Ipac / Keymapping Questions

[Chazz]

Just a quick question maybe someone can help me out with.

I'm running GameEx on my cab using an Ipac, so all my buttons are mapped to letters, which means when someone hits P2-Button 3 it would jump to 'Q', or if you hit P1-Button 4 it will jump to 'M' (I think you get what I'm getting at).

First I'd like to know if I can disable the option of jumping to a letter on the list when typing letters.

I'd only like to be able to navagate the list with the joystick...

...except, I'd like to have my P1-Button 1 be the PageUp button, the my P1-Button 2 to be PageDown.

Is this possible?

Thanks!!

~ Chazz

[nullus]

Just a quick question maybe someone can help me out with.

I'm running GameEx on my cab using an Ipac, so all my buttons are mapped to letters, which means when someone hits P2-Button 3 it would jump to 'Q', or if you hit P1-Button 4 it will jump to 'M' (I think you get what I'm getting at).

First I'd like to know if I can disable the option of jumping to a letter on the list when typing letters.

I'd only like to be able to navagate the list with the joystick...

...except, I'd like to have my P1-Button 1 be the PageUp button, the my P1-Button 2 to be PageDown.

Is this possible?

Thanks!!

~ Chazz

Hi Chazz,

I got your point and I do have the same "problem". Would be glad if we could have an option like you mentioned... .

[shbon]

Not sure if it's possible to turn off the letter feature, I don't think so...but it's only a minor inconvenience.

You can use custominput.ini to do the pageup/pagedn thing. It's not quite implemented exactly as you want it, but would function equivalently.

Do the following:

1. In the GameEx\CONFIG directory, edit custominiput.ini and set a scancode for Shift1_Paging. See scancodes.txt in the same direcory for scancode translation.

2. Enable custom keyboard controls via the config app. (Input section)

Then when you run GameEx:

By pressing AND HOLDING the key you've set for the Shift1_Paging scancode, you can use the JOYSTICK to pageup and pagedown.

I've included my custominput.ini (keyboard section) for reference:

[KEYBOARD]

#Scan Code Number

# See Scancodes.txt for a list of Scan Codes specific to your system.

# If file not there, run GameEx.

#Changed values: 29=LeftControl:56=LeftAlt:57=SPACE:42=LeftShift:1=Esc:30=A:31=S:6=6 (Coin2)

Select=29

Back=56

Shift1_Paging=57

Shift2_Volume=6

Up=200

Down=208

Left=203

Right=205

PrevTrack=30

NextTrack=31

Home=1

So for my IPAC setup, I hold down 1SW3 (Mame SPACE) to pageup and pagedown using the joystick. You'll notice that you can do the same thing for GameEx's volume control. Mine's set to Coin2 (6).

One thing to note, if you enable custom input then ALL codes are enabled. So you'll see I also have 1SW1 = Select, 1SW2 = Back, 1SW8 (programmed to the Esc key) = Home. These OVERIDE the default GameEx Enter=Select, Backspace=Back, Home=Home. So you need to reconfigure ALL entries of custominput.ini to match your particular setup.

Shaun

[emphatic]

Not sure if it's possible to turn off the letter feature, I don't think so...but it's only a minor inconvenience.

You can use custominput.ini to do the pageup/pagedn thing. It's not quite implemented exactly as you want it, but would function equivalently.

Do the following:

1. In the GameEx\CONFIG directory, edit custominiput.ini and set a scancode for Shift1_Paging. See scancodes.txt in the same direcory for scancode translation.

2. Enable custom keyboard controls via the config app. (Input section)

Then when you run GameEx:

By pressing AND HOLDING the key you've set for the Shift1_Paging scancode, you can use the JOYSTICK to pageup and pagedown.

I've included my custominput.ini (keyboard section) for reference:

[KEYBOARD]

#Scan Code Number

# See Scancodes.txt for a list of Scan Codes specific to your system.

# If file not there, run GameEx.

#Changed values: 29=LeftControl:56=LeftAlt:57=SPACE:42=LeftShift:1=Esc:30=A:31=S:6=6 (Coin2)

Select=29

Back=56

Shift1_Paging=57

Shift2_Volume=6

Up=200

Down=208

Left=203

Right=205

PrevTrack=30

NextTrack=31

Home=1

So for my IPAC setup, I hold down 1SW3 (Mame SPACE) to pageup and pagedown using the joystick. You'll notice that you can do the same thing for GameEx's volume control. Mine's set to Coin2 (6).

One thing to note, if you enable custom input then ALL codes are enabled. So you'll see I also have 1SW1 = Select, 1SW2 = Back, 1SW8 (programmed to the Esc key) = Home. These OVERIDE the default GameEx Enter=Select, Backspace=Back, Home=Home. So you need to reconfigure ALL entries of custominput.ini to match your particular setup.

Shaun

In addition to what Shaun here says, if you enable alpha paging (In GameEx Configuration go to "Input" and set "Enable Alpha Paging" to 'yes') you can skip by first letter of game name instead of by page by holding the shift button mentioned earlier and press your joystick left/right instead of up/down.

Emph

[Will]

I use an ipac as well. I use the shift paging so that holding button 1 (left shift or something) causes up and down to page. This seems to work well, but I had to change the input ini to get it to work. Don't forget about the shift function on the ipac. You could use that to map page up and page down as well, although I like using the shift paging better so that I don't have to change hand positions as much to use it.

oh and the other guy forgot to mention that the scancodes.txt file in the same directory as the ini file will tell you all your mappings.

[shbon]

In addition to what Shaun here says, if you enable alpha paging (In GameEx Configuration go to "Input" and set "Enable Alpha Paging" to 'yes') you can skip by first letter of game name instead of by page by holding the shift button mentioned earlier and press your joystick left/right instead of up/down.

Emph

Thanks Emph, didn't know that. Useful!

[lingpanda]

I believe the volume control is still broken for users of I-PAC right? (ie. P1 up+2nd player button)? It used to work for me.

[Chazz]

Setting up the shift button worked great! Thanks guys! I read about the shift key, but I wasn't excatly sure how it worked. You guys explained it perfectly.

The other issuse is just when you got a bunch of kids around the cab and one is trying to select a game from the list, and the other kids are messing around with the other controls it can be a pain.

It would be nice just to be able to use the joystick to navagate the list (and of course the shift button!)

Thanks again everyone.

~ Chazz

[shbon]

I believe the volume control is still broken for users of I-PAC right? (ie. P1 up+2nd player button)? It used to work for me.

It works, as I've described and implemented it above... but I've frozen my cab at version 6.53 for the time being.

Not sure about the default L_ALT+Up/Down when you're not using custominput.ini...

Is that what you're saying is broken? Or just recently on the latest versions?

Shaun

[lingpanda]

It works, as I've described and implemented it above... but I've frozen my cab at version 6.53 for the time being.

Not sure about the default L_ALT+Up/Down when you're not using custominput.ini...

Is that what you're saying is broken? Or just recently on the latest versions?

Shaun

Yeah without using custominput its broken. Its not supposed to be needed. It did work in previous versions but not anymore.

[shbon]

Yeah without using custominput its broken. Its not supposed to be needed. It did work in previous versions but not anymore.

Didn't realise that. Raise it with Tom, I suppose, if it's a deal breaker for you...