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Raspberry pi ( Retropi OS ) with I-pac keyboard emulator problems

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nitrogen_widget:

--- Quote from: jimmy2x2x on May 08, 2014, 08:07:52 am ---OT (sorry) is the pi capable of running most 2 and 4 way MAME classics to a good standard without dropped frames etc (thinking galaga, frogger, galaxian, pacman etc)

Thanks

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Yes.
these are the games i'm looking to put into my cab so i've played them just fine on the PI.
I've only used mame4all pi which is 37b version I believe.

I've also used one of those lit-up ps2 trackballs to play centipede.
With just 4-way classics you can wire your controls directly onto the GPIO pins and mimic a keyboard for input that way.

pbj:
I like the artwork.  Where'd you get it from?

ArcticCowboy:
Its based off a print by Scott Johnson, cartoonist/podcaster who I've listened to for years. I spray painted it all on my self, mostly freehand, and then outlined in a big fat sharpie. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

http://www.myextralife.com/sitenews/arcade-anatomy-complete-and-on-the-store/

Still struggling with getting the button configuration worked out. Has anyone out there worked with synchronising an I-Pac with a pi?

lordnacho:

--- Quote from: ArcticCowboy on May 09, 2014, 03:14:10 am ---Still struggling with getting the button configuration worked out. Has anyone out there worked with synchronising an I-Pac with a pi?

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Yeah I did at one point as a test.  Seemed like everything was working ok.  The I-Pac just acts as a keyboard, so open up the command prompt and start clicking away, you should see the keys show up on screen.  Then you'll need to map all the keys in the front end and the emulators, although I sort of thought that would be done already if you are using the right spots on the I-Pac. 

ArcticCowboy:
yeah, I figured it'd be easy to do too. The OS is just the whole emulator, Retropi. When I go to set the controls, I get a "Script Error" when I hit save. No idea what that is. Went into a directory file and messed with it in there. I got a few buttons to work, but not all of them.
I'm pretty sure it has to do with what keys the i-pac is assigning to certain buttons. I have a joystick, and 8 buttons, plus a coin slot. The bottom row of four correspond to Z, X, C, and V, the top row of four use the Ctrl, Alt, Space and Shift keys. I have a feeling that's part of the problem.

The joystick just uses the up down left right arrow keys, and hasn't ever been a problem

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