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Front End Support => MaLa Frontend => Topic started by: Bloodwyn on August 03, 2007, 07:07:59 pm

Title: Mala input freezes.. but can still access options
Post by: Bloodwyn on August 03, 2007, 07:07:59 pm

I have been configuring Mala for the past few weeks and have found a repeatable problem that has been haunting me.

Been noticing on both my PC and my cab, that if I press any keys not allocated in the config, that the front end stops recognizing input ... except a right mouse click for the options screen.

Example - moving up and down, left right, player 1 ect.. work great. If I press any other buttons, I have to exit mala and restart it to get inputs back.

Is there a way to bypass this or lock out input on the frontend from other key presses?

P.S. Noticed a new work in progress version today.. but did'nt see a beta version posted.

Thanks,

Bloodwyn

Title: Re: Mala input freezes.. but can still access options
Post by: SGT on August 03, 2007, 07:46:45 pm

What keys can you press to cause this?  Are these keys that bring up the task bar or the desktop?  I suspect it has something to do with this bug I posted about here:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=64825.msg702855#msg702855

I am hoping Swindus will address this soon.

Title: Re: Mala input freezes.. but can still access options
Post by: Bloodwyn on August 04, 2007, 03:26:34 pm

For me, as long as the joystick or buttons are assigned in Mala, I don't have any frontend lockup.. but I really only have a few buttons assigned.

Here is a picture.

The controls circled in red are the ones that are not assigned and will freeze the front end from input.

(http://tomebling.home.comcast.net/Ctrl_lockup.jpg)

Bloodwyn

Title: Re: Mala input freezes.. but can still access options
Post by: unclet on August 04, 2007, 11:23:22 pm

I have seen this recently when pressing the ENTER key while a MALA gamelist is displayed.  I am testing MALA on my home PC (not my arcade cabinet) at the moment and when I want to select a game, I press the ENTER key (by mistake) since I do not have ENTER mapped.
Anyway, it seems MALA loses focus, however the right mouse click still works so I can get control back.

Title: Re: Mala input freezes.. but can still access options
Post by: swindus on August 06, 2007, 03:46:37 am

Don't know what happened in the RC9 beta. But this is fixed in the coming RC10.

Title: Re: Mala input freezes.. but can still access options
Post by: Bloodwyn on August 07, 2007, 12:15:16 am

Thanks Swindus,

Can't wait to see the new version  ;) *Drools*

Bloodwyn