Controllers Recognized by LB and BB, but not registering inputs

[zap_rowsdower_ftw]

Hi all, building a custom cocktail arcade with Windows 10 and LB/BB using 2 bog-standard 0-latency USB encoders from Amazon.  Windows sees them and they work fine, Emulators see them and they work fine.  LB/BB however sees them (they are shown under tools>options>controllers), but allows me limited interaction with them (LB- no inputs work, BB- joystick works but no buttons).  Of course I've tried to reset the mappings and nothing gets recognized. I've tried every iteration of using 1 or both controllers ("Enable Game Controller"), I've clean installed, I've deleted LaunchBox\Data\InputBindings.xml

No luck.  Any paths I have not explored yet?

[proghodet]

You could set the controllers in Launchbox to keystrokes, and then use JoyToKeys or similar software to map your buttons to those keystrokes.
 

May not be optimal, but should work.

 

[zap_rowsdower_ftw]

interesting idea... and worth a try.  thanks!

[TommyTomorrow]

If you're talking about encoder like in picture below then I can say it should work because I have one and I used it with LB/BB and Retroarch before I've changed it to Brook UFB. The question is - which connectors are you using because this is important how RetroArch detects it? I've uploaded some pics found on Internet (it's important to connect select and start button, I also suggest connecting mode button to be able to switch between "analog" and d-pad). I also tried to get it to work with my Xbox One S through Brook Wingman XB adapter but it was partially working (worked just for a few seconds then was no response). The issue you have might be related to RetroArch controller config rather than LB/BB. You can update controler database in RetroArch (Main menu -> Online updater -> Update controller profiles  then go to Settings -> Input,  try to set in configuration the one that will work for you and don't forget to map the buttons in Settings -> Input -> Port 1 controlls. Too bad I can't give you my working configuration because I don't have it anymore after changing the encoder. BTW some say that two idencital encoders might have the same ID's in Windows and that can cause problems with 2 player games, there was a solution for it on the Internet but I don't have a link to it.

You can also try to search for retroarch autoconfig topics over Internet to force RetroArch to always detect exact controller driver from autoconfig subfolder.

 

 

Edited May 14, 2022 by TommyTomorrow