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ever1458:
I am having a problem with MAME that I can't seem to find a solution too. In games like the simpsons or X-men, players 3 and 4 can not move diagonally, only up, down, left and right. I'm using 8 ways sticks so that isn't the problem. When I map the sticks (up=r down=e left=w right=y) so that up/right = ry, the character will only go to the right, when I change "ry" to just "y" the character will move up/right. Its like things are backwards. Anybody know what I am doing wrong? The other thing I hope somebody can explain to me is why player 2 can move in all 8 directions but under general input there are no buttons mapped to the diagonal movements. How do the diagonal movements work even though no buttons are mapped except for the up, down, left, and right movements?
severdhed:
did you try not mapping any diagonals for players 3 and 4?  i've never mapped diagonals..and my controls always work. 


the reason that it works is because it is sending the signal for left and up at the same time, so mame already knows to go left-up when that happens...try removing the diagonal mappings and i bet it works
ever1458:
As it stands, neither player 3 or 4 diagonals are mapped. The strange thing is that up/down/left/right are mapped to two keys (ie K and L). In the situation I am currently in (two keys mapped to the standard 4 movements) the player can move up/down/left/right, but not diagonally in any direction. When I map the standard 4 to one key instead of the two keys it defaults too, the player will only move diagonally and I can't move exclusively up/down/left/right at all. I feel like something is misconfigured in MAME. I've deleted all of the cfg files in the cfg subdirectory, but nothing changed. Does anyone have any ideas?
surface tension:
I don't want to sound like I'm teaching you to suck eggs here...

You say they are 8-way sticks. Are they switchable to 4-way? If so, make sure they are set to 8-way.

Also, what keyboard encoder are you using? I don't know about the keywiz, but with ipacs/minipacs, once you have programmed the keys, you can get visual feedback when you press buttons or move sticks. So, to try and pinpoint where the problem lies before pulling your hair out over MAME, test the sticks out in the design layout if possible.
severdhed:
thats a good point....try opening notepad and pressign the joystick directions to see if the right characters are coming up.
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