Controller Movement not smooth. Turbo like effect?

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Brian5346
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Controller Movement not smooth. Turbo like effect?

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Hi there,

I don't think this is a ZSNES specific problem, but perhaps you can help.

I recently starting getting back in to Emulation and I'm using ZSNES to play games.

I also bought a Mayflash SNES usb controller adapter. I had problems using this on my Win 7 machine, so I gave up and tried it with my laptop which runs Vista.

It works, however when I started playing, the movement in games was kind of weird and juddering.

I checked the game pad settings in windows, and the buttons and D-pad all fire in a turbo like fashion. This is not a big problem with the controller buttons that I've noticed yet. But when trying to move with the d-pad it's a pain, it resets to centre and then the direction as you hold it down, meaning you move in small fast increments.

Here is a flash video of what I mean. I held down the right, up and a couple of buttons (B and A i think) each for a few seconds. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5302228/Control ... r.swf.html



I don't really know how to fix it. Can anyone help?

Thanks
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These adapters sometimes have button combinations that enable certain features. Have you tried disconnecting it for a few seconds, then while holding no buttons on the gamepad at all, plugging it back in?
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Re: Controller Movement not smooth. Turbo like effect?

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I disconnected the adapter and plugging back in making sure I was pressing nothing, unfortunately I still have the same problem. I also tried the other controller port (its a 2 port adapter) but its the same again.
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Make sure you're using config->input, not misc->key combos.
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I am using config->input.

I can configure it fine, it's just how it acts with button presses. It acts that way when plugged in, not just through ZSNES.
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Have any other gamepads to try?

EDIT: Another thing to maybe try... have you rebooted since trying? I had issues with stuff like that happening with a USB mouse. Some device sharing the IRQ kept asserting the IRQ line and not letting it go. The USB driver would give up the IRQ and I guess fall back on some other method, but it only let like, a couple updates through per second. Rebooting fixed it, until it would happen again.
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out of curiosity, is the adapter connected directly to the machine or through a hub? are there any other USB devices being used (including an internal webcam if your laptop has one)?
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I do have a wired Xbox360 pad, which works fine.

I have tried rebooting a couple of times and it still happens.

I'ts connected directly to the laptop, there is an internal webcam in the laptop, but otherwise no other USB devices are being used.
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I have just tried it on my brothers Win 7 desktop. It works fine.

My windows 7 machine, only one button works. My Vista laptop, the buttons don't fire properly. But on his computer it's fine.

At least now I know its not a fault with the adapter.
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do you have any software running that handles gamepad input (like Joy2Key)?
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Nope, no other software.
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