Amiberry, whdboot, Mouse and Joystick "none" (ps4 joypad)

JemyM

I have struggled for two days figuring this out. I have Amiberry loaded. Every time I load a whdboot game, and open the Settings, there's no Input. Port 0 [Mouse] and the three joysticks are set to "None". I can reselect them manually every bootup and they turn up as [R] meaning the controller config was found, and it works fine in game. But it gets old quick to have to select them manually every startup.

I tried to read what little info I could find on the Amiberry wiki and googled hard. hostprefs.conf is definitely set to CONTROLLER_1=joy1 and CONTROLLER_MOUSE_1=mouse.

This guide;
https://github.com/midwan/amiberry/wiki/Using-Amiberry-WHDBooter-with-RetroPie-(Step-4)
... refers to the "Amiberry Wiki Page", and I dwelled there too. For all I can see, it should work, it just doesn't.

I tested to save a new .uae config and it seems ok;
joyport0=mouse
joyport0_autofire=none
joyport0_friendlyname=Mouse
joyport0_name=MOUSE0
;
joyport1=joy1
joyport1_autofire=none
joyport1_friendlyname=Sony Interactive Entertainment Wireless Controller
joyport1_name=JOY1

I tried to add these lines to hostprefs.conf but it didn't do anything.

Then I went to https://github.com/midwan/amiberry/wiki/Setting-up-Input-Controllers and it say;
"For RetroPie, you should select /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig/"
... but that just turns up empty.

I read;
https://github.com/midwan/amiberry/wiki/WHDLoad-Booter-(WHDBooter)-F.A.Q.
... and it have the question "I have issues with my controller not being correctly selected by-default on loading each game, and/or I would like to use a real mouse/specific controller for mouse games. How do I do this?" but the answer didn't help. I even tried to remove the joy2 and joy0 from hostprefs.conf but nothing happens when I did.

Finally I read;
https://github.com/midwan/amiberry/wiki/WHDLoad-Auto-booting
... but it didn't help either.

Pi Model or other hardware: Raspberry Pi 3
Power Supply used: 2.4A usb charger
RetroPie Version Used: v4.4.2
Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website
USB Devices connected: Logitech k830
Controller used: Dual Shock 4 (via internal bluetooth)
Emulator: Amiberry (from binary)

mitu

@jemym said in Amiberry, whdboot, Mouse and Joystick "none" (ps4 joypad):

"For RetroPie, you should select /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig/"
... but that just turns up empty.

If you configure your gamepad in Emulationstation, it shouldn't be empty. Otherwise, please give more details about your system as requesed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

JemyM

I added the system information in my original post (sorry).

When I select "select /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig/" the path is changed to /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig/---"

When I browse to the folder in samba it looks weird; its filled with subfolders;

"\?\UNC\retropie\configs\all\retroarch\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig\autoconfig"

I went back to create new controller profiles for my joypad and keyboard, then I changed the paths in Amiberry to;
path=/opt/retropie/emulators/amiberry/kickstarts/
config_path=/opt/retropie/configs/amiga/amiberry/conf/
controllers_path=/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/autoconfig/
retroarch_config=/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

And clicked "Rescan Paths".

Just to be sure I rebooted the system and tried a new WHDLoad game.

It had no effect. Mouse and joypad still turns up as "None".

JemyM

@jemym said in Amiberry, whdboot, Mouse and Joystick "none" (ps4 joypad):

config_path=/opt/retropie/configs/amiga/amiberry/conf/

I changed it to config_path=/opt/retropie/configs/amiga/amiberry/

Now I note that when I restart the emulator (by clicking Restart in the Amiberry GUI) the mouse and joystick are added as they should. But that still removes the point since I still have to use the UI to get the joypad to activate.

dudleydes

@jemym Have you tried installing Amiberry from source? Here is a a post where a user reported doing so fixed a similar issue to yours.

JemyM

@dudleydes Confirmed!

Installing from source fixed the issue immediately, at least for joypad. Mouse does not activate (tested with Lost Patrol and Lemmings).

dudleydes

@jemym Could you check your hostprefs.conf file with the one at the Amiberry github? You can find it in /opt/retropie/configs/amiga/amiberry/whdboot.

I found that I needed to swap the values for CONTROLLER_MOUSE_1 and CONTROLLER_MOUSE_2 to get the analog stick on my PS3 controller working as a mouse in Lemmings, Cannon Fodder, Syndicate etc..

JemyM

@dudleydes I realized that I had disabled controller 2 and 3 and when enabling them mouse is now also enabled by default.

By default mine was set to;
CONTROLLER_MOUSE_1=mouse
CONTROLLER_MOUSE_2=joy2

The one on Amiberry github is set to;
CONTROLLER_MOUSE_1=joy1
CONTROLLER_MOUSE_2=joy2

I had to set Mouse to my joypad (wireless ps4 joypad) to my mouseport, and also declare to Amiberry that its a mouse.