8-way Joystick Diagonal Problem

[jazig]

I'm having a problem with my cabinet during gameplay. On games that use an 8-way joystick and you can fire while in a diagonal position (such as Contra), the fire button only works when I am in the up/right and down/right diagonals. When I try to fire in up/left and down/left diagonal modes the character will not fire. I was wondering if anyone here knows how I can fix this and be able to fire in all four diagonal positions. Thank you!!!

[DeLuSioNal29]

You'll need to provide more info.

-  OS you're using
-  hardware (ie ipac, keywiz, etc)
-  what are your keys mapped to?

We're here to help, but your description was rather vague.  The more info the better!

My opinion is that's it's not a MAME issue, but again, I need more info.  If you have an ipac, try loading the winipac software and seeing what the buttons display as when you hold up and left and press the button.

DeLuSioNaL