Joystick not working in Launchbox and Bigbox

[Dannyboy]

Hi all, i my arcade hasnt been on for over a year but was working.

i recently turned it back on and started launchbox which prompted for an update which completed sucessfully. When i start bigbox, i am unable to use the joysticks or buttons anymore. I went in Launchbox game controller settings and it seems like non are detected.

if i go in windows 10 under game controllers i can see the Xinmotek encoder, there are 2 and in the settings if i press the bottons or move they joystick seems to be detected.

anyone know what the problem can be ? pls let me know

[JoeViking245]

1 hour ago, Dannyboy said:

When i start bigbox, i am unable to use the joysticks or buttons anymore. I went in Launchbox game controller settings and it seems like non are detected.

Note that LaunchBox and Big Box controller settings are separate.  As in, set them in LaunchBox for LaunchBox and set them in Big Box for Big Box.

I'm not familiar with that particular encoder.  Is that set for Xinput? Dinput? keyboard mode?

[Dannyboy]

From what I know it's setup as Dinput. Windows sees the dual controllers. I can test the movement and buttons they all respond. 
once I get in to big box or LaunchBox, the only thing that I can control is keyboard and mouse. In big box if I try to map andything on the joystick or buttons nothing responds.

is there anything else I can test to see where the problem is? Only thing that changes since I last used it and everything was working was a version update of launchbox upon startup.

 

 

[JoeViking245]

I don't have any Dinput encoder/controllers (and will mutter under my breath, thank goodness).  Those are not native to Windows and (I believe) require SDL something something something to be detected and work (even though you say your Windows sees them).  Pretty sure LB/BB should be able to at least see them.  What I'm getting at is I know just enough about this to be quite dangerous and unhelpful. 😊

In LaunchBox under Tools - Options - Game Controllers (where you say they're not showing), checking Use All and clicking Refresh does nothing?

 

What I do know (well, have heard mention of, quite a few times over), is that using a something like DS4Windows (or x360ce or reWASD) can make "the issue" go away.

Another viable option is, if your encoder is able to use (switch to) Xinput mode or even keyboard mode (which is what the one on my cab uses), that would/should make it all 'just work'.