Help with Mame "ok" screens

[USA007]

Hi all,

Lately I have been making an arcade cabinet out of an old computer, and have run into a problem with mame when it asks me to type "ok" before a few games start.

My end goal is to not have a keyboard present, so I can't simply type it out. My joystick is the X-Arcade Dual Stick, which has a non-changeable key layout. I originally tried remapping two of my buttons with Autohotkey, only to discover Mame ignores anything but raw input.

Is there any way to be able to type "ok" for mame or get rid of those screens? I heard compiling gets rid of them, but also heard the screens that don't go away after one play will always be there no matter what.

Any help would be appreciated!

[TopJimmyCooks]

search for mkchamp hiscore nonag. 

[Thenasty]

wiggling the Joystick should also work (left/right,right/left etc...)

[USA007]

wiggling the Joystick should also work (left/right,right/left etc...)

My joystick's outputs are keys (in this case the num pad) so it doesn't work.
I'll look up mkchamp

[TalkingOctopus]

He's referring to this post:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,64298.0.html

It's pretty easy to compile your own mame without those screens. It also adds high score support, which is fun.

[USA007]

He's referring to this post:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,64298.0.html

It's pretty easy to compile your own mame without those screens. It also adds high score support, which is fun.

Yes, I found that post, for some reason my old computer could not open the command prompts to apply the patch/compile mame. I'll see if one of my newer computers can do it

[TopJimmyCooks]

use either the directions from MrDo's arcade or the compiler program from headsoft. 

[USA007]

use either the directions from MrDo's arcade or the compiler program from headsoft.

Yeah, for some reason my old pc didn't want to work through the command prompt. (I need 32-bit, and the compiler program only creates 64) I have my other comp compiling it right now, so thanks for all the help!