Mortal Kombat fight stick for PlayStation 3 is not configured

I get this message when launching any ROM (tested on Genesis and CPS-2 cores). I’m not sure why as I have configured the input per all the guides/videos I could find on the subject. Here is a screenshot:

Controller config

Strangely, in the genesis games I tested, the buttons work but not the analog stick. In the CPS-2 games I tested, nothing works.

Here is a picture of the arcade stick, for reference:

https://www.mksecrets.net/images/newsarchive/2011/february/image30.jpg

I don’t think we have an autoconfiguration profile for that stick, which is why it gives you the message. Analog sticks don’t typically have any function in Genesis cores, but your analog to digital setting should allow it to function as the dpad…

I would recommend binding your buttons and then saving an autoconfig (you may have to do the process twice for some reason) and then default all, exit RetroArch and then reopen it and see if it starts saying ‘configured’ instead.

Wanted to add, I got this notification to go away by saving as autoconfig profile. But the analog stick is still not being recognized in any game. I tried every single input driver method.