CPCE Joystick Support?

[Xyphoe]

Hi

Just wondering if CPCE has joystick support hidden away in it or a new version will be released with this?

It's rare but I've come across some Joystick *only* games like Express Raider where you can't even start without hitting the fire button!

[Xyphoe]

Ok my apologies, I've found the cpce.ini file and REDEFINE.COM

Problem is I can't run redefine.com as I'm on a 64bit Win7 O/S, and doesn't allow me to set 'compatibility mode' for .com files (.exe are ok)
Won't run from Command Prompt either.

I note in the cpce.ini file this line -

JOYSTICK_KEYS=48504B4D5253

I want to redefine them and not use the numeric pad, instead use up/down/left/right and have Z and X for fire buttons 1 and 2.
Can anyone help me with this by editing that line manually?

I presume characters respond to a key there, eg 48 = Numeric 4, 50 = Numeric 6, etc

Cheers!

[Xyphoe]

Actually a simpler solution would be if some kind fellow ran redefine.com and set up,down,left,right,z,x then copied into here the result code from the cpce.ini file that would be great

Still interested where it gets the 2 character codes from as it doesn't correspond to the key codes for Win I found Googling

[remax]

JOYSTICK_KEYS=88908B8D2C2D

with an AZERY keyboard so i use W and X on mine (should give Z and X on QWERTY).

[Xyphoe]

JOYSTICK_KEYS=88908B8D2C2D

with an AZERY keyboard so i use W and X on mine (should give Z and X on QWERTY).

Awesome! That works perfectly - thank you!!!

[Beaps]

I to am struggling to get keys to work. I am running 64Bit XP & redefine.exe does not work
any help would be appriciated

[Beaps]

Still looking for help on this, how can I use my joystick in CPCE as redefine.exe doesn't work :-/

[cngsoft]

Still looking for help on this, how can I use my joystick in CPCE as redefine.exe doesn't work :-/

The previous posts tell you how to edit CPCE.INI to set the joystick-on-keys option to your convenience. Oh, and remember to hit Lock Num inside the emulator to enable it :-)

[Beaps]

Great, I will give that a bash & report back

THANKS!

[Beaps]

Ok, still confused :-(

In the .ini file I already have joystick_keys=88908B8D2C2C

Can someone please post the ini file?

[cngsoft]

Here you have the values for QAOP+Space+Tab:
JOYSTICK_KEYS=101E1819390F
Remember to hit Num.Lock when CPCE is active to toggle the joystick-on-keys mode!

For the curious, each hex byte is the scan code; they're hardware-based and are the same on DOS and Win32 regardless of language. This saves CPCE the headaches of non-QWERTY locales (PC-CPC, I'm looking at you) but means that users must either set the ROM_LANGUAGE value or supply locale-accurate OS ROMs.

[Beaps]

Oh nuts, I am using a Logitech k400 keyboard that I don't think has a number lock. Just my bloody luck!

[Gryzor]

Have one myself and no, it doesn't have one since it doesn't even have a 'blue' numpad printed on the keys...