Player 1 buttons do nothing, but player 2 work in GameEx

[MagicMan]

My CP is 2 player with 16 total buttons. 6 action buttons per player, player 1 start button, player 2 start button & 2 other buttons that I assign to various things.

When I open a game, the player 1 start button does nothing. Player 2 start registers and starts the game, but as a 2 player session. After the game starts this way, my player 1 action buttons do work, but still nothing from the other 2 player 1 buttons.

Also, in the config section of GameEx, there's nothing listed there to assign a button as "start" or similar. Am I missing something or do I have to program this differently?

I'm at my wits end with this machine as I just got rid of Mala b/c of issues. If this can't be resolved, I'm selling it.

[Louis Tully]

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[MagicMan]

What interface are you using?

I'm not familiar with GameEx. I assume it's like everything else. You scroll through titles, select one, and it starts MAME. Yeah?

GameEx is a FE.

How does MAME act by itself? No frontend wizardry, just the games. Do your controls work properly? Sounds like your button config for MAME is messed up. But also, have you checked all of your button connections? Sometimes a loose quick disconnect or bad solder job can cause some weird button issues. Might be a bad input on your encoder. I've got one on my Street Fighter cab that just doesn't work. And one on my Mario cab that I can't use because it keeps remapping itself to another input number.  Might be a bad connection on your encoder. But it sounds like MAME is just mapped all crazy. We'll figure it out.

I haven't tried MAME without the FE, but I never changed any settings and things ran fine before.

[Louis Tully]

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[Vigo]

Let us know what happens when you run your games without the front end.

I've had to change versions of Mame over button mapping problems. I'd recommend testing a different version of mame as well.

[MagicMan]

Let us know what happens when you run your games without the front end.

I've had to change versions of Mame over button mapping problems. I'd recommend testing a different version of mame as well.

Been there done that. Same problem.

[yotsuya]

What encoder are you using?

[MagicMan]

What encoder are you using?

Xin Mo from Paradise Arcade.

[yotsuya]

I say drop on cash on real keyboard encoder and see if your problems go away before you sell it.

[MagicMan]

My bad, man. I should've said encoder where i said interface. I wasn't fully awake.


Let us know what happens when you run your games without the front end.

Just tried 2 different versions of MAME without the FE & no buttons register.

[Louis Tully]

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[MagicMan]

My bad, man. I should've said encoder where i said interface. I wasn't fully awake.


Let us know what happens when you run your games without the front end.

Just tried 2 different versions of MAME without the FE & no buttons register.

How about checking the properties of the Xin Mo in Windows to see if the buttons respond accordingly?

When I checked them in Mala, they registered right.

[Louis Tully]

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[BadMouth]

Just tried 2 different versions of MAME without the FE & no buttons register.

When you pressed TAB while in game to map the controls in MAME, did they just not register at all when trying to assign them?
If not, then was joystick input enabled in the mame.ini of these other versions?

If you do not have a mame.ini file, make a batch file containing "mame.exe -cc" or "mame.exe -createconfig" depending on the version (usually either will work) and drop it in the same folder as mame.  Then click on it and the ini file should be created.

It sounds like you expect the controls to work in a game after mapping them in the front end.
Those are two completely unrelated things where most front-ends are concerned.
Get the emulator working by itself first, then add it to the front-end.

[MagicMan]

Just tried 2 different versions of MAME without the FE & no buttons register.

When you pressed TAB while in game to map the controls in MAME, did they just not register at all when trying to assign them?
If not, then was joystick input enabled in the mame.ini of these other versions?

If you do not have a mame.ini file, make a batch file containing "mame.exe -cc" or "mame.exe -createconfig" depending on the version (usually either will work) and drop it in the same folder as mame.  Then click on it and the ini file should be created.

It sounds like you expect the controls to work in a game after mapping them in the front end.
Those are two completely unrelated things where most front-ends are concerned.
Get the emulator working by itself first, then add it to the front-end.

I've had this machine built for a while & everything has always worked as I programmed it. I didn't touch it for months then go to play one day & bam all this crap happens out of the blue.