Joystsick - MAME32 - Command MAME - setup

[Bobby115]

I purchased a cabinet that already had a custom 2 player control panel built (USB) for it. When I setup the PC I e-mailed the the guy I bought it from and asked him how to configure it.

He told me to start the game and press the TAB button and configure it in there.

My question is do I need to configure each game (4000+) for this control panel........He said I did.........!!

PLEASE SAY HE IS WRONG ! ! !  :-)

can I edit an INI file or something ?

He was using MAME32.....I can use MAME32 or COMMAND MAME

Thanks for all the help so far.

Bobby
Bobby115@aol.com

[Bobby115]

anyone know what type of joystick was hacked up for this unit....someone told me sidewinder...

any idea's?

[eightbit]

When you hit tab you'll see "input (general)" and "input this game" if you change input (general) you'll change it for all games. That should cover the majority of the games.

[u_rebelscum]

As an alternative to the above suggestion, there is the ctrlr ini method.  Check out http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/mamecontrolini.htm and docs/ctrlr.txt in your mame folder.

Personally I like this ctrlr ini way better, but it does have a little steeper learning curve.  OTOH, the ctrlr ini files are supposed to be more future proof than the general input way, you can edit it outside mame, you can cut-and-paste lines and copy-and-rename files as needed, and works on all the games the "Input (general)" works on.  (Neither work for games that have inputs hardcoded to non default vaules in the source, especially mahjong games.)


And to directly answer your quesion, yes, the seller is wrong.