Control Panel layout

[fRESH_OiL]

I just finished searching the forums and could not find this info.

When in GameEx and I look at the control layout for various games I want that layout to look like my actual layout. Can this be done already or should I post this in the new features section?

If it can, then how? and also could it possibly now or as a new feature use the same file type/layout as another program... ie, the Ultimarc Interactive Panel Designer. That program actually sucks but if GameEx had something better that could save to that file type, so I wouldn't have to do it twice, that would be excelent.

And maybe an option to show layouts for other systems... ie, I have a pretty large control panel set up for 4 players, each player with 10 buttons, this allows me to emulate N64 and PSX and such, with most of the buttons... but they are obviously in a wierd possitioning, it would be nice if I could take my layout and do that same thing that MAME does for each game, only have it just be for the whole system. IE, have my layout pop up for N64 and then I could label the C buttons, the Z and so on and so forth so peeps now whats coming up.

Thus, same could go for every/any emulator or external program.

Just some ideas

fRESH_OiL

[Tom Speirs]

I just finished searching the forums and could not find this info.

When in GameEx and I look at the control layout for various games I want that layout to look like my actual layout. Can this be done already or should I post this in the new features section?

If it can, then how? and also could it possibly now or as a new feature use the same file type/layout as another program... ie, the Ultimarc Interactive Panel Designer. That program actually sucks but if GameEx had something better that could save to that file type, so I wouldn't have to do it twice, that would be excelent.

And maybe an option to show layouts for other systems... ie, I have a pretty large control panel set up for 4 players, each player with 10 buttons, this allows me to emulate N64 and PSX and such, with most of the buttons... but they are obviously in a wierd possitioning, it would be nice if I could take my layout and do that same thing that MAME does for each game, only have it just be for the whole system. IE, have my layout pop up for N64 and then I could label the C buttons, the Z and so on and so forth so peeps now whats coming up.

Thus, same could go for every/any emulator or external program.

Just some ideas

fRESH_OiL

This is going to be possible MAME in the not too distant future via Heaskazes theme editor.

[fRESH_OiL]

This is going to be possible MAME in the not too distant future via Heaskazes theme editor.

Tom-

Sounds good... what is that? I google it and nothing comes up. *edit* I found it *edit*

Any possibility of having a layout file for other emulators? So we could design our layout in this editor you speak of and then apply diff labels for each button in each emulator?(wouldn't need to be game specific, just per emulator)

One could then select PlayStation, then go to Games or Controller Layout, showing which buttons are mapped to which. Or have the option under each game would probably be better so you don't have to go back and forth in the menus.

What do you think?

Also, this would probably be a question for Headkaze, I understand you are implementing the theme editor... if at all possible, if you are going to have an editable layout could it be compatible with the Ultimarc layout manager? I imagine many of us use that manager to program their ultimarc ipac... and it would be great if I could just load my IPAC settings into GameEx. If the theme editor can´t use it then maybe someone could write a converter for it.

-fRESH_OiL