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Title: unplugable usb controllers in arcade problem
Post by: animatorJustin on January 10, 2011, 06:41:10 pm

hey everyone, how do you get unplugable usb controllers to work with mame without screwing up the joystick numbering in mame? ie: i have controllers that i only wanna plug in when they are needed. but adding or removing them messes with my cp

its so frustrating  :banghead:

Title: Re: unplugable usb controllers in arcade problem
Post by: Dazz on January 10, 2011, 09:55:50 pm

As far as I know you can't keep it from happening.  The ID's are assigned by Windows and each time you unplug/plug in the USB the ID can change.  I have not been able to find a way to keep it from happening, so I just keep all of my adapters plugged in so they don't change.

Title: Re: unplugable usb controllers in arcade problem
Post by: SavannahLion on January 11, 2011, 10:40:49 am

Isn't there a utility in the utility section that manages joy assignments?

Title: Re: unplugable usb controllers in arcade problem
Post by: loppydog on January 11, 2011, 01:10:24 pm

I use Devcon with scripting to enable/disable my USB devices....Works great!

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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272

Title: Re: unplugable usb controllers in arcade problem
Post by: Hoopz on January 11, 2011, 01:35:08 pm

A couple of options in this thread;

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=94419.msg993306#msg993306 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=94419.msg993306#msg993306)

It's too bad u_rebelscum hasn't been on in almost a year.  He would be the best resource for this question.

More possible solutions:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=93837.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=93837.0)

Title: Re: unplugable usb controllers in arcade problem
Post by: loppydog on January 11, 2011, 03:48:08 pm

yeah, I have been through this whole ordeal as well. I have had NO luck changing device IDs, no matter what ID they had, it never changed the "order".  Hopefully you have better luck than I have had!