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Title: MAME erases cfg (back to default)
Post by: joemama on May 03, 2009, 08:17:27 pm

Mame cmd line version with Quickplay as a frontend.
Xbox 360 wireless

Controller not powered on and start MAME. (Input cfg is set at n/a)
Turn on controller and restart MAME. (Input cfg back to default)

I could set the cfg to read-only but wondering if there is any other way from having MAME setting my cfg to default?

Title: Re: MAME erases cfg (back to default)
Post by: mr_doles on May 04, 2009, 12:33:55 pm

Now I may be reading what you are asking completely wrong but I would use the ctrlr file.  There is a tutorial in the wiki  here  (http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Ctrlr_file) that explains how to use it.

Quote from: joemama on May 03, 2009, 08:17:27 pm

wondering if there is any other way from having MAME setting my cfg to default?

This is from the above link:
Mame rewrites the cfg files every time mame is run, while the ctrlr is not changed by mame ever

Title: Re: MAME erases cfg (back to default)
Post by: joemama on May 04, 2009, 08:12:01 pm

Thx for the link, I'll look into it.

Edit: worked perfectly, thank you again.