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4 Button joypad setting acting weird. Gravis mode not recognized

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 10:46 pm
by Matsu
Copied from my a0486 issue entry: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/ao486_MiSTer/issues/90

"When I tried to play a bunch Commander Keen games with 4 button support I noticed some problems.
Movement goes Up-Left automatically, and trying to reconfigure in game won't help and sometimes even crashes the core.

This does not happen when using a controller that has thumb sticks. But you have to restart the core for this to work.

Introducing the dual sticks support messed things up it seems.
I think the regular 4 button/gravis setting is somehow looking for a pad with assigned joysticks, and won't work properly if there's none.
Gravis joypad mode is also not recognized inside the keen configuration screen, when using a 8bitdo m30.
While using 8bitdo sn30 pro, it is.

Adding to the confusion: sometimes the m30 controller will randomly work and get recognized as a gravis without error.
But then when you exit to dos and start another game, input malfunction or dodgy recognition again happens.

Perhaps adding a "None" Joystick Mode, is all that is needed to fix this?"

Anyone else experiencing this problem?