[SOLVED] Wii D-pad not working/inverted

igorfk

Hi everybody,
In some Wii games (sonic colors, sonic unleashed etc) the D-pad does not work (nor any other gamepad axis) and in some other games (sonic 4, excitebike, bomberman etc, notably wii ware games) the directional is inverted (right goes up, left goes down etc)

Does anybody have a clue on how to put the d-pad to work on such games?

Changing some Dolphin ini files doesnt have any effect btw, these are the files I tried to change with no success even after running the recalbox-save-overlay.sh script and reboot.

cat configs/dolphin-emu/WiimoteNew.ini

[Wiimote1]
Device = evdev/0/Twin USB Joystick
Source = 1
Buttons/B = Button 1
Buttons/A = Button 2
Buttons/1 = Button 3
Buttons/- = Button 6
D-Pad/Up = Axis 4-
D-Pad/Down = Axis 4+
D-Pad/Right = Axis 5+
Buttons/+ = Button 7
Buttons/2 = Button 0
IR/Up = Axis 1-
IR/Down = Axis 1+
IR/Left = Axis 0-
IR/Right = Axis 0+
Buttons/Home = Button 8
D-Pad/Left = Axis 5-

cat configs/dolphin-emu/GCPadNew.ini

[GCPad1]
Device = evdev/0/Twin USB Joystick
Buttons/B = Button 1
Buttons/A = Button 2
Buttons/X = Button 3
Buttons/Z = Button 5
Triggers/L = Button 6
D-Pad/Up = Axis 1-
D-Pad/Down = Axis 1+
Buttons/Start = Button 9
D-Pad/Right = Axis 0+
Triggers/R = Button 7
Buttons/Y = Button 0
D-Pad/Left = Axis 0-
[GCPad2]
Device = evdev/1/Twin USB Joystick
Buttons/B = Button 1
Buttons/A = Button 2
Buttons/X = Button 3
Buttons/Z = Button 5
Triggers/L = Button 6
D-Pad/Up = Axis 1-
D-Pad/Down = Axis 1+
Buttons/Start = Button 9
D-Pad/Right = Axis 0+
Triggers/R = Button 7
Buttons/Y = Button 0
D-Pad/Left = Axis 0-

This is happening in a batocera x86_64 5.16

nadenislamarre

check the changelog. the way you name your wii roms will automatically configure your pad.

igorfk

Thank you! Renaming the games with orientation issues adding .side. just before the extension solved that.

Now there's only the problem about games where the d-pad simply doesnt work (sonic colors, sonic unleashed etc)

I think that I should not have mentioned two distinct problems in one topic.

igorfk

That's odd, in those sonic games I just cannot make the d-pad, or even any axis, work. I've already tried to add .side. and/or .ni. before the filename extension.
In the game menus the d-pad works and in the Wii menu I can confirm that at least one axis work.
It's not a big deal, later I'll experiment more.

igorfk

Guess is something with sonic colors and unleashed only, I can use the dpad, nunchuk and IR in other Wii games but not in those sonic games, with any naming combination to set the controls (side, i, s, t, n)
Is there some configuration file that is cached somehow? I was thinking in removing such file.

igorfk

Finally!
Since a gamecube controller was being detected I had to add the "Main Stick" parameters in /recalbox/share/system/configs/dolphin-emu/GCPadNew.ini to those games work properly, in my case something like:
Main Stick/Up = Axis 5-
Main Stick/Down = Axis 5+
Main Stick/Left = Axis 4-
Main Stick/Right = Axis 4+

igorfk

Better yet, switching the d-pad with the main stick axis solved other issue of an uncontrolled IR behavior with my previous answer, so, in my scenario, I ended up with something like:

D-Pad/Up = Axis 5-
D-Pad/Down = Axis 5+
D-Pad/Right = Axis 4+
D-Pad/Left = Axis 4-
Main Stick/Up = Axis 1-
Main Stick/Down = Axis 1+
Main Stick/Left = Axis 0-
Main Stick/Right = Axis 0+