Button number order!! Help me out!

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djsting:
Ok, so to stir up the pot a little bit here I would like to ask about this also. I have a 4 player CP where players 1 & 2 have 7 buttons and players 3 & 4 have 4 buttons. I have a layout like this (where J=joystick):

P1 & P2 P3 & P4
J xxx J xx
xxx xx
x

Now when hooking these up to the I-Pac4 should it be like this?

P1 & P2 P3 & P4
J 456 J 34
123 12
7

Or should it be wired differently? Next part is having this wired to the I-Pac as above should I, or would I need to, have different ctrl files to map these for different games? For example as stated above 3 ctrl files for NEOGEO, Classic, and Street Fighter games.

TheTick:
My old Ipac2 didn't support this, but the ones made after Aug'02 (?) support on-the-fly programming. Ctrl files are easier in Mame32.
If you're using a different front end, you can probably script it to call the Ipac utility and update the key mapping there.

If you're gonna remap it and physically wire each button to its own terminal position on the Ipac, than it really doesn't matter what button # is which.

As for which buttons should be which buttons #s for certain games... just try some different layouts and choose the one you like for each game. Just cause Howard or someone else likes it one way, doesn't make it the right way. Do it however you want.

djsting:
Ok, let me ask this. If I do not remap any keys then how should my buttons be wired to the I-Pac4? Same layout as I stated above.

EDIT: I am running MAME32.

TheTick:
If for no other reason, than keeping it simple... keep them all in order.

1 2 3
4 5 6 7

Otherwise, re-read the thread and match up with the type of games you will play most... Capcom/Street Fighter, NeoGeo, Classic.

Keep in mind you WILL have to remap, cause MAME32 (and I think MAME) do not have default mappings for Butttons 5 & 6 for player 2. Player 3 and 4... if they are set at all, only 2 buttons.

Howard_Casto:
On the fly programming is a super bad idea. As much as I love the ipac and all of andy's products, on the fly programming doesn't work 100% of the time if you are doing it regularly. (At least on most machines.) Plus you have limited writes to the ipac.

Suck it up and use ctrlr files. :)

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