Guide: Advanced Controller Mappings

[spud11]

@Chillimonster That's no problem at all. I think you're right - it's likely to be the keys that wind up making the difference. I reckon it'll be more than a week before I start testing Daphne (you've sparked my interest again in getting it working), so if you do get it working, could you please post your config here?

[spud11]

@mediamogul said in Guide: Advanced Controller Mappings:

nano /opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh

Hi mediamogul.

I've now checked Notepad++ and it is using Unicode UTF-8. I've looked at the code using nano too and removed line 27 which was blank. There doesn't appear to be anything else that stands out. The code appears to be correct and I've tested again and it doesn't work.

Given that line 2 is actually line 1, the error $'\r' looks like it relates to "$1" - that is, it can't find or identify the "amiga" system for whatever reason.

I can't help but feel it's got something to do with my amiga setup which has individual .uae configs for each game (as per the Amiga wiki but using hard drives for each game, not floppy disks), but could be wrong.

I've previously tried some of the other $ commands. Maybe that is the way to go?

Or I wonder if there might be some other file that I've changed that is affecting things. I recall somewhere reading that there was another file that might require changing and I made that change. Can't find what it was now.

Or maybe one way to test things is just to replace "amiga" with another random system and see if it works for other systems. That would at least rule out that there is an inherent problem with the code.

[mediamogul]

@spud11

I can't help but feel it's got something to do with my amiga setup which has individual .uae configs for each game

That very well could be. Launch another game the way you have been, then post the contents of /dev/shmruncommand.info.

[spud11]

@mediamogul

Okay, thanks. I tried another Amiga game with the same outcome, and once again it doesn't like the& (or & and fi) at the end:

/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 2: $'\r': command not found
/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 18: syntax error near unexpected token `&'
/opt/retropie/configs/all/runcommand-onstart.sh: line 18: `&
'
Parameters: 
Executing: pushd /opt/retropie/emulators/uae4arm/; ./uae4arm -config="/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/amiga/Alien Drug Lords.uae"
/opt/retropie/emulators/uae4arm /opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand
Amiberry build 2017-01-08, by Dimitris (MiDWaN) Panokostas and Olly Aigner
Based on previous work by Chips and TomB (Pandora)
Joystick 0 : DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick  
    Buttons: 12 Axis: 4 Hats: 1
Joystick 1 : DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick  
    Buttons: 12 Axis: 4 Hats: 1
Joystick 2 : DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick  
    Buttons: 12 Axis: 4 Hats: 1
Joystick 3 : DragonRise Inc.   Generic   USB  Joystick  
    Buttons: 12 Axis: 4 Hats: 1
starting sound thread..
stopping sound thread..
xboxdrv: no process found

Also, I found the other change to which I have referred in my previous comment which I made after following the guide:

sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/99-xboxdrv.rules

SUBSYSTEM=="input", ATTRS{name}=="Microsoft X-Box 360 pad - Keyboard Emulation", GROUP="users", MODE="0666", ENV{ID_INPUT_KEYBOARD}="1"

[mediamogul]

@spud11

I actually need to see the contents of /dev/shm/runcommand.info. Make sure of course that you have just previously launched a game.

[spud11]

@mediamogul Oh, sorry. I missed that it was the info file, not the log file, you wanted to see. Will send after I get home from work. Thanks.

[mediamogul]

@spud11

Not a problem.

[Chillimonster]

@spud11

Of course i will.

I'll try and get some time on it over weekend and update the thread accordingly

[spud11]

@mediamogul Sorry about the delay. Wound up not getting home to very late. Here is the runcommand.info file:

amiga
uae4arm
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/amiga/Alien Breed Special Edition '92.uae
pushd /opt/retropie/emulators/uae4arm/; ./uae4arm -config="/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/amiga/Alien Breed Special Edition '92.uae"

Does this correspond to the "$" inputs 1, 2, 3, 4?

[spud11]

@Chillimonster Thanks!

[mediamogul]

@spud11 said in Guide: Advanced Controller Mappings:

Does this correspond to the "$" inputs 1, 2, 3, 4?

It does and I was hoping to see something wrong here that would explain your issues, but everything seems to be in order. I won't lie, I'm starting to run out of ideas here myself. One thing you can try is to add:

#!/bin/bash

sudo /opt/retropie/supplementary/xboxdrv/bin/xboxdrv \
    --evdev /dev/input/by-path/platform-3f980000.usb-usb-0:1.2.3:1.0-event-joystick \
	--silent \
	--detach-kernel-driver \
	--force-feedback \
	--deadzone-trigger 15% \
	--deadzone 4000 \
	--trigger-as-button \
	--mimic-xpad \
	--device-name "Amiga Joystick Player 1 (xboxdrv)" \
	--evdev-absmap ABS_X=y1,ABS_Y=x1 \
	--evdev-keymap BTN_TRIGGER=x,BTN_THUMB=y,BTN_THUMB2=a,BTN_PINKIE=b,BTN_BASE3=back,BTN_BASE6=start \
	--ui-buttonmap lb=void,rb=void,tl=void,tr=void,guide=void,lt=void,rt=void \
&

to it's own separate script and in turn launch it from runcommand-onstart.sh with:

if [ "$1" = "amiga" ]
then
sh /path/to/new/script.sh
fi

[EctoOne]

Sorry to interrupt, I didn't read all of the lasts post. It is about setting up xboxdrv to work with uae4arm and the possibility that launching uae files might cause some trouble right? If so, I have no problems with the same setup. Although I replaced uae4arm with amiberry. So if needed I could copy the controller setup part from the guide I used.

The only thing that I can't figure out, is how to get custom controls within uae4arm/amiberry to work. Which would be great if I could map the X, Y Buttons to whatever the game needs. But from what I've found that seems to be a bug with amiberry (never tried it with uae4arm), so I have to wait for an update to that.

[mediamogul]

@EctoOne said in Guide: Advanced Controller Mappings:

If so, I have no problems with the same setup.

On paper, there should be nothing preventing this from working on any setup. There has to be some other factor at play that is not being accounted for, but I'll be hornschwaggled if I can see it.

Which would be great if I could map the X, Y Buttons to whatever the game needs.

Almost any computer game responds to keyboard input. You could always map the keys to the controller.

[EctoOne]

@mediamogul said in Guide: Advanced Controller Mappings:

Almost any computer game responds to keyboard input. You could always map the keys to the controller.

Yes I know that. It works for something like ScummVM where you can map the start button to F5. Because that's the key most ScummVM games use to access the menu. But for Amiga games it's more different what keys are needed. Example I want to use X as Spacebar for Turrican but on The Clue! I want X to be F1 to be able to open the menu.
Uae4arm has a menu to map buttons on its own but I can't get it to work. And I don't know if that's an uae4arm/amiberry problem or if there is a conflict with my setup.

[mediamogul]

@EctoOne

Ah, I gotchya. I have a similar need for some individual system games. If you use if [ "$3" = "/path/to/rom" ] in your if/else statement, you can launch your mappings based on individual ROMs rather than have them applied to whole systems.

[spud11]

@mediamogul I've now given that one a go too:

#!/bin/sh

if [ "$1" = "amiga" ]
then
sh /opt/retropie/configs/amiga/joystick.sh
fi

joystick.sh is:

#!/bin/sh

sudo /opt/retropie/supplementary/xboxdrv/bin/xboxdrv \
    --evdev /dev/input/by-path/platform-3f980000.usb-usb-0:1.2.3:1.0-event-joystick \
	--silent \
	--detach-kernel-driver \
	--force-feedback \
	--deadzone-trigger 15% \
	--deadzone 4000 \
	--trigger-as-button \
	--mimic-xpad \
	--device-name "Amiga Joystick Player 1 (xboxdrv)" \
	--evdev-absmap ABS_X=y1,ABS_Y=x1 \
	--evdev-keymap BTN_TRIGGER=x,BTN_THUMB=y,BTN_THUMB2=a,BTN_PINKIE=b,BTN_BASE3=back,BTN_BASE6=start \
	--ui-buttonmap lb=void,rb=void,tl=void,tr=void,guide=void,lt=void,rt=void \
&

Unfortunately, there is no output .log file .info file.

It seems that the runcommand-onstart.sh will work, but only if there is no if/then statement.

I'll have a quick go at replacing "amiga" with another system and see what eventuates.

[spud11]

@spud11 Tried with "c64" instead of "amiga" and same results as for amiga - separate script no output in dev/shm and a similar output if the sudo statement appears directly in the runcommand statement.

Perhaps I could somehow include reference to the script in the .uae files instead? I don't know.

[spud11]

@EctoOne You seem to have a similar problem to me. I'm using amiberry too. Although the author thought he had got custom controls to work from the f12 menu, I haven't been able to get that working either. Apparently, he is thinking of "going" libretro, but it hasn't happened yet.

What I do know is that if I use runcommand-onstart.sh to install xboxdrv (but without the if/then statement), my "amiga joystick" does appear in the uae4arm menu (ie press f12) and I can select that joystick and all works well in game after "resuming" the game.

Also, it is possible to manually bulk change all the individual game .uae scripts to default to the "amiga joystick" for player 1. I use a Windows program called "Find and Replace " to achieve that: http://findandreplace.sourceforge.net

That will work, but obviously because there is no if/then statement in runcommand-onstart.sh, my controls are all screwed up for every other emulator/core which is self-defeating.

[EctoOne]

@mediamogul said in Guide: Advanced Controller Mappings:

@EctoOne

Ah, I gotchya. I have a similar need for some individual system games. If you use if [ "$3" = "/path/to/rom" ] in your if/else statement, you can launch your mappings based on individual ROMs rather than have them applied to whole systems.

Oh really, that sounds like a solution but it also sounds like a lot more work. If the custom controls within uae4arm where working, i could map the buttons on the fly and to see what's best and then simply save the config file. But thanks for the hint, i might give it a shot.

@spud11
This is a copy of the guide i used (Can't provide a link, because it also contains games)

And this is my runcommand-onstart.sh (scummvm settings removed to avoid confusion):

#!/bin/sh
## Uncomment one or all of the following if you need to find some information about the emulator or roms
## Name of the emulator
#echo $1 >> /dev/shm/runcommand.log

## Name of the software used for running the emulation
#echo $2 >> /dev/shm/runcommand.log

## Name of the rom
#echo $3 >> /dev/shm/runcommand.log

##Executed command line
#echo $4 >> /dev/shm/runcommand.log


### The FUN begins
#Get ROM name striping full path
rom="${3##*/}"

### Set variables for your joypad and emulator
### Basic Configuraions - Standard controller mappings 
LogiF710="/opt/retropie/supplementary/xboxdrv/bin/xboxdrv > /dev/null \
	--evdev /dev/input/event3 \
	--silent \
	--detach-kernel-driver \
	--deadzone=4000 \
	--deadzone-trigger 15% \
	--force-feedback \
	--mimic-xpad \
	--trigger-as-button \
	--evdev-absmap ABS_X=x1,ABS_Y=y1,ABS_RX=x2,ABS_RY=y2,ABS_HAT0X=dpad_x,ABS_HAT0Y=dpad_y \
	--evdev-keymap BTN_SOUTH=a,BTN_EAST=b,BTN_NORTH=x,BTN_WEST=y,BTN_TL=lb,BTN_TR=rb,BTN_TL2=lt,BTN_TR2=rt,BTN_THUMBL=tl,BTN_THUMBR=tr,BTN_SELECT=back,BTN_START=start,BTN_MODE=guide \
	--calibration x1=-32767:0:32767,y1=-32767:0:32767,x2=-32767:0:32767,y2=-32767:0:32767"


### Extended Configurations
### Specific emulator configuration or any other parameters you will need only for some emulators
amiga="--axismap -Y1=Y1,-Y2=Y2 \
	--buttonmap tl^toggle=tl \	
        --buttonmap rt^toggle=rt \
	--ui-axismap tl+x1=REL_X:5,tl+y1=REL_Y:5 \
	--ui-buttonmap tl+a=BTN_LEFT,tl+b=BTN_RIGHT \
	--ui-buttonmap start=KEY_P,back=void \
	--ui-buttonmap rt+a=KEY_ENTER,rt+b=KEY_ESC,rt+x=KEY_SPACE,rt+y=KEY_F1,rt+du=KEY_UP,rt+dd=KEY_DOWN,rt+dl=KEY_LEFT,rt+dr=KEY_RIGHT \
	--ui-buttonmap guide=KEY_F12,guide+start=KEY_Q \
	--ui-axismap x2=void"

fourway="--four-way-restrictor"

invert="--ui-buttonmap du=KEY_DOWN,dd=KEY_UP"

### Kill Command
xboxkill="sudo killall >/dev/null xboxdrv"

### Execute the driver with the configuration you need
# $1 is the name of the emulation, not the name of the software used
# it is intellivision not jzintv
case $1 in

    amiga)
        $xboxkill
        joycommand="$LogiF710 $amiga &"
        eval $joycommand
    ;;
esac

Beware that i'm using a Logitech F710 controller, so you can't probably just copy paste that. This mapping toggles mouse/joystick function when pressing the left analog stick and also toggles cursor keys on the digipad when pressing RT/R2 (instead of holding RT/R2)

[mediamogul]

@spud11

I'm curious as to whether or not any if/then statements will run on your setup. Try adding the test below to your runcommand-onstart.sh and then look to see if the two test sentences were written in runcommand.log after running a game.

test=yes
if [ "$test" = "yes" ]
then
echo "This is only a test." >> /dev/shm/runcommand.log
fi
if [ "$1" = "amiga" ]
then
echo "This is also only a test." >> /dev/shm/runcommand.log
fi