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TheShanMan

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multiple keys for a single action
« on: March 14, 2016, 06:33:34 pm »
It's been years since I've messed with my mala setup at all, but after rebuilding my cabinet one thing I'd like to do differently is regarding the starting of games. I currently have the P1 button 1 set to launch a game and that's intuitive for me and for some other people who use it but some people, not knowing what to do, press the player 1 start button.

From what I can tell, it's not possible to configure both buttons to launch the selected game. Is that right? If not, how do I do it?

I am running an old version of mala (not sure off hand what the version is) and I could update if that's what I need to do in order to have both buttons launch games, but I'd rather not mess with an otherwise "working great" setup.
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Re: multiple keys for a single action
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2016, 07:17:31 am »
There's no way to do this, AFAIK. The best you can do is to clearly indicate what button to press, in your layout.

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Re: multiple keys for a single action
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2016, 01:24:55 am »
Thanks. Since my P1 and P2 start buttons are lit by LED's, I decided I'll try switching the start button to P1 and have P1 flash while in mala. I think that'll probably be clear enough.
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