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Front End Support => MaLa Frontend => Topic started by: danfman on May 09, 2009, 11:46:34 pm

Title: Control buttons
Post by: danfman on May 09, 2009, 11:46:34 pm

In Mala instead of right clicking and selecting options is there a way to assign a joystick button to make it popup? 

Also in Mala is there a way to shut down the PC by pressing only one button?  I know I can go to the menu - exit - shutdown.  But is there a quicker way?  i.e. just one button or a combination of holding the joystick and pressing a button?

Title: Re: Control buttons
Post by: ivwshane on May 10, 2009, 01:29:45 am

For the exit question you can assign a button to be "back" and if you keep pressing it (depending on how deep you are in a tree) it will eventually exit and close the emulator. Mala has a feature that will shutdown windows when you exit (under GUI options).

I don't know about your first question but it would be nice (although I have a right/left mouse button).

Title: Re: Control buttons
Post by: dungbeetle46 on May 10, 2009, 06:52:18 am

under controller\keyboard\options you can assign a key for options box

Title: Re: Control buttons
Post by: danfman on May 10, 2009, 09:50:30 am

1.  I tried going into the GUI menu-Mala Exit changing it from quit to shutdown, but this seemed to have no effect.  It just exited like normal.  I also tried changing the alternate method to shutdown.exe, but that had no effect either.

2.  I see I can assign a button on the keyboard to open the options menu, but can I assign the joystick/buttons?

3.  Also is there a way to assign the joystick/buttons to mute the sound?

Title: Re: Control buttons
Post by: Hoagie_one on May 10, 2009, 10:23:55 am

I wired my PC's power button inside my coin return so I can turn the cab on and off with one button.  Windows automatically shuts down all programs before it shuts down.

Works for me.