Daphne and Joystick

darkav

Hi, I have the problem describe in the topic above.
I'm using ControlBlock.
My joystick works well with jstest /dev/input/js0, but it doesnt' in Daphne.
If I run evtest, I get:

/dev/input/event0:	SINO WEALTH USB Composite Device
/dev/input/event1:	SINO WEALTH USB Composite Device
/dev/input/event2:	ControlBlock Arcade Gamepad
/dev/input/event3:	ControlBlock Arcade Gamepad

So I guess that Daphne assumes that event0 is a Joystick (in this case is not) and try to use it.
Button mapping (with the "+1" rule) is OK.
Does anyone succeeded in finding a workaround for that?

darkav

I have to correct myself.
the Joystick IS recognized, but the configuration is "wrong", that is LEFT is UP and so on.
But I guess that the problem is more general, since I have the same behaviour with Prince of Persia port.

mediamogul

@darkav said in Daphne and Joystick:

the Joystick IS recognized, but the configuration is "wrong", that is LEFT is UP and so on.

Unfortunately Daphne is one of a few emulators in RetroPie that tries to automatically grab the joystick without any manual alternative for configuration. The only solution you're likely to run across is key-mapping your joystick using external software such as xboxdrv, Joymap or Linux Joystick Mapper.

mediamogul

@mediamogul

One other possibility in Daphne that I just thought of, is the ability to map directions to a controller's buttons. I've never tried it personally, but if your joystick identifies as a series of buttons, rather than an axis, I believe you could just remap it right in /opt/retropie/configs/daphne/dapinput.ini.

darkav

Actually, after some tests, I realized that when using /dev/input/js0, LR and UD axis are switched.
So it must be something related with ControlBlock, I'm posting in the Control Block section for this.
I hope that this can be changed with some configuration. Playing with jscal but with no success up to now.

darkav

Update: Using jstest-gtk, I setup the joystick "correctly" (I had to switch axis).
So now in jstest-gtk directions are OK...also saved using jscal-store and all seems OK( using jstest-gtk) even after a reboot.

BUT I still have the same issue in Daphne and Prince of Persia Port and ScummVM...so basically any emulator that uses the joystick directly in Retropie.
So I guess that it's something that is realted with Retropie, no Daphne.

darkav

OK, apparently Daphne uses evdev so changing the mapping of /dev/input/jsx is useless.
However, I fixed the problem with a small change in ControlBlock driver (see: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6936/controlblock-joystick-configuration)

mediamogul

@darkav

Very nice!