Control Woes...Xarcade

RetroArch Windows devices
#1

Hi there,

I’m extremely new to all of this so I’ll try to be as brief and straightforward as possible.

I have Rocket Launcher, and HyperSpin as my frontend on a pc setup in an Xtension arcade machine, running a number of emulators. I’ve recently been trying to use RetroArch because it seems to run things so well.

When I try to config the core in RetroArch, that has launched whatever game from HyperSpin, the configuration for my controllers doesn’t seem to work properly. When I bind the inputs for the player 1 joystick on my Xarcade Tank Stick, it inputs fine into RetroArch, but for some reason when I try to move the characters around in game, it doesn’t recognize it. On top of that, some of the buttons will not recognize when I setup a 6 button joy for say Sega Genesis or SNES.

Should I just walk away from RetroArch for now as an Xarcade users and just go back to the emulators of yesteryear haha

I’ve heard Tanksticks are a pain in the arse with this emulator.

Cheers, Dennis

#2

There is a bit of hassle in that tanksticks (and a lot of other keyboard-based joysticks) present themselves as keyboards with the buttons mapped to MAME’s default hotkey layout. This causes a lot of conflicts with RetroArch’s default hotkey assignments.

I use a JPAC in my cabinet, which also uses MAME defaults, but I changed a bunch of RA hotkeys to “nul” in the cfg and only mapped the few I needed manually. Some of these didn’t map properly in the GUI (like maybe the open/close brackets??? I forget), so I just mapped them manually in the cfg.

#3

[QUOTE=hunterk;41728]There is a bit of hassle in that tanksticks (and a lot of other keyboard-based joysticks) present themselves as keyboards with the buttons mapped to MAME’s default hotkey layout. This causes a lot of conflicts with RetroArch’s default hotkey assignments.

I use a JPAC in my cabinet, which also uses MAME defaults, but I changed a bunch of RA hotkeys to “nul” in the cfg and only mapped the few I needed manually. Some of these didn’t map properly in the GUI (like maybe the open/close brackets??? I forget), so I just mapped them manually in the cfg.[/QUOTE]

Look like I won’t be using RetroArch then…which is aggravating because the guy who set this all up did most of the consoles in it…because people play this stuff with Xbox controllers. What a pain in the ass…

Oh well… looks like I get to spend the next few hours trying to configure the hell out of this setup. Fuck that pisses me off so much…

#4

Why not just do what hunterk said he did? You can still use RA that way.

#5

I think what’s probably going on with your inputs only working in the menu is that whoever set it up probably enabled per-core configs, which means that a new configuration is loaded when cores are loaded, so you would need to map those inputs in each of the cores’ config files, as well.

Here’s the config I use in my cabinet (I removed all of the stuff that pertains to paths and drivers, since it’s linux-based; you probably only need the lines that have ‘input’ in them): http://pastie.org/10892307

Before you give up on RetroArch, try loading up a game and then using an attached keyboard, press F1 to go into the menu and then hit ‘z’ to back out of the quick menu and then go to settings > input and try mapping your tankstick from there. Your inputs should work in-game at that point.

#6

[QUOTE=hunterk;41728]There is a bit of hassle in that tanksticks (and a lot of other keyboard-based joysticks) present themselves as keyboards with the buttons mapped to MAME’s default hotkey layout. This causes a lot of conflicts with RetroArch’s default hotkey assignments.

I use a JPAC in my cabinet, which also uses MAME defaults, but I changed a bunch of RA hotkeys to “nul” in the cfg and only mapped the few I needed manually. Some of these didn’t map properly in the GUI (like maybe the open/close brackets??? I forget), so I just mapped them manually in the cfg.[/QUOTE]

Yeah man, I’ll have to give that a try. It might help with the hotkey crossover, but the num pad directional on the joystick seems to be not responding :\ I don’t think that interferes with anything… although it is mapped to cursor control WITHIN the hotkey system. But that is more to do with the shell of the preferences, rather than a hotkey switch… So I dunno. I could try and assign a new keymap to the controller… it has a few switches for altering the keymaps. But that means I have to go back and change all the other ones hahaha oyoyoyoyo…so much.

Sorry for being a little angry before guys haha I’m just frustrated… I’ve been screwing around with this machine for over a year. I’m getting a little fed up haha

#7

Sorry to reply so late, but I am having this exact the same issue. Has it been how to properly map and get the directional stick working? I tried mapping in game as hunterk suggested, but this did nothing. the funny thing is if I hit the same key mapped to the directional stick on the xarcade on my devices actual keyboard, it works fine.

#8

I have been searching for a great tutorial or someone who also has a Xtension plus joy that has a rollerball and spinner that worked out the kinks in retroarch for MAME and the other emulators.