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hulkster:
okay ive got a minor problem.  im not sure why its happening, but its annoying nonetheless.  i have my ctrlr file setup the way i want and everything looks correct, but when i go into teenage mutant ninja turtles and point the 3rd player joystick down...it registers a credit!  i check the config in the ingame menu, and it shows that credit for player 3 is "7" and the down direction for player 3 is "9".  why then is it registering a credit?  i dont get it.  i havent touched my wiring or anything so i dont think its that.  any suggestions?

also, do most people go into their IPAC software and change the keys to what they want or leave it as the default?  i go into mine and change it to letters A-Z and use all the puncuation stuff.  i stay away from using CTRL and Shift and stuff because of what can happen with certain button combos.  is this wise?
Minwah:

--- Quote from: hulkster on February 01, 2006, 02:20:49 pm ---but when i go into teenage mutant ninja turtles and point the 3rd player joystick down...it registers a credit!  i check the config in the ingame menu, and it shows that credit for player 3 is "7" and the down direction for player 3 is "9".  why then is it registering a credit?  i dont get it.  i havent touched my wiring or anything so i dont think its that.  any suggestions?

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Try hitting '9' on your keyboard and see if it registers a credit.  If it doesn't then it suggests something may be wrong with the joystick wiring or something.  Also go into Notepad and hit P3 down - see what characters are put on screen - anything other than '9' suggests again something is wrong.


--- Quote ---also, do most people go into their IPAC software and change the keys to what they want or leave it as the default?  i go into mine and change it to letters A-Z and use all the puncuation stuff.  i stay away from using CTRL and Shift and stuff because of what can happen with certain button combos.  is this wise?

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I use slightly different key mappings, but basically use the same keys (if that makes sense).  I even use Ctrl & Alt etc. and don't think I have any problems, but it's certainly not a bad idea to avoid these keys if possible.
hulkster:
okay, weird stuff going on here.  ive made a new ctrlr file on another pc, and downloaded mame and ninja turltes just so i could test this out. 

i have the same key mappings as my cab.  for the 3rd player down direction i have it mapped to "9".  now, every time i press 9 on the keyboard, it moves 3rd player down AND registers a credit for player 1!!!  what the heck??  i have player 1 credit set to "5" so how in the world is this happening?  its not a wiring issue, because im on the keyboard doing it.  is this a tmnt issue itself?  help!
hulkster:
okay problem solved.  thanks to Howard!  in the mame menu in the "other controls" section, i had several of those keys mapped to the same things i had remapped my ipac stuff to.  anyway, i set all those to "none" in the mame menu, then copied the cfg to my ctrlr files and now all is well.

i swear, if i heard "Cowabunga!" after moving down with Donatello one more time, i would have thrown up. 

THANKS HOWARD!!!!
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