Zaparoo Service assigned as player 1 on Batocera

[JacobBrown4]

Latest Batocera v42 and latest Zaparoo, v2.7.0, on a Beelink mini PC + Ultimarc mini Pac for controller encoder.

It seems like the Zaparoo service is always assigned to port 1. This doesn't matter for some systems running in more managed emulators like retroarch where the port definitions are applied explicitly. Zaparoo appears as a controller to the game and retroarch but this isn't an issue with the assignments you can do in Batocera's controller settings. (I can't assign Zaparoo in this menu though fwiw, maybe that'd be a solution)

For some standalone emulators like PCSX2 and things like Steam, and Windows/wine games Zaparoo's service is always in port one.

I found this just because some games only allow one controller so I have to disable the service to play them. It's not the NFC reader, I originally tried changing the physical usb positions and eventually unplugging the reader entirely. It's the Zaparoo service itself that's being set as player 1.

I've tried to poke around within Batocera and a cursory search online for a solution to define somewhere but I didn't find much.

[wizzomafizzo]

Thanks for reporting this. If you think of any launchers besides PCSX2, Steam and Windows let me know. I think what I can do here is add a config option to disable the gamepad input feature entirely, and maybe hardcode a list of problem launchers where the controller should be disabled/unplugged while it's running.

[asturur]

Is the controller feature used for macros? What we do with that i forgot.

[JacobBrown4]

Idk how tied in Zaparoo is to Batocera but you could try just turning off that digital input when a game launches and then 'plug it in' after a delay? I'd expect then it'd be seen in the last slot as the newest one. That might be a catch all solution. I tested if turning off the service and turning it back on prior to launching a game would have it show behind the wired in ones. And it was still P1. So either when launching something the controllers are handed over 're-sorted' or something about the digital controller Zaparoo makes insists on being P1. I'm sure if you could find how to get it to always assign last at worst these would see an extra controller plugged in rather than it always being player one.

But I think this would apply to all emulators that aren't retroarch. Just running Steam in big picture mode has Zaparoo as the priority controller. If it helps testing my sample game was Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+. Apparently they'll only allow controller 1 to do anything in that game. I thought my controller/encoder was broken for a bit at first. Most games don't seem to care that much though.

[wizzomafizzo]

In the latest release v0.7.1 I have disabled the virtual controller by default which should fix your issue for now. I'll leave this open until we work out a good middle ground where it can be enabled but not affect these emulators