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[lingpanda]

Any way to turn this feature on and off while in game? I would like to avoid using the keyboard to activate this by pressing tab.

[bkenobi]

Which artwork are you referring to?

[lingpanda]

Which artwork are you referring to?

I would like to turn the Bezels and such on during play. I don't want to access the keyboard to use these features. I also don't want these on by default.

[Brian Hoffman]

I would like to turn the Bezels and such on during play. I don't want to access the keyboard to use these features. I also don't want these on by default.

Run Mame.exe -cc

This will create a MAME.ini

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# CORE ARTWORK OPTIONS

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artwork_crop 0

use_backdrops 1

use_overlays 1

use_bezels 1

to

# CORE ARTWORK OPTIONS

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artwork_crop 0

use_backdrops 0

use_overlays 0

use_bezels 0

[lingpanda]

Run Mame.exe -cc

This will create a MAME.ini

Edit this part

# CORE ARTWORK OPTIONS

#

artwork_crop 0

use_backdrops 1

use_overlays 1

use_bezels 1

to

# CORE ARTWORK OPTIONS

#

artwork_crop 0

use_backdrops 0

use_overlays 0

use_bezels 0

Maybe you misunderstood me Brian. I want to be able to turn these features on and off while in game. I just don't want to pull out the keyboard to do it. Is their a Hot key or something that turns these features on while in game?

[Brian Hoffman]

Maybe you misunderstood me Brian. I want to be able to turn these features on and off while in game. I just don't want to pull out the keyboard to do it. Is their a Hot key or something that turns these features on while in game?

Well you did say you didnt want them on by default. This will take care of that. As far as a hot key goes I dont think so.

But dont quote me.. U can Press TAB and go through the options tho.. Also you can remap the config (tab) key to a key that is on your panel.. So you dont have to pull out a KB

[lingpanda]

Well you did say you didnt want them on by default. This will take care of that. As far as a hot key goes I dont think so.

But dont quote me.. U can Press TAB and go through the options tho.. Also you can remap the config (tab) key to a key that is on your panel.. So you dont have to pull out a KB

I would also need a key for the enter button as well. How about a script I could add as an external app. that would edit the mame ini? I could then choose to have overlays,bezels etc come on and off while in GE. Not the ideal solution, but I would not need a keyboard. I do this with my i-Pac config.

[bkenobi]

The enter key can be set up to anything you want, not just enter. I have my CP set up so that I can control the menu in MAME with P1 joystick, P1B1, and quit. I don't have TAB mapped to anything although it would be a good idea.

BTW, I had wondered about doing this myself a while back, but it sounded at the time like it wasn't possible. I wonder if it would be possible to send keys via AHK to do it automatically (assuming you patch MAME to disable the RAW inputs). It would be cleaner to have a way to do it natively in MAME, but I don't know how to get that set up...

[lingpanda]

The enter key can be set up to anything you want, not just enter. I have my CP set up so that I can control the menu in MAME with P1 joystick, P1B1, and quit. I don't have TAB mapped to anything although it would be a good idea.

BTW, I had wondered about doing this myself a while back, but it sounded at the time like it wasn't possible. I wonder if it would be possible to send keys via AHK to do it automatically (assuming you patch MAME to disable the RAW inputs). It would be cleaner to have a way to do it natively in MAME, but I don't know how to get that set up...

How do you access the Mame menu without a tab key?

[bkenobi]

Reassign it to another key than tab. You can use a combination of keys instead of a single key. Try to pick something that would likely never happen during game play like P1Down+P2Down+P1Start+P2Start or something like that. Then, go to:

Input (general)->User Interface->Config Menu.

Hope that helps!