How to set multiple controllers types

[Teusan]

Hi everyone, 

I am new on launchbox and frontends. I've been trying for a few days to set up launchbox to work with a few emulators, sometimes with success, sometimes not.

I'd like to know how to set up many controllers to work at the same time.

I explain: I'd like to have my computer connected to my TV and be able to launch any game from my couch. So there would be arcade games running through MAME, M2 emulator, Demul etc, and consol games like ePSXe, Kega fusions etc. So there would be many types of games running on many different platforms: fighting games, driving games, shootem ups, shooters like time crisis, various arcade games, platform games, adventure, rpg, etc. 

I would like each game using what I think more appropriate type of controller to play with: I would play shooters with light guns, fighting games with arcade stick OR a DS4 controller, driving games with my wheel, etc. 

For MAME it is pretty easy, since it has a cfg file for every game so that is not an issue. 

But how could I do that with some other emulators like Demul: I am playing Sega Naomi System's games with Demul, it allows to set up two controllers at a time (you have alternative controls option) but it is not enough. There are a few fighting games I'd like to play with an arcade stick or a PS controller, Virtua Cop with guns, Crazy Taxi should work with a wheel. That makes 4 types of control for one single emulator, how can I make them all work without having to reconfigure them everytime I want to play?

Same goes for M2 Emulator: I wish I could choose between wheel, light gun and gamepad. 

I also tried to set things up with RocketLauncher: for Naomi games, I had trouble with Demul, everything works fine when I launch Demul alone, but it does not work properly through Launchbox, maybe an Autohotkey script or something. Then I tried with RocketLauncher, it launches the game but first it does not come out in fullscreen, I have the game on the middle of the screen but I can see LaunchBox in the background on the left and right sides and it also messes with my controls settings by erasing them. 

[Teusan]

I finally found the global setting editor for demul ahk module, I found in it many different setting for many different types of games: sf fighting game style, driving style etc. I managed to edit the buttons by typing in buttons codes I found in Demul's padDemul.ini.

Also the Demul fullscreen issue is resolved, I managed to find in module settings the true fullscreen option.

Edited April 28, 2017 by Teusan

[syntax_X]

You have 2 options.

Software
Write up a vJoy script for a virtual joystick with UCR http://vjoystick.sourceforge.net/site/index.php/81-news/93-ujr-universal-joystick-remapper-using-vjoy
Could also use joy2key to remap all controllers to keyboard inputs but you'd have to have them in the same usb slot all the time ect

Both these methods have input lag.

or

Hardware
Buy a Blissbox 4-play http://skunx7.wixsite.com/bliss-box

Edited April 30, 2017 by syntax_X