Qwer and t keys not working for spectrum text adventures

Jeanybean

Keyboard works fine in command line etc but the q w e r and t keys just aren't registering when I try to play a text based game on the spectrum emulator.everything else is fine. Can anyone help please?

Mav617

I have the same problem, specifically the "A" key - the hardware checks out on my PC, and using the PC keyboard I have the same problem (i.e. some key presses not recognised on two different keyboards), but pressing A/a gets no response in the Spectrum emulator. So, I can't play Lords of Midnight or Wild Bunch, where you have to press A/a to move. Really frustrating!

Pi Model: Pi 3
PSU: genuine Raspberry Pi 5v PSU
Updated all packages from Retropie
RetroPie version: 4.1
Emulator: Spectrum
USB Devices: keyboard, mouse and Xeox analogue pad

edmaul69

@Jeanybean @Mav617 try adding this to /opt/retropie/configs/zxspectrum/retroarch.cfg above the #include..... line

input_libretro_device_p2 = "3"

Mav617

Thanks Ed - I did that but no joy I'm afraid. Q,W,A,S,Z and X don't work. I guess I'll have to try a fresh install.

input_remapping_directory = "/opt/retropie/configs/zxspectrum/"

input_player1_analog_dpad_mode = "1"
input_player1_joypad_index = "0"
input_player4_joypad_index = "0"
input_libretro_device_p2 = "3"

BuZz

for text adventures, you would do better to switch to the standalone fuse emulator. no need to "reinstall".

BuZz

If you want to use the libretro core, according to the documentation you have to change a few settings

There are some conflicts in the way the input devices interact because of the use of the physical keyboard keys as joystick buttons. For a good gaming experience, set the user device types as follows:

For joystick games: Set user 1 to a joystick type. Optionally, set user 2 to another joystick type (local cooperative games). Set user 3 to none. This way, you can use L1 as RETURN, R1 as SPACE, and SELECT to bring the embedded keyboard.

For keyboard games: Set users 1 and 2 to none, and user 3 to Sinclair Keyboard. You won't have any joystick and the embedded keyboard won't work, but the entire physical keyboard will be available for you to type in those text adventure commands.

Mav617

@BuZz Thanks mate, I'll try it tomorrow (got a banging headache at the moment)