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Title: MAMEWAH disable escape question
Post by: killbill on July 06, 2005, 07:34:14 pm

Hi,

I've been running MAMEWAH for about a year now, and love it.  I was wondering if there was a way to disable the function of the "escape" button once you exit a game.

Basically, I want to avoid someone hitting the escape button within MAMEWAH, and going to the desktop.

I read the readme and the controller info and didn't see anything on this.

Any info is truly appreciated.

Thanks.

Title: Re: MAMEWAH disable escape question
Post by: Q*Bert_OP on July 06, 2005, 08:14:52 pm

You can remap the escape key to a different key in mame.

Title: Re: MAMEWAH disable escape question
Post by: killbill on July 06, 2005, 08:44:35 pm

Hey,

Thanks Qbert, but I was hoping to be able to find a way to change it in MAMEWAH, because i'm running several emulators other than MAME, and some are hacked to exit with the escape key.

So, I was hoping to find a way to disable the escape key in MAMEWAH itself.  Impossible?

Title: Re: MAMEWAH disable escape question
Post by: whatisk on July 06, 2005, 09:51:45 pm

In your Mamewah folder, you should have a folder called 'ctrlr'.
In there is a file called 'default.ini'
This file lists all functions of Mamewah and its associated key/s.

You can edit the file to either disable exiting entirely (by not having a key associated with it), or change it to another key.

In the 'docs' folder there is a file (ctrlr.txt) that lists key codes that can be used.

Hope this helps.

Title: Re: MAMEWAH disable escape question
Post by: killbill on July 07, 2005, 02:42:39 pm

Thanks, whatisk.
That's the way to do it. ;D

Title: Re: MAMEWAH disable escape question
Post by: whatisk on July 07, 2005, 07:28:34 pm

No worries. Glad I can finally contribute back to the forums here  :D

Title: Re: MAMEWAH disable escape question
Post by: Jakobud on July 08, 2005, 07:05:09 pm

FYI, you can also remap the ESCAPE (or any key) to not just exit to desktop, but instead, to bring up a menu where you choose "Exit to Desktop, Exit and Restart, Exit and Shutdown, etc).

Title: Re: MAMEWAH disable escape question
Post by: Biff Byford on July 26, 2005, 09:45:31 pm

I use two-button combos on my cabinet to 'mask' sensitive MAMEwah commands, like 'Exit' and 'Settings'.

My top row of buttons looks like this:

(Esc) (Pause) (Tab) (Enter) (Coin)

Title: Re: MAMEWAH disable escape question
Post by: Minwah on July 27, 2005, 05:03:18 am

Quote from: Biff Byford on July 26, 2005, 09:45:31 pm

ESC + COIN exits MAMEwah
ESC + PAUSE deploys the MAMEwah settings menu

Nice to see someone using simultaneous keypresses.  While I stole the idea, getting the ctrlr file system working is one thing I am proud of  ;D