Zsnes considering 2 usb gamepads as the same one...

psycho · Post by **psycho** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:38 pm

Hello everyone. I have 2 usb plug-n-play Pctronix gamepads, cheap but nice

Anyway, when I plugged them in both, the GUI on Zsnes 1.42 (for win32) only recognized one of them. I went ahead and tried to configure the corresponding gamepad buttons for each player (1 and 2), but when I tested, I naturally ended up controlling 2 different characters in a fighting game with only one gamepad, which, I believe, is not really the idea of such games

As the GUI wasn't helping a lot, I attempted to dive into zsnes.cfg, where it said explicitly the following:

; Player 1/2 Input Device. Use the GUI to set these values
; NOTE : Using this to select joysticks manually will NOT work!

Player1Device = 1
Player2Device = 1

Looking a bit at my Windows 2000 control panel, I noticed that the respective IDs of my gamepads were "1" and "2". Despite the extremely clear and noticeable warning against it

, I dismissed it and changed the zsnes.cfg file manually, resulting in:

; Player 1/2 Input Device. Use the GUI to set these values
; NOTE : Using this to select joysticks manually will NOT work!

Player1Device = 1
Player2Device = 2

Tried again and everything worked perfectly... I don't really know if this improvised fix is valid for every similar situation, but I thought maybe someone else can solve the same problem by applying the same changes. Hope it can help, happy playing!

P.S. : Sorry if I screwed up with some english words, I'm from Santiago, Chile. That means my native language is spanish, BTW

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:42 pm

Nice topic, I think this topic should be sticked.

Bobbias2.0 · Post by **Bobbias2.0** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 10:37 pm

This is a prime example of the type of people who should be using computers/the internet. I love when someone actively tries to fix things, and sometimes succedes by themself, and posts the new info on the net (or even if they just manage to fix things themselves, like this). It makes me happy to see people not sitting there posting on a forum like "hherlp my gamepad cotollz 2 chrz! hlp plzkthbai"

Post by **Agozer** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 10:44 pm

Indeed. Nicely done.

Menson · Post by **Menson** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 7:40 am

i have been trying for a good 5 hours the in's outs and sides of all of the Zsnes config and GUI's and cannot stop this from happening. i have 2 Mad Catz and i am very frustrated.should i keep typing different Device numbers until i maybe find the right device number or maybe someone has some info.pls you would be my best friend if you even have tried this and failed but still have some info.

Johan_H · Post by **Johan_H** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 8:55 am

You can check the device numbers through the control panel.

Ichinisan · Post by **Ichinisan** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 3:38 pm

Ichinisan wrote:You couldn't figure out the GUI because it is still not very user-friendly. To do this without editing the configuration file, just go to CONFIG>INPUT #2 and select "KEYB/GAMEPAD" instead of "NONE". Click "SET" to enable the pad before configuring buttons.

ZSNES is set to emulate a disconnected controller by default. There are probably some games that force you into a two-player mode if a second controller is detected. Some games (including Super Mario World) will allow you to use a single controller for two players if it senses that the second controller socket does not have a device attached.

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