Problems With Shoulder Buttons

PlayMadness · January 29th, 2008, 19:02

I've been using ePSXe for a few weeks now, and I've had no problems, but I've noticed that every time I try to use any of the shoulder buttons (sometimes R1 and L1, but every time I press R2/L2), the entire game freezes.

This is a problem, because I can't play most shooters, as well as Final Fantasy 7 (no way to run/change the single/all options in battles).

Is there any way to change this?

Titus03 · January 29th, 2008, 19:43

Welcome to Emuforums, PlayMadness!

Very strange... Which gamepad are you using?

Make sure you have no game profiles active in configuration tool, if your pad supports them.

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PlayMadness · January 29th, 2008, 20:00

I'm not using a pad at all, I'm using the keyboard...

**ShendoXT** · January 29th, 2008, 20:12

To what keys have you mapped the shoulder buttons?

PlayMadness · January 29th, 2008, 23:45

L2 is 1 and R2 is 9, but I've tried them mapped to multiple keys, including q/e and u/o, and I've had the same problem.

**jonc2006** · January 30th, 2008, 03:03

is "digital/analog" displayed in the top right hand corner of the controller config menu? try hitting f5 in-game as well. i dont know about you but if i dont have these things done my controls act funky. ive never actually seen them freeze a game but still, you never know.

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Squall-Leonhart · January 31st, 2008, 03:38

9 is the default Pause button in Petes Plugins.

**jonc2006** · January 31st, 2008, 03:50

yeah but if he has mapped the buttons to something other than 9 like he said he did why is it still happening?

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Squall-Leonhart · January 31st, 2008, 04:45

damned if i know, maybe his computer is dyslexic?

**jonc2006** · January 31st, 2008, 06:06

@playmadness

do you have access to some sort of pc gamepad or console controller that will work on a pc? have you tried mapping those buttons (only the shoulder buttons, keep everything else mapped to your keyboard) to something like that and seeing if they still make the game freeze when pressed? this is about the last thing i can think of now, your issue really has me stumped. ive been using epsxe for quite some time now and i have never come across this sort of thing, ususally any control issues i have are caused by me unintentionally disabling the analog mode while playing a game by hitting the f5 key. one other thing, how is this freeze triggered for you? does it happen when you press two or more of the buttons at once (holding two of them down in order to run from battle in ff7, for example) or does it freeze even if you just press one of them?

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January 29th, 2008, 19:02	#1
PlayMadness is over there Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3	Problems With Shoulder Buttons I've been using ePSXe for a few weeks now, and I've had no problems, but I've noticed that every time I try to use any of the shoulder buttons (sometimes R1 and L1, but every time I press R2/L2), the entire game freezes. This is a problem, because I can't play most shooters, as well as Final Fantasy 7 (no way to run/change the single/all options in battles). Is there any way to change this?

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January 29th, 2008, 19:43	#2
Titus03 Registered MSX user Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ? (In PAL-area) Posts: 1,620	Welcome to Emuforums, PlayMadness! Very strange... Which gamepad are you using? Make sure you have no game profiles active in configuration tool, if your pad supports them. __________________ DESKTOP: Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @3.0GHz · ASUS Commando · 4 GB DDR2 800MHz RAM · EVGA GeForce GTX 560 1024 MB · Corsair 620W 620HX 4x Seagate 320 GB HDD · Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion · Windows XP Pro SP3 32-bit / Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit LAPTOP: Toshiba Satellite Pro A300-293 with Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit

January 29th, 2008, 20:00	#3
PlayMadness is over there Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3	I'm not using a pad at all, I'm using the keyboard...

January 29th, 2008, 20:12	#4
ShendoXT Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Croatia Posts: 4,546	To what keys have you mapped the shoulder buttons? __________________ Shendo's software blog Core i5 2400 3.1 Ghz \| ASRock H67M \| GTX460 768Mb \| 8GB DDR3 1333 \| 1500 Gb HDD Grundig VLC 7121 C (1080p) 32" \| Razer DeathAdder \| Logitech G110 \| Windows 7 x64 Don't PM or ask me about VMP-MCR conversions. I will ignore you if you do.

January 29th, 2008, 23:45	#5
PlayMadness is over there Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3	L2 is 1 and R2 is 9, but I've tried them mapped to multiple keys, including q/e and u/o, and I've had the same problem.

January 30th, 2008, 03:03	#6
jonc2006 Mod of Douchebagness™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA MD Posts: 9,793	is "digital/analog" displayed in the top right hand corner of the controller config menu? try hitting f5 in-game as well. i dont know about you but if i dont have these things done my controls act funky. ive never actually seen them freeze a game but still, you never know. __________________ Antec 900/Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W/eVGA 780i SLI/Windows XP Media SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1/Intel Core 2 Duo E8400@4.0GHz/Dual eVGA e-Geforce GTX280 1GB DDR3 SLI Enabled/Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer/Corsiar XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2/Dual WD Caviar SE16 500GB 7200RPM HDDs The Official jonc2006™ Emotion Chart. Courtesy of PCXL-Fan after he tried to steal my identity on Steam because I am so awesome. Official jonc2006™ Fan Club Official jonc2006™ Trophy Collection

January 31st, 2008, 03:38	#7
Squall-Leonhart Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 23,270	9 is the default Pause button in Petes Plugins.

January 31st, 2008, 03:50	#8
jonc2006 Mod of Douchebagness™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA MD Posts: 9,793	yeah but if he has mapped the buttons to something other than 9 like he said he did why is it still happening? __________________ Antec 900/Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W/eVGA 780i SLI/Windows XP Media SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1/Intel Core 2 Duo E8400@4.0GHz/Dual eVGA e-Geforce GTX280 1GB DDR3 SLI Enabled/Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer/Corsiar XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2/Dual WD Caviar SE16 500GB 7200RPM HDDs The Official jonc2006™ Emotion Chart. Courtesy of PCXL-Fan after he tried to steal my identity on Steam because I am so awesome. Official jonc2006™ Fan Club Official jonc2006™ Trophy Collection

January 31st, 2008, 04:45	#9
Squall-Leonhart Banned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 23,270	damned if i know, maybe his computer is dyslexic?

January 31st, 2008, 06:06	#10
jonc2006 Mod of Douchebagness™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA MD Posts: 9,793	@playmadness do you have access to some sort of pc gamepad or console controller that will work on a pc? have you tried mapping those buttons (only the shoulder buttons, keep everything else mapped to your keyboard) to something like that and seeing if they still make the game freeze when pressed? this is about the last thing i can think of now, your issue really has me stumped. ive been using epsxe for quite some time now and i have never come across this sort of thing, ususally any control issues i have are caused by me unintentionally disabling the analog mode while playing a game by hitting the f5 key. one other thing, how is this freeze triggered for you? does it happen when you press two or more of the buttons at once (holding two of them down in order to run from battle in ff7, for example) or does it freeze even if you just press one of them? __________________ Antec 900/Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W/eVGA 780i SLI/Windows XP Media SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1/Intel Core 2 Duo E8400@4.0GHz/Dual eVGA e-Geforce GTX280 1GB DDR3 SLI Enabled/Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer/Corsiar XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2/Dual WD Caviar SE16 500GB 7200RPM HDDs The Official jonc2006™ Emotion Chart. Courtesy of PCXL-Fan after he tried to steal my identity on Steam because I am so awesome. Official jonc2006™ Fan Club Official jonc2006™ Trophy Collection Last edited by jonc2006; January 31st, 2008 at 06:13..