tweeder Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 I have the two player x arcade tankstick with out the trac ball. I went into tools, options and then mapping but I can't change anything. That and the options there don't seem to correspond with what I think to use. As well as I dont even know what to configure the buttons to do as I don't know buttons are used in what games. I got the up, down, left and right part of the joysticks but that's all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 39 minutes ago, tweeder said: I have the two player x arcade tankstick with out the trac ball. I went into tools, options and then mapping but I can't change anything. That and the options there don't seem to correspond with what I think to use. As well as I dont even know what to configure the buttons to do as I don't know buttons are used in what games. I got the up, down, left and right part of the joysticks but that's all. In game controls are all handled by each emulator. So you set your tankstick up directly in the emulator. The controls in LB are primarily for moving around in LB/BB and the button command to exit the game/emulator when playing to return back to LB/BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweeder Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 im using retroarch as my emulator. Since launchbox uses retroarch, I need to go into there and configure it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Launchbox doesnt "use" Retroarch, you can use any emulator you like, but yes, if you are using Retroarch you need to setup your controls there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweeder Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 well i signed up for the retroarch forums and am unable yo post untill they "trust" me? I went into retroarch settings and into port 1 controls and was able to change the controls in there but when i went to save them it gave me an error saving autoconfig file. Also the device type is retropad with no option to change it to something else as im not using a game pad controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 8 hours ago, tweeder said: well i signed up for the retroarch forums and am unable yo post untill they "trust" me? I went into retroarch settings and into port 1 controls and was able to change the controls in there but when i went to save them it gave me an error saving autoconfig file. Also the device type is retropad with no option to change it to something else as im not using a game pad controller. Are you using your tankstick in joystick or keyboard mode? If it’s in keyboard mode there is no autoconfig file for keystrokes. Instead saving the main Retroarch configuration file should save the keyboard settings. Retropad is an abstract controller that Retroarch maps all real controllers to. Generally you’ll want to leave it on that setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweeder Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 13 hours ago, Headrush69 said: Are you using your tankstick in joystick or keyboard mode? If it’s in keyboard mode there is no autoconfig file for keystrokes. Instead saving the main Retroarch configuration file should save the keyboard settings. Retropad is an abstract controller that Retroarch maps all real controllers to. Generally you’ll want to leave it on that setting. how do I know what mode the tanksticks in? What I did notice is that I didn't have to save ant settings as what I put in stayed, so that's good. I also have it on maximum one users as I only have the one input. I went into and where it said left analog and right analog, I input my left and right joysticks there but when I went and played a game, only the left joystick was the one working. I guess its the default for one player? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 There is a switch on the back. Position 1 is keyboard, Position 2 is for custom mapping, 3 is d-input, and 4 is x-input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.