funkydmunky Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 I have an issue when I add the "-ctrlr X-Arcade" to the controller under Advanced Mame Settings. The issue is before added every thing works fine but as soon as it is added launching a game will stall and loop back to the same Play This Game screen. Before I had discovered it was the "-ctrlr X-Arcade" I had tried all kinds of versions of Mame desperate to find out what was wrong. Mame always worked outside of GameEx in my troubleshooting. Today I redid everything and forgot to add the "-ctrlr X-Arcade" in my testing and it worked. Thinking I had fixed the issue I setup the X-Arcade stick with -ctrlr X-Arcade and the Play This Game screen loops. But the controller works fine. I remove -ctrlr X-Arcade and everything works except now I have no controller obviously. I am dumbfounded as how this issue can exist but it does for me. I have repeatedly added and removed -ctrlr X-Arcade with the same repeatable result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 When reporting an issue, please attach copies (no copy and paste) of your gameex.ini and log.txt files for review. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkydmunky Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 Thank you log.txt GameEx.ini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 I have a Tankstick and it appears to be working fine. Following is my "command line" in the MAME Options: -nowindow -video d3d -noswitchres -triplebuffer -skip_gameinfo -ctrlr x-arcade A few things to try/look for: - Have you tried changing the case to all lower case? Not sure that it matters, but worth a shot. - Also, make sure that you still have the x-arcade.cfg file in your MAME ctrlr path https://support.xgaming.com/support/solutions/articles/12000003052-configuring-mame-for-x-arcade-use-the-easy-way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkydmunky Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 Hi Draco1062. Thanks for your help. The X-Arcade works fine. It is just when I add the "-ctrlr x-arcade" to the line GameEx won't load the game. It launch loops. If I remove it it loads fine. But the of course I have no controller support. I have to reiterate GameEx and X-Arcade work perfectly fine until I launch a game. At this point I will re-do Windows and try again from scratch. I think too many attempts at this might have borked the system as far as GameEx goes. I used to run this cab fine (with some help) but now it has been 4+ months of on and off of just one more go. I will report back as soon as possible with the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Did you confirm the x-arcade.cfg file is in your MAME crtlr path? If GameEx cannot find the file in that lath it may be the cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkydmunky Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 Hi sorry for the slow responce. Yes I did. I did a quick install of GamEx Arcade the the Mame System Pack from this site. Went to the crtlr folder in the Mame path. There was an X-Arcade in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Have you checked to confirm that the mame.ini file also reflects X-Arcade next to crtlr in the CORE INPUT OPTIONS? # CORE INPUT OPTIONS # coin_lockout 1 ctrlr X-Arcade mouse 1 joystick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkydmunky Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 Hi Draco1962. Thanks for the input. I didn't have a MAME.ini file. It must have been wiped long ago. Didn't know I needed one and don't recall these difficulties in the past. I read up and figured out how to create a MAME.ini and now have one. I don't see the # CORE INPUT OPTIONS. I do see a # CORE OUTPUT OPTIONS. Is it that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 You will need a CORE INPUT Options section of the ini for it to know what crtrlr file to access. Unfortunately I am away on vacation so you'll need to find another way to source that detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkydmunky Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 Okay a little update. I got the MAME.ini with the CORE INPUT and put X-Arcade in the ctrlr line. Unfortunately the same result on selecting Play This Game. Fade to black, white flash then black and then back to the selection screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkydmunky Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 I tried the x-arcade mame injector which I hadn't done since my OS reinstall. Seems to have done the trick this time! Thanks for your input. It had been a few years and was really like starting out from scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco1962 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Glad you were able to sort the issue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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