How do I move player with Arcade Machine Joystick?

I suggest you create a small project to test the gamepad. Add two large text objects and this event:

I wild guess since the mirroring works: The stick only sends out a single left/right input and not a continous input.

I suggest you create a small project to test the gamepad. Add two large text objects and this event:

Thanks for the idea, I did and this is the result

I wild guess since the mirroring works: The stick only sends out a single left/right input and not a continous input.

Is possible, but as you can see on the new video the text even doesn't change, that's the weird part

Do you set "direction: none" somewhere too? Could be that the text changes but instantly gets overwritten.

Try out dops example in an otherwise empty project.

Talking to my client, he tells me that this arcade controller model has quite a few problems with compatibility in other games, so it must be that it has a somewhat strange layout.

Do you set "direction: none" somewhere too? Could be that the text changes but instantly gets overwritten.

Try out dops example in an otherwise empty project.

Yes, the "none" it applied to when is exactly zero.