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Change default player one position in cocktail mode?
CheffoJeffo:
On my 3-sider, I use MAME32, so handle all of the configs through the menus, then run the games using MAMEWah.
For MAME, I thinkyou are looking for the -flipx / -flipy options, but I'm not the best MAME guy ... someone will undoubtedly chime in shortly with a more complete/correct answer.
Cheers.
gonzobrian:
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on July 21, 2005, 07:14:29 am ---For MAME, I thinkyou are looking for the -flipx / -flipy options, but I'm not the best MAME guy ... someone will undoubtedly chime in shortly with a more complete/correct answer.
Cheers.
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Thanks again. Thats a starting point for me to look into. Any one else know anything about this?
88mph:
If I understand you correctly, you can do what you want just by using the -rol or -ror tags for command prompt mame when you're running a vertical game. I have a vertical cocktail setup, and the 'player 1' and 'player 2' sides have slightly different controls. (one side has a spinner/joystick and the other side has a trackball/joystick). In addition to this, I have a small 2 player tabletop joystick setup that I can place on the cocktail, which is essentially the 3rd (horizontal position) control panel. Basically, my machine looks like this:
screen
trackball screen spinner
screen
2 joysticks
If I want to play a streetfighter type game, I just run mame as is. The screen is oriented horizontally, and everything is fine.
If I want to play a vertical spinner game like tempest, where player 1 is the spinner side, I run mame with a -rol tag, which rotates the screen orientation to the the left.
If I want to play a vertical trackball game like centipede, where player 1 is on the trackball side, I run mame with a -ror tag, which rotates the screen orientation to the right.
Does this clear things up?
Good luck,
88mph
gonzobrian:
Yes thanks 88mph :D
If I understand you I can set up each game with -rol and all the cocktail games will have player 1 on the left side.
So this setting is in mame.ini? Or do I have to set up some kind of dat or ini file for each game?
SirPoonga:
autoror or autorol options in mame.