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Buttons most used and needed beyond player controls
GGKoul:
Escape
Pause
Tab
If you have a IPAC, you can easily reprogram the shift features so you don;t need extra buttons on the cab.
rdagger:
With an IPAC, a dedicated Pause is handy. I think the shift function is best for Escape so you don't hit it by mistake.
I currently use the shift function for Tab and Enter, but it is somewhat inconvenient, because I find myself doing it frequently.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: rdagger on May 04, 2005, 08:47:11 pm ---With an IPAC, a dedicated Pause is handy. I think the shift function is best for Escape so you don't hit it by mistake.
I currently use the shift function for Tab and Enter, but it is somewhat inconvenient, because I find myself doing it frequently.
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I agree with what Rdagger said.
I hot-swap a KeyWiz on a desktop controller, so I end up using the default codeset. I wanted a dedicated pause button.
Originally I had a dedicated ESC button, but I hit it too often (once) by accident, and re-mapped MAME so escape is "=" (the shifted ESC input on the KeyWiz).
I have Tab set as right flipper 2 and Enter as Left flipper 2. For Pinball games in MAME I will use a second installation (C:\MAME2\mame) for example that doesn't use TAB for the UI menu. I wasn't sure I would want this at first, but it has come in EXTREMELY useful.
For ME it is easy to use the keyboard along with the controller if I need to, but other keys I have found useful (for practicing PacMan).
F3 - Reset (Shazaaam! P2B3 on the KeyWiz)
F7, Shift F7 - Save State, load Save State.
FWIW.
dphirschler:
I was considering putting some "admin" buttons on my cab. They were going to be:
esc
tab
pause
~
F3
a volume knob
and a headphone jack
Is there any value to putting these buttons inside the coindoor? Naturally, I will want some of these up top like pause and the headphone jack. What about esc? Should it be inside the coindoor?
Darryl
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: dphirschler on May 05, 2005, 10:15:47 am ---Is there any value to putting these buttons inside the coindoor? Naturally, I will want some of these up top like pause and the headphone jack. What about esc? Should it be inside the coindoor?
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Tab and ~ could go inside the coin door so guests don't activate them accidentally.
I think if would be a pain having to go inside the coin door to quit a game. What I would recommend is some obscure two-button combo to exit the game from the main CP.