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    Colecovision Key Bindings

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    • RiverstormR
      Riverstorm @mediamogul
      last edited by

      @mediamogul said in Colecovision Key Bindings:

      I have an optional mapping that is solely for the purpose of restricting directional input to four directions from an analog stick or directional pad. This makes all the difference in the world when trying to do well at a game like 'Pac-Man' or 'Ms Pac-man'. Some of you might have noticed that those characters can become unresponsive for a microsecond around corners when the analog stick hits a diagonal. Having a restricted directional mapping solves that and allows those and similar games to play as they did in arcades.

      This would be a greatly welcome addition! Looking forward to your post.

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      • edmaul69E
        edmaul69 @mediamogul
        last edited by edmaul69

        @mediamogul the ultimate pc interface or the vision-daptor has secret button combos to accomplish this if you use them to use real colecovision and intellivision controllers. I have an ultimate pc interface in my intellivision flashback that is modded with a pi in it.
        Pressing 4 + * = button 3 (used for pause)
        Pressing 5 + 0 = button 4 (used for reset)
        Pressing 6 + # = button 5 (used for exit emulator)

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        • mediamogulM
          mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
          last edited by mediamogul

          @edmaul69 said in Colecovision Key Bindings:

          the ultimate pc interface or the vision-daptor

          I might get one of these, as I am really enjoying the Colecovision library and wouldn't mind enhancing the experience further. As it stands now, I have the entire keypad mapped to the right thumbstick. Up, down, left & right are 1-4. Start+ Up, down, left & right are 5-8, leaving Select+ Up, down, left & right as 9,0,* and #. It took some getting used to, but this mapping works well for most games, with the two action buttons also mapped to 'A' and 'B'. There are some games however that need their own specific mapping to be played well. Intellivision seemed to make wilder use out of their keypad, so a universal mapping is more hit or miss, leaving many more titles in need of a more tailored mapping.

          Also, I appreciate the interest that has been shown in the last few comments about my guide to mapping. It can now be found here.

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          • synackS
            synack @mediamogul
            last edited by

            Apologies for bumping an old thread, but just thought I would mention that in the most recent version of CoolCV (which is not currently in the retropie repository, but can be found here), you are able to require multiple keys (or joystick buttons) to exit the emulator.

            For example, by editing the coolcv_mapping.txt file, and adding 2 different joystick buttons to the same line, it will wait for both to be pressed and act similarly to the rest of the libretro emulators.

            key_exit   key1073741939   joy0_6   joy0_7
            
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            • mediamogulM
              mediamogul Global Moderator @synack
              last edited by

              @synack said in Colecovision Key Bindings:

              it will wait for both to be pressed

              Very keen! Thanks for pointing this out. I love CoolCV and the developer really produces great work.

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              • M
                Meatball
                last edited by

                Hey all, thanks for everyone's hard work so far, really helping me get my RetroPie/CoolCV into shape. I've run into some challenges trying to configure my USB controllers (Logitech F310's) to work correctly in CoolCV. Using the Windows version, I was able to pull out the SDL joystick codes for all the buttons/movement on my controller and came up with the following. The item in parenthesis is what I want to emulate on the CV.

                A = JOY0_10 (Left Button)
                B = JOY0_11 (Right Button)
                X = JOY0_12 (Keypad 1)
                Y = JOY0_13 (Keypad 2)

                Dpad Up = JOY0_0 (Up)
                Dpad Dn = JOY0_1 (Down)
                Dpad Lt = JOY0_2 (Left)
                Dpad Rt = JOY0_3 (Right)

                Back = JOY0_5 (Pause)
                Start = JOY0_4 (Exit)
                Back + Start (Reset)

                Lt Bump = JOY0_8 (Keypad 3)
                Rt Bump = JOY0_9 (Keypad 4)

                Controller two is the same except it's JOY1 for everything.

                So I went into coolcv_mappings.txt and added all the codes to what I think is the correct mappings with no luck and it looks like this (I pulled out the extra Controller 2 stuff, but it matches the 1 section with joy1...).

                ' CoolCV mappings for Colecovision controllers to keyboard and joystick

                up_1 key1073741906 joy0_0

                right_1 key1073741903 joy0_3

                down_1 key1073741905 joy0_1

                left_1 key1073741904 joy0_2

                left_button_1 key32 joy0_10

                right_button_1 key109 joy0_11

                button3_1 key1073741939

                button4_1 key1073741939

                key1_1 key49 joy0_12

                key2_1 key50 joy0_13

                key3_1 key51 joy0_8

                key4_1 key52 joy0_9

                key5_1 key53

                key6_1 key54

                key7_1 key55

                key8_1 key56

                key9_1 key57

                key*_1 key111

                key0_1 key48

                key#_1 key112

                key_save key1073741882

                key_restore key1073741883

                key_exit key1073741939 joy0_4

                key_pause key1073741884 joy0_5

                key_reset key8 joy0_4 joy0_5

                Anyone have any ideas what I'm missing?

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                • synackS
                  synack @Meatball
                  last edited by

                  @Meatball What do you mean by "no luck"? Nothing works, some things work, etc?

                  The configuration appears to be OK.

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                  • M
                    Meatball
                    last edited by Meatball

                    Ah, sorry, I should have elaborated. :)

                    None of the commands I have mapped actually work. I can move Up/Down/Left/Right with the joystick (but not the DPad) A & B buttons don't work at all. X button moves Left, Y moves right. Left bumper resets back to the menu. Start and Back buttons seem to start a single player game, so they're one of the numpad buttons 1-4, but not sure which.

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                    • M
                      Meatball
                      last edited by

                      Anyone else have any thoughts? It's the only emulator I have left to get working and still fighting to figure it out. :)

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                      • mediamogulM
                        mediamogul Global Moderator @Meatball
                        last edited by

                        @Meatball

                        The SDL Keycodes appear to check out OK. However, you may want to give it a closer personal inspection using this chart. Have you double checked your joystick assignments using jstest?

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                        • M
                          mab1376
                          last edited by

                          Does anyone have a working config for the xbox 360 controller?

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                          • darkniorD
                            darknior
                            last edited by darknior

                            @synack said in Colecovision Key Bindings:

                            key_exit key1073741939 joy0_6 joy0_7

                            For my part it doesn't work :(

                            And we can't use key7_1 key55 joy0_-1 or key8_1 key56 joy0_+0

                            I have made a best config file for my two x360 Pads and working with most of the games ..
                            If you want to use it :

                            A & B : Butons Right & Left to play games
                            X & Y : For * & # using by many games in menu
                            START & SELECT : To Save n Load games, so hard to play without savestate
                            X de Xbox : Exit emulator
                            R1 & R2 : Butons 1 & 2 to launch most of games
                            L1 & L2 : For butons 3 & 4
                            Stick Left & Stick Right : For 5 & 6

                            We only lost 7, 8, 9,0 inputs. Less use by games, but we can use them on the Bluetooth Keyboard at the same time.

                            ' CoolCV mappings for Colecovision controllers to keyboard and joystick
                            ' Keyboard is the default controller. Press Right Shift + Enter to exit
                            up_1	key1073741906	joy0_15
                            right_1	key1073741903	joy0_14
                            down_1	key1073741905	joy0_16
                            left_1	key1073741904	joy0_13
                            left_button_1	key32	joy0_0
                            right_button_1	key109	joy0_1
                            button3_1	key1073741939
                            button4_1	key1073741939
                            key1_1	key49	joy0_4
                            key2_1	key50	joy0_5
                            key3_1	key51	joy0_6
                            key4_1	key52	joy0_7
                            key5_1	key53	joy0_11
                            key6_1	key54	joy0_12
                            key7_1	key55
                            key8_1	key56
                            key9_1	key57
                            key*_1	key111	joy0_2
                            key0_1	key48
                            key#_1	key112	joy0_3
                            up_2	key119	joy1_15
                            right_2	key100	joy1_14
                            down_2	key115	joy1_16
                            left_2	key97	joy1_13
                            left_button_2	key9	joy1_0
                            right_button_2	key113	joy1_1
                            button3_2	key1073741939
                            button4_2	key1073741939
                            key1_2	key114	joy1_4
                            key2_2	key116	joy1_5
                            key3_2	key121	joy1_6
                            key4_2	key102	joy1_7
                            key5_2	key103	joy1_11
                            key6_2	key104	joy1_12
                            key7_2	key118
                            key8_2	key98
                            key9_2	key110
                            key*_2	key106	joy1_2
                            key0_2	key107
                            key#_2	key108	joy1_3
                            key_save	key1073741882	joy0_8
                            key_restore	key1073741883	joy0_9
                            key_exit	key1073741939	joy0_10
                            key_pause	key1073741884
                            key_reset	key8
                            

                            Life is game, just play it !

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                            • SuperPiBOyS
                              SuperPiBOy @darknior
                              last edited by SuperPiBOy

                              Hello, i made the Super Game Pi project ([link])(https://learn.adafruit.com/super-game-pi/overview). All work great with all emulators except with Coolcv which the right and left pad are inverted. I tried to modified the mapping coolcv txt but nothing change. Have you an idea ? Thank you for help.

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                              • darkniorD
                                darknior @SuperPiBOy
                                last edited by

                                @superpiboy No sorry with my file all is working fine for me.

                                Life is game, just play it !

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                                • K
                                  kickrockser
                                  last edited by

                                  I just wanted to share my Coolcv ps3 controller setup in case it can help. This had D pad working and both buttons working. R1 selects one player while start or select exits. Did not set pause yet, but it can easily be changed by some minor tweaking.

                                  ' CoolCV mappings for Colecovision controllers to keyboard and joystick
                                  up_1 key1073741906 joy0_13
                                  right_1 key1073741903 joy0_16
                                  down_1 key1073741905 joy0_14
                                  left_1 key1073741904 joy0_15
                                  left_button_1 key32 joy0_0
                                  right_button_1 key109 joy0_1
                                  button3_1 key1073741939
                                  button4_1 key1073741939
                                  key1_1 key49 joy0_4
                                  key2_1 key50 joy0_5
                                  key3_1 key51 joy0_6
                                  key4_1 key52 joy0_7
                                  key5_1 key53
                                  key6_1 key54
                                  key7_1 key55
                                  key8_1 key56
                                  key9_1 key57
                                  key*_1 key111 joy0_9
                                  key0_1 key48
                                  key#_1 key112 joy0_3
                                  up_2 key119
                                  right_2 key100
                                  down_2 key115
                                  left_2 key97
                                  left_button_2 key9 joy1_0
                                  right_button_2 key113 joy1_1
                                  button3_2 key1073741939
                                  button4_2 key1073741939
                                  key1_2 key114
                                  key2_2 key116
                                  key3_2 key121
                                  key4_2 key102
                                  key5_2 key103
                                  key6_2 key104
                                  key7_2 key118
                                  key8_2 key98
                                  key9_2 key110
                                  key*_2 key106
                                  key0_2 key107
                                  key#_2 key108 joy0_10
                                  key_save key1073741882
                                  key_restore key1073741883
                                  key_exit key1073741939 joy0_9
                                  key_pause key1073741884
                                  key_reset key8

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                                  • flagrant99F
                                    flagrant99
                                    last edited by

                                    Link https://sites.google.com/site/gregsqna/raspberry-pi/retropie/colecovision. Running CoolCV 6.6 with sn30 gamepad pro. Can't get D-Pad to register keycodes from F7, but everything else is good.

                                    ' CoolCV mappings for Colecovision controllers to keyboard and joystick
                                    fullscreen no
                                    joystick_1_vert joy0 axis1
                                    joystick_1_horiz joy0 axis0
                                    joystick_2_vert joy1 axis1
                                    joystick_2_horiz joy1 axis0
                                    up_1 key1073741906
                                    right_1 key1073741903
                                    down_1 key1073741905
                                    left_1 key1073741904
                                    left_button_1 key32 joy0_0
                                    right_button_1 key109 joy0_1
                                    button3_1 key1073741939
                                    button4_1 key1073741939
                                    key1_1 key49 joy0_9
                                    key2_1 key50 joy0_3
                                    key3_1 key51 joy0_4
                                    key4_1 key52 joy0_5
                                    key5_1 key53 joy0_6
                                    key6_1 key54 joy0_7
                                    key7_1 key55 joy0_12
                                    key8_1 key56 joy0_13
                                    key9_1 key57
                                    key*_1 key111 joy0_10
                                    key0_1 key48 joy0_2
                                    key#_1 key112 joy0_11
                                    up_2 key119
                                    right_2 key100
                                    down_2 key115
                                    left_2 key97
                                    left_button_2 key9 joy1_0
                                    right_button_2 key113 joy1_1
                                    button3_2 key1073741939
                                    button4_2 key1073741939
                                    key1_2 key114
                                    key2_2 key116
                                    key3_2 key121
                                    key4_2 key102
                                    key5_2 key103
                                    key6_2 key104
                                    key7_2 key118
                                    key8_2 key98
                                    key9_2 key110
                                    key*_2 key106
                                    key0_2 key107
                                    key#_2 key108
                                    key_save key1073741882 joy0_8 joy0_5
                                    key_restore key1073741883 joy0_8 joy0_4
                                    key_exit key1073741939 joy0_8 joy0_9
                                    key_pause key1073741884 joy0_8 joy0_1
                                    key_reset key8 joy0_8 joy0_0
                                    key_rolling_controller key1073741886
                                    key_record_video key1073741887
                                    key_record_audio key1073741890
                                    key_screenshot key1073741891 joy0_8 joy0_2
                                    key_fast_disk key1073741889
                                    key_sync key1073741885
                                    key_codes key1073741888 joy0_8 joy0_3
                                    adam_shift_i shift alt key49
                                    adam_shift_ii shift alt key50
                                    adam_shift_iii shift alt key51
                                    adam_shift_iv shift alt key52
                                    adam_shift_v shift alt key53
                                    adam_shift_vi shift alt key54
                                    adam_i alt key49
                                    adam_ii alt key50
                                    adam_iii alt key51
                                    adam_iv alt key52
                                    adam_v alt key53
                                    adam_vi alt key54
                                    adam_shift_wildcard shift alt key119
                                    adam_wildcard alt key119
                                    adam_shift_undo shift alt key117
                                    adam_undo alt key117
                                    adam_shift_move shift alt key109
                                    adam_move alt key109
                                    adam_shift_store shift alt key115
                                    adam_store alt key115
                                    adam_shift_insert shift alt key105
                                    adam_insert alt key105
                                    adam_shift_print shift alt key112
                                    adam_print alt key112
                                    adam_shift_clear shift alt key99
                                    adam_clear alt key99
                                    adam_del ctrl alt key100
                                    adam_shift_delete shift alt key100
                                    adam_delete alt key100
                                    adam_ctrl_up ctrl key1073741906
                                    adam_ctrl_right ctrl key1073741903
                                    adam_ctrl_down ctrl key1073741905
                                    adam_ctrl_left ctrl key1073741904
                                    adam_nul ctrl key50
                                    adam_soh ctrl key97
                                    adam_stx ctrl key98
                                    adam_etx ctrl key99
                                    adam_eot ctrl key100
                                    adam_enq ctrl key101
                                    adam_ack ctrl key102
                                    adam_bel ctrl key103
                                    adam_bs ctrl key104
                                    adam_ht ctrl key105
                                    adam_lf ctrl key106
                                    adam_vt ctrl key107
                                    adam_ff ctrl key108
                                    adam_cr ctrl key109
                                    adam_so ctrl key110
                                    adam_si ctrl key111
                                    adam_dle ctrl key112
                                    adam_dc1 ctrl key113
                                    adam_dc2 ctrl key114
                                    adam_dc3 ctrl key115
                                    adam_dc4 ctrl key116
                                    adam_nak ctrl key117
                                    adam_syn ctrl key118
                                    adam_etb ctrl key119
                                    adam_can ctrl key120
                                    adam_em ctrl key121
                                    adam_sub ctrl key122
                                    adam_fs ctrl key51
                                    adam_gs ctrl key52
                                    adam_rs ctrl key53
                                    adam_us ctrl key54
                                    adam_shift_backspace shift key8
                                    adam_shift_tab shift key9
                                    adam_esc key27
                                    adam_exclamation shift key49
                                    adam_quotes shift key39
                                    adam_number shift key51
                                    adam_dollar shift key52
                                    adam_percent shift key53
                                    adam_ampersand shift key55
                                    adam_multiply shift key56
                                    adam_leftparen shift key57
                                    adam_rightparen shift key48
                                    adam_colon shift key59
                                    adam_less shift key44
                                    adam_greater shift key46
                                    adam_question shift key47
                                    adam_at shift key50
                                    adam_cr key13
                                    adam_up key1073741906
                                    adam_right key1073741903
                                    adam_down key1073741905
                                    adam_left key1073741904
                                    adam_bs key8
                                    adam_ht key9
                                    adam_space key32
                                    adam_apostrophe key39
                                    adam_comma key44
                                    adam_period key46
                                    adam_slash key47
                                    adam_semicolon key59
                                    adam_leftbracket shift key91
                                    adam_rightbracket shift key93
                                    adam_bar shift key92
                                    adam_leftsquare key91
                                    adam_rightsquare key93
                                    adam_backslash key92
                                    adam_home key999
                                    adam_up_right key999
                                    adam_right_down key999
                                    adam_down_left key999
                                    adam_left_up key999
                                    adam_home_up key999
                                    adam_home_right key999
                                    adam_home_down key999
                                    adam_home_left key999
                                    adam_power shift key54
                                    adam_plus shift key61
                                    adam_underscore shift key45
                                    adam_equals key61
                                    adam_tilde shift key96
                                    adam_grave key96
                                    adam_minus key45

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