PinballX as MAME Frontend Shiftkey How To ???

[Roterbaron]

Hi all,

hope I'm right here ;-)

I'm using PinballX in my PinCab. It really works FANTASTIC! So I wonder'd if I can use it in my MAME Cocktail Cab also.

Just getting started with it, I've a Problem with the Keys ... MAME uses the 1P Button (Number "1" on the keyboard) as a "shift" key...is it possible to setup PinballX with this "2 Button shift funktion" ???

Or ... has anyone managed to run PinballX in a MAME Cab, if yes, how ??

Regards from good old Germany :-)

Gilbert

[Tom Speirs]

Its been done. I believed I posted instructions for basic usage. Let me try to find it. Although setup beyond launching I did not cover.

[Tom Speirs]

Here: http://www.gameex.info/forums/topic/13601-166-released/?hl=mame

To be clear you set the path to your roms in mame.ini

[Roterbaron]

Thank you Tom,

I'll give it a try ...

The plan is to have 4 different kinds of games. 1 Player (only), 2 Player ( after another ), 2 Player (together), 2 Player (vs)

So I thought of pinballX ... with the "manufacturer list" it should be possible ... maybe ...

Hope I'll get it made.

rgs

Gilbert

[tthurman]

Hope it works, would be an incredibly useful option for many. Please keep us posted with your progress

[evilantal]

I use PinballX as a MAME frontend in my PinCab (alongside Pinball tables obviously) and have it working really well.

I have two lists: Horizontal games and vertical games.

Maybe I can help you. What would you need the "shift" key function for?

[Roterbaron]

I need the "shift" key for navigation in MAME ... (1P and 2P = ESC / 1P + Joy L = Enter / 1P + Joy Down = Pause / 1P + Joy R = Game Menue )

But maybe I can change the keys in MAME settings...

btw ... how did you manage it?

[evilantal]

I just use the buttons that are already on my PinCab...

I let PinballX manage the exiting of MAME, so I don't need an extra button for that. Same button that exits PinballX, exits MAME as well.

I don't actually use the pause and game menu (what do you mean by this one, the TAB menu?) in MAME, but I suppose I could use the "Flyer" button for that.

I'll try and share my PinballX.ini file, so you can see how I've set it up...

Those shifted keycombo's are actually handled by MAME and not the PinballX frontend. The only thing that PinballX will do from the background is check whether the exit emulator key is pressed and then open the exit menu. Opening MAME's tab menu or pause functionality is entirely up to MAME.

If all else fails, you could set up an AutoHotkey script that monitors for the combinations you mentioned and then outputs a specific keystroke ("P" for instance).

EDIT: I did actually use shifted key combinations, but that was handled by my iPAC board...

[Roterbaron]

I simply forgot the iPAC board :-( think the shifted key really is handled by the iPAC controller.

Would be nice to get your PinballX.ini send it via mail, if you like.

Regards

Gilbert