8bitdo Arcade Stick - Trigger Buttons are setup as Axes

SuperDodge

So I lied. Just ran jstest and it appears that xpad now sees the trigger buttons as the Left Stick and Right Stick buttons. So while this allows me to physically use the buttons, I can't setup name controls where I can switch between controller types.

Is there any way to edit how xpad sees these buttons or it just is what it is?

mitu

@superdodge said in 8bitdo Arcade Stick - Trigger Buttons are setup as Axes:

Is there any way to edit how xpad sees these buttons or it just is what it is?

The xpad driver is 1 source file on https://github.com/paroj/xpad, you can freely modify the sources and re-compile the driver.

mitu

@superdodge said in 8bitdo Arcade Stick - Trigger Buttons are setup as Axes:

So while this allows me to physically use the buttons, I can't setup name controls where I can switch between controller types.

If you want to re-map controls based on games, you can do so from the emulator - RetroArch allows you to have per-game input mappings, without re-configuring your controller.

RotoPropJet

I posted this in a similar thread. This workaround works flawlessly for me and doesn’t require any editing in Retropie:

Go to the 8bitdo official website, download and install the 8bitdo ultimate software on your PC or Mac, if not already done.
Plug the 8Bitdo Arcade Stick to your PC or Mac with a USB cable and make sure your selector knob is in “X” mode (top left of the 8bitdo Arcade Stick)
Start the 8bitdo Ultimate software
On the right, in the button mapping panel, beside RT, associate RS instead. Do the same for LT except choose LS.
Don’t forget to synchronize the controller (icon at the top) before disconnecting the USB cable.
Connect your 8bitdo Arcade stick to the Retropie either via a USB cable, the 2. To 4G stick or Bluetooth.
Push the start button to get to the main menu (you might need another controller or keyboard to make the selections initially).
Select “configure input”. At first, make sure your selector knob is selected to DP (middle selection) to associate D-pad up, down, left, right. This time the RT and RS buttons will work flawlessly.