BozHTPC

Thanks Tom - turning off triple buffering did the trick :-) You're obviously very knowledgeable about MAME - maybe you could help with my MCE Keyboard problem? It works fine in MAME32, but isn't recognised once a game has been launched. I've worked around this by configuring all the game commands to my gamepad, but still have to use a PS/2 keyboard to press the [ESC] key to quit a game. If there was a way to assign [ESC] or "quit game" to a gamepad button I could do away with the PS/2 keyboard which would be great. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

OK, I'll try that, thanks. :-)

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Anyone have any ideas?

Has anyone experienced choppy or intermittent sound when playing MAME games with the "Run in a window" setting unchecked. I've fiddled with a number of settings, and seem to have narrowed it down to this setting causing the problem. I know it seems a bit odd that a display feature is affecting sound, but it is repeatable on my setup. I'd prefer to play in fullscreen - does anyone have a solution?

Arghh!!! My MCE Keyboard and/or wireless mouse enables me to launch a game from MAME32. Given my MCE Keyboard won't work inside a game, I've re-assigned game controls to my gamepad which works great. However, when I'm finished playing, I can't quit the game as there doesn't seem to be a key I can assign to the gamepad to quit from within the game. The only way I know of to quit a game is the keyboard [ESCAPE] key, so I'm snookered because my MCE Keyboard doesn't work inside the game! Anyone know how to quit a game without having to hit the keyboard [ESCAPE] key? Cheers, Boz.

Hi Han, Thanks for the detailed help - I'll update you on where I'm at... I went through and checked all the gamepad stuff, and it is now working a treat! Now all I have to do is get my MCE keyboard working... With KEYBOARD set system-wide, both my PS/2 and my MCE Keyboard work fine within MAME32. However, when I launch a game, only the PS/2 keyboard works. Using the PS/2 keyboard, I can [TAB] in to configure the settings and assign keys via the PS/2 keyboard. But from within this configuration screen, none of the MCE keyboard strokes are detected. Somehow I don't think I'm gonna make any progress trying to solve this from within a launched game environment ---> is there a MAME32 setting that I may have overlooked that might force the MCE keyboard to be recognised by the game. Thanks again for your help.

Oh OK. I got the gamepad working before I checked out the -joy command, but thanks anyway.

Nope, not that I'm aware of - I'm not using the MAME command line, but MAME32 - with joystick settings enabled.

Hiya, I've got my HTPC up and running pretty good now, and have loaded MAME32, with a view to installing Gamex once I get everything sorted. However, I'm having difficulty getting my MCE Keyboard and Logitech Cordless Rumblepad 2 recognised in MAME32. When I load up Pitfall 2, I'm supposed to either type "OK" on the keyboard, or activate "Left" then "Right" on the controller, to get past an initial screen. However, neither method works for me. Anyone got a clue what I'm not doing right? Also, has anyone had any luck with Gamex? I'm using a regular TV (connected via S-video), and I hear AdvanceMAME might be better than MAME32 for configuring various TV settings. Some tips and advice would be much appreciated, as I've found the FAQs on the internet to be not much chop... Regards, Boz.