The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: KeWLMoNk on September 06, 2008, 03:15:26 pm
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Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem:
I built my cabinet over a year ago. For some reason I still can't exit games all of the time after playing for a short period of time. The 'Exit Executable' button I assign just doesn't work, on my X-Arcade Tankstick or on the Keyboard itself (i had it as the letter B, or a button my X-Arcade, and I also tried 2 buttons together on the X-Arcade, one of each players side..nothing worked).
It's very frustrating to have to ALT-CTRL-DEL to get out of a game, and reboot the system every time o(since the X-Arcade stick doesn't respond correctly after Alt+Ctl-Del and closing it) - My friends and family are pretty much stuck playing 1 game at a time.
Is anyone else having this problem? It's hard to believe my system can't handle the programs as I'm running a P4 3.2ghz with 2GB RAM, Win XP SP2, and an X-ARCADE Tankstick.
I really don't want to use a different front end as this one is by far and away my favorite. I hope someone out there can help.
Just as a side note - I took my Tankstick out a few nights ago to test a theory that MA and X-Arcade sticks may have a compatibility problem and sure enough I was able to exit games without any issues. It sounds like a problem with X-Arcade Tanksticks (or regular sticks too maybe) and MA but I'd like to try and verify this problem with others.
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Not sure if this contains any help, but theres some exit troubleshooting on the maximus website.
If this doesnt help i am sure someone at the forum there would be able to help you out!
http://www.maximusarcade.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=825 (http://www.maximusarcade.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=825)
edit: Found another person with a problem with the x-arcade together with MA, but found out you already replied to that topic saying it wasnt the anwser for you... Perhaps a PM with your problem to mameseer at the maximus arcade forum would give you some new hints. good luck
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thanks for the reply - yea I'm on the MA forums too I just figured I'd post here too to see if anyone else is having this problem - so far it looks like a pretty big bug in MA so my fingers are crossed that mameseer can figure it out and fix it :)
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Have you tried configuring it to exit emulator with 2 buttons? Istead of end or escape, try configuring the exit button so that when you hit player 1 and player 2 buttons at the same time it exits out of emulator back to MA.
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I have a similar problem but mine is only with pc games. If I use the Exit/Quit button inside the pc game it exits the game but leaves me in a black screen. I then have to hit the exit executable key sequence that I have set up in MA. As far as MAME I don't have any issues exiting out of them back to MA.
Try to set your exit game key to use "End" to exit games. It's a work around I got from Delusional at the MA forums. As long as I exit a pc game using that key and not the Exit button in the game it works fine. Try it and let us know if that works.
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I have this too sometimes with Genesis for some reason. I have to hit exit, wait a sec, then hit it again and that will do it. If I find out why I'll post it.