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Author Topic: Controller not responding, please help if you can.  (Read 1293 times)

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Controller not responding, please help if you can.
« on: December 25, 2009, 12:31:50 pm »
Merry Christmas everyone,

Ok, I put together and arcade cabinet and installed a controller from North Coast Customs, the 2 two player model. I am running Mame with Mala and am able to see all the roms and use the joystick on the controller to move down the game list. Also I can use the one player button to start the game but am unable to fire or move without using the keyboard. Again the joystick works for turning and I can esc out of the mala interface using the controller but no matter what I do I cannot get the buttons to respond on the controller. I am sure this is a config somewhere but I am having no luck finding it. Could someone help me out in figuring this out???

Thanks,

Scott..

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Re: Controller not responding, please help if you can.
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2009, 03:08:26 pm »
How 'bout if you run Mame from Windows instead of the Front End? Do they work them?

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Re: Controller not responding, please help if you can.
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2009, 06:33:49 am »
Have you set defaults (input) in mame ('tab' key while running a game)?
Enabled controllers in mame ini?

If so and it just stopped responding:
Open up notepad (windows) and see if you are getting some input for each button press and joystick direction.
If not, check:
-Device manager/keyboard/game controllers to see if your device(s)/encoder(s) is detected and working properly.
-the wiring for the buttons/directions that are not responding.

Do you know which encoder(s) North Coast Customs uses?
Which operating system are you running?

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Re: Controller not responding, please help if you can.
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2009, 05:06:23 pm »
Thanks so much for the help. I figured it out.