Joystick troubles

[Patrickthehattrick]

Maybe this has been asked before, but I could not find the answer in the forums so I am, possibly going to ask again. I got a 4 player joystick set up for the system I built.

When I run zsnes, the controls weren't working properly, I went straight to the emulator it self and changed the controller settings there but to no avail. Currently I have to play a one player

Game between two joysticks (I know they are all programmed for keystrokes currently), how can I get each controller to work on it's own with zsnes and other emulators?

Thanks in advance,

Pat

P.s. I got the joysticks and buttons wired through a ipac4 control board to a USB hooked into my pc, again thanks for the advice.

[Adultery]

So zsnes is or isn't detecting your key presses?

[Patrickthehattrick]

So zsnes is or isn't detecting your key presses?

It is detecting key presses but, when I play a one player game (ie Mario kart) "a" is set to one controller set and "b" is on another and the rest of player

One buttons are spread out between all 4 controller set ups.

[Adultery]

You're doing it wrong...

If you go into 'input settings' in the zsnes GUI you can press the box to configure the buttons in sequence, then you press the button the on-screen prompt asks you to assign. Example: the box says 'press button to use for A' and you press the button you want to use for 'A'. Select the #2 tab and do it again for player 2, then #3 for player 3, etc.

[Patrickthehattrick]

You're doing it wrong...

If you go into 'input settings' in the zsnes GUI you can press the box to configure the buttons in sequence, then you press the button the on-screen prompt asks you to assign. Example: the box says 'press button to use for A' and you press the button you want to use for 'A'. Select the #2 tab and do it again for player 2, then #3 for player 3, etc.

Ok did that, the controls work fine if I just boot zsnes, but when I boot zsnes through game ex controls get me the same fits! Thanks for the advice!

I was looking through the log file (having a problem updating MAME game list, keeps freezing up after 25% but found a thread for that problem) and I see "unable to create a joystick device" in the log just before game ex starts, could this have anything to with the problem I am having? Please excuse the mis-spelling and incorrect grammar, I'm using a I pad with auto fill.