Quirky behavior with Final Fantasy III

[Deezee]

Hello all,

I'm using a Logitech Dual Action USB controller, and so far it's worked just fine on every game I've played used ZSNES. I tried Final Fantasy III the other day, and was able to play through normally until I got to the world map. For whatever reason, when I press up on the gamepad, my character moves left. This is true even if I clear out all the keybindings in the input menu (so there shouldn't be a way to move up or left). Any ideas why this is happening? Again, it's only happening on the world map for Final Fantasy III. Everywhere else, the controller behaves just fine.

[paulguy]

When you load the ROM, does it say "CHKSUM: FAIL" or "BAD ROM"?

Another thing you could try is scanning it with NSRT (it's in someone's signature around here) and posting here about what it says.

Also, make sure you have no key combos set. (MISC -> KEY COMB.)

[Agozer]

Are you sure it's not your ROM? Scan your ROM with NSRT and make sure it's good.

Anyway, is the Logitech Profiler running in the background? If so, disable it. Also, it doesn't hurt to download the latest Logitech Gaming Software if you haven't already.

[Gil_Hamilton]

This is true even if I clear out all the keybindings in the input menu (so there shouldn't be a way to move up or left). Any ideas why this is happening?

The problem is not the game.
I don't care if this is the only game it happens on, if you've actually cleared the key bindings and it still happens, then the problem is not the game.

My best guess is you have the option to use controllers 3 and 4 as duplicates of 1 and 2 enabled, and there's something weird going on because of that.
Go and unmap controllers 2, 3, and 4 as well. See what happens then.

[Deezee]

Well, I did all of the things everybody suggested but it seems Gil_Hamilton was right. Getting rid of the key bindings for controllers 2, 3, and 4 fixed the issue. Thank you very much!

[Gil_Hamilton]

You can safely remap those again, as long as you don't overlap your controls, or disable the use player 3/4 as player 1/2 option.

I would bet that you had some shared controls across P1 and P3, and left has priority over up in the game's code.