Joystick changes type

[adnoci]

Pi Model or other hardware: Pi 3B
Power Supply used: 5V 2.1A
RetroPie Version Used (eg 3.6, 3.8.1, 4.1 - do not write latest):4.5.1
Built From: Pre made SD Image on RetroPie website
USB Devices connected: Wireless USB keyboard dongle, XinMo controller
Controller used: XinMo

Emulator: Mame2003

Hello,

Configuration in emulationstation works.
Configuration in mame2003 is done and working.

While playing arcade emulation the joysticks for both players stop working. Buttons are still working.
Back in emulationstation the joysticks do nothing but the buttons do.

If I remove the config file for the controllers and restart emulationstation i am able to reconfigure the joystick.

When dooing this the name of the joystick has changed from type: Hat to type: Axis and configuration in mame is no longer working.

Any ideas?

New Config:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<inputList>
        <inputConfig type="joystick" deviceName="xin-mo.com Xinmotek Controller" deviceGUID="03000000c0160000e105000010010000">
                <input name="a" type="button" id="0" value="1" />
                <input name="b" type="button" id="1" value="1" />
                <input name="down" type="axis" id="1" value="1" />
                <input name="hotkeyenable" type="button" id="8" value="1" />
                <input name="left" type="axis" id="0" value="-1" />
                <input name="leftshoulder" type="button" id="4" value="1" />
                <input name="lefttrigger" type="button" id="7" value="1" />
                <input name="right" type="axis" id="0" value="1" />
                <input name="rightshoulder" type="button" id="5" value="1" />
                <input name="righttrigger" type="button" id="6" value="1" />
                <input name="select" type="button" id="8" value="1" />
                <input name="start" type="button" id="9" value="1" />
                <input name="up" type="axis" id="1" value="-1" />
                <input name="x" type="button" id="2" value="1" />
                <input name="y" type="button" id="3" value="1" />
        </inputConfig>
</inputList>

Older config:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<inputList>
        <inputConfig type="joystick" deviceName="xin-mo.com Xinmotek Controller" deviceGUID="03000000c0160000e105000010010000">
                <input name="a" type="button" id="0" value="1" />
                <input name="b" type="button" id="1" value="1" />
                <input name="down" type="hat" id="0" value="4" />
                <input name="hotkeyenable" type="button" id="8" value="1" />
                <input name="left" type="hat" id="0" value="8" />
                <input name="leftshoulder" type="button" id="4" value="1" />
                <input name="lefttrigger" type="button" id="7" value="1" />
                <input name="right" type="hat" id="0" value="2" />
                <input name="rightshoulder" type="button" id="5" value="1" />
                <input name="righttrigger" type="button" id="6" value="1" />
                <input name="select" type="button" id="8" value="1" />
                <input name="start" type="button" id="9" value="1" />
                <input name="up" type="hat" id="0" value="1" />
                <input name="x" type="button" id="2" value="1" />
                <input name="y" type="button" id="3" value="1" />
        </inputConfig>
</inputList>

[mitu]

Both configs are correct. Your new configuration has axis for the directional buttons, most likely you've configured the joystick as a D-Pad this time ? EmulationStation should work with both D-pad and Joysticks.

As for MAME2003, what game are you trying out ? It may be that the same has no analog controls and thus it expects digital (i.e. D-pad) controls. You can play with RetroArch's settings for this - in the Controls section of the RGUI, you can switch the P1 device type to RetroPad w/ Analog and change the User 1 Analog to Digital to either Left Analog or Right Analog, depending on how you mapped your joystick in MAME.