Windows 10 PowerToys Key Remap, Arcade64 and MAME.

[mark shaker]

Hi All;

I'm going through and slowly replacing the 10 year old computers in my MAME cabinets with 5 year old computers!
I'm also switching from MAMEUI .139 to Arcade64 .238.

On most of my cabinets, I use keyboards and trackpads to select a game. However, on 1 cabinet, I want to launch the games using the joystick and buttons as there is no built-in keyboard.

To launch a game in Arcade64, you either have to use the Enter Key or Mouse Button 0. (Game Launch is not configurable.)

The cabinet has an old X-Arcade TankStick XXL. It uses X-Gaming Version 6 PCB. It looks like If it ever had a Mode Switch, I removed it. So I don't think I can re-program the TankStick.

I tried using PowerToys Key Remapper to change P1B1 (L-Control) to Enter, and yippiee! I can launch games. 

Only, now the P1B1 key does not register inside MAME. When I press it, it does not register as L-Control or Enter or any other key.

I've already set the mame.ini KeyboardProvider to dinput. 

Does anybody know how to make MAME see the P1B1 keypress?

Thank you for your help!

   - Mark

[mark shaker]

Finally figured this out this afternoon.

PowerToys key remapping only works if PowerToys is running. 

[Robbbert]

Glad you sorted that out.