Setting up IPAC4 for SNES/mame

[Ldsfunaz]

I just finished wiring up my CP, and i realized that the IPAC is set up to have some 2p buttons the same as 3p stick.  This will not work for me when i try to get some nice 4p super nes going.  Is there a standard way to set this up, or am do i just find a way it works and change the inputs for all the emulators?   I am also a little confused on this controls.dat thingy, can anyone shed some light for this newb(me),.


thanks alot
-LDS-

[cdbrown]

The default IPAC4 uses the default mame settings which has (as you correctly pointed out) the same keystrokes mapped to some of 2p and 3p inputs.  Winipac is the program you use to reconfigure the ipac mappings (making sure to actually update the ipac4 once everything is configured is important) and this can be downloaded from ultimarc.  The version you download depends on when you got the ipac.  So use winipac to set all the controls the way you want, you will then have to change the mappings in mame to match your new control set, plus any other emulator you are using.

Controls.dat is a way of recording the actual arcade controls (as shown by control panels, flyers, manuals and pinouts), what the controls do and how they are mapped in mame.  eg

[1942]
gamename=1942 (set 1)
numPlayers=2
alternating=1
mirrored=1
tilt=0
cocktail=1
usesService=0
miscDetails=
P1NumButtons=2
P1Controls=8-way Joystick+joy8way
P1_BUTTON1=Fire
P1_BUTTON2=Loop
P1_JOYSTICK_UP=Up
P1_JOYSTICK_DOWN=Down
P1_JOYSTICK_LEFT=Left
P1_JOYSTICK_RIGHT=Right

[Ldsfunaz]

ahhh, i gotcha now, so I am guessing there is no standard for this extended button layout, i should probably look at a super Nintendo emulator and use one of those button layouts, so that is one less thing to change.

thanks for the clarification.

-LDS-