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Xynie:

Silly question, but I can't seem to figure this out.  I want to permanently change a button assignment in Mame, but when I Tab and change the general key assignment it doesn't seem to work.  It works for that game, but as soon as I go back to my frontend and start another game, it reverts back to the default controls.

Is there a text file I can edit instead of using the tab screen?  I am running .138.

Thanks!

Hoopz:

When in the Mame menu, are you changing the inputs for just that game or for all?  If you exit the game and then restart the same one, does the button keep it's configuration?

Xynie:

I've tried it both ways, and when I exit and re-enter the same game, it does not save the changes.  It works while I play the game, but as soon as I reload it reverts back.

Hoopz:

If you go into your mame directory, do you have a config folder? If so, do you have files in there?  Deleting anything in there may help.  I don't have Mame installed on this pc, so I can't easily check that right now.

The other guess is to make sure that the Mame folder or sub-directories and files are write protected. I don't know if that would affect things like this but it's something to check. If you're running XP, that could be the issue.   :dunno

Xynie:

Not sure if there should be one... but there is no default.cfg file in the ctrl directory, so i can't find anything to manually change settings.  Also, I just tested again, changes settings within a game... it worked in game... exited and restarted same game, controls revert.  Do I need to create a default.cfg?  Does frontend matter?  (Hyperspin)  Just making sure....

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