[solved] ipac 4 and making games think controls are gamepads

[Venomouse]

I've been having a hell of a time trying to figure this out  basically I Hare my arcade cab setup with 4 players (one joystick each 6 buttons)   I have some 4 players games for the pc but they will only let that players in if it recognises a gamepad attached . basically I'm after some way to get the ipac buttons assigned as gamepads 2, 3, 4

any suggestions
cheers
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SOLOUTION:

Use the XInputTest.exe to help me figure out what buttons I named wrong...eg slash instead of forward slash, grave instead of tilde.. etc
xinput1_3.dll and x360kb.ini used from the street fighter IV fix.
 

[BadMouth]

This came up not long ago regarding some pc game.  Don't know how much searching it will take, but it's here somewhere.

Have you tried creating fake gamepads with vjoy or something similar?
http://www.headsoft.com.au/index.php?category=vjoy

There's a Street Fighter IV keyboard issues thread stickied in the software forum that contains links to a program that creates fake xbox controllers.

[Venomouse]

cheers, I did manage to get sfiv and tekken vs xfighter working with the xbox controller etc...

i have had some minor success with ppjoy but having issues mapping up down left right for player 2 3 4...

I'll give it a try with vjoy.

games currently being a pain (tmnt 2, ultimate alliance, x-men  legends 2 - rise of apocalypse

[Venomouse]

update, tried vjoy, was able to map buttons etc.

games still not seeing them as xbox controllers.. (looks like thats the default)

Also then tried using motion joy to translate the keys to xbox pad. did not work.

Looks like I need to get some sort of 360 controller emulator?

[Venomouse]

ok got it sorted.....kinda.


used the same 360 fix as for street fighter iv etc.

here's my ini file.


Some of the keys don't work because I'm not sure how they are referenced...eg ` (tilde) ' etc... Anyone got a list?


[Options]
UseInitBeep=1
Log=0
BackgroundMode=0
PadCount=3


[PAD2]
D-Pad Up=R
D-Pad Down=F
D-Pad Left=D
D-Pad Right=G
A=Period
B=Q
X=A
Y=S
Left Shoulder=W
Right Shoulder=0
Start=Apostrophe
Back=6

[PAD3]
D-Pad Up=Y
D-Pad Down=N
D-Pad Left=Tilde
D-Pad Right=U
A=Home
B=H
X=B
Y=E
Left Shoulder=M
Right Shoulder=/
Start=4
Back=8

[PAD4]
D-Pad Up=I
D-Pad Down=K
D-Pad Left=J
D-Pad Right=L
A=End
B=Enter
X=Semi Colon
Y=Right Shift
Left Shoulder=O
Right Shoulder=\
Start=3
Back=7

[DeLuSioNal29]

Glad to hear that you got it working!   

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