Playing Gens Emulator With PC Controller.

[Will Machete]

Whats up guys, just wanted to join the forum to ask a question about the gens and PC controllers.

I have a Gens 2.11 (A Sega Genesis Emulator)

I have the PC Controller installed mostly. But there is a problem when i'm playing games that require you to use the Up+Left, Up+Right, Down+Left, Down+Right on the D-Pad if you know what I mean.

Like a compass you know sometimes you need go somewhere like southwest, well the same with the D-Pad.

Well to be more frank, i'm playing mortal kombat and since you cant use those buttons the player wont jump forward, he/she can only jump up. I'm wondering if there is something I havent set up.

I know theres D-Pad options on the Gens 2.11 and of course I use the X-Padder for my computer. Also funny thing is when i use my analog on my controller the jumping works fine but not with the D-pad.

But I need to use the D-Pad as it is hard to perform moves with the analog stick. I hope i've been clear enough.

Just need some help on this, thanks.

[FatTrucker]

Sounds like an issue with your pad.

A gamepad will generally have 4 microswitches 1up, 1down, 1left, 1right usually pressing the diagonal will activate both 1up and 1right for example, in your case it appears the pad won't send 2 simultaneous inputs at once, so you're only getting Up or Right.

Not had this issue with Gens so it doesn't seem like a deficiency with pad input from the emulators end. Open notepad and try pressing 2 keys simultaneously and see if both activate, if not perhaps its a problem with your keyboard/input settings in windows?. Could possibly be that the switches inside the gamepad aren't situated so you can make contact on the vertical and horizontal switches at the same time.

[ulaoulao]

Will Machete, this is a problem in game pad design. Some controllers just do this and its a shame. If I understand the problem correctly, and I think I do, then no software will fix it. You need to get a new controller.

I suggest the original...with a usb adapter.