gamepads

[Toonces]

Hi,

I wanted to throw this out and see if anyone has any ideas. So far, I have a total of 5 gamepads on my cab. 2 are the interface for my joysticks, 1 is built in to my keyboard, 1 is a Super SmartJoy SNES controller and the other is a PS2/N64 to usb adapter that I use with an N64 controller for project64. My problem is that when I have this stuff plugged in or if I unplug something and plug it back in, GameEx uses the first gamepad in the list as the controller for navigation and I never know which one that is. Sometimes it's my joysticks and sometimes it's the SNES controller and other times it's the keyboard's joystick. The only way I know how to manage that is to disable all the controls except the joysticks. It's not really an ideal way to deal with it since I play a mix of games and not just MAME.

Anyone have any ideas on how to make sure the GP-49 is the first controller in the list every time so I can use my joysticks for navigation? I set my preferred device in the gamepad control panel but that only applies to older applications.

Tom, Would it be possible for GameEx to see which is the preffered device and use it or maybe even a selection of which gamepad device to use? I can't imagine that I am the only one with more than one gamepad. Then Again......

Thanks!

Erik

[Tom Speirs]

Hi,

  I wanted to throw this out and see if anyone has any ideas. So far, I have a total of 5 gamepads on my cab. 2 are the interface for my joysticks, 1 is built in to my keyboard, 1 is a Super SmartJoy SNES controller and the other is a PS2/N64 to usb adapter that I use with an N64 controller for project64. My problem is that when I have this stuff plugged in or if I unplug something and plug it back in, GameEx uses the first gamepad in the list as the controller for navigation and I never know which one that is. Sometimes it's my joysticks and sometimes it's the SNES controller and other times it's the keyboard's joystick. The only way I know how to manage that is to disable all the controls except the joysticks. It's not really an ideal way to deal with it since I play a mix of games and not just MAME.

Anyone have any ideas on how to make sure the GP-49 is the first controller in the list every time so I can use my joysticks for navigation? I set my preferred device in the gamepad control panel but that only applies to older applications.

Tom, Would it be possible for GameEx to see which is the preffered device and use it or maybe even a selection of which gamepad device to use? I can't imagine that I am the only one with more than one gamepad. Then Again......

Thanks!

Erik

Yes, I guess I could have GameEx pick a device by its name and have a configuration setting to choose one.

On the back burner though for the moment, unless others pipe up

[Toonces]

Yes, I guess I could have GameEx pick a device by its name and have a configuration setting to choose one.

On the back burner though for the moment, unless others pipe up

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It's not a terrible thing for me. More of an XP problem in my mind. One of the Windows "Annoyances"

Thanks!

[evilpenguin]

I've been looking for a good N64 usb adapter. I bought one a while back and it just flat out didn't work. What brand are you using?

[Toonces]

I've been looking for a good N64 usb adapter.  I bought one a while back and it just flat out didn't work.  What brand are you using?

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It's BOOM PS2/N64 adapter. I got it off eBay Here

When you tried your other adapter, what kind of controller did you use? A lot of the aftermarket ones do not work well due to design differences. The only controller that works consistently is the one from Nintendo.

Toonces

[evilpenguin]

Damn, that's the same one I have. I'll have to bust it out and try it again if you say yours works. I was using a standard N64 controller, but it might have just been a bad one.

[RSAntilles]

I use PC Magic Box USB from Lik-Sang, it can use PS2 (dual shock) Saturn or Dreamcast controllers. In older versions of Project64 I couldnt use the right analogue but since P64 got updated it responds to both analogues now making it much easier to use it for N64 stuff, Im loving it.