Emulationstation - Mapping MouseClick1 and MouseClick2 to inputs in the emulationstion menu?

retropieuser555

Pi 4b (think it's 2gb)
Emulationstation V2.10-3rp
Retropie v4.8
Controller:- keyboard/mouse/8bitdo m30/Dolphin Bar

I've had a lot of fun last few days getting the Dolphin bar setup on Retropie, playing HOTD2, Terminator2 etc, Time Crisis etc. It's an absolute blast.

One thing I notice though, the mode of the DolphinBar (Mode 2) maps the wiimote to keyboard keys, mouse movement and mouse clicks. A and B on the wiimote are Mouseclick1 and 2 respectively.

I was trying to figure out within es_input or elsewhere if there's a way to map the mouse clicks to East button (B) and South button (A) within emulation station only? I've got it all sorted in retroarch itself, as you can map mouse clicks but oddly you can't from the GUI in emulationstation

mitu

There's no mouse support (for input) in EmulationStation.

lowlevel1989

@retropieuser555, now you can with the dbar4gun driver.

mitu

@lowlevel1989 said in Emulationstation - Mapping MouseClick1 and MouseClick2 to inputs in the emulationstion menu?:

now you can with the dbar4gun driver.

How exactly would that work ? EmulationStation still doesn't support mouse inputs.

lowlevel1989

@mitu, The driver is different and remaps to keyboard buttons that are supported by EmulationStation, and it also allows you to use more than one Wiimote at the same time. This lets you navigate through the EmulationStation menu using only the Wiimote.

device	button	map	shared	mame default
wiimote	ir	mouse cursor	false	cursor
wiimote	a	auto key	false	bomb
wiimote	b	mouse left	false	trigger
wiimote	home	key f1	true	menu (retroarch)
wiimote	1	mouse middle	false
wiimote	2	mouse right	false	reload (retroarch)
wiimote	plus	auto key	false	start
wiimote	minus	auto key	false	1 coin
wiimote	d-pad	auto key	false	direction
nunchuck	stick	wiimote d-pad	false	direction
nunchuck	z	auto key	false
nunchuck	c	auto key	false
combo	b + minus	key esc	true	exit (retroarch)
combo	b + plus	key enter	true	select
combo	b + home	key tab	true	menu
combo	b + 1	key space	true	fast forward
combo	b + 2	key 2	true	start (P2)
combo	a + plus		false	start calibration
combo	a + minus		false	reset calibration

ref: https://github.com/lowlevel-1989/dbar4gun

mitu

@lowlevel1989 said in Emulationstation - Mapping MouseClick1 and MouseClick2 to inputs in the emulationstion menu?:

@mitu, The driver is different and remaps to keyboard...

Not sure if I understand - it's not actually 'mapping' to a Mouse click, but just emitting keyboard events for the same physical input ?

lowlevel1989

@mitu, No, it's just that the button mapping is different. For example, if you use dbar4gun with a Wiimote connected via Bluetooth or through a DolphinBar, the directions on the Wiimote and the A button will be mapped to specific keys on the keyboard. All the mappings are detailed in the table I sent earlier.