Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: s_busby_uk on June 23, 2014, 09:16:32 am
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I'm having trouble working out how to change what keys the buttons on my CP correspond to so that I can stop using L Alt, Ctrl and so on for the main P1 buttons (which are causing me issues for various reasons). Can anyone explain to me how I do this? I've got the WiniPac program but I'm not sure where to look in there.
Am I being a complete idiot?
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Quick bump on this before I give up??
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The Way I did it was to open up the table version of the view. Once you have the table view up, you can press all your keys and make sure you wired them up to what you thought you wired them up as. (if you were concerned about this. If all is working as it should and you just want to reassign keys you can skip this)
Now DECIDE by mapping out all the buttons/joystick directions etc.. what your NEW buttons will be mapped to.
For instance, I left the player 1 mapped to arrows for joystick, but moved button 1-6 to keyboard q,w,e,r,t,y
So basically make a list of everything you need from your Control panel: WRITE IT DOWN, KEEP IT HANDY! (or store in a spreadsheet)
Joy1up - arrow UP
P1Button1 - Q
Etc...
With this mapped out, open the winpac software (again i prefer the table view) and right click the existing button, and remap to the new key. (You must have your full keyboard to do this)
Now save this to your ipac. (I dont have it in front of me, so forget wheich menu it is under, its easy to find)
Now you must configure your games/emulators to use the control set you setup for your ipac.
Mame:
Now open mame and start a game. Hit TAB. Go to general options, and controls.
Now setup mame withthe SAME controls you just programmed your ipac to use.
If you are using other emulators/games/etc you will need to configure them to also use the controls you setup for your ipac.
Thats it.
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Not sure if this helps, but... http://www.ultimarc.com/interact.html (http://www.ultimarc.com/interact.html)
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Ohh I forgot to mention: Its handy to have a printout of the default mame key mappings, that way if you move a button to another key you can avoid conflicting with other buttons or know you will need to reprogram those as well.
probably the only annoying ones that really need moving are ctrl and alt and shift keys.
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Not had a chance to try any of this out yet but it sure looks like my problem has been solved! Many thanks to all involved - will let you know if I cock it up somehow...
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Righto - success!
The key - if anyone else is confused - is to hit "Program" once you've assigned the new keys. After that, your joysticks/buttons should correspond with the new coding.
Sorted. Thanks all!