Original N64 Controller with Original Rumblepak

Slomies

Is there a way to configure mupen64 on batocera to work with an official N64 rumblepak? I've been tinkering with it for a few hours and can't figure it out. If I map the rumblepak to a button on the controller, it will only rumble when I press the button. I am using the raphnet usb to n64 adapter and everything works perfect except for the rumble. He also has a plugin that works with mupen64plus but I can't figure out where to copy the files to. My InputAutoCfg file is below. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.

; InputAutoCfg.ini for Mupen64Plus SDL Input plugin

; raphnet technologies USB converter, v3 series (http://www.raphnet-tech.com/)
[raphnet technologies GC/N64 to USB]
[raphnet technologies N64 to USB]
[raphnet technologies Dual N64 to USB]
plugged = True
mouse = False
AnalogDeadzone = 4096,4096
AnalogPeak = 32768,32768
DPad R = button(13)
DPad L = button(12)
DPad D = button(11)
DPad U = button(10)
Start = button(3)
Z Trig = button(2)
B Button = button(1)
A Button = button(0)
C Button R = button(9)
C Button L = button(8)
C Button D = button(7)
C Button U = button(6)
R Trig = button(5)
L Trig = button(4)
Mempak switch =
Rumblepak switch =
X Axis = axis(0-,0+)
Y Axis = axis(1-,1+)

Slomies

@nadenislamarre Is it possible to compile the raphnet N64 plugin for mupen64plus on Batocera? I've been messing with it for a few hours and have been unsuccessful. I get an error saying that "make" isn't a command. A link to the instructions is https://github.com/raphnet/mupen64plus-input-raphnetraw/blob/master/README.md

nadenislamarre

hum. why is it a mupen plugin ?!
there is no way to make it work as a normal joystick to play any emulator ?

Slomies

nadenislamarre that is just how he developed it for his adapter. Maybe I can compile it for another Linux distro and just transfer the files over? Only issue with that is Batocera isn't really based on another Linux distro and is off buildroot right? The controller works fine with the settings above but I am trying to get the rumble pak to work as it should with mupen64plus.

nadenislamarre

batocera targets several architectures. compile from an other distro has a view change to work.
you can compile batocera however ;-) https://batocera-linux.xorhub.com/wiki/doku.php?id=en:compile_batocera.linux

but the question is more to find the best way to integrate this pad while via an emulator plugin, i don't really understand while it will not work in es nor other emulators.

Slomies

UPDATE: IT WORKS!!!

I was able to compile the raphnet input plugin v1.0.2 for linux using Ubuntu and it works perfectly with Batocera v5.21. I have uploaded the 2 files to my GitHub @ https://github.com/Slomies/mupen64plus-raphnet-v3-batocera if anybody wants to download and use them. I just have to figure out how to map saving/loading on the N64 controller as I have lost that ability to save if I want to use the rumblepaks. I believe I can just set the emulator to auto save/load in the settings which I will tinker with later.

Steps:
Download 2 files from my Github linked above
Connect to Batocera using WinSCP or another program like it
Run command mount -o remount,rw /boot (before modifying any files)
Copy mupen64plus-input-raphnetraw.so to /usr/lib/mupen64plus
Copy mupen64plus.cf to /recalbox/share/system/configs/mupen64
Run command /recalbox/scripts/recalbox-save-overlay.sh (after to save your changes. Otherwise mupen64plus.cfg will get overwritten)
Enjoy!

Thanks @nadenislamarre for your help and pointing me in the right direction to get to this point 🙂

reggies64

Hey Slomies, I'm not doing exactly what you're trying to do, but I'm trying to get my controller up and running and to do that I need to change a few settings on my mupen64plus.cfg file. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to save the file and have it not override...I've tried a million things including the steps you've outlined but it always overrides to default values. Any ideas?

Slomies

reggies64 did you create the Inputautocfg.ini file and place it into the mupen64plus config folder? https://github.com/mupen64plus/mupen64plus-input-sdl/blob/master/data/InputAutoCfg.ini

reggies64

Slomies Yeah I have the inputautoconfig.ini file in my /userdata/system/configs/mupen64 directory. When I plug in my controller, the name comes up as"USB GamePad USB GamePad". Does it have something to do with the name not showing up in the autoconfig file?

Edit: Tried changing the names in inputautoconfig for the name that comes up in mupen64plus.cfg. Still not pulling the config.

Slomies

reggies64 I'm going on a limb here but make sure the name for your usb controller is the same for mupen64plus.cfg and inputautoconfig.ini. Don't change it in mupen64plus.cfg as that file gets overwritten but it does look at inputautoconfig.ini. Example of my setup below. Also make sure your inputautoconfig file is a .ini file and not a .txt file because it won't work then. I had an issue with that at one point which was a user error.

mupen64plus.cfg shows:
#SDL joystick name (or Keyboard) <---- there is supposed to be a space after pound sign
name = "raphnet technologies Dual N64 to USB v3.6"

inputautoconfig.ini as I set it up:
[raphnet technologies Dual N64 to USB]

reggies64

Still haven't been able to figure this out and I feel like it should be easy. Anyone have a suggestion?

Slomies

reggies64 I'll mess with it this weekend and see what I can do.

reggies64

Slomies I appreciate it! 🙂

reggies64

Here's what I have setup.
mupen64plus.cfg shows:
[Input-SDL-Control2]

version = 2
mode = 0
device = 1
name = "USB GamePad USB GamePad"
plugged = True
mouse = False
AnalogDeadzone = "0,0"
AnalogPeak = "32768,32768"
DPad R = "hat(0 Right)"
DPad L = "hat(0 Left)"
.....

InputAutoCfg.ini shows:
; this is the "MayFlash" adapter, aka HuiJia.
[USB GamePad USB GamePad]
plugged = True
mouse = False
AnalogDeadzone = 100,100
AnalogPeak = 20000,20000
DPad R = button(13)
DPad L = button(15)
.....

Both files are located in /userdata/system/configs/mupen64/

It seems like it's setup correctly? Maybe that special character that pops up in mupen64plus.cfg is an issue?

Edit: for some reason the special character doesn't show up in this post, but there is a special character right before the first "USB" in the name.

Edit2: After looking through a million other posts, I'm worried this is an issue with that special character not wanting to cooperate between the config files...if I absolutely can't get my autoconfig file to work with mupen64plus.cfg, is there some way to edit mupen64plus.cfg and then force it to not auto update?

Slomies

reggies64 mupen64plus looks at autoinputconfig for the button mapping. Do you have all the buttons mapped correctly in the autoinputconfig? That file does not get overwritten.

reggies64

Slomies as far as I know. I copied the file directly from the git link with the full autoinputcfg.ini file.

Slomies

reggies64 what do you have for player 1 [Input-SDL-Control1] and not player 2 [Input-SDL-Control2]?

reggies64

Slomies I had a 360 controller plugged in at the time, but if I only have the N64's it's the same for both