Enabling Xbox360 analog controls in lr-mame2003

[charlie1212]

By default, only the d-pad is working. How do I EASILY enable the analog sticks on lr-mame2003.
Please explain it step by steps
Thank you

[jonnykesh]

@charlie1212 Launch a game in lr-mame2003 then press TAB on a keyboard. You should see a menu that looks like this:

Pick which ever option you want and remap the controls. (probably best to stick with a per-game basis)

[mitu]

@charlie1212 You need to enable the Analog controls in the RetroArch gui.

1. Start the game as normal
2. Press Select + X ( or Hotkey + X if you mapped a different button the the Hotkey button) to open the RetroArch GUI.
3. Go to the Controls section
4. Choose RetroPad w/ Analog for User 1 Device Type and choose either Left Analogor Right Analog for User Analog to Digital. They're the first 2 options once you open the Control section. It should look similar to the picture below
   

Go back to the game - you can exit the RetroArch with Resume from the main open screen, B exits the current option screen - and check your controls. If this works, go back to the RGUI and use the Save Core Overrides menu option to save this configuration for the Mame2003 core so it will apply to all games started with lr-mame2003.

[dudleydes]

@charlie1212 You can use the Configuration Editor in the RetroPie setup script. More info: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Configuration-Editor/

[charlie1212]

@mitu
I had I hopes in this method but it does not work. And if I press the TAB button to config the controls, like I always did, it does not register any input from my joystick. I'm a clueless on this one

[mitu]

@charlie1212 It seems the analog controls are not detected - are they working in any other game/emulator ?

[ward614]

Near as I can tell, certain emulators only accept specific inputs. I recommend using lr-mame2014 if you need to use the analog sticks and the d-pad at the same time.

[edmaul69]

in my opinion ignore everything else. this method makes the d-pad and analogs both work as the same thing. in all retroarch.cfg files except for in the "all", "psp" and "psx" folders add this above the #include..... line

input_player1_up_axis = "-1"
input_player1_down_axis = "+1"
input_player1_left_axis = "-0"
input_player1_right_axis = "+0"

input_player2_up_axis = "-1"
input_player2_down_axis = "+1"
input_player2_left_axis = "-0"
input_player2_right_axis = "+0"

now you can use both d-pad and left analog controls in all retroarch libretro systems.

[herb_fargus]

@edmaul69 the configuration editor is the simplest method imo.

[edmaul69]

@herb_fargus dont you have to manually type in everything in the configuration editor? Using winscp this can be entered really fast in any config file.

[herb_fargus]

@edmaul69 there are preconfigured settings for using the analog as a dpad. No typing necessary. Detailed on the wiki page.

[edmaul69]

@herb_fargus cool. Good to know.

[edmaul69]

@herb_fargus so does this make both d-pad and analog both the same thing if you set this up in the config editor?

[herb_fargus]

@edmaul69 that's the idea. That's why it isn't a good idea to set it up for the whole system if one intends on using psx games that use both dpad and analog.

[edmaul69]

@herb_fargus thats why i said to skip all, psx and psp. Glad to know it works this way in the editor. I am definitely going to have to check out what all is implemented in the configuration editor. Thanks for the info.

[charlie1212]

@herb_fargus
Thanks a lot. Solved