Finished wiring 1st CP - 2SW5 & 6 questions

[soslo]

I finished wiring my first ever CP last night - everything went pretty well. I had the joystick wired backwards at first.
Here is my button layout:

456
123

SF2-esque fighter style

I used Notepad to check the buttons...they all worked, but when I tested SF2, player 2 buttons 5 and 6 wouldn't work.

Is this a common startup issue? I haven't messed with any MAME control input yet. I am using an IPAC, and I am at work, which is why I am asking so I can fix it when I get home.

Thanks

[TheGameAh]

This has come up before.  I had it myself.

The problem isn't with your wiring, most likely.  It's Mame itself.  Press tab during a game and check what keystrokes buttons 5 and 6 use.  Chances are there won't be anything there.  Just assign them again.  That's what I did.  I have to do it everytime I upgrade Mame.

Anyone know why this happens though?

[SirPeale]

Next release, try just upgrading the exe.  See if it happens again.

[u_rebelscum]

This has come up before.  I had it myself.

The problem isn't with your wiring, most likely.  It's Mame itself.  Press tab during a game and check what keystrokes buttons 5 and 6 use.  Chances are there won't be anything there.  Just assign them again.  That's what I did.  I have to do it everytime I upgrade Mame.

Anyone know why this happens though?

The mame default is no keys mapped to player 2 button 5 & 6.  If you don't use the old cfg/cfg files, mame "drops" back to the default (unless you use ctrlr/ini files).  Sometimes a few cfg/cfg files (the one edited when you use TAB) might not be compatable with the new mame.  OTOH, the ctrlr/ini files are designed to be, so if you do the remapping with the ctrlr/ini files once, it should work with all the new mames.

Read [rul=http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/mamecontrolini.htm]easyemu[/url] and the docs/ctrlr.txt file that comes with mame for more info on using ctrlr/ini files.

FWIW, the hotrodse, slikstik, and xarcade use ctrlr/ini files to map their player two buttons 5-6.


But as Peale said, if you only upgrade the exe, the cfg/cfg files won't be overwritten, and should work most of the time on most games.

[soslo]

I guess I had more of a problem with this than I should have because I put the computer in my cab (sans keyboard) before setting up the keys.

Once I plugged my regular kb in to the pass-through on the IPAC, I simply hit the tab button and set the inputs for all games using the MAME interface.

While I was there, I set up all of my admin buttons - so simple - but impossible without a kb or ipac programming...and I found using the mame interface slightly easier than the ipac programming...

thanks for your help.