Mupen64plus control config

SuperFella

I've read about 50 threads on this already and none of them are at all helpful so I'll try directly.

I'm trying to run an N64 game (Bakuretsu Muteki Bangaioh), but while the control config is good on mupen64plus it crashes a few seconds into gameplay. So I tried the other emulators and it seems to run well in mupen64plus-auto, except that that's got some awful munged controls and I can't move my robot.

The normal buttons to access the Retroarch menu don't work - the hotkey just quits straight out - so I can't find any way to remap the controls to some usable ones.

I tried copying mupen64plus.cfg in configs>n64 to a new file called mupen64plus-auto.cfg, but that did nothing. Is there a way I can simply copy a working config that mupen64plus-auto will pick up?

SuperFella

Nobody? Control config in Mupen seems to be a labyrinth from hell as far as I can make out :(

mitu

Please add more info about your system, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first, including the gamepad you're using.

The normal buttons to access the Retroarch menu don't work - the hotkey just quits straight out - so I can't find any way to remap the controls to some usable ones.

Did you map the Start button as your hotkey ?

SuperFella

@mitu I have an arcade joystick. The hotkey is the R button, so I press R and X for the Retroarch menu, and R and Start to exit.

SuperFella

Still can't get anywhere configuring mupen64plus-auto, which is really frustrating as it looks like it's the best of the N64 emus by a distance but I cannot work out how to edit the controls at all :(

SuperFella

So I just wiped InputAutoConfig.ini and started again.

When it's this:

; Keyboard_START
[Keyboard]
plugged = True
plugin = 2
mouse = False
DPad R = key(100)
DPad L = key(97)
DPad D = key(115)
DPad U = key(119)
Start = key(13)
Z Trig = key(122)
B Button = key(306)
A Button = key(304)
C Button R = key(108)
C Button L = key(106)
C Button D = key(107)
C Button U = key(105)
R Trig = key(99)
L Trig = key(120)
Mempak switch = key(44)
Rumblepak switch = key(46)
X Axis = key(276,275)
Y Axis = key(273,274)
; Keyboard_END

the game works perfectly, but keyboard only - WASD and cursors and a few others.

When I add this:

; usb gamepad _START 
[usb gamepad ]
plugged = True
Start = button(6)
A Button = button(1)
B Button = button(2)
X Axis = "hat(0 Left Right)"
Y Axis = "hat(0 Up Down)"
; usb gamepad _END

the keyboard stops working and the Start, A and B buttons all map to the proper buttons on the arcade joystick, (and button 5 quits back to EmulationStation) but the stick itself does absolutely nothing.

Those X and Y axis lines are taken from some semi-gibberish here:

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Nintendo-64/

where it says *"Note for configuring Arcade Joystick or non analogue controller to use N64 correctly.
Changing the below inside /opt/retropie/configs/n64/InputAutoCfg.ini

From X Axis = "hat(0 Left, 0 Right)" Y Axis = "hat(0 Up, 0 Down)"

To X Axis = "hat(0 Left Right)" Y Axis = "hat(0 Up Down)""*

But none of those lines, with or without quote marks, make the joystick do anything at all.

If I change it to:

; usb gamepad _START 
[usb gamepad ]
plugged = True
Start = button(6)
A Button = button(1)
B Button = button(2)
DPad D = hat(0 Down)
DPad U = hat(0 Up)
DPad L = hat(0 Left)
DPad R = hat(0 Right)
; usb gamepad _END

nothing changes. The stick still does nothing, whether I put quotes round the hat commands or not.

What in blazes do I need to do to make the dumb emulator recognise the stick?