Cannot change "Twin USB Joystick" to work

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Describe your system:
 - Windows XP Home SP3 32-bit
 - Mupen64Plus 1.99.5 Windows
 - Default plugins used

Describe the problem:
I edit the configuration for the "Twin USB Joystick" (a DualShock-to-USB 
adapter) in AutoInputCfg, then load any ROM. The controls are still the default 
controls.

Please provide any additional information below.
I looked at the Wiki guide on how to change this and it doesn't help at all 
considering it's for a version that existed 2 years ago and the 
Input-SDL-Control section in the mupen64config file just flat out exist 
anymore, so it's hard to add something to it.  Furthermore, as there are no 
help documentation files included with Mupen64Plus, nor is there a -help 
printout in the command line for Mupen64Plus, troubleshooting this problem is 
extremely difficult.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by written_...@yahoo.com on 2 Apr 2012 at 5:34

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I should add that completely removing both the InputAutoCfg and mupen64plus 
configuration files from the Mupen64Plus directory does absolutely nothing; all 
of the default configurations for the Twin USB Joystick still exist, and I can 
still use it.  This leads to me to believe that these files actually do nothing 
at all, since no part of the program actually seems to use them in order to 
have a setup for any given controller.  And, on a note relating to the removal 
of the mupen64plus configuration file, doing so actually stops the spamming for 
about 60 Core Warnings for an eeprom file in the console, which is an unrelated 
bug and a new issue but still a point to be raised.

Original comment by written_...@yahoo.com on 2 Apr 2012 at 5:41

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Okay, well, I guess thanks anyway, I found out how to solve this.  For anyone 
else that's curious: go into your application data folder and find the 
Mupen64Plus directory.  Inside there will be a config file.  Find the 
Input-SDL-Control1 section that says "please don't change" and ignore and 
change it anyway because this is literally the only files Mupen64Plus seems to 
actually read controls from.  You can also change the EEPROM directory while 
you're at it (which also says "please don't change) so you won't get spammed 80 
billion times in the console about it.  Also, I made my config file read only 
after this, just to make sure Mupen64Plus wouldn't try to change it back, but 
you may not have to.  However, I don't even care to try after all the work it 
has been trying to solve this ridiculous problem.

Original comment by written_...@yahoo.com on 6 Apr 2012 at 4:14

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Sorry for your troubles.  A few comments:

You can use the option "--help" to get a listing of the available command-line 
options.

If your eeprom directory is writable (it should be), you should only get those 
warnings the first time you run a ROM.  I also intend to change this warning to 
an info message.

The "please don't change" remark in the config file is only referring to the 
joystick name.  If you change the name, then the auto-config code will erase 
the stored config and overwrite it.  You can change other parameters.  I will 
improve this comment to make it more clear.

Original comment by richard...@gmail.com on 6 Apr 2012 at 4:27

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I tried to reproduce your problem with the EEPROM messages with my Windows XP 
32-bit laptop and was not able to, using the 1.99.5 build.  Can you post the 
exact error messages that you found, and the ROM that you used to produce these 
error messages?

Original comment by richard...@gmail.com on 8 Apr 2012 at 10:56

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Awww Yeah! Eventually i can use my joystick on 1.99.5 . I was trying to solve 
this problem from almost a week. The configuration file on Linux is in 
$HOME/.config/mupen64plus.

Original comment by francesc...@gmail.com on 27 May 2012 at 10:27

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Original comment by s...@narfation.org on 18 Dec 2013 at 11:52

• Changed state: Fixed