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Title: Configuring Mame Controls
Post by: More Cowbell on November 18, 2005, 03:04:25 pm

I am having trouble configuring buttons in Mame for some games. Sometimes when I try to configure a different button to be the primary fire button (ctrl) it will populate with "left ctrl right ctrl" which doesn't work. This also happens with shift. This even happens when I go straight to the keyboard to program. Any ideas as to why this happens and how to remedy?

Title: Re: Configuring Mame Controls
Post by: markrvp on November 18, 2005, 03:22:11 pm

Are you mapping the buttons with MAME in PAUSE?  Sometimes this causes mis-assignments.

Title: Re: Configuring Mame Controls
Post by: More Cowbell on November 18, 2005, 04:38:39 pm

Hmmmmm..... Interesting.
As a matter of fact, I am usually paused. I'll have to try it again unpaused.
Thanks

Title: Re: Configuring Mame Controls
Post by: hulkster on November 18, 2005, 04:49:41 pm

yeah dude, being in the paused menu screws it up.   you gotta do that while the game is running.

Title: Re: Configuring Mame Controls
Post by: More Cowbell on November 18, 2005, 05:27:49 pm

So what you're saying is that I need to build another Mame cabinet.  ;)
Well, ok, but my wife isn't going to like this.  ;D

Title: Re: Configuring Mame Controls
Post by: hulkster on November 18, 2005, 07:15:42 pm

ummmm....if by "build another mame cab" you mean "just set your controls while not in the pause menu"...then yeah.

Title: Re: Configuring Mame Controls
Post by: bigfuz on November 18, 2005, 09:48:45 pm

Nope, I think you are screwed...better build another cabinet...maybe tabletop ;)  Or possibly an MP3 jukebox...it's hopeless.

Title: Re: Configuring Mame Controls
Post by: jopenner on November 18, 2005, 10:02:10 pm

Better yet, build a driving cab.
Your wife will love, or at least I am trying to convince my wife that she will love it :D

Title: Re: Configuring Mame Controls
Post by: More Cowbell on November 21, 2005, 09:10:20 am

It's just so frustrating when there is something so totally broken that you have to build a whole new cabinet! Unpausing to configure? That would possibly waste a free play! Oh well, better get started on the new cab even though there's no guarantee that this one will work right either. Try, try again. No wife of mine will ever call me a quitter.  ;)