X-Arcade Programming?

[johnnyr]

Hey Guys,

I know you are sick of all my threads, but this will be the last one (at least for the next 24 hours )

I just got my x-arcade tankstick, but I'm at work so can't try it out. My question is how this is programmed. I was reading some of the instructions for it, and it goes into how to program it etc....can I not just go into mame set the controls like I would with a regular keyboard? Someone help me out and explain how this works...

Thanks!

[garnerb350]

If you got the manual...it has in there what you have set....

There is 4 settings ( i think)...1 is the factory setting, which in the manual it is for MAME (PC) the rest is programable modes...

You can dload the configuration file for MAME on the X-arcade website (under the customer support section)...throw that in the respectable file and if you go to default options ( i think)...you have a pulldown and you select "x-arcade"

( i think)...means I'm like you ...I am at work...

Ive never had to use the programable modes...( but I will eventually when I set up my Mugen Games...)

You CAN do what you suggested...but you would be doing more work than necessary 

[johnnyr]

If you got the manual...it has in there what you have set....

There is 4 settings ( i think)...1 is the factory setting, which in the manual it is for MAME (PC) the rest is programable modes...

You can dload the configuration file for MAME on the X-arcade website (under the customer support section)...throw that in the respectable file and if you go to default options ( i think)...you have a pulldown and you select "x-arcade"

( i think)...means I'm like you ...I am at work...

Ive never had to use the programable modes...( but I will eventually when I set up my Mugen Games...)

You CAN do what you suggested...but you would be doing more work than necessary 

Its this config file I don't get. I'm using the command line version of mame...so there isn't any options screens or pull downs except when I am IN a game. Is that what it means?

[severdhed]

copy the xarcade.cfg file into the mame\ctrlr folder..then in your mam.ini file, find the following section and make sure ctrlr is set to xarcade..

# CORE INPUT OPTIONS
#
ctrlr                 xarcade
mouse                   1
joystick                1
lightgun                1
multikeyboard             0
multimouse                0
steadykey               0
offscreen_reload        0
joystick_map              auto
joystick_deadzone         0.3
joystick_saturation       0.85

[johnnyr]

copy the xarcade.cfg file into the mame\ctrlr folder..then in your mam.ini file, find the following section and make sure ctrlr is set to xarcade..

# CORE INPUT OPTIONS
#
ctrlr                 xarcade
mouse                   1
joystick                1
lightgun                1
multikeyboard             0
multimouse                0
steadykey               0
offscreen_reload        0
joystick_map              auto
joystick_deadzone         0.3
joystick_saturation       0.85

Ok, I will need to make a Mame.ini...its mame -cc, right?.....also, since this is a tankstick and has a trackball, do I need to change the "mouse" value to something else? or put multikeyboard to 1? (since I will have the x-arcade and regular keyboard hooked up) Better yet, where can I get information regarding the settings in mame.ini?

Thanks!

[severdhed]

mouse set to 1 means that the mouse is enabled, which is what you want for your trackball.  you shouldn't need multikeyboard enabled.  as for where to find info on mame.ini..i dont know.