Problem with my joysticks

thaught1

Hello, first time poster here. I recently built a table for my RaspberryPi with PiPlay and i am having problems configuring my joysticks, whenever i try to input a direction it has an input for both the in and out . So i cannot program the joystick because it clicks 2 to 3 times

mholgatem

What type of joysticks are you using?

thaught1

http://timeharvest.net/2-pcs-of-new-led-joystick35mm40mm45mm-bubble-balltop-joystickilluminated-joystickcolor-crystal8-way-4-way2change-p-341.html

these are the joysticks im using

http://www.amazon.com/Bundles-Illuminated-Joystick-buttons-Microswitch/dp/B0105OWCBA/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1437779336&sr=8-7&keywords=arcade+joystick+led

this is the complete set i purchased from amazon

they work fine navigating the menu i am just unable to get them to work in game

on a side bar, i installed retropie and got one side of the joypad to work, its like the interface isn't doing its job, reading that there is a player 1 and a player 2 side. i double and triple checked my wiring and everything is were it should be. retropie is nice but the ultimate goal is to run pi play, just wondering if i am going to encounter the same problem.

any ideas?

mholgatem

sorry, I'm confused about what you are saying that your problem is. Are you saying that it's not recognizing player 2 in your games?

thaught1

Yes, as of right now i can get the p2 buttons to work but it will not recognize p2 as a joystick.

when i start up a game i can select the 2p mode and when the game would start p1 can move and attack where as p2 wouldnt be able to move but his attacks would work.

mholgatem

ok. From the pictures, it looks like a xin-mo encoder card (or a derivative there of).
check it out this thread: http://piplay.org/forum/discussion/1840/another-xin-mo-question-mutliple-button-presses#Item_7

thaught1

Ok, so i got joystick 1 working smoothly now the problem seems to be that i cannot get the second joystick to work to play with 2 players.

thaught1

has anyone had the same problem? anyone have a solution?

ian57

If it's a xinmo, take a look at raspicade. It supports xinmo natively. Emulators have been patched and configured for this devices.

JJabri

Ok guys, I am running Piplay .08 Beta 9 and we have controller issues. We are using XinXmo controllers and we just can't seem to get the darn systems to work with those controllers. I have downloaded custom_kernel_1.20150407-1.tar.gz and followed the advice about extracted and installing and compiling. I am still having issues. I have also modified the snes9x.conf file to XinMoEnabled=1.Still no luck. Please help, as my Son and I have been working on this now for a week and he is quite discouraged and is only 12. Appreciate it.

mholgatem

I think that the version of pisnes that got packed into the latest version of piplay was the old version that didn't have xin-mo support. grab this build. Unzip the file and copy/replace the snes9x file to /home/pi/pimame/emulators/pisnes. That should get it working for you.

https://github.com/mholgatem/PiSNES/raw/master/build/pisnes.zip

JJabri

Mholgatem, I copied the files across using WINSCP and now when we try to launch the application, it comes up and says permission denied.
I have modified the files to match the original permission sets.
snes9x.gui is set to 0777
snes9x.cfg is set to 0777
snes9x is set to 0644
readme_snes9x.txt is set to 0644
readmet.txt is set to 0644
install.sh is set to 0755
skins directory is set to 0777
roms directory is set to 0777

any idea's
do I need to run the install.sh once copied over?
please update me on the steps needed after copying over the files.

JJabri

MHolgatem, I was able to get is working. Thank you so much. You made a 12 year very happy. Now I get to get some rest.

mholgatem

Glad you got it working! Gotta keep the kids happy :D

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