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    Jump buttons not working correctly in NES emulators.

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      wafflemanstan
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      Greetings, forgive the sort of vague title.

      I have a raspberry pi 2 that i just set up with retropie "for my kids" I am using a steam controller and have followed online instructions to configure it as an XBox controller.

      Mostly this seems to be working well. However, I find that in the nes emulators, when I play games with jump buttons, (Duck Tales, Contra, Megaman) the jump button is just kind of making the character hop at a height that doesn't clear obstacles. This doesnt appear to be happening on the games for any other systems emulators.

      It seems like the behavior I would expect for some kind of a turbo button feature, but the "shoot" buttons don't appear to be "turboing."

      This makes all the platforming games unplayable. Any input would be appreciated.

      Thanks

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        jonnykesh @wafflemanstan
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        @wafflemanstan Have you tried configuring the steam controller as a keyboard? It's the other option in the driver setup.
        Have you tried another type of controller to see what the behaviour using that is?

        I tried one afternoon recently to setup a steam controller to my liking. I just couldn't get it working the way I wanted. I gave up and went back to PS4 / 360wired. It may well be an issue with the driver but I never investigated any further because I had other options. I t was more just to see how it performed. I wasn't impressed.

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          wafflemanstan @jonnykesh
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          @jonnykesh
          I don't have another USB controller lying around, I was hoping to not have to buy any. I will look into setting it as a keyboard. Thanks.

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            simonster @wafflemanstan
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            @wafflemanstan

            It sounds like it isn't handling the button as being held down but as a press and release after a preset time. I don't have any experience of the steam controller, so I couldn't confirm specifically what is causing it. Have you tried switching emulators to see if it is related to the specific emulator? There are 3 different emulators in the Retropie setup for NES according to the documentation.

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              wafflemanstan @simonster
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              @simonster I have tried different emulators and I get the same results for each NES emulator. I don't get the same results in SNES, or Gameboy emulators however.

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                grant2258 Banned
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                are other nes games effected if not its probably how the games where made. Ie how long you hold the button down or how long you dont,

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                  BobHarris
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                  @wafflemanstan It would be weird if you were hopping in Contra 1 as this game isn't sensitive to holding the jump button longer..the jump height is always the same.

                  Pi 3B , 64 GB Sandisk ultra flashdrive, 19 systems, 872 hand picked classic gaming gems :-) Dual shock 4v2

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                    lvemebe @wafflemanstan
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                    @wafflemanstan did you ever figure this issue out? I’ve been having the same problem and have checked turbo mode and it is off. Thanks!

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