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    X-Arcade Tankstick & Joystick selection problem

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      fallen86
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      Hi everyone,

      I'm having a curious problem...

      I installed the joystick selection and I've added the X-arcade tankstick (2player) controller and a bluetooth DS4.

      When i started a game, the DS4 was default selected and i wanted to play with the x-arcade controller.

      Scenario 1:
      I unplug my DS4 and i can perfectly play with 1 or 2 players on the x-arcade controller and the button mapping works fine

      Scenario 2:
      I configure the controllers via the joystick selection, for player 1 the input should be X-arcade player 1 and for player 2 the input should be X-arcade player 2.

      Scenario 1 works perfectly

      But when i boot a game in scenario 2, i can only use the X-arcade player 2 as controller and the button mapping seems to be wrong.

      Any idea what the problem could be?

      Thanks!

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        fuzznuzzbit @fallen86
        last edited by fuzznuzzbit

        @fallen86 Are you using the Xarcade2jstick driver? I assume yes. I also have the tankstick, and I reverted to keyboard mode on it, and mapped one and two player controls manually. Not sure if that will help you in this context, but I haven't had much luck with the that driver personally. Here's a link to retroarch.cfg that can help explain that process to setup 2 player controls (just don't use the setup for player 3 and 4.) https://github.com/scottnath/retropie-with-dual-x-arcades

        EDIT: Fixed the link.

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          fallen86 @fuzznuzzbit
          last edited by

          @fuzznuzzbit thanks a lot!

          And yes i use the xarcade2jstick driver, i'll test your way over the weekend, do you also use the joystick selection tool to assign P1 and P2?

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            fuzznuzzbit @fallen86
            last edited by fuzznuzzbit

            @fallen86 I'm in the middle of a rebuild or I would send you my config to help. I learned my lessons about backup the hard way. It's been a while and I did use joystick selection tool, but I rarely played 2 player games the way you are. My biggest concern was mapping a specific USB controller to each game.
            I have a feeling the problem is with the driver for you, because the tansktick functions as a keyboard and the driver is working around that to emulate a USB gamepad. Good news is if that doesn't help solve the problem, it's easy to roll back to the driver.

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