Mala UltraStik Mapper PLug-in control type question

[mjthompson]

I'm building a new cocktail cabinet with Mala and U360's.  I installed fatfingers mapper plug-in but I can't get it to "see" the control type so it always loads the default ugc.  Here's the umapper.log info, any help would be appreciated! ...



config loaded for MaLa UltraStik Mapper Version 1.3.00
Mala Directory: 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa'
UltraMap.exe: 'C:\Program Files\UltraMap\ultramap.exe'
UltraMap Options: ''
Debugging: 'yes'
DialogBox returned: 0 (0)
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EVENT: Game selected
Name: Ms. Pac-Man
Rom: mspacman
Clone Of:
Input Control:
Manufacturer: Midway
Genre: Maze
Year: 1981

**********************************************************************
EVENT: DllMain

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EVENT: Game start (ROM: 'mspacman', CLONE OF: '', CONTROL: '')

_build_mapname: Built map file name: 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\mspacman.ugc'
_file_exists: Seeing if file 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\mspacman.ugc' exists
_file_exists: 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\mspacman.ugc' does not exist
_get_mapname: did not locate rom name map file: 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\mspacman.ugc'
_get_mapname: empty cloneof
_get_mapname: locating map by control type: ''
_get_mapname: did not locate control name map file: 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\mspacman.ugc'
_build_mapname: Built map file name: 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\M.A.M.E. v0.96 (May  3 2005).ugc'
_file_exists: Seeing if file 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\M.A.M.E. v0.96 (May  3 2005).ugc' exists
_file_exists: 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\M.A.M.E. v0.96 (May  3 2005).ugc' does not exist
_get_mapname: did not locate emulator map file: 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\M.A.M.E. v0.96 (May  3 2005).ugc'
_build_mapname: Built map file name: 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\default.ugc'
_file_exists: Seeing if file 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\default.ugc' exists
_file_exists: 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\default.ugc' does exist
_get_mapname: located default map file: 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\default.ugc'
_file_exists: Seeing if file 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\default.ugc' exists
_file_exists: 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\default.ugc' does exist
_run_ultramap: command line '"C:\Program Files\UltraMap\ultramap.exe" "C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\default.ugc" '
_run_ultramap: '"C:\Program Files\UltraMap\ultramap.exe" "C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\default.ugc" ' completed successfully
**********************************************************************
EVENT: Game quit (ROM: 'mspacman')

_build_mapname: Built map file name: 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\mala.ugc'
_file_exists: Seeing if file 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\mala.ugc' exists
_file_exists: 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\mala.ugc' does exist
_run_ultramap: command line '"C:\Program Files\UltraMap\ultramap.exe" "C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\mala.ugc" '
_run_ultramap: '"C:\Program Files\UltraMap\ultramap.exe" "C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\mala.ugc" ' completed successfully
**********************************************************************
EVENT: Game selected
Name: Ms. Pac-Man
Rom: mspacman
Clone Of:
Input Control:
Manufacturer: Midway
Genre: Maze
Year: 1981

**********************************************************************
EVENT: MaLa quit

_build_mapname: Built map file name: 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\malaexit.ugc'
_file_exists: Seeing if file 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\malaexit.ugc' exists
_file_exists: 'C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\malaexit.ugc' does exist
_run_ultramap: command line '"C:\Program Files\UltraMap\ultramap.exe" "C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\malaexit.ugc" '
_run_ultramap: '"C:\Program Files\UltraMap\ultramap.exe" "C:\CocktailCabinet\MaLa\Maps\malaexit.ugc" ' completed successfully
**********************************************************************
EVENT: DllMain

[mjthompson]

I loaded MaLa 1.70 and the controller type now gets passed to the plug-in correctly. 

[ragnar]

I loaded MaLa 1.70 and the controller type now gets passed to the plug-in correctly.  

Wow, I was having hte same problem.  I was just playing with my u360s yesterday so the timing is impecable.

Do you know what version you were using?

I'll be grabbing Mala 1.71 (latest) when I get home.

How do I migrate from an old version of Mala to a new one?  I don't want to loose my current configuration.

Any advice on how you are testing the configuration?  I am trying to use an analog stick based game (Paperboy) in order to see if the game works as desired.  Right now it does not.

EDIT: Oh wow, I had 1.0.5.8.  Ya, I think I know what my problem was.

[mjthompson]

I'm using 1.70.  I'm having the problem again.  I have no idea why MaLa & the U360 plug-in have the problem some (most) of the time.  Does anybody have any idea what might be causing the problem or what I can look at to figure it out?

To see whether it is working, I click the debug option for the plug-in and then after running the game I look in the MaLa directory for umapper.log.  It shows what .ugc is used when the game is launched.

[kegger]

I could be wrong but I think your mame version 097 is out of date for current Mala.      As Mame will help you with xml info and mapping with later version if the plugin fails to load a certain map. As you probably know the map has to be named exactly as the rom for the game. I'm still using a earlier ver of Mala so I can't test your problem.

 

[mjthompson]

I went through the "pain" of upgrading to .139u2 and I still have the problem that the plug in doesn't get the controller type passed into it.  I guess I'm at the point of manually creating a UGC file for each of the games I want to use the U360's with. 

Does the mame auto analog to digital controller conversion work pretty well, ie. should I just go with that instead of manually creating the UGC's?

[arzoo]

Does the mame auto analog to digital controller conversion work pretty well, ie. should I just go with that instead of manually creating the UGC's?

Another option would be LEDBlinky - it can set the u360 maps even if you don't have any LEDs.

But if the only emulator you plan on running is mame - then just map the u360(s) to analog and let the mame digital restriction handle each game - that works fine!