Help with Mame and x-arcade controls

[chevyy57]

New here so please be patient.  I have installed the new hyperspin, applied all roms, themes, etc.  It works great with keyboard but I am having problems with the x-arcade tank stick.  It has the default setting but that doesnt seem to be working as it should.  Anyhow what I would like is to set up my controls to work without using the keyboard at all.  Is there a configuration of settings for the mapping of the x-arcade that works such as this? Is there something else that I need to purchase to get what I want?  I know all games will not work with any one set of settings but I just want the best that I can get for what I have.  Also when I go into a game such as spiderman, I change the general settings to move the player arounfd, 1 and 2 but it never seems to take.  I thought that once this was done it was for all game inputs.  Am I wrong here?  Can someone give me some input on what I need to do here to make this x-arcade tank stick work well with the mame emulator that I have?  I have read tons of website links but just cannot get the right combination to work right.  A tutorial would be awsome as I am not the brightest at setting this up and I dont feel that it should be this difficult.  I have tried setting as the manual suggests but somehow this is not working correctly.  PLEASE GUIDE ME ON THIS!!!!

[Cynicaster]

In the TAB menu in MAME, you can configure both "general" control mapping as well as mapping that is specific to the game you are currently playing.  Going on memory, I think these options show up as:

Input (general)
Input (this game)

Whatever you set for "general" will be applied by default for all games.  If you come to a game for which the "general" settings do not work well, you can configure the controls specifically for that game.  Once you configure Input (this game) you should not have to do it again--the config should save and load automatically the next time you play the game. 

 

[BadMouth]

What problems are you having with the x-arcade, exactly?

If it doesn't work at all but works fine with a keyboard, disable multiple keyboards in mame.ini

[Wilimnot]

I suggest doing games on individual settings.  You don't want to have Sf controls mixed with MK controls, for example.

[DeLuSioNal29]

Take the front end out of the mix for testing.  Run MAME by itself and then use TAB to configure settings.

Also, what OS are you using?

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