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Title: Mamewah and Joystick
Post by: Mark70 on August 19, 2005, 11:57:45 pm

Hi everyone.

I'm running mamewah 1.61 on windows xp home and using a logitech wingman digital extreme joystick.

I've used the joystick successfully with mame launched from dos, with turbomame front end, with mame32 front end, but I am having a little trouble with mamwah.

I can use the joystick to select games from the mamewah screen, but once the game is launched it no longer responds to the joystick.

I expect my problem is coming from my lack of understanding of the ini setup. I had trouble, but eventually got a custom layout, so I'm sure I can get this, I just need a nudge in the right direction.

Title: Re: Mamewah and Joystick
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on August 20, 2005, 12:12:43 am

There's a variable called "joystick" in the "Input Device Options" section of the mame.ini file.
Set it to 1, and you should be set.

Title: Re: Mamewah and Joystick
Post by: Mark70 on August 21, 2005, 08:16:24 pm

Hm, the trick seems to have been to go to the mame.ini file that's in the mamewah directory and add the -joystick switch to the commanline format.

Title: Re: Mamewah and Joystick
Post by: Minwah on August 22, 2005, 05:08:57 am

Quote from: Mark70 on August 21, 2005, 08:16:24 pm

Hm, the trick seems to have been to go to the mame.ini file that's in the mamewah directory and add the -joystick switch to the commanline format.

It would be easier to modify your \mame\mame.ini file accordingly.  Note this is a mame config issue and not mamewah...

Title: Re: Mamewah and Joystick
Post by: Mark70 on August 22, 2005, 09:24:35 am

Actually the .99 version of mame that I'm running doesn't have a miscellaneous options section in the mame.ini file.  It's set up with the ctrlr folder.  I looked in every ini file I could find and didn't see any joystick feilds.  What I needed to do was learn how this controller folder setup works.  The mame ini file I have in the mame directory only has a few path names in it.

Title: Re: Mamewah and Joystick
Post by: Minwah on August 22, 2005, 11:08:05 am

Quote from: Mark70 on August 22, 2005, 09:24:35 am

Actually the .99 version of mame that I'm running doesn't have a miscellaneous options section in the mame.ini file.  It's set up with the ctrlr folder.  I looked in every ini file I could find and didn't see any joystick feilds.  What I needed to do was learn how this controller folder setup works.  The mame ini file I have in the mame directory only has a few path names in it.

That's interesting.  I haven't upgraded to .99 yet...

Title: Re: Mamewah and Joystick
Post by: 2600 on August 22, 2005, 11:29:32 am

Mark,
What version of MAME are you using? i.e. MAME, MAME32, MAMEPP

If you backup your ini file in the MAME directory, and run "mame -cc" a new ini file will be created.

There is a joystick option about half way down under

***********input device options*****************