why can my wife always make mame crash?

[shateredsoul]

I have no idea how she does it, but whenever we play a fighting game, a button masher for her, she makes make crash. All the o2 buttons map to letter keys so It's a mystery to me. Can pressing too many keys too fast make mame crash? Or could it be a fronted issue? I'm using hyperspin.

[ptinolv]

I am not sure it comes from that. I have seen mame crash (close instantly) with my girlfriend mashing buttons at MvC1 and i have 2 official xbox360 controllers hacked. I also use gameex.

[RandyT]

I've had better luck with Groovy Game Gear products even if the seller is an old jackass.

Hey!  I'm not old!

[MAME TIME]

did you disable stricty keys, get a message pop up?

[chillinwater]

why can my wife always make mame crash?

I know the feeling!!
It only happens on (2) player games and she is player2 right?

That is a HyperSpin\Hyperlaunch issue.

Your player2 side probably has p2 btn2 and p2 btn3 sending "q" and "s". (Xarcade is this way)
Pressing those buttons by themselves is ok but pressed together they kill the Hyperlaunch script.
(its not actually crashing mame but minimizes it so you have to alt-tab back to it, still kills the moment)

Near the top of the Hyperlaunch script look for:

exitscriptkey= q & s

and change those keys to anything else that is not mapped on your controller
i.e.
exitscriptkey= m & n ;\\\or whatever

[shateredsoul]

Yeah exactly! Ahh, hmm I have to go back and check if I put q and s as  player 2 buttons. I'm using an Ipac, but I swear I took care of that issue early on. Maybe I took care of it for player 1 but forgot to check the player 2 side.

Still doesn't make sense why she can do it and the kids who also button mash don't.

why can my wife always make mame crash?

I know the feeling!!
It only happens on (2) player games and she is player2 right?

That is a HyperSpin\Hyperlaunch issue.

Your player2 side probably has p2 btn2 and p2 btn3 sending "q" and "s". (Xarcade is this way)
Pressing those buttons by themselves is ok but pressed together they kill the Hyperlaunch script.
(its not actually crashing mame but minimizes it so you have to alt-tab back to it, still kills the moment)

Near the top of the Hyperlaunch script look for:

exitscriptkey= q & s

and change those keys to anything else that is not mapped on your controller
i.e.
exitscriptkey= m & n ;\\\or whatever

[chillinwater]

Well not sure about that one...maybe its somthing different entirely.
If mame actually crashes...dont know
If mame is minimized and alt-tab able...I think its Hyperlaunch

I stll have a similar problem after changing "q" "s" and it goes like this.

For me on XArcade Tank:
P1 btn1 = Alt
P2 btn3 = s

If im running Marquee Magician (Irfranview) with mame and 2 players are playing, that combo will close IrFranview, send Mame to the taskbar where I have to alt-tab back to Mame.

In either case for me, once Hyperlaunch is exited (like in previous post) or Marquee Magician is no longer running It never happens again. at least until I launch a new 2 player game.

Irfranview has no way currently to turn off its hotkeys and if some other programs are running this may happen too.
...and if I use autohotkey to remap "q" "s" or "alt" to somthing else mame doesnt recognise them in its config menu.

[Smeghead]

A: Shes a woman

[chillinwater]

A: Shes a woman

Your right, they know how to push the buttons to crash any system.

[eds1275]

A: Shes a woman

Your right, they know how to push the buttons to crash any system.

...and they make brown water instead of coffee. Gawd.

[Gray_Area]

...and they make brown water instead of coffee. Gawd.

It's called sabotage.

Try switching sides. Also, both of you play each side against the computer. Hardware troubleshooting, you know.

[tylervalo]

why can my wife always make mame crash?

I know the feeling!!
It only happens on (2) player games and she is player2 right?

That is a HyperSpin\Hyperlaunch issue.

Your player2 side probably has p2 btn2 and p2 btn3 sending "q" and "s". (Xarcade is this way)
Pressing those buttons by themselves is ok but pressed together they kill the Hyperlaunch script.
(its not actually crashing mame but minimizes it so you have to alt-tab back to it, still kills the moment)

Near the top of the Hyperlaunch script look for:

exitscriptkey= q & s

and change those keys to anything else that is not mapped on your controller
i.e.
exitscriptkey= m & n ;\\\or whatever

That is EXACTLY your issue.  I went though the same thing w/the same basic set up (with hyperspin and such) you're using.  If I remember correctly I just removed those keys all together.