONTROLLER" \
        --evdev-absmap ABS_X=dpad_x,ABS_Y=dpad_y \
        --evdev-keymap BTN_THUMB=a,BTN_THUMB2=b,BTN_TRIGGER=x,BTN_WEST=y \
        --evdev-keymap BTN_BASE3=back,BTN_BASE4=start \
        --evdev-keymap BTN_TOP2=lb,BTN_PINKIE=rb \
        --dpad-only \
        --ui-axismap lt=void,rt=void \
        --ui-buttonmap y=KEY_SPACE \
	--ui-buttonmap lb=void,rb=KEY_0 \
	&

exit 0

Truly, I do not know what the issue may be, but pressing Y button on SNES controller should be understood as pressing SPACE on a physical keyboard and so start gameplay.

Since Retroarch shows
usb gampead configured in port #0
VIRTUAL-SNES2XBOX-CONTROLLER configured in port #1

May it be that it is not correctly detecting VIRTUAL-SNES2XBOX-CONTROLLER for Player1 as I would expect?

Thank you indeed for your attention.

Edit: forgot to add:

pi@retropie:~ $ sudo cat /opt/retropie/configs/msx/retroarch.cfg
# Settings made here will only override settings in the global retroarch.cfg if placed above the #include line

input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/msx/"

input_player1_joypad_index = "1"

#include "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg"

Lilyandy

please~~
My host is Piboy DMG,
I want to connect two external joysticks, Play1 + Play2,
But I want Piboy DMG built-in joystick and external Play1 joystick to control Play1 together,The Play2 is another Play2 joystick, the joystick is PS1 specification.

Because when I set up the two joysticks, I also set the "Combo" button, the Play1/2 joysticks can be sure to combo, but the built-in joystick of Piboy DMG can be controlled but cannot be combo.

Ths.^^