Need Mala help period

[DJ Infinity]

I have a slikstik c02 panel completly decked out with 3 led-wiz boards and lights. I have tried game ex but it doesn't work for me so next I tried Mala. It says you can map lights to different buttons (I.E. neogeo) how do you get mala to move the lights to the bottom row? Some documentation on how to do this would be sweet. Thanx In advance. 

[loadman]

To the bottom row of what? 

[DJ Infinity]

In a seven button configuration. I would like buttons seven, four, five & six to light (The bottom row) instead of buttons four, one, two & three. some Mala documentation would help a great deal. I would like to know how to map different lights per game. Thank you 

[loadman]

In a seven button configuration. I would like buttons seven, four, five & six to light (The bottom row) instead of buttons four, one, two & three. some Mala documentation would help a great deal. I would like to know how to map different lights per game. Thank you 

I belive the 'read me' file explains all that with the Led-Wiz Plug-in

You can have a custom lighting setting for every game or just some. Whatever you want.  Fo the games that don't have a custom file it will use the default settings that you have set-up

Ask Edge or myself if you still have problems 

[edge]

DJ - I can step you through the process.  What game(s) need the bottom row of buttons lit?

[DJ Infinity]

Edge,
Thanx for the response. I would like all Neogeo to use buttons seven, four, five, & six. These buttons would be great for mousetrap aswell. alos how doyou you cange the colors for the buttons (Like for mousetrap). 

[edge]

Edge,
Thanx for the response. I would like all Neogeo to use buttons seven, four, five, & six. These buttons would be great for mousetrap aswell. alos how doyou you cange the colors for the buttons (Like for mousetrap). 

DJ - For mousetrap (or any game), go into the ledwiz configurator... set up the colors the way you want.. then save your settings as a GAME SPECIFIC config (with the SAME NAME as the mousetrap rom).  So if the rom is called mtrap.zip, save your ledwiz settings as mtrap.cfg.  When Mala loads mousetrap, it will use the color settings from mtrap.cfg.  Make sense?

As for the NeoGeo settings, let me look into this.  You could create individual ledwiz settings for each neogeo game, but that would be a pain in the butt.  Anyone know of a way to extract all the names of the NeoGeo roms? If so, then I could come up with an easier way for you.

[SGT]

As for the NeoGeo settings, let me look into this.  You could create individual ledwiz settings for each neogeo game, but that would be a pain in the butt.  Anyone know of a way to extract all the names of the NeoGeo roms? If so, then I could come up with an easier way for you.

If you run sql to extract all rom names from mame.xml that have the sourcefile="neogeo.c", you get the attached list.  Is this the full list of neogeo roms?  I have no idea.

[edge]

SGT - That's perfect.  Thank you!  (When you say you ran sql on the mame.xml, please elaborate?)

DJ - I gotta watch Soprano's tonight, so I'll check into it tomorrow.     Can you tell me how you wired up buttons 4,5,6 and 7 into your LEDWiz.  Ie, button 4 is wired to LEDWIZ input #18... etc.  I can batch up something for you.

I may add this to the ledwiz configurator in the next release... since this seems to be a common request/situation.

[SGT]

SGT - That's perfect.  Thank you!  (When you say you ran sql on the mame.xml, please elaborate?)

I imported mame.xml (created with mame v.113u2) into Microsoft Access as a text file.

I then created a query consisting of the following sql statement on the new table:

SELECT Mid([field1],14,InStr(14,[field1],"sourcefile")-16) AS ROM
FROM MAMEXML
WHERE InStr([FIELD1],"neogeo.c")>0;

[edge]

SGT - That's perfect.  Thank you!  (When you say you ran sql on the mame.xml, please elaborate?)

I imported mame.xml (created with mame v.113u2) into Microsoft Access as a text file.

I then created a query consisting of the following sql statement on the new table:

SELECT Mid([field1],14,InStr(14,[field1],"sourcefile")-16) AS ROM
FROM MAMEXML
WHERE InStr([FIELD1],"neogeo.c")>0;

Cool. Thanks.  That can be handy in future.

[DJ Infinity]

SGT - That's perfect.  Thank you!  (When you say you ran sql on the mame.xml, please elaborate?)

DJ - I gotta watch Soprano's tonight, so I'll check into it tomorrow.     Can you tell me how you wired up buttons 4,5,6 and 7 into your LEDWiz.  Ie, button 4 is wired to LEDWIZ input #18... etc.  I can batch up something for you.

I may add this to the ledwiz configurator in the next release... since this seems to be a common request/situation.

I did it the old fashioned way. I went to the mame32+ source and copied each and every name to it's own .cfg file. So I finally got neogeo done. However, I just built a solitare unit with RGB lights & Trackball and if you can come up with a way to simply it that would be awesome. I also have one more question. Is there anyway to use the keyboard when going thru the game list? (For example typing the first letter of the game you want to play?) rather than holding the joystick down or up. Thanx for all your help 

[edge]

SGT - That's perfect.  Thank you!  (When you say you ran sql on the mame.xml, please elaborate?)

DJ - I gotta watch Soprano's tonight, so I'll check into it tomorrow.     Can you tell me how you wired up buttons 4,5,6 and 7 into your LEDWiz.  Ie, button 4 is wired to LEDWIZ input #18... etc.  I can batch up something for you.

I may add this to the ledwiz configurator in the next release... since this seems to be a common request/situation.

I did it the old fashioned way. I went to the mame32+ source and copied each and every name to it's own .cfg file. So I finally got neogeo done. However, I just built a solitare unit with RGB lights & Trackball and if you can come up with a way to simply it that would be awesome. I also have one more question. Is there anyway to use the keyboard when going thru the game list? (For example typing the first letter of the game you want to play?) rather than holding the joystick down or up. Thanx for all your help 

Good to hear you got around it.

You cannot navigate by typing a letter (maybe add for swindus?). 

I have it set up that up/down goes up/down gamelist one at a time.  Then I use left/right on the stick to go up/down by one letter at a time (ie, A games.. then B games.. etc).

[DJ Infinity]

Hmm is there a setting I missed possibly? cause when I do left right nothing happens  is there a tutorial page on how to set up other emulators like Zinc, Daphne, Kawaks, ePSXe? 

[edge]

Hmm is there a setting I missed possibly? cause when I do left right nothing happens 

In Mala options, I think its GUI or Controller (at work now), set X UP to left on your stick... and X DOWN to right on your stick...

is there a tutorial page on how to set up other emulators like Zinc, Daphne, Kawaks, ePSXe? 

UncleT wrote a great tutorial on setting up all the emulators in Mala.  You can grab the guide here:
http://mala.arcadezentrum.com/help.html

[DJ Infinity]

Hey Hey!!
Thanx I'ma hafta read this one over and get my downstairs mamecab going full swing. Thanx for all the help 

[SGT]

SGT - That's perfect.  Thank you!  (When you say you ran sql on the mame.xml, please elaborate?)

I imported mame.xml (created with mame v.113u2) into Microsoft Access as a text file.

I then created a query consisting of the following sql statement on the new table:

SELECT Mid([field1],14,InStr(14,[field1],"sourcefile")-16) AS ROM
FROM MAMEXML
WHERE InStr([FIELD1],"neogeo.c")>0;

Cool. Thanks.  That can be handy in future.

Probably a better way is to use RomLister that NOP posted about here:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=65464.0

and can be downloaded here:
http://www.waste.org/~winkles/ROMLister

It is a small utility that will quickly do exactly what you want and a lot more including creating a batch file for you. It will give you what you want if in the find field, you put only:
sourcefile=neogeo.c