Trackballs and spinner controls in Retroarch (RA)

[jallen99]

I've searched and cannot find the answer to this, or I don’t understand the answers I'm finding. I've even posted to RA forum and received no response.

I have an arcade controller board with a spinner and trackball. I’ve seen videos of people tabbing into the game menu in RA, selecting the control they want to change, then rolling the trackball and having it keyed into the game (like for the arcade game Centipede). This doesn’t work when I do it. I select the control, but activating either control doesn’t work. It’s like these controls aren’t even recognized by the system.

So how DO I get RA to “see” my controls (i.e. spinner and trackball). Everything else (joysticks, buttons, etc) are fine. I’ve seen some say that a line or two needs to be added to the config file (since both controls are considered like mice, it would be something like "mouse = 1, mouse = 2, etc). Where does this go exactly?

Also, if this works for the arcade games, how do I get it working for Atari 2600 and other consoles, like the paddle controlled games Breakout, Kaboom, ? The setup is different for consoles. I also heard that Stella stand alone will allow you to add these controls, but I would prefer to do it all in RA if possible.

Thanks for your help!

[Darkseid001]

Yeah any updates on this i have the exact questions