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Front End Support => MaLa Frontend => Topic started by: Gamester on January 15, 2007, 04:08:00 pm

Title: MaLa & Controls.ini -- Help!
Post by: Gamester on January 15, 2007, 04:08:00 pm: I have MaLa up and running and really like it so far. My problem is, I cannot for the life of me get MaLa to display the controls information. I have download the latest controls dat from http://fe.donkeyfly.com/controls/controls_dat.php (controls.ini.0.106.2) and configured the controls.ini path on the MAME Config / Additional tab in MaLa. When I pull up the game information screen for a game that I KNOW is listed in the controls.ini, it says "no info found in controls.ini."

I have history.dat set up, and it works great. I can see all of the history on the game info screen.

What am I missing here??

Thanks!
Title: Re: MaLa & Controls.ini -- Help!
Post by: loadman on January 15, 2007, 04:18:36 pm: Quote from: scottpe on January 15, 2007, 04:08:00 pm
I have MaLa up and running and really like it so far. My problem is, I cannot for the life of me get MaLa to display the controls information. I have download the latest controls dat from http://fe.donkeyfly.com/controls/controls_dat.php (controls.ini.0.106.2) and configured the controls.ini path on the MAME Config / Additional tab in MaLa. When I pull up the game information screen for a game that I KNOW is listed in the controls.ini, it says "no info found in controls.ini."

I have history.dat set up, and it works great. I can see all of the history on the game info screen.

What am I missing here??

Thanks!

scottpe

Try an earlier version of controls .ini :dunno
Title: Re: MaLa & Controls.ini -- Help!
Post by: Gamester on January 15, 2007, 04:35:56 pm: Thanks for the quick response. I just tried a version of controls.ini from 12/05. Same result. I'm dumbfounded...
Title: Re: MaLa & Controls.ini -- Help!
Post by: Gamester on January 15, 2007, 04:54:40 pm: FIXED IT!

I deleted the mala.ini file and forced MaLa to do its original configration over again with the controls.ini in place beforehand. After I did this, it works.

Originally, I installed and configured MaLa without a controls.ini there. I then added the control.ini and set the path in the options after the fact. Not sure if it was a bug or a fluke, but it's working now.

Thanks!
Title: Re: MaLa & Controls.ini -- Help!
Post by: swindus on January 16, 2007, 03:59:40 am: Strange. I have checked it and for me it was working withount any problems. Anyway, good its working now for you too.