Using a gamepad in WinUAE

boing_1000 · 17 September 2006, 21:58

I can't use my original Amiga joystick right now because I left it at home. I have a gamepad that is very similar to the Playstation 2 pad and it plugs into my USB port. I can't figure out how to use it within WinUAE, is there a way to map the buttons correctly?

rsn8887 · 14 October 2006, 03:53

Try Joy2key, or was it JoyTokey? a nifty little program that lets you map the joystick to pc keyboard keys. Then those keys can be re-mapped to virtual joysticks in your emulators. Only needed for controllers that have crappy winxp drivers and thus are not recognized by some emulators, though. Or for emulators that would not support joypads or not support re-assignment of buttons and directions...

Toni Wilen · 14 October 2006, 14:43

Remapping can be done using input-panel. (search older threads for more information if it looks too confusing..)

I think most virtual keyboard mapping software won't work with WinUAE because it uses low level directinput mode. Only way to read Windows keys and other special keys without side-effects.

17 September 2006, 21:58	#1
boing_1000 A1000 Addict Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Eastern USA Age: 37 Posts: 567	Using a gamepad in WinUAE I can't use my original Amiga joystick right now because I left it at home. I have a gamepad that is very similar to the Playstation 2 pad and it plugs into my USB port. I can't figure out how to use it within WinUAE, is there a way to map the buttons correctly?

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14 October 2006, 03:53	#2
rsn8887 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: USA Posts: 1,058	Try Joy2key, or was it JoyTokey? a nifty little program that lets you map the joystick to pc keyboard keys. Then those keys can be re-mapped to virtual joysticks in your emulators. Only needed for controllers that have crappy winxp drivers and thus are not recognized by some emulators, though. Or for emulators that would not support joypads or not support re-assignment of buttons and directions...

14 October 2006, 14:43	#3
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,505	Remapping can be done using input-panel. (search older threads for more information if it looks too confusing..) I think most virtual keyboard mapping software won't work with WinUAE because it uses low level directinput mode. Only way to read Windows keys and other special keys without side-effects.

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