Xbox Series X- left stick not working in game

[RightHemisphere]

My Xbox Series X- left stick is not working in game. The d-pad does work for menus and character movement, all other buttons OK just not the left stick. It is mapped in Retroarch for movement but still nothing. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Just noticed this is in NES and SNES games but works in N64.

Edited October 23, 2022 by RightHemisphere
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[skizzosjt]

In Retroarch this is totally normal since there were no analog sticks on a NES or SNES controller. hence why the D-pad works, but the analog sticks do not create any input to the game. if you want to use the analog stick for those consoles you need to manually remap the analog sticks to also act like the same inputs as the D-pad. not exactly clear if you did that already (mapped for movement?), show some pics if you did so.

Edited October 25, 2022 by skizzosjt

[C-Beats]

In RetroArch controls you need to make sure you're using "RetroPad with Analog" then set the Analog to Digital Type to Left Analog for the stick to emulate the dpad
 

[skizzosjt]

2 hours ago, C-Beats said:

In RetroArch controls you need to make sure you're using "RetroPad with Analog" then set the Analog to Digital Type to Left Analog for the stick to emulate the dpad
 

oh yea lol I forgot about that method.  both achieve the goal, but it's easier to change those 2 options, rather than 4 individual controls for the analog stick.