(resolved) MAME Configuration

[steveb]

Hi All.

Thanks for your advice in regards to my previous queries. I've now updated my Gameex to 13.13 without problems.

However, I have move a couple of microswitches in my cabinet, and am having problems reconfiguring MAME. I have reset all of the default controls to the necessary keys. However, Player 1 start and Player 2 start are still set to the wrong keys for all games. When I press tab and check default options, it shows the correct keys I have set. But when I go into controls "for this game" it always shows Player 1 = 1, Player 2 = 2. So I then have to individually set the Player 1 and 2 start keys for each game individually, despite my other default controls working. I can't do that for all of the thousands of games on the machine.

I've tried deleting the files in the MAME cfg folder, but that hasn't rectified the problem. Has anyone else had this problem and knows what to do please?

[Tempest]

Are you using a ctrlr file?

Post your Mame\cfg\default.cfg file.

[steveb]

I don't think I'm using a CTRLR file, but I've attached the only thing in that folder, along with my default.cfg file.

default.rar

[Tempest]

According to your default.cfg your P1 Start is 4, and your P2 start is X

            <port type="P1_START">                <newseq type="standard">                    KEYCODE_4                </newseq>            </port>            <port type="P2_START">                <newseq type="standard">                    KEYCODE_X                </newseq>            </port>

Is your default.cfg write protected? You should be able to set these from the mame input settings menu, but you can also make the changes directly to the default.cfg and then save it.

[steveb]

4 and X are the keys I want to use (as they are connected to my start buttons on my machine). However, every game I start seems to have it's own set of "Controls (this game)" settings that includes all of my current key settings, but shows 1 and 2 as the start buttons. I can change the custom configurations for each game individually to 4 and X individually, and they stay.

The general MAME control configurations DO say 4 and X when I press Tab and view them, but each game shows 1 and 2 when I look at their custom settings, until I change them individually for each game. It's as though each game has a custom .cfg set up, even though there's not.

I've tried deleting everything in the .cfg folder and starting again, but the start buttons just don't seem to be picked up by my default.cfg.

[Tempest]

Make sure that you are not using the ctrlr file, as those are set to 1 and 2. Maybe just move it out of the ctrlr folder.

[Tempest]

Correction: The ctrlr file is only affecting P! start, and it includes 1 AND X

            <port type="START1">                <newseq type="standard">KEYCODE_1 OR KEYCODE_F KEYCODE_X</newseq>            </port>

I don't know what is going on with your system. If the the only thing in your cfg folder is the default.cfg and you are not using a ctrlr file, it should work. :-(

[Tempest]

Correcting myself again. The ctrlr is set to use 1 OR the combination F AND X.

[steveb]

Thanks for trying.

Anyone else know anything about this problem? It's driving me mad!

Kind regards, Steve

[celly]

Have you tried deleting MAME all together and then reinstalling? Of course, make all neccesary back ups just in case.

[steveb]

Yep, that did it. I completely deleted MAME32 from my computer (leaving only the roms, titles, cabinets etc), and reinstalled it from scratch. This solved the problem. Thank you.