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Title: Is there a utility to blink 1/2 player lights?
Post by: juggle50 on March 21, 2007, 07:04:05 pm

I'm using a ledwiz to blink my 1/2 player lights.  I'm upgrading to MAME 113 and the new output utility to num and caps lock (ledutil.exe) is all messed up in USB mode.  Also, I'd like every game to flash 1/2 player lights, not just the ones that did in the original arcade machine.  I don't want to use a front end.  Any suggestions on such a utility?

Title: Re: Is there a utility to blink 1/2 player lights?
Post by: headkaze on March 21, 2007, 10:07:06 pm

Check out MameInterop and the LEDWiz SDK both available in this forum. Using your language of choice it should be easy to write a small memory resident tool to do this.

Title: Re: Is there a utility to blink 1/2 player lights?
Post by: Howard_Casto on March 21, 2007, 11:45:00 pm

Note the part where he says:

 " Also, I'd like every game to flash 1/2 player lights, not just the ones that did in the original arcade machine."


Sorry man, but seeing as that'd require custom roms, that bit is pretty impossible.  Mame Hooker can light them up for you for every game, but short of some nasty hacks that wouldn't work well (they'd have to count the "5" and "6" keypresses as well as "1" and "2" keypresses as well as being aware of the amount of coins required to play the game and other odd-ball stuff), there isn't any way to make them flash when you insert coins.

Title: Re: Is there a utility to blink 1/2 player lights?
Post by: juggle50 on March 22, 2007, 01:37:09 am

Thanks guys, I'd just thought I'd check.  Howard, since I can't get them to light up for every game, is Mame Hooker the best option for me to use the num lock/ cap lock output feature.  The ledutil.exe is not working correctly in USB mode right now.  Thank you both for your hard work with everything.