atari 5200 default controller modes (mouse)

[goofyseeker311]

or joust (example game), the default atari 5200 controller mode, during first start, is mouse, instead of keyboard.
even if you specify the keyboard controls, and/or remove mouse. keyboard starts working only after rebooting.

edit: mouse cant be connected at all to the mister, if you want keyboard control, for atari5200.

[sorgelig]

It seems i didn't understand you

[goofyseeker311]

when mouse is connected, it prevents keyboard and/or joystick from working.
in joust on atari 5200, it prevents fire button/s from working, the player moves but does not fly.
this happens in atari5200 and some arcade cores. maybe a core issue, maybe a mister issue.

edit: more specifically, mouse becomes the primary control device, instead of keyboard (or joystick).

[sorgelig]

Probably your mouse generates movement events even if it's not moved. Try another mouse.

[goofyseeker311]

having a mouse disables fire button. I will not switch my primary mouse. no way. removing the mouse works.

just mentioning this behaviour.

[woj76]

Indeed, the mouse easily disables the first joystick. In https://github.com/woj76/Atari800_MiSTer/tree/pbi_bios this i partly solved by having an option to swap joysticks also in the 5200 core (so far only 800 had it). I am preparing a pull request with all these fixes.