controls.ini not found

[Rossman]

I've been looking everywhere for a really up to date controls.ini for MAME. Can someone help me out? All the places people refer me to are either dead links, or old versions with games missing

[Rossman]

The main site is down. After much searching: http://www.box.net/shared/dcgzo5ixoh

[zmartin34]

Thanks for the link!

How do I implement this? I mean I know where to put it but how exactly do you configure it? I am running command line mame.

[djbubba2002]

thanks for this .. where do i put this at?

I am using mame.exe  that is what i am using for my cabinet ... i hope that is the right one ..

[Rossman]

From the mame section of the strategy wiki:

Controls.ini is a project started by Kevin Jonas (SirPoonga) with the help of Howard Casto. This project was started to accurately document the controls and button labels of the arcade control panels from the games in MAME. Like the Catlist and NPlayers files, you can only use the controls.ini with a front-end that is programmed to use it.

You need a front end that supports it. It can be used with ROMLister to generate a list of games, controller LED programs to light up the correct buttons without having to go through every single game and define the controls, or certain front ends to make it so you don't have to change the controls of every game. Check your front end for documentation on how to use.

[zmartin34]

From the mame section of the strategy wiki:

Controls.ini is a project started by Kevin Jonas (SirPoonga) with the help of Howard Casto. This project was started to accurately document the controls and button labels of the arcade control panels from the games in MAME. Like the Catlist and NPlayers files, you can only use the controls.ini with a front-end that is programmed to use it.

You need a front end that supports it. It can be used with ROMLister to generate a list of games, controller LED programs to light up the correct buttons without having to go through every single game and define the controls, or certain front ends to make it so you don't have to change the controls of every game. Check your front end for documentation on how to use.

Thanks for the snapshot, I'll so more research. What I'm after is a way to have MAME list out each button for each game when I go into game specific control config (ie. high punch, low punch, etc. instead of button 1, button 2 and so forth.)

[Rossman]

MAME lists all buttons as button 1 button 2 etc, what they're actually mapped to can change from game to game. Look at the differences between Samurai Showdown, Street Fighter, and Guilty Gear. They have completely different controls, but if you were to look at them from a button view, like there are three buttons on top, three buttons below for Street Fighter, it gets a lot simpler when planning out your MAME controls.

[arzoo]

What I'm after is a way to have MAME list out each button for each game when I go into game specific control config (ie. high punch, low punch, etc. instead of button 1, button 2 and so forth.)

MAME does not do that - but there are apps which will display your control panel and label each button function for the game that you're playing. Search for CPWizard or Johnny5.

[zmartin34]

What I'm after is a way to have MAME list out each button for each game when I go into game specific control config (ie. high punch, low punch, etc. instead of button 1, button 2 and so forth.)

MAME does not do that - but there are apps which will display your control panel and label each button function for the game that you're playing. Search for CPWizard or Johnny5.

Thanks will give it a shot!