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Title: Mame games exit unexpectedly...
Post by: roadrunnr on February 05, 2007, 07:29:29 pm

Recently, when playing some MAME games, it exits suddenly back to the front end.  No idea why - but very frustrating!

Any ideas?  I am running EasyMame on XP.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Mame games exit unexpectedly...
Post by: Fozzy The Bear on February 05, 2007, 07:43:11 pm

Quote from: roadrunnr on February 05, 2007, 07:29:29 pm

Recently, when playing some MAME games, it exits suddenly back to the front end.  No idea why - but very frustrating!

You didn't say what controls you're using but....Check to see how you have your escape key programed.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

Title: Re: Mame games exit unexpectedly...
Post by: (+_+) on February 05, 2007, 09:09:22 pm

Are you using a keyboard or control panel? You may have a loose contact or a short somewhere. I'd check that out if I was using a CP or try another keyboard.

Title: Re: Mame games exit unexpectedly...
Post by: fatfingers on February 06, 2007, 05:27:54 am

I would also check your application logs to see if they mention anything about applications terminating unexpectedly.

Title: Re: Mame games exit unexpectedly...
Post by: vputz on February 13, 2007, 05:48:57 pm

I'd say check on the escape key programming myself.  I think by default if you press p1 and p2 start simultaneously, it acts like ESC.  Bad news if you're both dead and flailing to rejoin the game...

Title: Re: Mame games exit unexpectedly...
Post by: BLah247 on February 13, 2007, 05:57:33 pm

Quote from: vputz on February 13, 2007, 05:48:57 pm

I'd say check on the escape key programming myself.  I think by default if you press p1 and p2 start simultaneously, it acts like ESC.  Bad news if you're both dead and flailing to rejoin the game...

I know that's the case with the IPAC... can you change that to something else if you want?

Title: Re: Mame games exit unexpectedly...
Post by: Bobbler on February 13, 2007, 07:51:38 pm

Quote from: BLah247 on February 13, 2007, 05:57:33 pm

Quote from: vputz on February 13, 2007, 05:48:57 pm

I'd say check on the escape key programming myself.  I think by default if you press p1 and p2 start simultaneously, it acts like ESC.  Bad news if you're both dead and flailing to rejoin the game...

I know that's the case with the IPAC... can you change that to something else if you want?

Yup, I have mine configured on Shift + Coin for ESC. It took a bit of tweaking (partly due to a dead connection on my IPAC grrrr) but works fine now.