mattalbot Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Hi everyoneIm new and just started on the slippery slope of retro gamingi have a custom cabinet which i have had for around a year running game ex on windows xp, i bought it from somebody else who built itSince the day i bought it its had an issue in that everytime you play a two player game and there is a bit of button bashing and stick waggling eg streetfighter 2 or ninja turtles, it would exit the game back to main menu at some point, this never happened when playing on my own.After some advice and digging it was established that my cabinet was built using a keyboard encoder rather than i ipac and i was getting some key conflicts, i was advised that if i bought a ipac it should resolve the issue.I went out and bought a ipac mini with wiring and a daisy chain supplied with it, it took me a few hours to rewire the cabinet todayNow i have another issue, game ex boots up as usual and i can navigate the menu and select a game but once the game loads the buttons dont respondits doing my nut in, i have spent a full day messing and cant get it to work, i have downloaded winipac and all the buttons seem to be set up correctlyI really need some help, am i missing something or do i need to adjust settings in game ex as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Sorry to have to tell you this, but an Ipac is a keyboard encoder, so changing to it was pointless and that for your original problem there was a simple fix.Regarding the problem you have now, What emulator are you trying to get working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattalbot Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 HiThanks for the reply, ill check the emulator when I get home and let you know any help would be really appreciatedAs for the previous issue just out of interest what would have been the fix for that.I'm gutted now wish I had found this forum before I took the old wiring and encoder out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 It is called 'Global Exit'. Run the setup wizard, and select 'Custom'. Put a tick in the box for input settings, click on the green arrow pointing right. Scroll down to the bottom of the page.You might as well post your ini, and log in your next reply. To do that click on my signature and then click "How to Ask For Help" There are instructions there to to help you post those files.If you are trying to play Arcade games, you are most likely using Mame.Welcome to the forums and don't worry, we will get you going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullPointer Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 I'm gutted now wish I had found this forum before I took the old wiring and encoder outWell if it means anything, you probably upgraded your equipment. I-PAC is about as good as it gets in terms of keyboard encoders. Just consider this an 'unscheduled upgrade'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattalbot Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 Yes the encoder i removed looked like a fire hazard!A bit more advise is needed if anyone can helpHow can i return the input keys in gameex to standard as they were when it was first installed, im guessing that when this was first installed it was by default setup for the ipacAm i right in guessing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaUMi Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Please note that I do know nothing about the ipc stuff but - if you want to experiment and revert the input keys to their default values, please do the following:1 - Locate and open GameEx\CONFIG folder2 - Move custominput.ini somewhere outside the GameEx directory. This file stores your current input key configuration. I'm suggesting to move it instead of delete it because, if things will not be as desired, you can always revert the config.3 - Make a copy of custominput.default.ini and rename it custominput.ini. This file stores the default settings for input keys.Now you should have the default input keys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattalbot Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 HIIm running an old version of game exI have searched the entire folder looking for custominput.ini or custominput.default.ini and they are not thereany other suggestions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullPointer Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 HIIm running an old version of game exI have searched the entire folder looking for custominput.ini or custominput.default.ini and they are not thereany other suggestionsHmm ... if it's not too much trouble, I would highly recommend updating to the current version of GameEx. Heck half of us are too old and senile to remember what's in this version of GameEx, let alone the multitudes of legacy versions out there. In all seriousness though our capacity for troubleshooting becomes greatly reduced when trying to figure out what's going on with legacy releases. Sometimes the effort is completely wasted since subsequent bug fixes may have addressed the issue as reported (granted probably not in this case, but I'm sure you can see what I mean.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattalbot Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 HiI have updated gameex to current version (using a memory stick), i have found the custominput.ini removed it and renamed a copy of custominput.default.ini to custominput.iniStill no controls when game starts, if i press tab i can edit the keys in the menu that appears and play it fine but i cant exit the game back to the menu and as soon as i power off the cabinet it looses the keys i have set in mameim really pulling my hair out with this, what seemed like a couple of hours job has eaten all day sunday and all this evening! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattalbot Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 Hi just uploaded my ini and log files to see if you guys can spot anythingI have used notepad to check the ipac mini is pressing the correct keys and everything seems fineI really have run out of ideas and its getting to me nowGameEx.inilog.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaUMi Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 (edited) Just to clarify... when you lanuch a game, the inplut passes to the emulator itself... so when you asked how to reset GameEx input keys... maybe we were following the worng path. You should concentrate in configuring MAME itself.About closing a game... this is a matter of GamEx configuration instead.It is called 'Global Exit'. Run the setup wizard, and select 'Custom'. Put a tick in the box for input settings, click on the green arrow pointing right. Scroll down to the bottom of the page.Tempest said it all. Global exit allows you to configure a keyboard or joypad key combo to close ALL emulators. Have you already tried it?_________________________I see these entries in GameEx.ini that can be relevant to your problem:KeyboardDirectInput=FalseEnableCustomInput=FalseEnableAdvCustomInput=FalseI may be wrong because I don't remember, but some of the advanced input features are for the registered version only... or not? I don't remember, it's just a doubt that comes to my mind now. Do you use a registered or unregistered version? Edited August 6, 2013 by AlphaUMi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattalbot Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 Hi im using an unregistered version that was installed in the cabinet when i bought itI intended on getting the full version as soon as i get this sortedthe entries which you mentioned above which are disabled, should i enable them?I have the global escape key programmed, but when i press this it takes me out of game ex rather than just back to the game ex menu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaUMi Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Yes... set the value to True. And this:EnableSlikStik=FalseSetup Wizard says this is and option to enable for those who use SlikStik and IPAC, too...Have you had a tour in the Input Settings section of the Setup Wizard? Open Setup Wizard, Select Custom and then Input Settings.Check all those options and set them accordingly to your system. If you click on the question mark, it gives you detailed information about each option.That the global exit combo exits gameex too is not normal... it's not intended to be "global" until that extent... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 HiI have updated gameex to current version (using a memory stick), i have found the custominput.ini removed it and renamed a copy of custominput.default.ini to custominput.iniStill no controls when game starts, if i press tab i can edit the keys in the menu that appears and play it fine but i cant exit the game back to the menu and as soon as i power off the cabinet it looses the keys i have set in mameim really pulling my hair out with this, what seemed like a couple of hours job has eaten all day sunday and all this evening! Would you please post your mame.ini? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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