Right, this may be me thinking a bit out of the ordinary here but....
thanks to ROMLister you can now choose specific games depending on their control type (4/8 way)
Is there any way some MAME coding type god could therefore configure the inputs for a game determined by its original control type?
If possible, everyone could just set their joysticks to 8 way, in the instance of a 4 way game, MAME would only take the input from the first microswitch to make contact, ignoring the second until both were released.
I'm sure that some purists would not like this idea but if you p155 off 15% of the population you still have the backing of 85% don't you?
Maybe I'm just living in the land of dreams..... but it would save so much hassle woudn't it? Don't suppose it would help Ultimarc's funky servostik either....
Please MAME coding gurus...... can you do this?
Whoever reads this and thinks it's a good idea please say so, I'd like to see this become reality. Thanks!