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Maximus Arcade Super Questions / Personal Setup Thread

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djlunchbox:
Sweet!!

I'll try that config. Are you using JoyToKey for the controls? Also i run a kill bat file cuz i was noticing it was staying open in the background.

viking245:
The controls that came with the cab are (without knowing too much about it nor tearing apart the cab) Ultimarc buttons/joystick/trackball using Win I-Pac/2.
The cabinet is a "Mountain Dew Old School/New School" made by (now defunct) Game Cabinets Inc.  It was some promotional Pepsi release.  #327/700?. (Not sure the total produced)

As for kill, I recall (faintly) having that issue and think through experimenting, is why I added the pre-launch thing.  I just have the Use Internal Exiting Routine checked and it seems to work. (setup was done several years ago).

I would attach a pict, but I think I need to put it to a cloud link or something (vs simply inserting it).  Maybe at a latter date.

djlunchbox:
Gotcha.

Yeah I added a Kill bat file for PBFX2 and for pop cap games cuz it seemed those all stayed running even tho i exited.

Well thank you for helping me! I got it to run independently and launch per table. The issue is/was joytokey. I had JoyTKey launch when i started PBFX2 prior through Batch files. However with the new setup it was causing it to not launch the tables. So i lightly experimented and i need to have JoyToKey running all the time. I was worried having it open would affect other systems controls, but in my light testing, the controls weren't affected by not having a JoyToKey profile.

I didn't get much done over the holiday but I think I am good to go. I might have time tonight to do full check.

viking245:
Not knowing personally anything more than what JoyToKey is supposed to do, I wouldn't think it would cause any problems if it were always running.  It's basically just telling the computer that it has 2 "keyboards" attached. 

Glad you got it working.

Just checked my PBFX2 (haven't ran it in a long time).... unchecked the pre-launch thing (again, don't remember why I put it in), verified using the normal exit hook and all is good. Launches the individual tables and exits/closes back to MA on "ESC".

djlunchbox:
Ok so i originally missed the part where you said you had an Ipac which makes sense why yours was setup easier since an ipac is closer to keyboard strokes.

Been having a hard time getting it right. Setting it up to launch directly into a table and having JoyToKey launch simultaneously would cause an error where i'd just get a black screen. Launching JoyToKey when MA started didn't help because even tho i did the program to profile association within JoyToKey when I'd launch a table in PBFX it wouldn't launch the corresponding profile so buttons didn't work. Then when i'd launch joytokey with the PBFX profile highlighted, it'd affect other emulators. Such a headache i almost went back to launching PBFX as a PC game an picking tables from within.

Till finally i discovered x360ce. It's an xbox 360 controller emulator that makes the program think an xbox controller is plugged in. Works perfect!!! tested it this morning and sure enough when I launch a PBFX table it launches as well and all is good.

I need to test if the exit hook works so i don't need the kill batch. I added a remote power switch to my AlienWare Alpha so now i don't need to open the back of my cab to turn it on.

Now it's just the tedious part of correcting gamelists names in Naomi, Atomiswave and in PBFX but i'm pretty much all set. Plus a new theme got released that looks awesome

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