Howdy. I've been off the forum for a very long time. Great to see a very active community still here. I recently had to majorly overhaul my Win98 PC powering my custom MAME cabinet. It is running Win98, MAME 0.73 and a SlikStick Classic (using an IPAC). I know - ancient stuff... The system was put together way back c. 2003. I need some help setting up some custom key maps.
I do not recall if my desired behavior is default or custom. At any rate I am trying to configure some keys to access MAME configuration controls directly from the SlikStik during gameplay. This avoids needing to use the keyboard. The most common example is emulating a Tab keyboard press from the SlikStik to enter the MAME configuration menu. I had this set up prior just fine using the so called "Shift" key functionality with the SlikStik. If I press and hold Player 1 Start key and then press the center joystick left, it is supposed to emulate pressing the Tab key (then other directions of the joystick can exit games (via Esc key), press Enter and control volume). This all worked reliably in the past. Now it works very intermittently, stops working and I can not figure out why.
I have tried deleting the default.cfg file in that MAME directory (as well as all of the files in that same directory). My old notes says this should fix this particualrt problem. It only seems to sometimes restore the functionality I am looking for. Regardless the capability then always disappears. I've also checked the default.ini file in the ctrl/SlikStik folder and it has lines for UI_CONFIGURE and UI_CANCEL.
Assuming it doesn't violate forum rules, I'll happily provide a $25 "bounty" for a robust fix for this issue!