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 X-Arcade is a serie of controllers from XGaming Corp.
-It includes:
+It includes the following controllers :
-  * X-Arcade Tankstick
+^                                           ^ Name                    ^ Players buttons ^ Flipper buttons  ^ Trackball  ^ Spinners  ^ Plunger  ^ Comment                                                                                                  ^
-  * X-Arcade Tankstick MAX
+| {{pads:x-arcade_tankstick.jpg?500}}       | X-Arcade Tankstick      | Automatic | Automatic              | Manual     |  N/A      |  N/A     | Out of the box configuration with batocera 44. Trackball not yet configured automatically.               |
-  * Arcade2TV-XR
+| {{pads:x-arcade_tankstick_max.webp?500}}  | X-Arcade Tankstick MAX  | Automatic | Automatic              | Manual     |  Manual   |  N/A     | Out of the box configuration with batocera 44. Trackball and spinners not yet configured automatically.  |
-  * Arcade2TV-XR MAX
+| {{pads:arcade2tv-xr-top.webp?500}}        | Arcade2TV-XR            | Automatic | Automatic              | Manual     |  Manual   |  N/A     | Out of the box configuration with batocera 44. Trackball not yet configured automatically.               |
+| {{pads:arcade2tv-xr_max.jpg?500}}         | Arcade2TV-XR MAX        | Automatic | Automatic              | Manual     |  Manual   |  Automatic | Product not yet available                                                                                |
+===== Modes =====
+^ Mode ^ ^
+| Keyboard | This is the mode making all work magically. Recommended. In batocera, it uses keyboardtopads. |
+| DINPUT | No trackball and no player2. Working partially and discouraged mode. |
+| XINPUT | This mode mimics 2 xbox 360 controllers. This mode is discouraged, cause batocera cannot differentiate from other xbox 360 pad. |
+| Digital/Analog option | The controllers have a dpad/apad option. It has no influence on the way the controller work. It exists for compatibly issues. It is nor required nor usefull in batocera |
+===== Mapping =====
+Since version 41, batocera doesn't use xarcade2jstick anymore to handle these controllers.
-{{ pads:x-arcade_tankstick.jpg?400|}}
+A new tool, called keyboardtopads, more generic (supporting more controllers), supporting hotkeys and configurable via emulationstation was done.
-{{ pads:x-arcade_tankstick_max.webp?400|}}
-{{ pads:arcade2tv-xr-top.webp?400|}}
+L and R are mapped to the flipper buttons too, while by convention, in batocera, L et R are the flipper keys.
-{{ pads:arcade2tv-xr_max.jpg?400|}}
+Note that you can have several controllers plugged, it will automatically recognize, 4, 6, 8 players, without any issue.
+==== Default ====
+The mapping for the buttons is command to all the controllers.
+The other buttons are set depending of their numbers to batocera control center, exit, pause hotkeys.
+{{::pads:xarcade-layout.png?400|}}
+==== Customizations ====
+When you use mode Keyboard mode, keyboardtopads splits the xarcade into 3 devices : player1, player2 and hotkeys.
+A default configuration was done in batocera, but you can customize it to do an other split by going into emulationstation menu > controllers menu > keyboardtopads.
+{{::pads:xarcade-keyboardtopadsconfig-p1.png?600|}}
+{{::pads:xarcade-keyboardtopadsconfig-hotkeys.png?600|}}