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  • 04/04/2015 at 16:28 #93763
    Anonymous
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    Hello All,

    Has anyone had any luck mapping the PS3 buttons (triangle, circle, or X) in AdvanceMame 1.2?

    I can only seem to get the square button to be recognized. After updating the advmame-1.2.rc file multiple times I’ve figured out a bit but it would appear that the triangle, circle, and X buttons cannot be mapped.

    For those interested, utilizing the AdvanceMame [joy,button] scheme and assuming all below are set for joy = 0, here are the mappings I’ve determined for “button” per my PS3 controller via bluetooth setup:

    top or 3 = start
    top2 or 4 = d-pad up
    trigger or 0 = select
    thumb or 1 = L3
    thumb2 or 2 = R3
    pinkie or 5 = d-pad right
    base or 6 = d-pad down
    base2 or 7 = d-pad left
    base3 or 8 = L2
    base4 or 9 = R2
    base5 or 10 = L1
    base6 or 11 = R1
    12 = square

    Any insight into this problem would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,
    Ryan

    04/04/2015 at 17:12 #93769
    Floob
    Member

    I’ve only used AdvanceMAME a bit, but its seems quite happy to map inputs using the GUI when it runs (via TAB). Have you tried that?

    04/04/2015 at 17:16 #93771
    Anonymous
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    Floob,

    Yes, you are correct. AdvanceMAME does seem quite happy to map buttons utilizing the GUI with TAB except that it will not recognize the triangle, circle, or X there either. This is what originally caused me to seek out another means, i.e. the rc file.

    -Ryan

    04/22/2015 at 04:59 #95845
    Anonymous
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    Yep, I have the exact same problem. Haven’t had much time to troubleshoot but it seems that certain buttons aren’t mappable from the GUI with AdvanceMAME. The ones it does map it gives weird names like “top” for the start button or “trigger” for the select button. Basically exactly what the OP posted.

    It also seems to inadvertently pick up inputs from the PS3 controller’s motion sensors and tries to map them as axis.

    Using PS3 controller over bluetooth. All other emulators work fine.
    Pi2 and RetroPie 3.0 beta 2.

    04/25/2015 at 18:23 #96156
    poplekiller
    Participant

    Hi,

    Don’t ask me why but it seems that buttons 12, 13, 14, 15 are ok for the PS3 wireless driver.
    It doesn’t match anything in jstest and I don’t find advj (the utility supposed to be with advancemame) to test the joy

    04/25/2015 at 18:51 #96157
    poplekiller
    Participant

    hum, i wrote too quickly, only square is working … oddly, I got some of the cross (left up) buttons to quick in SF II, I will check how it look in the UI config

    05/07/2015 at 11:04 #97025
    dischargehammer
    Participant

    I have the same problem. Triangle, square and circle are not responding. Other buttons and triggers work, but give weird mapping names like “dead” or “top2”. Could this probably be circumvented by configuring controls with a .cfg file ?

    05/15/2015 at 10:53 #97679
    Anonymous
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    Change device_joystick auto to device_joystick raw in the .rc config file.

    Then, all the buttons will show up.

    You’re welcome! (I created an account just to spread the good news!)

    08/27/2015 at 22:29 #104846
    robertus
    Participant

    i can’t configure my ps3 controller, recognize only select and analog to up down ad press.

    why ? i tried to modified auto in raw on \\RETROPIE\configs\mame-advmame\advmame-0.94.0.rc without success

    01/13/2016 at 21:40 #113941
    dudleydes
    Participant

    I have managed to get all of the buttons on PS3 controller recognised by changing device_joystick auto to device_joystick sdl in the .rc config files. The buttons will now be mapped to a more familiar j:button15 format.

    01/23/2016 at 13:00 #114831
    qwerty69
    Participant

    Setting device_joystick to sdl in all three .rc files (one for each version) worked for me.

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