2nd Player Options

[Echo25]

After reading the Atari Joystick thread I'd thought I ask this:

I have a 1 player cab, using an IPac.  I like the idea of plugging in a joystick if neeed for a 2nd player. How can I use a pc gamepad or joystick as a 2nd player controller (without actually taking it apart an hacking it)?

[Thenasty]

just plug you gamepad to the GAMEPORT or USB port and configure the game for it to be player 2. And make sure you have the joystick enabled in the INI file.

[Echo25]

Thanks for the reply.  Feeling stupid, I know how to enable the joystick but where do I configure it as player 2, in Mame or in Windows?

[IceCold]

Thanks for the reply.  Feeling stupid, I know how to enable the joystick but where do I configure it as player 2, in Mame or in Windows?

Windows should automatically detect it.  If so, you can just configure it in MAME.  If not, you'll need to install drivers, and then configure it in MAME.

[u_rebelscum]

... where do I configure it as player 2, in Mame or in Windows?

To configure it to player2, I'd use the ctrlr ini files.  EasyEmu and docs/ctrlr.txt in your mame folder has a lot of info on using ctrlr ini files.  Assuming the removable joystick is the only joystick you have plugged in, you'll want to remove all the joy1...code from player 1, and move them to player 2 instead.


Another choice is to have an unused joystick plugged in all the time and installed first, so that the removable joystick, when plugged in, is joystick 2 to windows.

Last choice is edit, ingame, "Inputs (general)" so player2 uses the joystick, and player1 (like in ctrlr ini files, but through, IMO, a worse path.)