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hulkster:
okay.  ive read the easyemu and ive searched the forum first like a good little BYOACer.   :angel:  but now im getting pissed cuz nothing is working.

i think im doing what im supposed to do, but anyway, here goes:

**im using mame .101 with mamewah .161**

ive created a folder called "mame" within the "ctrlr" folder in the mame directory like it says in the easyemu thing.  ive put my default.ini file with all my controller settings inside this mame folder.  so basically i have C:\...mame\ctrlr\mame\default.ini

there is a default.cfg file in the "cfg" folder that i think mame keeps pointing to instead of my ctrlr.  i was under the impression that the ctrlr files got looked at first by mame before the cfg files but whatever.  so im obviously doing something wrong. 

my first guess is that i need to point mame in the right direction...meaning i need to configure it in the mame.ini file or something to look at the mame\default.ini folder and stuff for its default ctrlr file.  what am i overlooking?   

hulkster:
bump ??? ??? ???

Minwah:
In mame.in, set 'crtrlr hulk' (or something like that).  Then in \mame\ctrlr you need a file called 'hulk.cfg' (xml files with .cfg extension are now used instead of the 'old' ini files).

You can copy parts from the \mame\cfg\default.cfg file to place inside your hulk.cfg file...I'm guessing you have the actual ctrlr file done tho.

hulkster:

--- Quote from: Minwah on January 30, 2006, 05:00:45 am ---In mame.in, set 'crtrlr hulk' (or something like that).  Then in \mame\ctrlr you need a file called 'hulk.cfg' (xml files with .cfg extension are now used instead of the 'old' ini files).

You can copy parts from the \mame\cfg\default.cfg file to place inside your hulk.cfg file...I'm guessing you have the actual ctrlr file done tho.

--- End quote ---

man, all this changing around with xml and stuff has confused me.  its especially hard when i read older posts telling me to do something different!

anyway, my ctrlr file is called "mame".  in my mame\ctrlr folder, i have another folder called "mame".  in that folder (as of right now) i have a file called "default.ini" with all my ctrlr info in it.   you are saying that i need to change to that to say mame.cfg?  what about the "<system>" tag...whats the value supposed to be in that?  would that value be "mame" as well? 

i have my mame.ini configed properly i think.  the ctrlr_directory is set to ctrlr and the other ctrlr thing is set to "mame". 

so basically....

what do i put in the system value field?

and

i need to change my default.ini to mame.cfg?

Minwah:

--- Quote from: hulkster on January 30, 2006, 08:55:46 am ---you are saying that i need to change to that to say mame.cfg?  what about the "<system>" tag...whats the value supposed to be in that?  would that value be "mame" as well? 

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Yes, rename default.ini to mame.cfg.  You should be able to use a .cfg file supplied with MAME for reference (for example hotrodse.cfg) - I think they are about to stop destributing these with MAME tho.

For the most part, you should use '<system name="default">'...but you can change 'default' for a driver or romname for more specific mappings.


--- Quote ---i have my mame.ini configed properly i think.  the ctrlr_directory is set to ctrlr and the other ctrlr thing is set to "mame". 

--- End quote ---

Good, that's right.

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