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fjl:

--- Quote from: buks on July 30, 2007, 09:10:50 am ---efjayel,

Theres two plugins for the ledwiz on Mala. I went with the Ledwiz plugion by loadman and edge (or is it edge and loadman ?). Setup was pretty easy and the functionality is excellent.

I was with MAMEwah for about 3 years but recently switched to Mala for the ledwiz support.

Good luck !

Buks

PS loadman and edge do offer excellent support on these forums if you get stuck -  as do plenty of other mala users so start another thread if you still have problems.

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Been a while since i tried but I recall that the problem was that I couldn't get the single game led configuration to work. Meaning that when you scroll throught the game list its supposed to light up only the buttons meant for that game. Supposedly you can configure it so it will light up something I define. I can't get it to do that.

Also, something I would like to see support for is while playing a game, holding or pressing a button causes that button to change color or flash into different colors then go back to its original color when released. I think that'd be really be cool. Perhaps I should go visit the mala forums and ask about this there.  ;)
FrizzleFried:

--- Quote from: loadman on July 30, 2007, 08:30:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on July 30, 2007, 09:49:40 am ---
--- Quote from: SGT on July 30, 2007, 09:15:02 am ---Mala also has a plugin to send maps automatically to U360s.


--- Quote --- It didn't have build in support for scrolling on a held down key.  If that gets implemented I'll switch over, it's nice.
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Telengard:
Mala scrolls with a held down key for me.  I'm using the latest beta.

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Scrolls for me too....albeit slowly.


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have a look here:

http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/MaLa_FAQ#List_scroll_too_slow

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Loadman:  Already tried.  I know WHY my list scrolls slow...but there is no work around....there is a thread about this issues from a few months back.   I use SNAPS instantly then after a couple second a video preview appears OVER the snap.  I would need functionality programmed in MALA to allow for MULTIPLE delays...not just one...so I could delay the snaps my a second (to allow for scrolling) and then a 2nd delay set to 3 seconds to allow the animation to play 2 seconds after the snap appears (as an example).

(+_+):

--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on July 31, 2007, 09:50:15 am ---
--- Quote from: loadman on July 30, 2007, 08:30:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on July 30, 2007, 09:49:40 am ---
--- Quote from: SGT on July 30, 2007, 09:15:02 am ---Mala also has a plugin to send maps automatically to U360s.


--- Quote --- It didn't have build in support for scrolling on a held down key.  If that gets implemented I'll switch over, it's nice.
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Telengard:
Mala scrolls with a held down key for me.  I'm using the latest beta.

--- End quote ---

Scrolls for me too....albeit slowly.


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have a look here:

http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/MaLa_FAQ#List_scroll_too_slow

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Loadman:  Already tried.  I know WHY my list scrolls slow...but there is no work around....there is a thread about this issues from a few months back.   I use SNAPS instantly then after a couple second a video preview appears OVER the snap.  I would need functionality programmed in MALA to allow for MULTIPLE delays...not just one...so I could delay the snaps my a second (to allow for scrolling) and then a 2nd delay set to 3 seconds to allow the animation to play 2 seconds after the snap appears (as an example).



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Could it be because you are loading each picture on every list change when the arrow is held?. If so, what I did, was load the picture only on the mouse up event. I also had to do something similar because of the sounds I play on a label change.
Green Giant:

--- Quote from: efjayel on July 31, 2007, 03:57:32 am ---Been a while since i tried but I recall that the problem was that I couldn't get the single game led configuration to work. Meaning that when you scroll throught the game list its supposed to light up only the buttons meant for that game. Supposedly you can configure it so it will light up something I define. I can't get it to do that.

Also, something I would like to see support for is while playing a game, holding or pressing a button causes that button to change color or flash into different colors then go back to its original color when released. I think that'd be really be cool. Perhaps I should go visit the mala forums and ask about this there.  ;)

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What you are describing is the ledblinky plugin.  It reads your specific configs for whatever game you are playing, and lights up the buttons based on that.  I believe the other led plugin just lights up based on your mame inputs.  For specific setups like neogeo style, you would need to make a neogeo config in the plugin.  The ledblinky does this on the fly.  It will also light up the correct color from the original game.  For example, when I played mortal kombat the first time, the buttons were all messed up.  I redid the inputs using tab, and I exited the game.  When it went back to mala, the new inputs were lit up correctly.

As for your second idea, sound like it would be cool.  The plugins are under constant development, so if you can get the coders to read this, they might do it.
FrizzleFried:

--- Quote from: (+_+) on July 31, 2007, 10:07:49 am ---
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on July 31, 2007, 09:50:15 am ---
--- Quote from: loadman on July 30, 2007, 08:30:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on July 30, 2007, 09:49:40 am ---
--- Quote from: SGT on July 30, 2007, 09:15:02 am ---Mala also has a plugin to send maps automatically to U360s.


--- Quote --- It didn't have build in support for scrolling on a held down key.  If that gets implemented I'll switch over, it's nice.
--- End quote ---

Telengard:
Mala scrolls with a held down key for me.  I'm using the latest beta.

--- End quote ---

Scrolls for me too....albeit slowly.


--- End quote ---

have a look here:

http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/MaLa_FAQ#List_scroll_too_slow

--- End quote ---

Loadman:  Already tried.  I know WHY my list scrolls slow...but there is no work around....there is a thread about this issues from a few months back.   I use SNAPS instantly then after a couple second a video preview appears OVER the snap.  I would need functionality programmed in MALA to allow for MULTIPLE delays...not just one...so I could delay the snaps my a second (to allow for scrolling) and then a 2nd delay set to 3 seconds to allow the animation to play 2 seconds after the snap appears (as an example).



--- End quote ---

Could it be because you are loading each picture on every list change when the arrow is held?. If so, what I did, was load the picture only on the mouse up event. I also had to do something similar because of the sounds I play on a label change.


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Yes,  each picture is loading,  but I can't put a delay in there as I already have a delay for the ANIMATION portion and there is no way to program TWO different delay times.
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