help using mameWah With joystick

[TeutonicDarkness]

Hello,

 I have used the  old version of MameWah for years because I have a program that makes it easy to configure and it just
did everything I needed flaWlessly. NoW I'm using a joystick and it Wont Work.
Using the latest MameWah I can scroll the game list but can't seem to get get buttons set up to start game.
Buttons Work in everything but MameWah. Cant get Joy1button8 to take am I setting something up Wrong.
and please overlook any mispellling or odd caps here this keyboard is going hayWire ( not my mame pc but my internet one.

[TeutonicDarkness]

Reading the documentation listed in ctrl.txt

'Joystick Inputs (?=device no.):
JOY?_LEFT
JOY?_RIGHT
JOY?_UP
JOY?_DOWN
JOY?_IN
JOY?_OUT
JOY?_ROTATELEFT
JOY?_ROTATERIGHT
JOY?_ROTATEUP
JOY?_ROTATEDOWN
JOY?_ROTATEIN
JOY?_ROTATEOUT
JOY?_SLIDER0INC
JOY?_SLIDER0DEC
JOY?_SLIDER1INC
JOY?_SLIDER1DEC
JOY?_POV0-3_LEFT
JOY?_POV0-3_RIGHT
JOY?_POV0-3_UP
JOY?_POV0-3_DOWN
JOY?_BUTTON0-31


However when I try adding this
LAUNCH_GAME         "DIK_1 ¦ JOY1_BUTTON8"

to mamewah.cfg I get no results.
What am I missing the joystick works just not buttons. Do I have to enable buttons
somewhere else?

[Nuexzz]

Maybe you are setting the wrong file.
be sure of the following route "Mamewah \ config \ mamewah.cfg"

example to launch the selected game with button 8 and key 1

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### INPUT MAPPINGS ###

# main form
UP_1_GAME "DIK_UP ¦ JOY1_UP ¦ MOUSE_UP"
DOWN_1_GAME "DIK_DOWN ¦ JOY1_DOWN ¦ MOUSE_DOWN"
LAUNCH_GAME "DIK_1 ¦ JOY1_button8"
### SETTINGS ###

# 0 or 1 (off / on)
keyboard 1
mouse 1
joystick 1

[TeutonicDarkness]

Maybe you are setting the wrong file.
be sure of the following route "Mamewah \ config \ mamewah.cfg"

example to launch the selected game with button 8 and key 1

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### INPUT MAPPINGS ###

# main form
UP_1_GAME "DIK_UP ¦ JOY1_UP ¦ MOUSE_UP"
DOWN_1_GAME "DIK_DOWN ¦ JOY1_DOWN ¦ MOUSE_DOWN"
LAUNCH_GAME "DIK_1 ¦ JOY1_button8"
### SETTINGS ###

# 0 or 1 (off / on)
keyboard 1
mouse 1
joystick 1

This is the file I am setting. I have been trying to setup button 8 and button 9 to replace key press
1 and 2. I have discovered that button 9 works instead of buttons 8 all other buttons including 8 do not.
My joystick and buttons work in everything except mamewah.

[TeutonicDarkness]

 Anyone out there have any other ideas? I am going mad over here trying to figure
this one out

I was really hoping I could continue to use Mamewah...
If I can't figure this out its back to the quest of finding a new go to frontend.

I have finally figured this out Mamewah sees the buttons wrong
 8 is 7, 9 is 8 .
At least I know now....
I can live with the limitation.

[Nuexzz]

come on guys! it's not a problem of S.O. 10,8,7 ... it's just a configuration, (personally I with joytokey, I have everything configured to my liking in w10)

[Nuexzz]

Anyone out there have any other ideas? I am going mad over here trying to figure
this one out

I was really hoping I could continue to use Mamewah...
If I can't figure this out its back to the quest of finding a new go to frontend.

I have finally figured this out Mamewah sees the buttons wrong
 8 is 7, 9 is 8 .
At least I know now....
I can live with the limitation.





try to emulate the keystrokes of joy by keys with (joytokey)

[TeutonicDarkness]

come on guys! it's not a problem of S.O. 10,8,7 ... it's just a configuration, (personally I with joytokey, I have everything configured to my liking in w10)

Would you then be willing to help with other issues if I PM you?

[Nuexzz]

Sure, I have no problems.