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u360s and mame32? (Problem solved) well not quite.
Herk:
Hey helpers,
When I reconnect my controllers, the u360s don't work under mame32 again. In windows, the "game controllers" screen lists items alphabetically. This seems to screw up mame32's brains as it only likes to see the first and second connected device. "u360" comes after "Madcatz" no matter which order I plug them into the usb ports. Is there a way to reassign a usb device name, for example, aaa instead of u360, or am I missing something obvious again.
Thanks,
Herk
2600:
You are plugging these in before you start MAME32?
Does MAME32 not see them or have you not remapped the controls to use the U360's and are assuming MAME32 knows exactly what buttons you want to use?
Herk:
2600,
Before mame32 starts, yes. In the "game controller" screen through the control panel of windows, it lists all game controllers installed. Mame32 seems to default to only see the first two controllers in the list. I need to force the u360s to the top two spots. No matter when or in what order I plug the 4 devices in, the madcatz always take the first and second. I plug #1 u360 in and it takes first position, I plug #2 u360 in and it takes second position, then I plug #1 madcatz in and it takes first position and bumps #1 u360 to second position and #2 u360 to third position, finally I plug #2 madcatz in and it takes second position and pushes #1 u360 to third position and #2 u360 to fourth position. It uses this order no matter what. That is why I thought changing the ID name of the controller alphabetically would help. I don't have the programming knowledge to do this and the registry only allows "cosmetic" name changes, not hardware ID reprogramming.
Clear as mud?
Herk
Avrus:
A quick search of google reveals a potential solution in the first hit:
--- Quote ---1) Unplug all devices from system
2) Plug-in the Mad Catz Andretti Wheel
3) Run the game controllers control panel
4) Click the "Advanced" button and set the wheel as the preferred device
5) Unplug the wheel
6) Plug-in the USB Gravis GamePad Pro
7) Run the game controllers control panel
8) Click the "Advanced" button and set the USB GamePad Pro as the preferred
device
9) Unplug the Gravis GamePad Pro
10) Now plug-in the wheel, followed by the USB GamePad Pro.
By setting both devices to preferred, we actually clear their previous ID
settings. By replugging them in the desired order, i.e. wheel then GamePad Pro, the wheel gets ID1 and the GamePad Pro gets ID2.
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Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
--- End quote ---
So unplug all your gaming devices, plug in the 1st u360, then the second u360 as the steps illustrate above.
Herk:
Avrus,
I tried that and no luck. I tried it backwards and upsidedown just to rule out possibilities. I also tried a program called JoyIDs which is supposed to automate the registry process of changing IDs. No luck with that either. I plugged my Logitech Freedom in and guess what, it takes top spot. Alphabetically, (L)ogitech (M)adcatz (U)ltimarc. I still guess that I need to change the hardware ID of the u360s to something like "aaaultimarc". That is going to be in the form of a firmware upload to the u360s and a change to UltraMap to recognise the new name.
Any other thoughts?
Herk
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