Posted by Tiger-Heli on 24, 2001 at 12:53 PM:
In Reply to: Re: Key Mapping situation part 2.. posted by BilldaCat on 24, 2001 at 9:54 AM:
: What I did was change over to KGen98 for Sega games, which allows left shift to be used as a button, so I have that all working now.. The machine is using an IPAC device for the encoding.. though I still can't seem to remap keys (I need to remap something to enter to exit KGen).. I tried using the shift remapping in arcadeos, and tried messing with the kgen98.app file to remap one of the buttons to enter, but it doesn't seem to work. I must be missing a step somewhere there, as I've never got a remap like that to work yet.
: Anyway, I just ordered a PS2 splitter so I can use both the keyboard and arcade machine at the same time, so it's not as much of an issue anymore.. keyboard will also be useful for updating the machine and the like anyway.. I'll probably end up re-wiring the keys to not use keys such as alt, q, shift, etc for controls as well.. (alt-q is used by both nesticle and genecyst to exit)..
: Has anyone gotten Z26 working? Since it doesn't support key remapping, how do you go about it?
If you have a newer I-PAC it's progammable. If not it can be upgraded for (I think $15.00) Also the programming can be loaded through software so you can have one set of button assignments for MAME and load a completely different set for KGEN98 without changing wiring. Just load the desired .cfg from a batch file before loading the emulator.
Also, if you're using an I-PAC, why don't you just plug the keyboard into the I-PAC's keyboard passthru port instead of ordering a PS/2 splitter?